Culture Students honor teacher at his funeral with a moving haka Rusty Blazenhoff

new zealand Maori wedding haka moves bride to tears in New Zealand Xeni Jardin

art Painting of Maori elder fetches record price Rob Beschizza

politics Addicted to cigarette taxes, New Zealand scraps plans to restrict sales Rob Beschizza

History Verso: the left-hand page podcast returns Elías Villoro

tabloids Kamala Backstabs Biden in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

new zealand New Zealand aiming to be "smoke free" by 2025 Jess Sabine

new zealand New Zealand Maori leader Rawiri Waititi ejected from parliament chamber for wearing a Maori greenstone pendant instead of a necktie Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Satellite imagery of giant robot under construction at Area 51 David Pescovitz

fire Synchronized fire dancers really put on a show Andrea James

Japan In Japan, these giant shoulder calluses are a badge of honor Mark Frauenfelder

new zealand A te reo Māori cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" Rusty Blazenhoff

Entertainment 'SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg has died of ALS. He was 57. Xeni Jardin

coca-cola Coca-Cola, trying to mix Maori with English, accidentally puts "Hello, death" on vending machine Carla Sinclair

AI Google Translate's deep dream: some translation requests yield weird religious prophesies Cory Doctorow

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

Disney Disney thought it would be a great idea to sell a brown, tattooed, full-body Polynesian skin suit Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Australian library releases free, remixable webcomics maker Cory Doctorow

crowdfunding New Zealanders raise millions to buy beach and donate it to the public Cory Doctorow

books The Collector follows an 1880's rogue and dandy as he travels in search of treasures Bob Knetzger