First of all, the Polynesian version of what we call tiki are stone statues. Where the notion to carve them as pendants came from, no one...

It has been a matter of discussion among scientists and others, as to whether the Maori ever knew the Moa (Dinornis) as a living bird. It...

Unlike European thought (where people own parcels of land), in Māori thinking the land is regarded as a mother to the people. In fact the...

Many of you may already know this story but many hundreds more may have only followed stories on Facebook or explored recent articles. As...

The term is regarded as meaning ‘people of the land’ (original inhabitants) according to Maori. These words also mean: Tangata: Human,...

Being election day and in light of the debate on land compensation and water ownership going on presently, we reproduce an article from...

Below is a reproduction of our very first numbered post on this website. Little did we know we would find the location of other sites...

Below is an extract from a tale gained by a George Graham well before 1905 (when the account was first published). The information came...

Whilst it is well known that some preserved heads were stolen, and many articles appear about the "grim history of NZ’s stolen heads", it...

Continuing in the revealing of unusual items found in NZ that are non-Maori in origin, we present the following. There is much in common...