Before leaving, hīkoi organisers and mana whenua planted some trees. The hīkoi will rest in Huntly before moving onto Rotorua and eventually Wellington. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily ...

Photo / New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata Leading contemporary New Zealand painter John Walsh says he is honoured to be judging the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award for ...

Atop the Beehive a lone national flag is tortured daily by Wellington's gales. We join its handlers up on the roof to chat, watching as its fraying edges whip the sky.

In the year since, the country has seen nationwide protests, urgent claims to the Waitangi Tribunal, and the gathering of ...

In January the late Kiingi Tuheitia called for a series of hui around the country to discuss Māori unity. Today his daughter and successor Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po was there to see ...

The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award is a biennial art award in New Zealand, hosted in Wellington by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in partnership with the Office of the Māori Queen. The award was ...

The Te Pūnuiotoka is the last Hui ā-motu that started with her dad Tuheitia at the start of the year. Led by the Rātana Bands, the delegation included Tangata Moana and First Nations Peoples of Canada ...

In January the late Kiingi Tuheitia called for a series of hui around the country to discuss Māori unity. Today his daughter and successor Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po was there to see his ...