Three New Zealand islands will join an international initiative to remove invasive species and restore native wildlife. With ...

Last fall, Vincent Dix and his son Nikau passed by a creek near their home on Chatham Island, a remote archipelago off the eastern coast of New Zealand’s main islands, and noticed several wood ...

Nikau Dix and his dad Vincent Dix uncovered a centuries-old waka on the Chatham Islands. Photo / Te Ao with Moana. What began as a routine search for wood by a Rēkohu (Chatham Islands ...

The waka was discovered buried in the sand dunes in a remote part of Rēkohu / Wharekauri / Chatham Island. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage says the limited excavation of the partial remains ...

What began as a routine search for wood by a Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) father and son has led to one of New Zealand’s most significant discoveries, possibly even in Polynesian archaeological ...

The limited excavation of the partial remains of a waka found on Rēkohu Wharekauri Chatham Island has finished. "The site has now been covered and secured by the archaeological team and ...

The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant discoveries of its kind Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Beginning some ...

Buried in the sand and floating down the river, pieces of an ancient waka have been found, but their origin and age remains a mystery.