But the Maori are famous for hāngi, large steam pit ovens using heated rocks. As Dr. Gillian Turner of Wellington’s Victoria University explains to the BBC, ancient Maori folklore suggests the ...

While Indigenous people in many Commonwealth nations have expressed a wish to sever ties with the monarchy due to its colonial history, some Maori leaders prefer to maintain the connection ...

It is the largest repatriation of ancestral remains in New Zealand's history. Te Papa's Maori leader Arapata Hakiwai said the return of the tipuna was deeply healing and would allow "our country to ...

Maori arrival Ancient DNA preserved in the teeth of the first known New Zealanders, who died more than 700 years ago, is helping shed new light on the settlement of Polynesia, researchers report.

The South Pacific nation of New Zealand is the ancestral home of the Maori, sea-faring settlers from the eastern Polynesia. With its unique flora and fauna, New Zealand offers a large array of ...

A massive man-eating bird of prey from ancient Maori legend really did exist, according to new research. Scientists have known about the existence of Haast's eagle for over a century based on ...

As a weed choked a New Zealand lake, a tribe found a surprising solution in a centuries-old tool, adding to a pitched debate over how Indigenous knowledge can complement conventional science. By ...

Six ancient Maori fishing grounds surround the headland, and fishing rocks used by the tribe centuries ago dot the shoreline, along with lobster holes, seaweed and beds of black abalone ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have anointed Nga Wai hono i te po as their new queen and eighth monarch, to succeed her father King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII who passed away at 69 after a ...