Tithe maps and their accompanying awards can be particularly useful for studying local and community history, providing a record of the landscape and its inhabitants as they stood in the mid-19 th ...

The annual Waka Ama Sprint Championships held at Lake Karapiro has attracted waka enthusiasts from near and far, including Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, UK, and the USA - contributing to record entries.

A question I’m regularly asked about giving is slightly different: “Does all our tithe have to go to our church or can I give part of it to a Christian ministry?” I love the heart behind the question.

The partial remains of a waka have been found on Rēkohu Wharekauri Chatham Island. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage said it was working closely with landowners, as well as the Hokotehi ...

The waka was discovered buried in the sand dunes in a remote part of Rēkohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island. Photo / Manatū Taonga The partial remains of a waka have been found on Rēkohu ...

Today, the 2025 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals kick off at Lake Karāpiro, marking the largest event in its history with nearly 4,000 participants from across Aotearoa. Supported by Ngāti Korokī Kahukura ...

Tairāwhiti waka ama paddlers head to Lake Karapiro from Saturday for the sport’s major annual event, the national sprint championships. The seven-day programme for the 35th running of the event starts ...

Māori cultural heritage manager at Tauranga City Council, Dean Flavell, with the piece of waka. A large part of a waka, possibly dating back to the 16th century, has been found by a man swimming ...

Waka Flocka claimed he was jumped by a group of ten individuals and complained that nobody stepped in to save him. Waka Flocka sparked concern after sharing an image of his apparently battered ...

Manaia Tither-Asiata, 18, died after falling 15 metres from a swing at the Coomera River late on Sunday afternoon. The apprentice barber and budding musician was treated by paramedics but died at ...