Pare Watene by Gottfried Lindauer in 1878

... that a Mere (held by a Māori woman in picture), which was made from jade, could be used to split a man's head open?

...that Johann Myburgh, a South African cricketer playing in New Zealand, broke Graeme Pollock's mark for the fastest first-class double century?

...that Black Grace, an internationally-touring New Zealand contemporary-dance company, melds Maori and Pacific Islander indigenous dance with modern dance and hip hop?