Ten migrants are finishing up a ten-week bilingual course in te reo Maori and English that is believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand. The pilot programme, based in Rotorua, has helped ...

Parks and reserves in Aotearoa New Zealand have been used as colonial tools, and it is time for legislation guiding their ...

“My language is the tongue that fits neatest in my mouth,” Te Rehia Theatre Company director Tainui Tukiwaho says, neatly summing up his New Zealand company’s reason for performing plays in Maori ...

Parliament's Nga Ratonga Ao Māori translation team had their work cut out for them this week as the use of te reo Māori in the House surged in tribute to Māori Language Week. This week is the 50th ...

Questions to Ministers Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? TIM VAN DE MOLEN to the Minister for Trade and Investment: What recent ...

A profound source of inspiration for the kaupapa. That’s what the organisers and supporters of this year’s Toitū Te Reo Māori language festival say was signalled by the presence of Te Arikinui Kuini ...

Hundreds attended a hikoi to celebrate Māori Language Week in Kaitāia. Hundreds marched through Kaitāia for Māori Language Week, in what organisers called both a celebration of te reo Māori and a ...

Hundreds of students gathered in Whangārei to celebrate Māori Language Week and the legacy of Māori leader Dame Whina Cooper. Video / Sarah Curtis Hundreds of Whangārei kura students marched through ...

The week celebrating Te Reo, grew from a single Maori Language Day that began 1972. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori Chief Executive Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr says the idea of expanding to a full week started ...

Rocky Mountain College administrator Janine Pease watched schoolchildren create a skit based on Maori proverbs during a trip to New Zealand earlier this month. After the teacher described the ...

On “Kāhore He Manu E,” one of the striking songs off Marlon Williams’ recently released Maori-language album Te Whare Tiwekaweka (A Messy House), even the most casual listener with no understanding of ...

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