Ta moko

The Pacific Ring of Fire. One of the most breathtaking and dangerous regions on earth. Three quarters of the planet's active and extinct volcanoes are here. An enormous ring of fire,...

Ancestral remains were returned from Europe to Te Papa Tongarewa today. Te Papa has been working on the return of these ancestors for nearly 10 years. Museums all around the world are now open to the...

There are many factors that led to a young boy being drunk and caught on video says Hauraki-Waikato MP Nanaia Mahuta, and one of those factors is the amount of liquor stores in the area. Nanaia Mahuta...

A Maori meeting house carved in the 1800s is under the ownership of the Spa Hotel in Taupo. The owners of the hotel have now decided to sell the meeting house to foreigners, neglecting to return the...

A tokotoko walking stick which was gifted by Tamarau Takurua, one of Tuhoe's last paramount chiefs, to a principal of the Ruatoki School, has been returned to the iwi at Otenuku Marae in...

20 Maori taonga are on their way home from Paris. The toi moko have been in French museums for more than 200 years. The eerie cries of grief fill the silence of this Paris auditorium. Today the...

Returning to the Te Matatini o te Ra competition. Rapaera Tawhai has this report on the winners of Te Matatini o te Ra 2011. The winners of Te Matatini o te Ra here at Wai o Hika is Te Matarae i o...

Waka Huia has once again clinched the top spot in the Tamaki Makaurau Kapa Haka Regionals. There are four teams going through to the nationals held in Rotorua next year. And it will be a first time...

A Maori woman has gone to the Human Rights Commission claiming she was discriminated against by her former employer. Claire Haupani says she was embarrassed and degraded when her employer told her to...

The dispute over the Wellington waka Te Raukura could be headed back to court with Waiwhetu Maori saying they have not signed an agreement that would let them keep the canoe in return for a $150,000...