HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — When New Zealand kicked off in the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori people ...

The New Zealand women's rugby team performed the Haka after winning their second straight gold medal Tuesday. Dubbed the Black Ferns, a team that has dominated the sport since 2021, New Zealand ...

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 ...

Although the country's gender pay gap improved this year, campaigners say there is much work to be done to bring pay equality ...

The Netherlands and Spain women's teams were forced to take down videos showing their players imitating New Zealand's haka dance following criticism. Videos of players doing haka posted online Both ...

The New Zealand Rugby Board have confirmed that Professor Dame Farah Palmer will be its third representative on the World ...

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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 ...

The strategies used by the Indigenous community policing alternative are in stark contrast to more muscular tactics pitched by the incoming government. By Natasha Frost Reporting from Auckland, New ...

FILE - New Zealand Maori king, Kiingi Tuheitia, from left, reacts with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at Turangawaewae Marae, Hamilton, New Zealand, Nov. 8, 2015.