It has been one of the traditional Māori names for the South Island, alongside Te Wāhi Pounamu (the place of pounamu), Te Waka-a-Māui (the canoe of Māui), and Te Waka o Aoraki (the canoe of Aoraki).
When the brothers climbed on top of their canoe, the freezing south wind turned them to stone. The canoe became the South Island (Te Waka o Aoraki); Aoraki and his brothers became the peaks of the ...
Green Party delegates have overwhelmingly decided to use the Waka-Jumping law to eject Darleen Tana from Parliament if she decides not to quit first. The former Green MP, who currently sits as an ...
Hundreds of New Zealand supporters sporting black kit, with many draped in the country’s flag, had cheered the Kiwis as they were given a Maori send-off before their boat was escorted away from their ...
By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Shakira’s “Waka, Waka (This Time For Africa)” has been named “the catchiest soccer song,” according to new research obtained by SeatPick.