Young Māori and Pasifika singers are being encouraged to step forward as auditions open for the New Zealand Secondary Students Choir, offering rangatahi the chance to develop their voices and […] ...

When the Te Here ā Nuku Nelson Tenths Bill passed its third reading at Parliament, about 100 descendants in the public ...

In 1845, a Crown grant stated a tenth of all land used for the Nelson settlement would be reserved in a trust for the ...

You know something is wrong with a country when its Indigenous culture is globally hot but locally not. I was reminded of that watching rugby recently. Among the thousands of […] ...

Qualifying kapa haka representing 13 different regions have been allocated slots across four performance pools.

The duo, sisters Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington (Ngpuhi, Tonga) invites whnau and educators to krero Mori with an interactive way of learning Mori vowel sounds to keep the language ...

Find out more about our Māori-language initiative here. “It takes one generation to lose a language and three generations to restore,” Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins once said. Last year ...

This week Meadow Mia from Hamilton Girls' High School won the Play It Strange 2026 Waiata Maori competition with her waiata, Poomaarie / Say Goodnight. The competition is in its third year and ...

Christchurch-based children’s music stars Loopy Tunes sister duo have returned with an inspiring new waiata, ‘Kia Kaha Kōrero Mai’ released today, encouraging whānau and educators to embrace te reo ...

Young Māori in New Zealand are embracing tā moko, the ritual tattoos that were banned under British colonial rule and became an act of protest in the 1970s. Two men perform a hongi, a traditional ...