However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...

New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...

For many indigenous peoples around the planet, every aspect of the natural world plays a part in their beliefs and culture. That can be a problem when the modern world, which is always looking for ...

But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...

Winston Peters, who is Maori, objected to Ricardo Menendez March calling New Zealand by its Maori name, ‘Aotearoa’, in ...