The Minister for Māori Development is the minister in the New Zealand Government with broad responsibility for government policy towards Māori, the first...

Taha Māori is a New Zealand phrase, used in both Māori and New Zealand English. It means "the Māori side (of a question)" or "the Māori perspective" as...

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived...

having been re-elected in 2017. Jackson was Minister of Employment, Minister for Māori Development, and Minister of Broadcasting and Media in the Sixth Labour...

Tikanga is a Māori term for practices, customary law, attitudes and principles. Te Aka Māori Dictionary defines it as "customary system of values and...

the Moriori are an isolated offshoot of Māori who settled the Chatham Islands around 1500 CE, not a pre-Māori ethnic group of New Zealand. The historian...

Te Pāti Māori ([tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori]), also known as the Māori Party, is a left-wing political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights. With the exception...

Ministers (Māori: nga minita) in the New Zealand Government are members of Parliament (MPs) who hold ministerial warrants from the Crown to perform certain...

Māori Development Act 1991 with responsibilities to promote Māori achievement in education, training and employment, health, and economic development;...

Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk music...

The Māori King movement, called the Kīngitanga in Māori, is a Māori movement that arose among some of the Māori iwi (tribes) of New Zealand in the central...

Māori culture (Māori: Māoritanga) is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand. It originated from, and is still...

are of Māori descent. The Māori electorates were introduced in 1867 under the Maori Representation Act. They were created in order to give Māori a more...

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ; endonym: te reo Māori 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language...

who was the adopted son of Māori king Korokī. Affiliated to Ngāti Mahuta, her father was the elder brother of the Māori queen Te Atairangikaahu, and...

This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Note: there are two Mythologies relating Tangaroa, Papatuanuku and Ranginui (Raki) Haumiatiketike...

The Māori protest movement is a broad indigenous rights movement in New Zealand (Aotearoa). While there was a range of conflicts between Māori and European...

Mātauranga (literally Māori knowledge) is a modern term for the traditional knowledge of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori traditional knowledge...

Whānau (Māori pronunciation: [ˈɸaːnaʉ]) is the Māori word for the basic extended family group. Within Māori society the whānau encompasses three or four...

term of the Fifth National Government, Flavell was Minister for Māori Development and Minister for Whānau Ora. Flavell was born in Tokoroa to James William...

or more commonly, tangi, is a traditional funeral rite practised by the Māori people of New Zealand. Tangi were traditionally held on marae, and are still...

aid. Māori Wardens operate under the authority of the Māori Community Development Act 1962. Māori Wardens have specific powers under the Māori Community...

Genealogy is a fundamental principle in Māori culture, termed specifically in this context as whakapapa (Māori pronunciation: [ˈfakapapa], ['ɸa-], lit...

of the Māori population attended church and Christianity remains the largest religion for Māori. Very few Māori still follow traditional Māori religion...

Māori politics (Māori: tōrangapū Māori) is the politics of the Māori people, who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand and who are now the country's...

In New Zealand, tangata whenua (Māori pronunciation: [ˈtaŋata ˈfɛnʉ.a]) is a Māori term that translates to "people of the land". It can refer to either...

"self-determination". It is central to Māori political aspirations. Many Māori advocate for tino rangatiratanga as a way to restore Māori control over their lands,...

traditional forms of Māori performing art; haka, mau rākau (weaponry), poi (ball attached to rope or string) and mōteatea (traditional Māori songs). There is...

Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern...

Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔ.ˈtɛa.ɾɔa]) is the Māori name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the...