A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

Japan’s Kimigayo holds the title of the shortest national anthem, lasting just 30 seconds, but it carries deep cultural and ...

Introduced from China around 1,500 years ago, plums were already cherished as ornamental trees in the Nara period (710–794) appearing in many classic waka poems. By the Kamakura period (1185 ...

With the waka paddling, poetry and kapa haka, there are critical meetings with influential leaders that happen on the ...

Māori educator Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, a founder of the Kōhanga Reo movement, has died. She was 95. A social media pānui posted to Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust's Facebook page said Dame ...

TVNZ and Whakaata Māori are partnering to bring New Zealand’s largest Māori performing arts festival, Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025, to viewers across the motu. Together with Te Matatini Society ...

CK Stead, at 92, is the oldest author on the list, with his book of poems in honour of his late ... Delirious by Damien Wilkins (Te Herenga Waka University Press) The Mires by Tina Makereti ...

Waka poetry was developed by the court aristocracy in ancient Japan. A "tanka" poem, the most common form of waka, consists of 31 syllables in a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7.

The poetry that historically permeated rap has ... pandering prose to ease them through their albums. Take Waka Flocka Flame, for instance. In addition to my near inability to comprehend the ...