Youth worker Flora Apulu tells Elisabeth Easther what she loves about living in culturally diverse Manurewa

New Zealand has reached a rare level of diversity with 160 languages spoken by residents.

A mix of tears, cheers and exaltation greeted Te Arawa's first kapa haka group performing at Te Matatini 2013.

The departing head of the Maori Development Ministry says Maori business has transformed in the past decade and iwi are no longer considered a risk to the NZ economy.

The North Island of New Zealand is the second best place in the world to get a tattoo, according to travel bible Lonely Planet.

It won't be a stylish honeymoon, but Kat and Steve Turner hope to be sweet upon the seat of a bicycle made for two - for 38,000 kilometres.

When a mynah bird fell from the sky in front of a startled Katja Wernicke, she wondered if the doomsday predictions might be right.

Doomsayers believe December 21, 2012, marks the end of an ancient Mayan calendar - and, therefore, the onset of world-ending natural or extraterrestrial catastrophes.

I was surprised to read in Deborah Coddington's recent Herald column that the Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding document. Of course some New Zealanders mistakenly believe that is the case.

Next week, Kiwi musician Jason Kerrison will sit around a bonfire in the Far North strumming a guitar with friends - preparing for the end of time.

What’s it like inside NZ largest city’s synagogues, temples, cathedrals and mosques? Dionne Christian talks to eight Aucklanders about their place of worship.

It's time to enjoy new cultures, right here on our Auckland doorstep.

Danielle Wright meets a kapa haka group singing to find themselves.

It's a sobering experience to be in a room where no one is speaking your native language.

No Doubt has pulled their new video and apologised amid criticism that the clip was offensive to Native Americans.

The new sponsor of the Warriors rugby league team has been using Maori imagery to sell milk powder - despite vowing last year to stop.

A group of Tainui women took the hint of their beloved Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu and began a movement to revive the art of moko in their tribe.

By banning promotional imagery of Maori and country scenes, Tourism NZ is denying our global uniqueness.

Aucklanders could be forgiven for not understanding why so many Glen Innes residents are hotly opposed to the promised "redevelopment" of their suburb, writes John Minto.