The Queen was today given a traditional Maori welcome as a white heron - a bird rarely seen in New Zealand. Te Kuini - pronounced the Queenie - is revered like the rare white heron by the Ngai ...

The rise of the Maori tribal tattoo Why a Maori cloak, worn to meet the Queen, delighted New Zealand Thor director says New Zealand is racist Associate Professor Te Kahautu Maxwell at the ...

She was 26 and became the Queen just the year before. Her tour schedule had her meeting Maori leaders for a matter of minutes. But she tossed that notion aside after the Māori Princess Piki ...

An accomplished haka dancer has been anointed the next Maori leader over her elder brothers ... She is only the second queen in the royal tradition of the Kiingitanga movement, which dates back ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have anointed Nga Wai hono i te po as their new queen and eighth monarch, to succeed her father ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new Māori queen was crowned today as her father was laid to rest. Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --A new Maori queen was anointed Thursday when the king of New Zealand's indigenous people who died late last month was laid to rest. A statement from the Kiingitanga, meaning the Maori ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades. A statement ...

has anointed the newly elected Maori Queen, Te Arikinui (Paramount Chief) Kuini (Queen) Nga Wai Hono i te Po. The monarchy, held by the hereditary succession of the high chief of a large central North ...

After the flax is harvested it goes through many processes to become yarn The arrival of large amounts of Scottish people during the Plantation of Ulster helped contribute to the huge growth of ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs have anointed Nga Wai hono i te po as their new queen and eighth monarch, to succeed her father King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII who passed away at 69 after a heart ...