The king of New Zealand's Maori died on Friday after heart surgery, with aides saying the beloved 69-year-old monarch, praised as a symbol of national unity, had "passed to the great beyond".

"The death of King Tuheitia is a moment of great sadness," the spokesman added in a statement. "A chief who has passed to the great beyond. Rest in love." The Kiingitanga — Maori King movement ...

New Zealand's Parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a ...

Maori life expectancy is seven years less than other New Zealanders. The Kiingitanga, or Maori King movement, was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting New Zealand’s tribes under a single ...

1888) focuses on nineteenth-century New Zealand. It recounts the journey into what he describes as terra incognita, the area known as the King Country, almost exclusively Maori and little explored by ...