The Maori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand who have been living in New Zealand, or Aotearoa, for more than 1,000 years. The meeting has been called amid rising tensions between the Maori ...

MAORI war boat banned from Queen's Diamond Jubilee river pageant for fear it may capsize or lose control in strong currents. The waka, made by carving out a tree trunk, was to be used to represent ...

They knew the spirit guardians, called taniwha ... farmers holding fern fronds. As the boat passed, they put their ferns in the water”—the traditional Maori way to honor the life force ...

It's called the Treaty of Waitangi. Can you just briefly explain what this treaty was and why Maori are upset that the government is even planning to review it? CHARTERS: The Treaty of Waitangi ...

"With regard to the Maori vessel, the limitations of the tidal ... "The Thames can be choppy but it was fine last year. Dragon boats take their design from the waka and they will be allowed ...