POU TEMARA: So tribes who were strong went around other tribes and killed people who wore moko - usually chiefs. But Maori people quickly caught on that it wasn't fashionable then to be tattooed.

Coach Matt Te Pou was buzzing today, having finally had the chance to announce a full-strength New Zealand Maori rugby team. In his 11 years as Maori coach, Te Pou has been consistently denied the ...

A group of Hamilton carvers planning to carve a giant kauri pou, to be displayed at the Viaduct Basin in Auckland during the final stages of the America’s Cup regatta, have been offered a ...

Te Pou told New Zealand newspaper the Waikato Times he is excited by the chance to send out a team which is truly representative of the strength of Maori rugby. "I've been involved with the team since ...

New Zealand Maori team coach Matt Te Pou has named a 25-man strong squad for the Churchill Cup tournament which starts in Canada on 12 June. Eight new players have been included in the touring side.

NEW ZEALAND plan to soften up the British Lions with an unofficial "fourth Test" courtesy of their highly-rated Maori side.

The New Zealand Maori team to play the touring Lions at Hamilton on Saturday night has been namedTeam: Leon MacDonald, Rico Gear, Rua Tipoki, Luke McAlister, Caleb Ralph, David Hill, Piri Weepu ...

There are few certainties in sport, but England will discover one of them on Monday. The 2002 Maori crop lost to Australia and Queensland Every player who faces the New Zealand Maori will leave the ...

The Maori caucus called an emergency meeting on Friday. Political commentator Shane Te Pou says MPs, including Nanaia Mahuta, are unsettled, and there were a lot of hurt feelings at that meeting.

Cyclists hit the Pou Herenga Tai cycleway at Okaihau. Maori landowners opposed to the Far North coast-to-coast cycle trail going through their property are ready should the district council slap a ...

Pou Tangata Chair Rāhui Papa says the government’s approach flagrantly sidesteps the Gambling Act (2003) and the Gambling (Harm Minimisation) Regulations (2004), neither of which currently ...