Shane Rangi, who worked with Cameron on the 'Avatar' movies, wrote the script based on events in his life and will direct the independent project. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Rangi, who worked ...

In 2025, one of the more unusual controversies involving Māori culture in the public eye came not from Parliament or protest ...

A Gisborne marae has marked another step forward in its Cyclone Gabrielle recovery journey with a ceremony burying lost ...

TAONGA: A whalebone wahaika created by Te Atiawa carver Jacob Heberley that once belonged to Tamahau Mahupuku and was discovered at the UCLA Fowler Museum in Los Angeles. PHOTOS SUPPLIED Maori ...

Tiaki Taonga, unveiled at Kohewhata Marae in Kaikohe on Saturday, hopes to bring understanding and iwi Māori engagement to the kaupapa of taonga and mātauranga (traditional knowledge) protection. It ...

Jerome Kavanagh Poutama started Oro Atua, a wānanga focused on healing hearts and minds through the power of taonga pūoro. Taonga pūoro are traditional Māori music instruments and a mode of Māori ...

Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka and Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith recently appointed Professor Taepa as a new trustee on the Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust Board. He is Massey University’s ...

At Kohewhata Marae in Kaikohe today, Wai 262 launched Tiaki Taonga - a movement to bring understanding and te iwi Māori engagement to the kaupapa of taonga and māturanga protection. In time Tiaki ...

Jonathan Barrett does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Picturesque Mermaid Pools in Matapouri in New Zealand have been closed indefinitely after human waste and litter were repeatedly found at the sacred Māori site. Sanitary towels, sunscreen, urine and ...