Legend has it that when the sky and the ground were not yet split, and the first chaos was just becoming discernible, a magical root formed … 3000 years to bloom, 3000 years to bear fruit, another ...

As a non-binary person interacting on dating apps – Bumble, OKCupid and Tinder – Ellie Lee-Duncan got asked the same thing a lot: “Do you have a cock?” ...

Editor Ataria Sharman with Chevron Hassett on taking the time for self-care and refining his art practice.

Water, the body, cultural survival and life itself are inherent within Māori beliefs and traditions. This ideology is reflected in the recent development of rivers being granted legal personhood in ...

Te Rā, the only remaining Māori sail, has temporarily returned home. Mya Morrison-Middleton visits Te Rā, asking questions of its origins and future, while highlighting the work of those who are ...

Tatau was once the precious art of Samoan women, but it's now an artform dominated by men. Tusiata Avia explores the Tatau exhibition at Te Papa to find herself there.

Faith Wilson: Tell me about the ideas behind Filemu and what urged you to start this zine. Lofa Totua: ‘Filemu’ is a Sāmoan word and, growing up, it’s a word that I would hear from my mum, nana and ...

I found a version of the kōrero in a manuscript in te reo Māori by an unknown writer in the library’s collections. In the same folder was an accompanying note and translation by Hone Tūwhare, who ...

Molima Molly Pihigia shares her insight as a founding member of Falepipi he Mafola: the award-winning Niuean handicraft group bringing together a community of older persons.

During a creative-writing class this year we were visited by canonical poet Tusiata Avia, who spoke to us about her experience as a writer. Her writing is famous for its punchy wit, unapologetic ...

Karen Hu and Sherry Zhang chat with Kiwi-Asian musicians on culture, identity and how we can have more diversity and inclusion in the Aotearoa music industry.

For Koanga, spring equinox, the assembled collaborators have created a weather report from Haupapa Tasman Glacier, Aotearoa’s fastest growing body of wai, a glacier formed from a deep exhalation of ...