When the Wairoa Star newspaper shut down earlier this year, Leo Koziol wondered whether time was up for the Wairoa Māori Film Festival as well. "When an institution over a hundred years old disappears ...
Polynesian body art is strongly linked to the environment, using images from their daily lives. Animals are common symbols in Polynesian tattoos, like birds, which represent freedom, travel and ...
Wairau Maori Art Gallery kaimānga mātauranga Geva Downey (front left) and artist Wayne Youle (right) work with students from I Have a Dream. New Zealand’s first public art gallery dedicated to ...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand reclaimed the world record for the largest mass haka after more than 6,000 people performed the legendary Maori war dance, dethroning France. The record was ...