Don Brash, the former leader of New Zealand’s centre-right party National, called the use of Maori “pointless”. Meanwhile, right-wing broadcaster Mike Hosking said that, “learning in ...

Many Maori are protesting against the New Zealand government’s moves to abolish certain Maori-specific rights in the name of equality for all, regardless of ethnicity. Show more Maori have been ...

New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s ...

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...

National MP and Maori-Crown relations minister Tama Potaka called it a “cremation day” for the bill. “It’s dead, it’s gone and it will be buried,” he told Radio New Zealand.

Maori have been protesting in large numbers, in a 9-day hikoi or march of defiance, walking from the top of New Zealand down to the capital Wellington, joined by non-Maori supporters too.

April 10 (UPI) --New Zealand's Parliament Thursday ... The bill was opposed by the National, Labor, NZ First, Greens and Te Pati Maori parties. Labor Party leader Chris Hipkins said the bill ...

New Zealand politicians ... Minister Christopher Luxon’s ruling National Party into power. But the Nationals and the other party in the coalition, New Zealand First, never agreed to support ...