TL;DR: Key Takeaways The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand Their population stands at around 16.5% of New Zealand's total. They arrived in New Zealand between 1250 and 1300 CE.

All Stars rugby league win over the Indigenous that coach Adam Blair says displays all the characteristics of New Zealand's oldest people.  In the lowest-scoring game since the inception of the All ...

its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped ...

Her connection to the country known by the Maori people as Aotearoa begins with her family – as well as the landscape. “My family comes from a line of chiefs who have traditional rights to the ...

But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...

A mountain in New Zealand – seen as an ancestor by the country’s indigenous Maori people – is now legally considered a person. The Bill gives local tribes more say in maintaining the ...

But the question is why was the volcano given human rights? Let us find out. The Indigenous Maori people of New Zealand respect the snow-covered Taranaki Maunga as a sacred ancestor, reported BBC.

But Maori is also an official language in Aotearoa (NZ). Maori people used to be forbidden to use this language in schools . Now however there has been a push by Maori to have it more widely used.

Making te reo Maori compulsory in schools would help to promote the real history and unfair experiences that the tangata whenua (people of the land) have experienced over centuries. It can help ...

The former Kiwis enforcer led the Maori to a 10-6 win over the Indigenous men in Paramatta, but is saddened several top flight players had to bypass the match on their club's orders. Blair feels for ...