It's a fisherman's tale with a hook - a couple of bone hooks that is. Greerton youth worker Rangi Ahipene has successfully caught fish with traditional Maori fish hooks made of bone.

The Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the 10th century. Matau, or fishhooks, were among their tools, fashioned ...

Skilled at making fish-hooks, Wiremu Pohe, the Ngati Kahu chief who welcomed the first English settlers to Whangarei, ... Maori chief inspires name for bridge. By Mike Barrington.

The rolling bascule bridge, apparently inspired by Maori fish hooks, gave its first performance last Friday (26 July).. The 265-metre-long link over a tidal river estuary is part of a package of ...