The ritual continues as Maori bring the fire from the mountain to the Whanganui River, or Te Awa Tupua, the river of sacred power. Maori tribes have controlled, cared for, and depended on the ...
Researchers have recently found remnants of an important Maori artifact on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. The artifact is a waka canoe used by a group for fishing and river voyages, stated ...
In March and April 1921 several weeks were spent by Elsdon Best, Johannes Anderson and James McDonald, of the Dominion Museum, at Koriniti, Hiruharama and Pipiriki in the Whanganui River valley.