Apanui-Barr, a fellow reo Māori singer-songwriter, says they first connected through He Pounamu, a 1990s Māngai Pāho compilation of reo Māori waiata, and remained close ever since. Their last ...

Music correspondent Dave Wilson talks about the contribution made to music in Aotearoa by Toni Huata, who has passed away. Huata was a champion of Maori music and te reo, and released much of her ...

The te reo Māori version of Dreamworks classic animation Shrek will premiere among the 86 films screening at Māoriland Film ...

Huata was known as a powerhouse of contemporary reo Māori music, fusing elements of jazz, soul, and Māori sounds while ...

Māori singer, composer and performer Toni Huata has died. Huata was a champion of Māori music and te reo, and released much ...

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 "Happy Chinese New Year" Carnival brought cultural festivities to Grey Lynn Park in Auckland on Saturday. Organized by the China Cultural Center in ...

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

Nick Bollinger talks to Aotearoa's founder Ngahiwi Apanui and explores the background to these essential New Zealand albums ... both inside and outside of music. Moana Maniopoto sang with Aotearoa ...

The Guardian If New Zealand’s coalition government had prepared for political fireworks from Indigenous leaders on the eve of the country’s national day, they were met with something arguably even ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.