You are here: Homepage Countries New Zealand Themen All Themes From To filter In 1972, Māori activist Hana Te Hemara brought a petition to the New Zealand Parliament to protect the Maori language. Fifty years later, artist Graham Hoete created this mural to commemorate the activist and her fellow campaigners Photo: Vanessa Ellingham Indigenous life | New Zealand A long-awaited comeback New Plymouth is on New Zealand’s North Island, and before the British arrived, the Maori community of Te Ātiawa lived here. Now, finally, they are shaping the cityscape again By Vanessa Ellingham 04/16/2024 Potable water | New Zealand I am the river New Zealand is struggling with bursting sewage pipes and contaminated drinking water. Now the indigenous population is to collaborate on solutions By Vanessa Ellingham 07/01/2022 Māori at the vaccination drive-in. The vaccination rate of Māori is lower than average Photo: GettyImages Snapshot | New Zealand Talk of the town in New Zealand Not everyone is equal before the healthcare system in New Zealand. Maori are now to receive better care By Vanessa Ellingham 04/14/2022 "Kete" are bags woven from flax Photo: Yvonne Hammond Make it yourself! A bag made from flax Weaving with flax is a traditional Māori handicraft which remains popular today. By Yvonne Hammond 10/01/2021 Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019
In 1972, Māori activist Hana Te Hemara brought a petition to the New Zealand Parliament to protect the Maori language. Fifty years later, artist Graham Hoete created this mural to commemorate the activist and her fellow campaigners Photo: Vanessa Ellingham Indigenous life | New Zealand A long-awaited comeback New Plymouth is on New Zealand’s North Island, and before the British arrived, the Maori community of Te Ātiawa lived here. Now, finally, they are shaping the cityscape again By Vanessa Ellingham 04/16/2024
Potable water | New Zealand I am the river New Zealand is struggling with bursting sewage pipes and contaminated drinking water. Now the indigenous population is to collaborate on solutions By Vanessa Ellingham 07/01/2022
Māori at the vaccination drive-in. The vaccination rate of Māori is lower than average Photo: GettyImages Snapshot | New Zealand Talk of the town in New Zealand Not everyone is equal before the healthcare system in New Zealand. Maori are now to receive better care By Vanessa Ellingham 04/14/2022
"Kete" are bags woven from flax Photo: Yvonne Hammond Make it yourself! A bag made from flax Weaving with flax is a traditional Māori handicraft which remains popular today. By Yvonne Hammond 10/01/2021
Indigenous cinema | New Zealand “Lacking access to our own culture” How a filmmaker seeks to give the Maori a voice. By Chelsea Winstanley 03/29/2019
