Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maori king, Kiingi Tuheiti (L), died Friday at the age of 69. Here he is seen in November 2015 with then Prince Charles (C), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ngawai Hono i te Po was anointed Queen of the Maori people on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Kiingitanga/Release Sept. 5 (UPI) --A ...

BYU women’s basketball player Kaylee Smiler is a New Zealand native, and her rich Maori culture not only enriches her life, but the lives of her teammates and many other BYU students. Smiler embodies ...

In New Zealand this week, thousands of Indigenous Maori took to the streets in protest. They have been voicing their disapproval of the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was ...

BARE-CHESTED MAORI warriors led 42,000 protesters to New Zealand’s parliament on November 19th. Some of the demonstrators, waving red, black and white Maori flags, had marched hundreds of miles to ...

In political news outside the U.S., New Zealand Parliament was briefly suspended yesterday after Maori members performed a haka, a traditional ceremonial group dance, to disrupt the vote on a ...

A traditional carving adorns a structure that shelters a ceremonial Maori war canoe at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in New Zealand. Maori women perform a traditional dance at the cultural center Te Po ...

The king of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII (left), died on Friday - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Peter DRURY The king of ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --A new Maori queen was anointed Thursday when the king of New Zealand's indigenous people who died late last month was laid to rest. A statement from the Kiingitanga, meaning the Maori ...