WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades. A statement ...

A statement released by representatives said Nga Wai Hono i te Po had been chosen by Maori elders to replace her father, King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died aged 69 last week following ...

PRINCE Harry got a right royal shock when a traditional Maori pulled a mobile phone from under his grass skirt to try and take a selfie. The Prince was immersing himself in the culture by speaking ...

Crews beach traditional waka (canoes) Marumaru Atua (near), Hine Moana (middle) and Haunui (far) at Okahu Bay on Sunday ahead of events celebrating Pacific voyaging. (Photo by Marcel Honore / ...

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Come on a voyage across the open ocean with seabirds, sea swells and stars as your guides. The LINKS programme and Waikato University are proud to announce the launching of He Waka He Tangata. This ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Centuries before the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and Britain’s Captain James Cook arrived in what became New Zealand, there was Kupe, a 10th-century navigator from Tahiti. The ...

New Maori Queen Anointed as Her Father, the King, Is Buried WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest ...