CHANGING COLOURS: Malcolm Mulholland, historian and author, says Maori involvement is bound to rise during the upcoming debate and discourse over changing the nation's flag. PHOTO/LYNDA FERINGA The ...

Symbols can offer us an access point and a way to interpret things we don’t understand. For Māori a tohu is not only a sign or an emblem; it can also act as a set of directions or wayfinding that ...

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against the ...

Four designs in a contest to replace New Zealand's national flag with something that's a little less Union Jack-y were unveiled this week. And now, New Zealanders are pondering a big question: Do you ...