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), who has since been anointed king, and his wife, Queen Camilla. Photo by ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A wind-blown corner of New Zealand's wild east coast is to the indigenous Maori people what Plymouth Rock is to Americans -- revered as the place where their ancestors first ...

Beer name changes have become more common as craft brewers try to protect their legal rights (see stories on Oskar Blues, Dry Dock and Bell’s breweries). But complaints from the Maori people of New ...

A Maori tribal group in Taranaki, New Zealand, is preventing Greymouth Petroleum from entering the site of a planned drilling campaign. The Otaraua Hapu, or Otaraua sub-tribe said it was contining its ...

Last month, a century-old Maori carving was restored and gifted to the British people. Carved originally in 1910, by master carver Tene Waitere, the pou was completed by his great-great-great grandson ...

Jim Bolger, who has died aged 90, was New Zealand’s prime minister from 1990 until 1997, and presided over one of the most dramatic political eras in the Dominion’s history; it included a severe ...

All of the country's oil and gas production is limited to the Taranaki province on the west coast of the North Island, although there are discoveries waiting to be developed on the east coast of the ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — Māori tribe members touched down in Tulsa all the way from New Zealand. Cherokee Councilman Joe Deere visited New Zealand to learn more about Māori culture and wanted to show them a bit ...

Jackson Tamaariki showed off his proud Maori heritage in a passionate and moving haka performance during his wedding in New Zealand. In a video posted to YouTube, the groom performed the powerful ...