Wellington’s Taiaha will be presented to Mayor Celia Wade-Brown by representatives from New Zealand Rugby at the full Council meeting on Wednesday. Be there at 5.30pm to catch a special glimpse ...

When Paeroa Kindergarten head teacher Glennys McKain approached Paeroa College about getting some of the senior boys to come and show the little boys at kindy the taiaha there was no hesitation ...

Another of this year's academy inductees, the hip-hop artist Taiaha, used similar words to describe his own approach. "As soon as I could play my first three chords I was song-writing," he said.