Have you ever come across intricate tribal tattoos or heard the powerful chants of the Haka and wondered where they originated? The heart of these expressions beats within the Maori, New Zealand's ...

The words of their haka were often crude and insulting of Māori and occasionally included sexual actions. They painted their bodies with mock tattoos, swearwords and even genitals. By the early ...

According to Maori ethos, Tama-nui-to-ra, the Sun God, had two wives, Hine-raumati, the Summer maid, and Hine takurua, the Winter maid. The child born to him and Hine-raumati was Tane-rore, who is ...

Booming Indigenous Maori "haka" chants rang out across New ... alongside adults bearing distinctive full-face Maori "moko" tattoos and clutching ceremonial wooden weapons. Protests have been ...