New Zealand observes Matariki, the Māori New Year, as a public holiday. Celebrations include dawn ceremonies and cultural ...

(sacred offering ceremony) – the offering of food and steam to the stars of Matariki from the umu or hāngī, along with ...

New Zealand's Māori lunar new year celebrations commenced on Thursday with a dawn ceremony beneath Mount Ruapehu in the North ...

Director Kath Akuhata-Brown says it's time for a story that heals, not harms and shows the beauty of being Māori.

The connection between Matariki and Dark Sky Reserves is natural and profound. For Māori, the stars are tūpuna (ancestors), ...

Those with their ear to the ground may already know the debut album from Geneva AM aka Geneva Alexander-Marsters (Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Aitutaki, Palmerston) will ...

The Poetry Slam, which my brother and I have put together, will serve as a competition for poets in our community. Microphone in hand, each teen will delight strangers and family, and will show ...

It features the poetry of Kalief’s late mother, archival footage from the 1970 uprising in New York City jails, and interviews about the ongoing push to shut down Rikers Island jail. Akeem ...

THREE Maori MPs have been banned from the New Zealand parliament for performing the haka during a protest. The haka is a traditional war dance of the indigenous Maori people - popularly used by the ...

WELLINGTON, Nueva Zelanda (AP) — Parlamento de Nueva Zelanda suspende a 3 legisladores que realizaron una haka maorí en protesta contra proyecto de ley.

New Zealand legislators voted on Thursday to enact record suspensions from parliament for three lawmakers who performed a Maori haka to protest a proposed law. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke received a ...

New Zealand's parliament has voted to enact record suspensions for three Māori MPs who performed a haka to protest a controversial bill.