Eight Maori people from New Zealand spent the last week in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., learning about the Inuvialuit culture and ...

Indigenous Maori account for 16.5% of the country's roughly 5 million people, and Pacific peoples account for another 8.1%.. According to the latest government data, 62% of eligible Maori have had ...

Pressing her fingers along the rich red panels of the wooden meeting house, Arihia Matahiki tried to connect to the spiritual ancestors of her people, the Maori of New Zealand. As ceremony ...

In New Zealand, thousands of indigenous Maori are protesting the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs almost 200 years ago.

Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand’s capital against a bill to redefine Maori rights in one of the largest protests in the country’s history. Haka chants rang out across ...

He was about to ascend a 148-foot-tall, 2,000-year-old kauri tree known as Tane Mahuta, a tree so sacred to the indigenous Maori people that even touching it is taboo.

She reiterated the importance that Maori people place on face tattoos, saying it represents one’s family and tribe. “The carvings that go on the face or head are also particularly sacred ...

The proposed bill could redefine the country's relationship with Indigenous people AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay Māori lawmakers performed a traditional haka dance to protest a New Zealand bill ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand — When New Zealand kicked off in the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori people.

Representatives of New Zealand's native Maori people sang traditional songs during an elaborate ceremony at Rouen City Hall to hand over the head to New Zealand diplomats, the first to be returned ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand — When New Zealand kicked off in the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori people.