This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Te Rua Mason believes finding pounamu is much like finding love. Despite the spitting rain and biting wind, Te Rua, his son Henare and ...

New Zealand’s Māori king, Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, 69, has died. His daughter, Ngā wai hono i te po, 27, is the new queen. Ngā wai hono i te po is the second woman to become Māori monarch ...

NGĀRUAWĀHIA, New Zealand — They came in their thousands in the freezing dawn, parking cars far away and winding down rural roads on foot, children riding on their shoulders. They arrived in mourning ...

Maori carvers use greenstone to create versions of the design, an echo of the legend that Maui pulled their islands from the sea. A hei matau, made from pounamu, the Maori word for New Zealand jade or ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NGĀRUAWĀHIA, New Zealand (AP) — They came in ...