Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture for centuries, a sacred marker of the wearer's genealogy and heritage. But one woman's striking chin design - or moko - has generated huge debate in ...

Rising Maori singer Maisey Rika has won four of the eight titles on offer this year’s Waiata Maori Awards which were held at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House in Hastings on Friday night. She was announced ...

The emotionally powerful documentary “Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen,” which is screening at Berlinale, tells the intimate story of legendary Maori filmmaker Merata Mita, who helped to ...

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 ...

Maori women sporting heroes from the past including Wimbledon tennis star Ruia Morrison-Davy, netball stalwart June Mariu and bowls champion Millie Khan will be guests of honour at the 2003 Trillian ...

Female Maori and Pacific smokers are less physically hooked than NZ European/other female smokers. Maori and Pacific women who smoke are less physically dependent on cigarettes than NZ European and ...

The Maori language of New Zealand has just expanded by 200 words and phrases, freshly minted to describe mental health, addiction and disability issues. Keri Opai, the civil servant who helped devise ...

FORGIVE ME as part of the program Perceptions at ImagineNative at TIFF Bell Lightbox (360 King West), Friday (October 25), 10:30 am. Free. imaginative.org. Chelsea Winstanley is “somewhere between ...

Actor Robyn Malcolm says there should be some role changes in Amazon Studios' Lord of the Rings TV series. Auckland's been confirmed as the main production base for the series, with pre-production ...

The emotionally powerful documentary “Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen,” which is screening at Berlinale, tells the intimate story of legendary Maori filmmaker Merata Mita, who helped to ...

FORGIVE ME as part of the program Perceptions at ImagineNative at TIFF Bell Lightbox (360 King West), Friday (October 25), 10:30 am. Free. imaginative.org. Chelsea Winstanley is “somewhere between ...