New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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Maori Culture and Modern Civilisation
which confiscated and alienated native holdings after the Maori wars. Experience elsewhere, notably in South Africa and North America, has shown that the well-being of an indigenous people is ...
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Soldier of Defense Intelligence Legion, who fell in battle, was honored according to New Zealand ritual in Kyiv
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 ...
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Historic Waikato war battle site to be returned to descendants of Māori fighters
The war culminated in a three-day battle at Ō-Rākau from March 31 to April 2, 1864. Around 300 Māori defenders were encircled at Ō-Rākau pā by about 1400 British troops. It is estimated ...
New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
The speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament has told lawmakers that he will not consider further complaints about the use of the ...
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Discovering the Maori: New Zealand’s Indigenous Soul
If you've ever watched the national rugby team, the All Blacks, perform the Haka before a match, you've witnessed a Maori war dance that's both a challenge to opponents and a tribute to ancestors.
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
The Maori population started to dwindle because of wars against their European colonisers over land, and new European diseases like smallpox. Can Starbucks' four-hour anti-bias training correct a ...