A look at the parties, leaders, issues and polling in the 2026 New Zealand election, which will take place on November 7.

For the past few months New Zealand’s Māori nationalist Te Pāti Māori (Māori Party) has been consumed with a bitter internal power struggle, which may well result in a split. Maori Party co-leaders ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Indigenous Maori lawmakers have decried a push to temporarily banish them from New Zealand's parliament after disrupting the reading of a contentious race relations bill last year ...

The haka, a traditional Maori dance of challenge, has transcended its sacred origins to become a cherished cultural symbol for all New Zealanders. From sporting events to funerals and graduations, its ...