After the Maori welcome and the Poi and Haka are done, we have the chance to visit the rest of the Te Puia Cultural Center. Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially ...

In one of the pictures of the weavers in the last post, one of the women had a tattoo on her chin. Tattoos, called Moko, have been an integral part of Maori culture for many hundreds of years. Far ...

MOUNT VERNON, Maine — Borrowing designs from carvings of New Zealand natives, a Maine couple are using moose bones to produce hundreds of delicately cut pieces of art displayed on necklaces. Working ...

A Whakapapa of Tradition: A book that examines the rapid evolution of Maori carving from 1830 to 1930 has won Auckland University senior lecturer in art history Ngarino Ellis the Te Mahi Toi, art ...

The culture of the Maoris, New Zealand's first inhabitants, comes alive at this year's Global Village, at a pavilion shared by a host of Pacific nations. The 600-square metre pavilion showcases the ...

Arekatera “Katz” Maihi can vividly recall the sickening stench of smoke and harrowing echo of family members’ cries as his tribal house in Auckland, New Zealand, went up in flames in the middle of the ...

Wellington: Five historic wooden panels carved by New Zealand's indigenous Maoris have been returned to the country from Switzerland more than four decades after they were illegally exported, a senior ...