A vibrant evening of Maori storytelling in Seoul on Thursday amplified shared values of heritage, ancestry and community with ...

New Zealand Ambassador Dawn Bennet hosted “New Zealand Culture Night” to celebrate the arrival of the Hiwa Crew, a Māori ...

J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t just write stories — he built an entire linguistic foundation for Middle-earth before the plot even ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

Haida was cited by the New Zealand Court of Appeal in Stafford v Accident Compensation Corp, that the honour of the Crown requires the courts to take a broad and purposive approach to the ...

New translations reveal slurs that organisers and anti-racism groups say have no place on the highly esteemed Te Matatini stage.

The evidence presented at the urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal last week pointed to the distinct and fundamental difference between Māori being consulted, and having genuine decision-making pow ...

The Academy's giving you the chance to learn the words to the traditional haka performed by the mighty All Blacks.

Most people in Iran are Persian, not Arab. When global headlines group Iran with countries such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, many assume they all share the same ethnic roots. Iran is ...

Equality Maori to Own Iconic NZ Hiking Track After Historic Agreement The coastline of Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand. Photographer: Martin Vlnas/iStockphoto/Getty Images By Ainsley Thomson ...

New Zealand was one of the last landmasses to be colonized by humans. When Pleistocene megafauna had gone extinct elsewhere in the world, New Zealand was still inhabited by the moas, giant flightless ...

The Irish language, also known as Gaelic or Gaelige, is a Celtic language that has a rich and fascinating history. The origins of the Irish language can be traced back to the 4th century AD, when it ...