Ōmokoroa Beach will resonate with the rhythmic splash of paddles when the Tauranga Moana Outrigger Canoe Club celebrates its ...

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 country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of ...

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

Dawn breaks at Waitangi, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. (David White/STUFF via AP) ...

The grant also meant the museum could expand its wishlist to include a fibreglass-hulled waka tētē (training canoe) and a carved whare waka (canoe shelter) for the museum grounds. The waka was built ...

A fleet of traditional "waka" canoe were then launched into calm waters for a ceremonial parade. Elsewhere in New Zealand, hundreds of protesters marched through major cities such as Wellington ...

The grant also meant the museum could expand its wishlist to include a fibreglass-hulled waka tētē (training canoe) and a carved whare waka (canoe shelter) for the museum grounds. The waka was ...

Later, hundreds took to the Bay of Islands waters in an impressive display of traditional waka (or canoe) paddling. For the first time since 2017, the sitting prime minister is not at the birthplace ...