As Moana sailed the Pacific late last year in her traditional canoe on the big screen, a heated debate raged online over the ownership of this potent symbol that unites Pacific islanders. The ...

Taonga is a broad and encompassing word. In the Māori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi the Crown granted te iwi Māori tino rangatiratanga over our whenua, kainga and taonga. Taonga, in this sense, ...

Matatū represents the South Island in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. The team’s name symbolises their enduring spirit ...

Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy ...

For a band whose underlying mission was to address ideas about what this country could be, there could not have been a more apt name than Aotearoa, writes Nick Bollinger.

Moana. Source: Screengrab from the movie. Animated by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, Moana is a 2016 American musical fantasy adventure film. The film's plot ...

Maori are people of the Moana, like us, and their histories and ours are interwoven and beautifully linked. Many of our Pacific languages are rich with words, stories, beliefs, artefacts and ...

Shrek, one of Dreamworks' most famous franchise films, has been reimagined and redubbed in te reo Māori as part of a collaboration between Māoriland Productions and the American studio Dreamworks. The ...

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