The decision effectively lowers the barriers for Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand, to establish customary rights over the use of the foreshore and seabed. The Supreme Court’s ...

Te Pāti Māori is warning the government its move to overturn a court decision on marine customary rights risks a return of the big foreshore and seabed protests of 20 years ago.

Phonetically pronounced why-tounge-ee, New Zealand’s national day is celebrated on February 6 each year and celebrates the day the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.

A plan for an offshore wind power generation site has been abandoned as the company has pulled out, as controversy continues over seabed mining also planned for the area.

The removal of a highly controversial giant hand from the roof of a Wellington, New Zealand building is itself proving controversial.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum refused to blame third umpire Nigel Llong's controversial review decision for his team's loss in the third and final test against Australia but said the ...

By RNZ Twenty years have passed since the historic hīkoi against the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act reached Parliament. The hīkoi - the largest in a ...

New Zealand are awaiting clarification from the International Cricket Council regarding Nigel Llong's contentious third umpire decision in the day-night test against Australia after the ruling had ...

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They tread in the footsteps of those who made the same laborious journey in 2004 and 1975. Nine years earlier, thousands took to the bridge after the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 ’s passing, which ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for all New Zealanders. From sporting events to funerals and graduations ...