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New Zealand’s Māori culture is thriving—and travelers are invited to join in. Key PointsIn this week’s podcast episode of ...
In biomedical science, the immune system is described as a cellular defense network that identifies and neutralizes threats. In te ao Māori (the Māori worldview), it can be seen as a dynamic system of ...
Eight Māori people from New Zealand spent the last week in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., learning about the Inuvialuit culture and wildlife management systems.
At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, Māori representatives called on New Zealand to include Māori people in disaster recovery plans, provide support for ...
A 27-year-old woman was anointed as queen of the Māori people of New Zealand on Thursday. Ngā wai hono i te po was named the new king of the Kiingitanga, or Maori King movement, after her father ...
New Zealand’s Māori people took to the streets Tuesday over concerns of child separations from families and infringement of promised ancestral lands, straining relations with the central ...
An estimated 35,000 people have protested in New Zealand's capital against a bill that they say will redefine the country's founding treaty with the Māori people, police say ...
Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The haka, a chanting dance of challenge, is sacred to New Zealand’s Māori people but it’s become a beloved cultural institution among New Zealanders of all races.
A Māori journalist has made history in New Zealand by becoming the first person with traditional facial markings to host a primetime news program on national television. Oriini Kaipara made ...
However, some Māori people, she added, had been in touch to show support in the face of the backlash. In Canada, Hell’s Basement Brewery owner Mike Patriquin told CNN he supported all “forms ...
Because of its outdated hardware keyboard, Microsoft has placed an onerous burden on the Māori people--and other cultures--who rely on diacritical marks to encode and decode their language. These ...