Maori Culture

Māori kai food festivals are popular in New Zealand for international tourists and Kiwis alike, as they showcase the best of natural local foods / kai Māori.

Waitangi Day is a public holiday held on 6 February every year to commemorate the signing of New Zealand's founding document - the Treaty of Waitangi - in 1840.

A significant Māori cultural icon has come home after more than a century of foreign travels.

Loosely translated as hospitality, 'manaakitanga' plays a key role in Māori society and inspires the New Zealand visitor experience.

Snow is gathering on New Zealand’s high country, and mountain resorts are grooming their fields as the country says goodbye to autumn and welcomes visitors for another season of uniquely Kiwi winter events.

Long before European settlers reached New Zealand’s shores, Wellington’s sheltered harbour had been the ancestral home to generations of Māori tribes.

Rugby is an integral part of being a Kiwi and Rugby World Cup 2011 is destined to turn New Zealand into a non-stop party zone called the REAL New Zealand Festival.

Half a world away from each other, New Zealand and France have more than rugby in common.

Intrepid nineteenth century tourists travelled around the world to visit New Zealand’s famed Pink and White Terraces.

Visitors at the 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand won't have to leave the lakeside for an authentic taste of Māori culture.