For Temepara, who was named New Zealand’s Gardener of the Year in 2011, this powerful sense of kinship has shaped her passion for championing Maori culture through initiatives that celebrate the ...

Maori Symbolism: being an Account of the Origin, Migration, and Culture of the New Zealand Maori, as recorded in certain Sacred Legends. Report made by Ettie A. Rout., from the evidence of Hohepa ...

It might have been used to butcher meat at special feasts which were an important part of Maori culture. These feasts brought together a number of different families and other social groups.

The ritual continues as Maori bring the fire from the mountain to the Whanganui River, or Te Awa Tupua, the river of sacred power. Maori tribes have controlled, cared for, and depended on the ...

Tolkien's brothers-in-arms honoured him in a special way by performing a traditional Maori warrior chant known as the Haka. Dominic was born in the New Zealand city of Nelson, and has five brothers ...