About 80-90 people from six iwi have turned out at Taupo's Wairakei Resort to hear Deputy Prime Minister Bill English present the Government's water rights roadshow. Today is the second day of the ...

Wairoa District Council has put its support behind a Maori-first signage policy as it works towards becoming the country's first bilingual town. The council voted on Tuesday to implement a "Te Reo ...

A teenage thrash metal band screams out Maori lyrics in its latest videos. A popular radio host is learning New Zealand’s indigenous language and sharing new vocabulary with his audience. And ...

It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a ...

A march along the Wellington Waterfront to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Maori Language Week in September. - COURTESY OF MAORI LANGUAGE COMMISSION WELLINGTON: When 34-year-old Tze Wee enrolled in ...

MR. COLENSO'S Maori English Lexicon, being, as stated on the title-page, a comprehensive dictionary of the New Zealand tongue, including mythical, mythological, “taboo” or sacred, genealogical, ...

Reporters in New Zealand are getting hate mail for occasionally using Maori words in their broadcasts — despite it being one of the country's official languages. More often on radio and TV broadcasts ...

Māori children used to be disciplined for speaking their native tongue. Now the country has lofty ambitions to revive its indigenous language. New Zealand’s Maoris are famed the world over for their ...