Māori lawmakers have performed an emotive 'Haka' protest dance in opposition to a contentious race relations bill which has ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka to protest a law that would erode the land and ...

The Treaty of Waitangi, which is the focus of the proposed bill, dates back to 1840 and is considered New Zealand's founding ...

By the middle of the 20th century, Indigenous language and culture had dwindled, much tribal land was confiscated and Māori ...

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...

Opposition lawmakers performed the haka during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected on Thursday when a ringing haka began – a ...

As the Indigenous protest movement surged in the 1970s, lawmakers and the courts slowly began to elucidate what it understood the treaty to promise Māori: partnership with the Crown ...