Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ as Māori rights in focus
Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.
Protests and a New Zealand leader’s absence overshadow a day marking the founding treaty with Māori
The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...
Māori in the Moana unites community with music and workshops on Waitangi Day
Thousands of people are rocking “positive vibes” today at Māori in the Moana. Hosted by Ngāi Te Rangi, the free event at ...
New Zealand grants a mountain personhood, recognizing Taranaki Maunga as sacred to the Indigenous Māori people
The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...
Māori academic says Te Tiriti o Waitangi relevant for Pasifika people
A Māori academic says that although New Zealand's founding document is a partnership between Māori and the Crown, it is ...
24 years of life lost: Study finds people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths
A new study using a large collection of demographic data has revealed the lasting and damaging consequences for children ...
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Thousands unite at Māori in Moana in Tauranga
Thousands of people are rocking “positive vibes” today at Māori in the Moana. Hosted by Ngāi Te Rangi the free event at ...
Waitangi 2025: Google features Māori Doodle by Jordan Tuhara for Waitangi Day
Māori artist Jordan Tuhara hopes his Māori Doodle for global search engine giant Google will leave more than just a one-day ...
'Rich Māori culture': Rotorua to host major indigenous health conference
Rotorua is set to showcase its "rich Māori culture" and rongoā as host of the World Indigenous Cancer Conference next year.
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What did the Māori chiefs say before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.
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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...
Tauranga’s Māori Ward Byelection – Who’s Running?
With all eyes on Waitangi this week as the nation marks the national day, in Tauranga, another important decision needs to be made regarding who will become the city's next Māori ward councillor.