New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...

Tolkien's brothers-in-arms honoured him in a special way by performing a traditional Maori warrior chant known as the Haka. Dominic was born in the New Zealand city of Nelson, and has five brothers ...

On March 11, in Kyiv, they said goodbye to Dominic Abelen, with the call sign Tolkien, from the International Legion of the Defense Intelligence of the ...

Ukrainian soldiers performed a haka to honor a fallen New Zealand volunteer, as shown in a moving video captured on March 11.Dominic Abelen was killed in August 2022 while fighting in the east of ...

The conflict over Aotearoa, a word increasingly prominent in New Zealand life, arose last month when one lawmaker objected to ...

Winston Peters, who is Maori, objected to Ricardo Menendez March calling New Zealand by its Maori name, ‘Aotearoa’, in ...

The speaker of New Zealand ’s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the ...

In 1972, a young Witi Ihimaera (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) became the first Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories.

New Zealand's Parliament debated the use of its Maori name, Aotearoa, after one lawmaker's objection. The Speaker ruled in favor of using Aotearoa, reflecting a cultural divide and increasing Maori ...