Te Puke ( teh-PUU-keh) is a town located 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for the cultivation of kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga and Maketu, which are...
Toi moko, or mokomokai, are the preserved heads of Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, where the faces have been decorated by tā moko tattooing. They became valuable trade items during the Musket Wars of the early 19th century. Many toi...
A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malaʻe (in Tongan), meʻae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the...
Sir "Sidney" Hirini Moko Haerewa Mead (8 January 1927 – 29 May 2026) was a New Zealand anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher, writer and prominent Māori leader. Initially training as a teacher and artist, Mead taught in many schools in the...
Moko, sometimes known as Moko-tangata-kotahi or Nga Moko-o-Tauaroa, was a Māori rangatira (chief) of the Tapuika iwi within the Te Arawa confederation of tribes in the area around Paengaroa, Bay of Plenty. He gathered the tribe together after the...
This is a list of lists of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Northland Region of New Zealand. In October 2020, the Government committed $9,287,603 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 34 marae, with the intention of creating 388 jobs.
The Māori people and Moriori people have 773 tribal marae (meeting grounds) around New Zealand. These grounds usually include a wharenui (meeting house) and are usually affiliated with iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub-tribes). In Māori society, the marae...
Māori culture (Māori: Māoritanga) is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori culture is a part of Eastern Polynesian culture and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. The culture is found...
Ahipara is a town and locality in Northland, New Zealand at the southern end of Ninety Mile Beach, with the Tauroa Peninsula to the west and Herekino Forest to the east. Ahipara Bay is to the north west. Kaitaia is 14 km to the north east, and...
Tapuika is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. Their rohe (territory), "Te Takapu o Tapuika" (the belly of Tapuika) includes Te Puke and Rangiuru in the Bay of Plenty region.