also known as Te Ika a Maui or Maui’s fish — while touching on modern Maori issues such as mana whenua (Maori rights). Comparable in content, New Zealand’s Okareka Dance Company performs ...

Get ready for a brilliant night of music when acclaimed Māori musician Stan Walker will make his Maui debut at the Maui Arts ...

The state’s commitment to explore the best sites for geothermal energy and push for commercial development is critical and ...

Biography: Maui Solomon (Moriori, Kai Tahu ... mediation and negotiation of his own Moriori people of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) and Maori tribes in Aotearoa/New Zealand. He currently represents 3 of ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

A waka discovered on Rekohu / Chatham Islands has been described by one expert as the most important discovery in New Zealand, possibly Polynesian archeology.

Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, traditionally welcome the new year in June, around the time of their winter solstice. For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by ...

It is the largest in New Zealand ... Eastern Polynesians now known as Maori, cooked in the hotter waters and bathed in the warm springs. From the time of Maui's brothers onward, humans have ...

For Temepara, who was named New Zealand’s Gardener of the Year in 2011, this powerful sense of kinship has shaped her passion for championing Maori culture through initiatives that celebrate the ...

NGARUAWAHIA, (New Zealand): New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch on Thursday (Sept 5), a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country’s ...

The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has told lawmakers he will not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Maori name, Aotearoa, in parliament after Foreign Minister ...