New Zealand’s landscapes are much more than just a backdrop for the Māori people. Each tribe, or iwi, has local stories about how the mountains, rivers, lakes and hot springs in their region were ...

Māori myths and legends have an important role in transmitting and regenerating traditional knowledge. Yet with the depletion of local publishing in New Zealand, fewer and fewer of these stories are ...

A survey showed that 39% of New Zealanders believe the Polynesian ancestors of the Māori were not here first. Most of these believed the Moriori myth. Two amateur anthropologists concocted a myth that ...

A Māori academy is using challenges inspired by Māori pūrākau (legends) to help encourage young Māori to engage in science subjects. Āmua Ao Engineering Young Māori Minds, run by Massey University’s ...

Innovative lighting displays and artworks will light up Christchurch’s Cathedral Square as the city marks New Zealand’s first Matariki public holiday. The second annual Tīrama Mai lighting festival ...