According to Maori myths and legends, a demigod named Maui was fishing with his brothers from a canoe – which is now known as the South Island – when he hooked a giant catch: the massive piece of land ...

Brothers and bandmates Henry and Lewis de Jong, 17 and 15 respectively, were brought up on two things: Māoriculture and metal music. The two New Zealand natives fully embraced their heritage at a ...

In the heart of New Zealand's north island, the small town of Rotorua has become a stronghold of cultural preservation for a group of Indigenous people. "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts traveled ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Ceillhe Sperath’s ancestors arrived in New Zealand nearly two centuries before Christopher Columbus set off for the New World. Yet for much of the last two centuries, the Maori ...

The giant moa was the world’s largest bird, up to 11 feet high and 500 lbs., a peaceable, plant-eating giant that lived on the edges of forests in New Zealand’s South Island. Then the island’s first ...

Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images As the people of New Zealand confront their nation’s troubled past with colonization and denying the Maori people rights, a name change for the island nation is being ...

A traditional carving adorns a structure that shelters a ceremonial Maori war canoe at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in New Zealand. Maori women perform a traditional dance at the cultural center Te Po ...