Mythical animals are often thought to exist only in folklore, but some legends may have stemmed from real creatures.

Hutt-based author Lee Murray scooped three prizes at the recent Sir Julius Vogel Awards for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.Leigh K Hunt / Not-For-Syndication Maori mythology and science ...

An Evening with Tawera Nikau” takes place at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Wednesday, June 25, with the Kiwi forward ...

In Maori mythology the North Island is the great fish caught by Maui and, for Ngai Tuhoe, the mountains and rainforest of Te Urewera is the heart of the fish - Te Manawa o te Ika a Māui.

With “Ballerina,” there’s even more lore, including new rites and mythological creatures and even a new rival clan. Audience ...

Tom Whitehead and James Duffy crossed for Warrington’s only tries, but it is now back-to-back losses for Ryan O’Brien’s side. “Leeds put out a quality side that had a fair bit of senior experience,” ...

A close friend of Marise Wipani says the actor and television presenter who died last week on her 61st birthday, had breast ...

$4.70 Matariki - Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster also known as Pleiades, Subaru or the seven sisters. The ...

"G'day cobbers, howzitgoin'?" Our guide Burak offers a rousing welcome in Strine rich enough to make Darryl Kerrigan weep ...

It is a song that has nothing to do with farmers. It has to do with the militant Afrikaner nationalists -- amaBunu or amaBulu (in Zulu or Xhosa) -- who wallowed in the mythology of the "trek boers", ...

The “Boers” — the amaBunu and amaBulu — of more recent times had little to do with farming. But many were — and are — the descendants of families displaced and dispossessed by the “scorched earth” ...