Discover how the Maori language, once near extinction, is experiencing a remarkable revival and becoming a source of national ...

COQUILLE -- Giving students at Jefferson Elementary School a chance to play with toys they had never seen before was also the way to teach them about a culture from the other side of the world. On ...

Brothers and bandmates Henry and Lewis de Jong, 17 and 15 respectively, were brought up on two things: Māoriculture and metal music. The two New Zealand natives fully embraced their heritage at a ...

Identity defines and shapes us all - and if we don't know who we are - or don't accept who we are, it is easy to feel lost and even harder to see a way forward. Dan Te Whenua Walker is a child of two ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Ceillhe Sperath’s ancestors arrived in New Zealand nearly two centuries before Christopher Columbus set off for the New World. Yet for much of the last two centuries, the Maori ...

In the heart of New Zealand's north island, the small town of Rotorua has become a stronghold of cultural preservation for a group of Indigenous people. "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts traveled ...

Last month, a century-old Maori carving was restored and gifted to the British people. Carved originally in 1910, by master carver Tene Waitere, the pou was completed by his great-great-great grandson ...

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of New Zealand's Maori Party, was removed from the country's parliament on Wednesday after performing a ceremonial haka dance during a debate about indigenous rights. The ...

The giant moa was the world’s largest bird, up to 11 feet high and 500 lbs., a peaceable, plant-eating giant that lived on the edges of forests in New Zealand’s South Island. Then the island’s first ...

The Aotearoa Maori Surfing Titles was spearheaded 29 years ago by Waitara Boardriders Club. Always held on Labour Weekend, the event has been hosted for the last few years in Te Tai Tokerau [Northland ...