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Te Papa Tongawera (or simply Te Papa) is New Zealand's innovative national museum situated near the foreshore of beautiful Wellington harbour. Te Papa Tongawera means “container of treasures” in Te Reo Maori, which is the indigenous...

The Maori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) have long observed the heliacal (pre-dawn) rising of the star cluster commonly known throughout the world as Pleiades or Messier 45 (M45), located in the constellation of Taurus. Matariki is the...

The Bay of Islands is a subtropical region in New Zealand's far north and is a popular destination for big-game fishing, sailing, and dolphin watching. It is an area rich in the history of Maori (Māori in their own language) and European...

Portrait painted by Gottfried Lindauer (1839 - 1926 CE) of Māori rangatira (chief) Tamati Waka Nene of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) (1785 - 1871 CE). Portrait painted 1890 CE. (Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand)

Photograph of Tawhiao, second King of the Māori (1822 - 1894 CE). The photo was taken in the 1880s CE by an unknown photographer.

The hei tiki is a small personal adornment, fashioned by hand from tough pounamu (New Zealand greenstone or nephrite jade), and is worn around the neck. Hei means something looped around the neck, and tiki is a generic word used throughout...

The cascading geothermal pink and white terraces of Aotearoa New Zealand were often referred to internationally and within New Zealand as the eighth wonder of the world. They were a famous tourist attraction in the 19th century until the...

Adam says "I have made several films on archaeological subjects, have performed on-screen in many different films, and have a passion for editing. I have worked on projects in several Pacific Islands (Tokelau, the Samoas, Hawaii, Tubuai...

War Speech by British painter Augustus Earle (1793-1838 CE) depicting an event of 1827-1828 CE in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand and showing the waka (traditional Maori warcraft canoe).

Portrait by the artist Louis John Steele (1842 - 1918 CE) of a young Māori woman with chin moko (tattoo) 1891 CE. From the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.