Maori Culture

A catchy classic tune is back in the charts – and Kiwis up and down the country are singing along – after a boost from film-maker Taika Waititi’s latest film and his own video remake of the eighties hit.

A travelling exhibition that explores Māori moko or facial tattoo and takes it beyond face value is touring New Zealand promoting a better understanding of the traditional art form.

Māori artists will be under the spotlight this weekend at San Francisco’s de Young museum in a living exhibition of traditional and contemporary Māori art and culture.

More than 1 million people have watched Tourism New Zealand's television commercial 'Youngest Country' on YouTube in the past year.

New Zealand’s Rangitāne tribe has finally laid to rest the remains of 60 ancestors unearthed from their original burial ground then reclaimed from Canterbury Museum in the South Island.

An ornate taua waka (Māori war canoe) is being shipped from Auckland to Valencia to mark the official handover of the America’s Cup from the previous cup host city to the new hosts.

Te Ana Ngāi Tahu Rock Art Centre – an important new cultural tourism attraction housing a significant Māori art collection – will open in Timaru, New Zealand next week.

Newly-weds Gaynor Halpin and Barry Grounds went to extraordinary lengths to make their wedding day something special - they flew 19,000km (12,000 miles) to say "I do" in a traditional Māori waka (canoe).

One of the world’s greatest migrations across the Pacific Ocean is to be re-enacted using ancient seafaring skills and a fleet of traditional canoes, currently being built in New Zealand.

Two New Zealand businesswomen have dreamed up a cuddly soft toy to help promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup.