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Māori and the Moana: Why the Ocean Is More Than a Resource

Māori and the Moana: Why the Ocean Is More Than...

Understanding the deep relationship between Māori, Tangaroa and the sea For many people, the ocean is somewhere we go. We go surfing. We go fishing. We go diving. We go...

Māori and the Moana: Why the Ocean Is More Than...

Understanding the deep relationship between Māori, Tangaroa and the sea For many people, the ocean is somewhere we go. We go surfing. We go fishing. We go diving. We go...

Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving and the Stories Written in Wood

Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving and the Stor...

How Māori carving developed, what it communicates, and why whakairo remains a living artform in Aotearoa Walk into a traditional Māori meeting house and one of the first things you...

Whakairo: The Art of Māori Carving and the Stor...

How Māori carving developed, what it communicates, and why whakairo remains a living artform in Aotearoa Walk into a traditional Māori meeting house and one of the first things you...

Te Hī Ika: The Deep Connection Between Māori and Fishing

Te Hī Ika: The Deep Connection Between Māori an...

Traditional fishing, kaimoana, tikanga and the enduring relationship between Māori and the moana For Māori, fishing has never simply been about catching something for dinner. Te hī ika — fishing...

Te Hī Ika: The Deep Connection Between Māori an...

Traditional fishing, kaimoana, tikanga and the enduring relationship between Māori and the moana For Māori, fishing has never simply been about catching something for dinner. Te hī ika — fishing...

Maia Gibbs In Wai-Tai Kaitiaki Maori t-shirt

From Kākahu to Contemporary Māori Clothing: The...

From Kākahu to Contemporary Māori Clothing Clothing can tell you a surprising amount about a culture. What people wear can reveal where they come from, what resources are available to...

From Kākahu to Contemporary Māori Clothing: The...

From Kākahu to Contemporary Māori Clothing Clothing can tell you a surprising amount about a culture. What people wear can reveal where they come from, what resources are available to...

How the Moana Shaped Māori Coastal Settlements

How the Moana Shaped Māori Coastal Settlements

Look at a map of Aotearoa and one thing becomes immediately obvious. We are a coastal country. No part of the North Island is particularly far from the sea, and...

How the Moana Shaped Māori Coastal Settlements

Look at a map of Aotearoa and one thing becomes immediately obvious. We are a coastal country. No part of the North Island is particularly far from the sea, and...

Rangi Tukunoa doing a cutback on his surfbard

Māori Surfing: The Long History of Whakahekehek...

Ask most people where surfing began and you will probably hear the name Hawaii. And there is good reason for that. Surfing has deep roots across Polynesia, and Hawaiʻi developed...

Māori Surfing: The Long History of Whakahekehek...

Ask most people where surfing began and you will probably hear the name Hawaii. And there is good reason for that. Surfing has deep roots across Polynesia, and Hawaiʻi developed...