The species was eliminated from the island, and the closest known population is a 20-mile swim away - far greater than it can ...

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 ...

Thirty-six people from around the world, including New Zealand, will gather for the International Development Design Summit ...

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 ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Ceillhe Sperath’s ancestors arrived in New Zealand nearly two centuries before Christopher Columbus set off for the New World. Yet for much of the last two centuries ...

In Rotorua, the Māori represent 16.5% of the population, according to the 2018 New Zealand census. At the Te Puia Cultural Center, Māori traditions have been on full display for tourists from ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On the eve of New Zealand’s Māori language celebration week, the country’s right-wing political leaders ordered public agencies to stop affirmative action ...

When New Zealand established a national day for Matariki, the Māori new year, in 2022, making it the country's first Indigenous public holiday, many New Zealanders didn't know what it was.

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

As New Zealand celebrates its annual Māori language week, the government is ramping up initiatives to remove recognition of Indigenous people and language from public policy and law ...

When New Zealand established a national day for Matariki, the Māori new year, in 2022, making it the country's first Indigenous public holiday, many New Zealanders didn't know what it was.