Travel: Why the best way to see New Zealand is on a cruise ship
Despite the long flight, a 14-day cruise from Sydney to Auckland checks all the sight-seeing, cultural and culinary boxes.
Mapping the Motu: How a new book reimagines the NZ Wars through Māori perspectives
Toitu te Zealand Wars, by Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki), gives readers the history of 30 key battles and ...
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
Pakehābecame the dominant population in New Zealand. The Maori population started to dwindle because of wars against their European colonisers over land, and new European diseases like smallpox.
Shane Jones looks to convince iwi of geothermal potential under Māori-owned land
A hui with 40 iwi groups today is so Māori land owners get an early notice of what the Crown is proposing to do, Jones says.
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MPs ordered to stop complaining about use of country’s indigenous name
“Aotearoa”, meaning "land of the long white cloud" in te reo Māori (the Māori language), has become increasingly prominent in New Zealand. The conflict highlights the tensions that have ...
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New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
WELLINGTON, New ... “land of the long white cloud” in te reo Māori, the Māori language. Winston Peters — who is deputy prime minister, foreign minister and leader of the populist party New ...