Numerous Māori-led organisations were established during the war years. These groups often combined patriotic and fund-raising activities with political advocacy and cultural performance.

The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has been described, perhaps accurately, as a one-in-100 years event, but New Zealand has a number of “scares” and lockdowns because of infectious diseases during its...

That Māori served overseas in a separate unit, the 28th Maori Battalion, is relatively well known.

The 1943 election was significant for two related reasons for Māori. First, it was the fulfilment of T. W.

In a piece for Auckland Museum to mark Anzac Day 2020, historian Aroha Harris reflected on the long history of Māori mobilisation during war and peacetime.

Where are the accounts of Māori women in New Zealand’s history of military service? Of the many books published about New Zealand’s military history none are specifically dedicated to the story...

Easter weekend is normally the time for sports competitions, including hockey, but lockdown means that’s not happening at the moment.

In this second kōrero on Jordan Quinnell (Ngā Ruahine, Taranaki and Tūwharetoa), one of our Summer Scholarship recipients, we look at another image he created that has a very personal...

Over the break, Te Hau Kāinga had three students undertaking research projects as part of our  summer scholarships.

World War Two presented an opportunity for the Kīngitanga to make connections internationally, once the United States had entered the war, and New Zealand became a rear base of sorts...