After the Maori welcome and the Poi and Haka are done, we have the chance to visit the rest of the Te Puia Cultural Center. Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially ...

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu will be the homecoming venue for Toi Mäori: The Eternal Thread – Te Aho Mutunga Kore exhibition when it returns from the United States next month. Toi Mäori ...

The Maori Weavers National Hui has received an unprecedented response from weavers for their upcoming gathering at Maraenui Marae in the eastern Bay of Plenty, to be held next month during Labour ...

Te Wananga o Aotearoa raranga (weaving) students Whetukiaterangi Te Arihi (left with her piupiu) and Alison McCulloch (with her kete). Photo/Stuart Whitaker Two students with vastly different reasons ...

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 the ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII died on Aug.