A Wellington Library is trialling a new way of cataloguing its mātauranga Māori books, organising them by atua (deity) rather than by the Dewey Decimal system. The trial shelves can be found on the ...

From the Bermuda Triangle to Antarctica's Blood Falls, we look at mysterious sites and stories from around the world.

“To make the biggest splash when you dive-bomb into water, the secret seems to be to use the Manu technique practised by the Maori of New Zealand. This involves folding yourself so your torso and legs ...

“Because I come from the Coast, I work with sound and water.” The organisation has ... said Te Kura Atuatiratanga [The School of the Gods] was made up of independent tohunga, healers, kai ...

Over time, the Moriori assimilated to the Maori of New ... be sent out into the water with images of paddlers put inside. This was believed to ask Rongotakuiti, the god of blackfish and seals ...

The number of Parikramas we do, depends on the Gods we are doing it for. In some cases, the devotee only has to take one round around the deity, sometimes they have to take 7, and sometimes even 100.