BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against the ...

WELLINGTON: The removal of basic Maori phrases meaning "hello” and "New Zealand” from a Maori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous language by New ...

Maori groups threatened to boycott Air New Zealand Thursday, accusing the airline of cultural theft over its attempt to trademark the masthead of its in-flight magazine Kia Ora. The magazine’s title ...

New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, has offended the country’s Maori people by attempting to trademark an image of the words kia ora; the greeting for hello. The airline applied in May to ...

In anybody’s language, the sodden images of the damage wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle, from coastal Auckland down through Hamilton and the region of Gisborne, told their own story. The apparently new ...

The Duchess of Sussex received a big cheer when she opened a speech about women's suffrage in New Zealand in indigenous Maori. Meghan Markle was speaking at an event at Government House in Wellington ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have paid their respects to the victims of last week's Christchurch shootings, exchanging traditional Maori greetings with New Zealand's High Commissioner as they signed ...

BANGKOK: It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against the national airline, after it sought ...