Tens of thousands have rallied outside New Zealand’s Parliament to protest against a bill that critics say would hurt the rights of Maori people. An estimated 42,000 people demonstrated on ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched on New Zealand's parliament in a protest in support of Maori rights. The huge crowds took to the streets of Wellington in opposition to a law that could ...

An estimated 42,000 people attended the march - SANKA VIDANAGAMA/AFP Ngira Simmonds, a key advisor to New Zealand’s Maori Queen, told news agency AFP: “It’s not the best way to have a ...

As parliamentarians gathered for a preliminary vote on the bill, Te Pati Maori MPs stood up and began the traditional Maori dance, haka. New Zealand's parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday (Nov ...

More than 35 000 people joined a protest in Wellington, one of New Zealand's biggest for some time. They were opposing a draft law to alter the 184-year-old Treaty of Waitang. Many see it as an ...

A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents ...

New Zealand’s parliament was brought to a halt on Thursday as Maori MPs staged a haka protest on the floor over a controversial “equal rights” bill. Maori Party co-leader Hana-Rawhiti Maipi ...

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New Zealand's capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to redefine the nation's founding treaty.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP)— Booming Indigenous Maori “haka” chants rang out across New Zealand’s capital on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied against a conservative push to ...