The bird held significant cultural value for the Maori, New Zealand's indigenous people. Huia feathers were highly prized, often used in the ceremonial headdresses of chiefs and traded as valuable ...

A pair of preserved huia, an extinct bird last sighted in early 20th century, are going on auction in London next month, ...

Hoiho was endorsed by former prime minister and legendary conservationists, making it highest-powered campaign of the 2024 ...

The Canadian company said it used the word to mean its beer was "as light as a feather" A Canadian brewery has apologised for unwittingly naming one of its beers after a Maori word that is ...

The feather is registered as a taonga tūturu under a system to protect Maori made objects. Only collectors who had license in the system were allowed to purchase it, and it can not leave the ...

He also participated in Maori celebrations the country over ... all of its land borders on Monday in a move that ruffled the feathers of its neighbors but found strong support among its domestic ...

Balancing your identity and respectability politics sometimes means taking on a different tone or behavior to fit in ...

The birds, sometimes referred to as hoihos, have dropped in numbers by 78% over the past 15 years - with one campaigner ...

Moa are most closely related to the flying chicken-sized tinamous from South America, and kiwi are relatives of the giant ...

I have not checked all the stories out, but hugely one-sided reporting if true. I wonder if Radio NZ did 30 stories covering the views of opponents of Maori Wards when Labour in 2021 without electoral ...

New Zealand’s Maori Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII has died at the age of 69. Aides for the king of the country’s Indigenous Maori people said he died in hospital on Friday.