LEADING FIGURE: As well as being a key figure of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Timi te Heuheu’s life work was as a bridge-builder between Maori and Pakeha.

When Williams’ pakeha friend and collaborator Ella Yelich-O’Connor, the pop musician Lorde, released Te Reo Maori versions of her songs in 2021, some Maori were outraged, feeling the language ...

The Maori Queen, Nga wai hono i te po, was also present at the protest. ... who is of Pakeha or New Zealand European descent, said, using the Maori name for the country. ...

“The treaty is a document that lets us be here in Aotearoa so holding it up and respecting it is really important,” said Ben Ogilvie, who is Pakeha – of New Zealand European descent – using the Maori ...

Thousands of people gather outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Maori and the British Crown ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch today, ... Tens of thousands of indigenous citizens and “Pakeha” – those of European ancestry ...

New Zealand's Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch Thursday, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country's Indigenous community.

Tens of thousands of Indigenous citizens and “Pakeha” – those of European ancestry – visited to pay respects, mourn and celebrate New Zealand’s rich Maori heritage.

Maori life expectancy is seven years less than other New Zealanders. The Kiingitanga, or Maori King movement, was founded in 1858 to unite New Zealand's tribes and provide a single counterpart to ...