Sacred places, or wāhi tapu, are scattered across Aotearoa. These sites can be ancient burial grounds, springs, groves, or even single trees, each pulsing with historical and spiritual significance.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is accused of destroying sacred plants belonging to an affiliate of the Native American Church in Southern California. Getty Images/iStockphoto A ...

Members of the Native American Church, as part of centuries of spiritual tradition among Indigenous people, use “sacred plant medicines such as peyote, cannabis, and other entheogenic sacraments ...

A Native American Church affiliate in Southern California says a sheriff’s department seized and destroyed “thousands” of psychoactive plants revered as sacred, interfering with members ...

A Native American Church affiliate in Southern California says a sheriff’s department seized and destroyed “thousands” of psychoactive plants revered as sacred, interfering with members ...