A year ago, New Zealand enacted what are likely the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The new conservative government plans a repeal — and an end to the Maori Health Authority. Protests have ...

New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Māori population. But as Ali Rogin reports, a new ...

The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge ...

The exhibition of Australia's First Peoples art in New Zealand's biggest city has stirred discussion of the two nations' different Indigenous histories In an Auckland art gallery this week ...

History is changing now with a paper written by New Zealander researchers that have suggested that the Maori--the island nation’s indigenous people--were actually the first humans to come into ...

Wellington, New Zealand: Snatched by grave robbers or traded by settlers as macabre curiosities, the remains of New Zealand's Indigenous people are slowly being brought home after centuries overseas.

In the heart of New Zealand's north island, the small town of Rotorua has become a stronghold of cultural preservation for a group of Indigenous people. "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts ...

When New Zealand established the national day in 2022, it became the first nation in the world to recognize an Indigenous-minority holiday, scholars including Mātāmua believe.

They are known here as kōura, a name given to them by the Māori, the Indigenous Polynesian people who first arrived in New Zealand in the 1300s and who now comprise more than 15 percent of the ...

New Zealand looks likely to dismantle the frameworks that protect the rights of Māori, undermine UNDRIP and weaken international alliances of Indigenous peoples.

Taiwan was also well-represented at the 13th World Choir Games, which took place in New Zealand on July 10 and featured over 10,000 singers from more than 30 countries.