Origins of the Māori King movement The Kīngitanga, the Māori King movement, was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting Māori under a single sovereign. Waikato is the seat of the Kīngitanga. Traditionally, Māori had no central monarchy. Iwi and ha...

What is the Waitangi Tribunal? The Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry that considers claims brought by Māori about Crown acts or omissions that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 between rangati...

Māori Mythology Part 3 In 1966, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was published, presenting the main body of Māori mythology as a corpus of three story complexes. The first is about the birth of the world and the genesis of gods and men. The second ...

Electromagnetism: electricity and magnets   Most people rarely think about electricity and magnets as being related, but in physics, they are understood as the same fundamental force. The force In the universe, there are four fundamental forces: ...

Dr. Bobby Luke, of Ngāti Ruanui descent, is an interdisciplinary fashion film practitioner who combines academic research with creative practice. He challenges traditional Western design and ideas, emphasising the importance of authentic indigenou...

Mauritau  Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) has many concepts that can assist us in the way we live. One such concept is mauritau. Mauritau is relevant because of the busy, hectic, sometimes chaotic lives we lead in the modern world. Mauritau is ...