Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in. Today, 70 percent of Kiwis, a common term for the people of New ...

Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in. Today, 70 percent of Kiwis, a common term for the people of New ...

The Convert is an epic yet intimate look at Maori culture in the early 19th Century ... a unique look at the practices of the ...

When early settlers arrived in New Zealand in the 1800s, they had no choice but to learn Maori to communicate with ... experiences that the tangata whenua (people of the land) have experienced ...

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 ...