The king of New Zealand's Maoris has called for whales to receive protections which would see them awarded "legal personhood" under national law. Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, the Maori ...

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Maoris are the largest ethnic minority in New Zealand representing 16,5% of the population. The Reo Maori became an official language in New Zealand in 1987, alongside English. The name New ...

In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural ...

Lord Bledisloe's eloquent appeal on behalf of the Maoris in his address to the Royal Society of Arts on February 27 came with added force from one who both by his official and his personal acts ...

A group of New Zealand's original Maori people held a protest demonstration against LGBT in Auckland on Sunday, demanding the government “address the excessive spending on borderline pornography ...

Victorious Maori coach Adam Blair has called on the NRL to stand up to coaches who pressure players into withdrawing from All Stars matches. Blair led the Maori to a 10-6 victory over the ...