Taonga is a broad and encompassing word. In the Māori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi the Crown granted te iwi Māori tino ...

New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th annive ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

In the 185 years since te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed between Māori rangatira and the British Crown, Māori have been writing about its meaning, sh ...

Māori educator Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, a founder of the Kōhanga Reo movement, has died. She was 95. A social media pānui posted to Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust's Facebook page said Dame ...

Responding to a famous Māori proverb expressing communal solidarity “he waka eke noa,” meaning ... Through a series of 50 images and narratives, the exhibition explores pivotal moments ...

ACC is promoting intergenerational Māori health at this year’s Waka Ama Sprints National Competition, currently being held at Lake Karāpiro. Over 3,800 paddlers are participating in the six-day ...

The annual Waka Ama Sprint Championships held at Lake Karapiro has attracted waka enthusiasts from near and far, including Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, UK, and the USA - contributing to record entries.

It’s not the first time a canoe like this has been found in New Zealand. A more intact waka was discovered in 2023, which may have been purposefully hidden by the Maori — who lived on the mainland, ...

The partial remains of a waka have been found on Rēkohu Wharekauri Chatham Island. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage said it was working closely with landowners, as well as the Hokotehi ...

The waka was discovered buried in the sand dunes in a remote part of Rēkohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island. Photo / Manatū Taonga The partial remains of a waka have been found on Rēkohu ...

Tairāwhiti waka ama paddlers head to Lake Karapiro from Saturday for the sport’s major annual event, the national sprint championships. The seven-day programme for the 35th running of the event starts ...