Researchers have recently found remnants of an important Maori artifact on the Chatham Islands ... Waka canoes are typically constructed from tree trunks, according to Teara.

Mt. Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Maori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are ...

Here, an 800-year-old pohutukawa tree plays a starring role in Maori oral history. According to legend, it’s the place where the spirits of deceased Maori jump into the sea to return to Hawaiki ...