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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the United States and many Western countries are trying to push away immigrants and alienate minorities, one country bucks the trend by embracing and cher ...

Haka are traditional ceremonial dances that originate from native Maori culture in New Zealand. Both the men's 'All Blacks' and women's 'Black Ferns' New Zealand rugby teams perform their own unique ...

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 ...

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 ...