(Kai Schwoerer/STUFF via AP) A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the ...
Van de Vorst ... origins of the waka exchange between the Netherlands and New Zealand date back to 2002 when Te Papa requested the repatriation of a mokomokai - a preserved Maori head - from ...
The Regatta began in 1896, when Mahuta was arikinui, as a way to unite the community and iwi of the Ngāruawāhia region. Te ...