Maori Culture

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.

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.

A Māori cloak of historic significance is home in Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand, after living in a London closet for more than 20 years.

Maori Market will exhibit contemporary, world class art in Wellington from 27-29 April 2007.

New Zealand’s national Māori language week – te wiki o te reo Māori - will get a major boost next week with the launch of Google Māori.

A giant gourmet hangi, created by Kiwi celebrity chef Peter Gordon, will launch New Zealand’s 2009 celebrations for Matariki or Māori New Year.

New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa in Wellington has notched up 15 million visitors since opening 10 years ago.