Family Finds Remains of a Traditional MāOri Canoe on an Island, Experts Say It Was Used for Fishing and River Travel Researchers have recently found remnants of an important Maori artifact on the ...

Hundreds of years ago, the Moriori people of present-day New Zealand used a type of canoe known as a waka to fish, travel, and go to war. Now, thanks to the sharp eyes of a local family on Chatham ...

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

A family on the Chatham Islands found almost 20 fragments of a historic canoe, or waka, in a sand dune, officials said and photos show. Photo from Manatū Taonga / New Zealand's Ministry for ...

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

Dutch paddler Koos Wabeke says getting involved with kaupapa waka - and learning about the Māori world - has changed his life ...

“Waka is the Māori word for canoe,” according to the ministry’s Encyclopedia of New Zealand. The term can refer to a wide range of boats made by “ancestors of Māori” over the span of ...