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

(Kai Schwoerer/STUFF via AP) A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

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 Dutch paddler who has travelled around the world to take part in today’s Waitangi Day commemorations says getting involved ...

New Zealand commemorates its national day on Thursday, Waitangi Day, marking 185 years since the signing of its foundational ...

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame credits his mom for being his biggest role model Moses Robinson/Getty Waka Flocka Flame’s mom, Debra Antney, raised him in the world of hip-hop. She is a renowned ...

Developing into an outstanding talent, Pete won gold medals at the World Waka Ama Championships, before later competing in Para canoe. The father-of-two achieved a breakthrough VL3 200m silver ...

Since Cassius is part Maori, this year they made a traditional Maori canoe, or waka, as a nod to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. All of the hard work paid off, as Cassius went on to win his class costume ...