Matau, or fishhooks, were among their tools, fashioned from wood, bone, shell, stone — and pounamu, the Maori name for New Zealand jade or greenstone. Over time, the hooks became increasingly ...

It's a fisherman's tale with a hook - a couple of bone hooks, actually. Greerton youth worker Rangi Ahipene has successfully caught fish with traditional Maori hooks made of bone. Mr Ahipene ...

Labour's plan to allocate 20 percent of aquaculture management area permits to Maori is a blatant example of this Government's race-based preference, ACT New Zealand's Fisheries and Other Sea ...

More than four thousand whānau logged on to complete the eight question poll - which closed off yesterday - and confirmed Maori living in the cities did not realise they were in fact urban Maori.