For more than 200 years, history books have attributed the discovery of Antarctica in the early 1800s to the global powers at the time. The first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica was by a ...

WAIPOUA FOREST, New Zealand — Two arborists, chest-deep in underbrush, secured a rope slung over a branch in the Waipoua Forest, close to the northern tip of New Zealand. Scott Forrest pumped his fist ...

If New Zealand registers at all in the American consciousness, it is as an in­credibly beautiful landscape associated with cinematic hobbits and orcs. But the country also has a surprising religious ...

A controversy is brewing in New Zealand, as thousands of Kiwis recently took to the streets to protest a bill that would legally define the country's founding treaty — a change that opponents say ...

The king of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII (left), died on Friday - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Peter DRURY The king of ...

A teenage thrash metal band screams out Maori lyrics in its latest videos. A popular radio host is learning New Zealand’s indigenous language and sharing new vocabulary with his audience. And ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand — 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. By ...

According to Maori myths and legends, a demigod named Maui was fishing with his brothers from a canoe – which is now known as the South Island – when he hooked a giant catch: the massive piece of land ...

New Zealand is moving away from a "zero cases" approach to COVID-19. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Maori party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer about why she opposes the change. New Zealand Prime ...

Although New Zealand is about as far — in miles, at least — as you can get from Minneapolis, protests have erupted there over the killing of George Floyd. The Indigenous Maori people in particular ...

“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music. By Brian Ng In August, Lorde released her third ...

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 ...