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News Articles: Maori

A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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  • World

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

The recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement from the country's government to Indigenous people.

January 31, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Indigenous Māori gather outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Tuesday.

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  • World

42,000 crowd New Zealand's Parliament grounds in support of Māori rights

Protesters oppose a measure that would reshape the county's founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.

November 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon makes a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care, in Wellington, New Zealand on Tuesday.

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  • World

New Zealand's leader apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

An estimated 200,000 people, many of them Indigenous Māori, suffered abuse in New Zealand's foster and faith-based care over a period of seven decades

November 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Maori Queen Nga Wai Hono i te Po was anointed on Thursday, a week after the death of her father, who had been king for 18 years.

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  • World

A 27-year-old just became queen of New Zealand's Maori

Tribal leaders selected Nga Wai Hono i te Po as the new monarch after the death of her father last week. The second-ever Maori queen takes on the largely ceremonial role at a complicated moment.

September 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi speaks to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon during the State Opening of Parliament on December 6 in Wellington, New Zealand. Luxon has called for the abolishment of tough anti-smoking measures — and the Māori Health Authority.

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  • Global Health

New Zealand's Indigenous people are furious over plans to snuff out anti-smoking laws

A year ago, New Zealand enacted what are perhaps the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The new conservative government plans a repeal — and an end the Maori Health Authority. Protests have ensued.

December 06, 2023
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  • Simar Bajaj
Teresa Butler visits Trish and Glen Johnston at their home in Christchurch, New Zealand, to support Trish, 79, who gave up smoking four years ago. Trish is Māori and Glen is pākehā — a white New Zealander.

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  • Global Health

It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.

October 03, 2023
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  • Simar Bajaj
Vaccine mandate protestors perform a haka last week in Wellington, New Zealand.

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  • Asia

New Zealand Maori tribe demands vaccine protesters stop performing haka dance

The Ngati Toa, a Maori tribe whose version of the intimidating display has been popularized by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, says it supports COVID-19 vaccinations.

November 15, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Lorde performs at <em>Good Morning America</em>'s Summer Concert Series in Central Park on Aug. 20 in New York City. She worked with a team of language experts to re-record five of her new songs in the indigenous Māori language.

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  • Music News

Lorde Dropped A Surprise Mini-Album Of 'Solar Power' Tracks In The Māori Language

The New Zealand singer worked with a team of language experts to re-record five of her new songs in the indigenous Māori language, released just in time for Māori Language Week.

September 09, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Jeff Nelligan (center left) stands with his three sons in December 2019.

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  • Family

Dad Draws On Maori Roots To Raise 3 Resilient Sons. Step 1: Send Them On A Milk Run

Jeff Nelligan, whose Maori great-grandmother left New Zealand and settled in the U.S., explains his parenting strategies in his book Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise Resilient Kids.

June 19, 2021
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff

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