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Play It Strange Announces Fundraising Concert To Support 2026 Waiata Māori Competition

20 years in the future you will get the call, and you will answer, because we are now all family.” Pop artist, winner of a Waiata Māori Music Award ... View article...

12 New Zealand Small Towns With Unmatched Friendliness

Meanwhile, the Akaroa Museum showcases settler and Māori history inside a 19th-century cottage. Cromwell. Scenic view of Cromwell, New Zealand. Image ... View article...

Doctors accuse Minister and Government of silencing scientists and threatening patient safety

He criticised its consultation on cultural competence, cultural safety and Māori health as “ideological”. View article...

Māori Tourism Treasures Grow as Eight New Experiences Join Auckland ...

Tāmaki Makaurau's Māori visitor economy has received a major boost with eight new Māori -owned businesses and Places of Cultural Connection joining ... View article...

'No Matariki Big Mac': How Matariki avoided becoming another Christmas or Halloween

It's a fear Māori cultural marketing and communications consultant Skye Kimura is well aware of. View article...

Che Wilson Reflects on Leadership, Identity and the Future of Te Ao Māori

As someone who has worked across governance, education and political leadership, Wilson offers insights into the changing relationship between Māori  ... View article...

Now the hype has settled, let's appreciate one of Aotearoa's greatest actresses

For many Māori , Rena Owen doesn't need an introduction. For many New Zealanders, she became a household name through Once Were Warriors in 1994. Her ... View article...

Māori broadcasting veteran Henare Kingi dies aged 91

The Māori broadcasting community is mourning the passing of Henare Kingi (Ngāpuhi), one of the pioneering voices of Māori radio, who has died in ... View article...

Ōpōtiki subdivisions gain Māori street names honouring Whakatōhea

New Māori road names have been approved for three new subdivisions in Ōpōtiki that are providing 37 new homes for the town. View article...

Legendary kiwi actor Sam Neill has passed away

Whānau is a Maori word which broadly translates to 'family'. "Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his ... View article...

'A gift we can leave each other': New book to help navigate conversations around dying

Herewini - a Whanganui District Council Māori ward councillor - said the guide offered practical information from a te ao Māori perspective to ... View article...

Māori man greets Prime Minister Modi with a haka that slowly reveals its ancient secret.

A young Māori man greets Prime Minister Modi with a haka that slowly reveals its ancient secret — the Io his tūpuna prayed to under the southern ... View article...

Aroha, Kauri and the quiet evolution of our naming habits

Te reo Māori names are holding their own. Google Trends search interest over the past year shows Aroha, Kauri, Nikau and Maia maintaining consistent ... View article...

South Canterbury prepares for bumper Matariki weekend

A range of events will take place across the region to mark the Māori New Year, tying in with the public holiday on Friday, but heavy rain and ... View article...

How to spot the Matariki star cluster in NZ this Māori New Year

Unlike the standard 12-month calendar, Matariki follows the maramataka - the Māori lunar calendar - and is celebrated on a Friday in either June or ... View article...

Maia tops list of New Zealand's favourite Māori baby names

Maia has overtaken Aroha as the most popular Māori name for baby girls in New Zealand, while Ariki has retained its place as the top choice for ... View article...

Māori writer and filmmaker Michael Bennett for NIN: A person is the last point in a very long sentence

In Māori culture, we believe that we are shaped by all those who came before us... View article...

Funding boost helps Māori-led events thrive

More Māori -led events celebrating the stories, traditions and identity of Tauranga Moana and the Western Bay of Plenty are receiving support ... View article...

No Law? Maori Governance & The Wild West of NZ!

Explore the complex history of Maori governance, their Polynesian roots, and the debate around the accidental settlement of New Zealand. View article...

Growing the next generation of Māori startup founders

Māori entrepreneurs are behind some of New Zealand's most innovative companies, from fintech firm BlinkPay to fusion energy startup OpenStar. View article...