A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

WELLINGTON, Feb 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Bare-chested Maori bellowed haka chants Thursday to mark New Zealand's national day, holding spirited ceremonies as critics accuse the government of eroding ...

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

President Donald Trump has nominated Australian basketball team owner Jared Novelly as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. A New Zealand family's cat, Mittens, endured an unexpected 24-hour ...

A new documentary on the Haka Party Incident tells the story of the 'three-minute war' through the eyes of the people who fought it. Photo: Vendetta Films It is billed as ‘New Zealand’s last war’. It ...

Have you ever come across intricate tribal tattoos or heard the powerful chants of the Haka and wondered where they originated? The heart of these expressions beats within the Maori, New Zealand's ...

Watching the Super Bowl final, could this be our new sport? With seven Pasifika players in the Super Bowl final, this may be ...

I'm so grateful." Wolfe says in the current race relations climate in New Zealand, The Haka Party Incident is timely. "I started making this project in 2017 - and we arrive here in 2025, it's ...