Many moons ago, shortly after the birth of my first child, I took her onto a mMarae for a traditional Maori blessing from our local kaumatua. Why, some might ask. I was brought up Catholic ...

Wedding ceremony Maori style Carol Cooke's nephew met his fiancee in Newcastle, but they got married in New Zealand. Carol travelled from Durham to New Zealand for the wedding.

A Maori blessing of workers laying the Southern Pipeline along Matapihi Peninsula has drawn flak from respected kaumatua and former school principal Charlie ...

The Battle of Gate Pa ceremonies started this morning with the blessing of Maori carving at the site. Pouroto Ngaropo. Pou representing the people who fought the battle that shaped the history of ...

Two traditional blessings were performed at Telus Spark on Friday — one Blackfoot and one Maori — to kick off the Whales Tohora exhibit from New Zealand, opening on Jan. 20.

A York County food pantry which serves hundreds of families each week must vacate its building by next week. Dozens of people filed in and out of Harvest of Blessing in York on Tuesday morning ...

Prince William was given some racy Maori fertility tips yesterday ahead of his wedding to Kate Middleton. As he visited quake-stricken Christchurch, tribal leader Henare Rakiihia Tau told him to ...

The father of 22-year-old backpacker Grace Millane took part in a blessing ceremony on the site where her body was found in New Zealand. Her body was formally identified on Wednesday, and her ...

YORK, Pa. — A York County food pantry which serves hundreds of families each week must vacate its building by next week. Dozens of people filed in and out of Harvest of Blessing in York on ...