Takatāpui - 'our stolen sexuality'
Maori were sex-positive people who openly accepted gender fluidity - scholar.
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Learning te reo Māori helps Māori students learn other subjects too, experts say.
Alan Duff: Rugby a hidden bond connecting Kiwis
COMMENT: Rugby reflects the mateship Kiwis hold dear at the heart of their culture.
Māori language set to break down barriers
The Māori Language Commission has predicted te reo is set for a huge surge in popularity.
Right words can reach truculent boys
COMMENT: The right words can get through to the most truculent youths.
Street-smart musical drama
Show is a winner despite unlikely political theme, writes Paul Simei-Barton.
Polyfest gets $200,000 funding
The Government has $200,000 in funding to the Auckland Secondary School's Polyfest.
Spain got Guggenheim, we just got Te Papa
COMMENT: NZ needs a Guggenheim Museum like the one here in Bilbao, Spain.
Police called after man with Sikh knife catches bus
The passenger had a long, curved "sword-like" kirpan strapped behind his back.
First ever Asian candidate for Maori Party
He's Malaysian-Chinese, speaks three different Chinese dialects and understands Malay.
Editorial: Treat Asian kiwis right
EDITORIAL: New Zealanders need to start seeing Asians as Kiwis born and bred.
Maori astronomer: We've got Matariki wrong
We're using the wrong month - and calendar - to celebrate Matariki, two academics say.
Connections between royals and Maori 'deep and meaningful'
Bruce Munro lifts the lid on Maoridom's fierce fondness for the Queen.
'It feels like the ancestors are with you'
Olivia Foa'i is a finalist in two categories in this year's Pacific Music Awards.
Brian Rudman: Why we're over rugby
COMMENT: We should be celebrating that most Kiwis prefer art and music to rugby.
Rare Kauri gum carvings at auction
Kauri gum busts of historical Maori figures surface at auction.
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa runs this week
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoan Language Week - is this week.
Alan Duff: Know China before you judge
COMMENT: Sometimes we find it hard to understand China but we need to try, says Alan Duff.
Twist in $1m heist riddle
The plates on the getaway car used in the smash-and-grab art theft were tampered with.
White actor cast as Hawaiian - again
A white actor cast as the Hawaiian war hero who stopped a foreign takeover.
Finding a passage through paint
With no formal training, Rob Tucker is an outsider artist but he's making global inroads.
'Humble apology' from Haka Energy Drink maker
An energy drink being sold in Canada under the name Haka has offended Kiwis living there.
Culture of violence is cancer
COMMENT: Some offenders are trying to reclaim what was never given to them in first place
Friendly Kiwis need to chill a little
COMMENT: No culture is friendlier - except when at the wheel, writes Alan Duff.
Oxford calls out 'micro-aggressions'
Oxford University lists these two common behaviours as "racial micro-aggression".
Alan Duff: Let's have more festivals
COMMENT: Alan Duff wants to see New Zealand try out more cultural festivals.
Goldie work may not be allowed out of NZ
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage may stop the famous painting leaving the country
Images bring science to life
Science comes to life with a variety of images that capture the imagination.
Theatre review: Weaves - yarns with New Zealanders
Frustrated by small talk? Then Weaves is theatre for you, writes Janet McAllister.
Art mystery: Whose ancestors are they?
Brazen theft of two rare paintings from an Auckland art gallery sparks second mystery.
Bella Hadid: I am proud to be a Muslim
Bella Hadid has just told "Net-a-Porter" magazine how proud she is to be a Muslim.