During the water cremation process, the body is wrapped in a shroud and dissolved in a 95% water 5% alkaline solution. After four or so hours, all that is left are “pure white” bones ...

In April 2025, New Zealand’s median house price fell to $781,000, a 1.1% decrease from the previous year. While the national average asking price dropped 1.7% year-on-year to $852,364, ...

What Does the Bible Say About Cremation? The first reference to cremation is found in 1 Samuel 31, where Saul and his sons are burned, and then their bones are buried.. But when the inhabitants of ...

Parliament has been debating the proposed punishment for Te Pati Maori MPs who stood in front of ACT MPs and performed a haka in protest of the Treaty Principles Bill during its first reading. The ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from Parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Māori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke on Thursday received ...

Parliament has voted to dish out the toughest parliamentary sanctions ever to the Te Pāti Māori co-leaders after a fiery debate in the House today. The ...

Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have been suspended for 21 days, and parliament’s youngest member, 22-year-old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has a seven day ban for ...

New Zealand's parliament has voted to suspend three Māori MPs for their protest haka during a sitting last year. Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance, was ...

An advocacy group wants to see funeral directors removed as the middleman in cremations, saying it's costing people money. Death Without Debt spokesperson Fergus Wheeler explained two doctors were ...

Back in 2017, a 24-year-old Lowe started for the Maori All Blacks as they suffered a 32-10 defeat to the Lions in Rotorua. Eight years and 40 Irish caps later, Lowe has been selected to become a ...

Research documenting how Hauraki Māori were abandoned by authorities during Cyclone Gabrielle was presented to the Waitangi Tribunal's Climate Change Priority Inquiry last week, revealing ...

This little Maori-white girl needs a tan. See you soon, Broome," she wrote. Judd seldom mentions her New Zealand heritage from her mother Kerry Brown's side.