WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
A rousing haka war cry by Maori actors kicked off a marathon programme of 37 Shakespeare plays in 37 languages on Monday as a cultural curtainraiser for the Olympics. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Based on a true story spanning nearly 150 years, "Hohepa" lays bare some of New Zealand's most painful wounds - and seeks to heal them through music. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Britain's Prince William (R) is given a traditional Maori greeting by elders of the Ngai Tahu tribe at a national memorial service for victims of last month's earthquake, in Christchurch March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (NEW Z... [Full Article]
(AFP) - Prince William(C) receives a Maori cloak upon arriving at the Earthquake Memorial for those who were lost in the February 22 earthquake, in Christchurch.(AFP/Marty Melville)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A wooden Maori lintel, depicting the creation of the world, circa 1845. The Maori language is in "worrying decline" among New Zealand's indigenous people and could die out without urgent government action to save it, a repo... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - A schoolboy reaches out to touch a Humpheaded Maori Wrasse as it swims past in the world's largest Great Barrier Reef exhibit at the Sydney Aquarium, in 2003. Australia and Japan boast some of the planet's most diverse oceans but... [Full Article]
(AFP) - A Maori woman sporting traditional facial tattoos, known as moko, at a marae in Waikato. In the last 20 years, Maori culture and tattooing -- ta moko -- have experienced a strong revival and the distinctive dark swirls and designs once again ... [Full Article]
(AFP/Tourism New Zealand) - A Maori man receives a traditional tattoo, known as moko, in Auckland. A strong revival of Maori language and culture since the 1980s has also seen a resurgence of ta moko, reflecting a renewed pride in Maori identity.(AFP... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Maori Warriors carry a coffin in 2006. The French parliament on Tuesday voted to return around 15 tattooed and mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, ending years of debate over the restitution of the human remains.(AFP/File/D... [Full Article]
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