WHAKATANE, New Zealand, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Pouroto Ngaropo, standing on an ancient settlement site overlooking the island of Whakaari, recites his ancestry back thousands of years, back to the volcano ...

A local Maori community leader has called Monday's (December 9) White Island volcano eruption a "sad" time for New Zealand. Pouroto Ngaropo said he had performed a rahui, a traditional Maori ritual, ...

A Maori spiritual leader whose tribe owns the tour company which took tourists on a doomed voyage to White Island said the eruption that killed six people was the volcano 'speaking out to us'. Pouroto ...

Language and custom expert Pouroto Ngaropo ( Mataatua, Te Arawa, Tainui, Takitimu and Ngatokimatawhaorua) will join Māori Television’s executive leadership team next month. Mr Ngāropo will take up the ...