For tribes in the Whanganui region, the new year is heralded by the rising of the star Rigel, in the Orion cluster. In Maori, this star is called Puanga. It's a period of celebration and ...

Former Māori All-Star Morgan Harper is returning home, signing a one-year deal with the New Zealand Warriors for 2025. The Hamilton-born centre brings experience and depth as the club strengthens its ...

The Maori have claimed an attritional and gutsy 10-6 All Stars rugby league win over the Indigenous that coach Adam Blair says displays all the characteristics of New Zealand's oldest people.

NGARUAWAHIA, (New Zealand): New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch on Thursday (Sept 5), a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country’s ...

The Maori side held on thanks to a Jacob Laban try with 13 minutes to go, but it could have been a very different result thanks to a couple of huge plays from Brent Naden. Jacob Laban scores the ...