Cornell Tukiri for ESPN Nigel Tinarwo practices his pukana and haka actions. Pukana is the term that the Maori, the New Zealand indigenous people, use for the expressive tongue out and eyes wide open.

SINCE 2013 Hawke's Bay bowler Lillian Tukiri has copped a bit of flak when she has fronted at the North Island Chartered Clubs Women's Fours tournament. "We ...

Twenty-two years ago, the Churchill High School starting lineup needed a game-time ritual to differentiate themselves. And they found what they were looking for in the All Blacks' pregame haka.

Meri Tukiri stood on the deck of her Raglan home screaming for help. Luckily the elderly woman's calls after 1.30am woke her 22-year-old grandson Cochise ...

Tukiri, who is a Melville resident, spoke to former and current Sophiatown residents who were forced from their homes under the Group Areas Act.

GOODBYE: Loved ones mourn as the casket containing Casey Nathan and baby son Kymani Nathan-Tukiri is carried from Waingaro Marae.PETER DRURY / Fairfax NZ Bright bouquets and soft toys that should ...

Tairone Seth Reihana, 20, and Awa Tyrone Shannon Tukiri, 27, were imprisoned for three years and three years and five months respectively by Judge Denise Clark when they appeared in the Hamilton ...