Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Raukura Waitai of the Whanganui Delegation, left, speaks during the Meeting of Sacred Waters forum at the Heard Museum in Phoenix ...

According to Maori myths and legends, a demigod named Maui was fishing with his brothers from a canoe – which is now known as the South Island – when he hooked a giant catch: the massive piece of land ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. New Zealand's world famous war dance, the haka, has been officially given to a Maori tribe to help protect it from commercial rip-offs.

Elton John has received a specially made bird-feather cloak for his many visits to Maori communities. By The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Elton John has received a specially made ...

Ngati Toa, which owns the legal rights to the dance, said it supports Covid vaccinations as the best chance to protect a group that has suffered disproportionally from pandemics. By Natasha Frost At ...

Hoturoa Barclay Kerr has sailed the world on his journey to show how oceans connect peoples, lands and lifeways. Kerr, the captain of the Hainui, an oceangoing waka, or canoe arrived in Phoenix from ...