The vote was greeted by a ringing waiata — a Māori song — from the public gallery, packed with dozens who had traveled to the capital, Wellington, from Taranaki. The unity provided brief ...

Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai were not the only visionaries celebrated by te iwi Māori at the national kapa haka championships in Ngāmotu's Pukekura Park. Te Kāhui Maunga covers Taranaki to ...

New Plymouth/Ngāmotu and the people of Te Kāhui Maunga (Taranaki/Whanganui ... with the release of an album of classic and modern waiata from across the festival's first five decades, and ...

The crowd yelled “you are not welcome” and police formed a line, trying to move them away on Taranaki St. Mayor ... Their advice to us is to sing a waiata or to continue with our celebrations ...