Rotorua police are appealing for sightings of 51-year-old Mark Taute, also known as Mark Edwards. He was last seen 9 February in the Hamurana area of Rotorua. Police said there are concerns for his ...

Last week, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka and Tourism Minister Louise Upston released the Value of Māori Tourism ...

One of New Zealand’s most popular cruise ports offers a splendid arrival, breezy beauty and plenty of interesting ...

Its name, Rotomairewhenua, was given by the Ngāti Apa, a local Māori tribe. The name’s meaning: the lake of peaceful lands. To New Zealanders, and to the Māori, the small body of water is sacred and ...

Whether they were listening to the music, getting their face painted, shopping at stalls or enjoying food, locals say they ...

The report, commissioned by NZ Māori Tourism and prepared by Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), shows that in ...

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

it supports year-round tourism to New Zealand by bringing international visitors to our shores in April, after our peak summer season.” RotoruaNZ is a council-controlled organisation. Rotorua ...

Rotorua lakefront and city at night (credit Paul Michael ... and advocates from around the globe to Aotearoa New Zealand to collaborate on culturally grounded solutions for cancer care. The bi-annual ...

New Zealand was the first country in the world to recognize natural features as people when a law passed in 2014 granted personhood to Te Urewera, a vast native forest on the North Island.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

A political war of words has erupted over the police’s Operation Trolley targeting Rotorua’s homeless trolley-users, with Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi calling it a “direct attack” by the ...