Loreen Henare had her first taste of kapa haka as a 4-year-old performing with her parents and whānau. Forty-eight years later, she’s still in love with kapa haka, waiata, poi and mōteatea (chant) and ...

Carmen Hall is a communications adviser for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust and a former Bay of Plenty Times journalist.

By Kristine Sabillo New Zealand has formally granted a mountain legal personhood for the first time, recognizing not only its ...

New Zealand has just granted legal personhood to a culturally and environmentally significant mountain. Here's what to know ...

A recent study by Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and Te Arawa Whānau Ora Collective showed the ACC claim rate for Māori over the age of 50 was 46 per cent lower than for non-Māori in the ...

A haka group from Tauranga Moana recently had the chance to represent New Zealand and showcase Māori culture in Samoa. It was ...

America has always stripped the land of its original, Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga will not only bring thousands of people to the rohe but also their wallets. Te Matatini, the ...

Ride for Talei is part of Smear Your Mea, a kapa haka-based cervical cancer awareness initiative started in memory of Talei Morrison, former leader of Te Mātārae i Ōrehu, who passed away from cervical ...