Who is entitled to sing in a language that is not their own? That was the question from some fans after New Zealand pop artist Lorde released a mini-album of five of her songs translated in te reo ...

For decades, the New Zealand government in Aotearoa has tried to eliminate te reo Māori, the language of the Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa. Thus far, it’s failed. While the current ...

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 ...

Carl Mika does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Maori speaking children are no longer collateral damage from the current anti Maori rhetoric promoted by this coalition government but are now deemed fair game as it cuts $30m from Reo training of ...

Rotorua will host the fourth KUPU Māori Writers Festival next week, celebrating Māori storytelling across poetry, fiction, ...

Angel Stewart is part of a resurgence of people reclaiming and protecting a taonga that was denied to previous generations - te reo Māori.

Toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi tū te reo. Talented appointees to prominent reo Māori entities will help grow accessibility to the language and culture in homes and communities, Minister for Māori ...

Every day is Māori Language Week for Scotty and Stacey Morrison and their whānau. But the Māori broadcasting couple who have been te reo ambassadors in mainstream and Māori media, were latecomers to ...

The people behind a new children's book publisher says they are "proud to be part of a growing movement to normalise Te Reo in everyday life".

To international audiences, Marlon Williams’ songs are the highway stop after Roy Orbison’s Texas and Chris Isaak’s California. But the Maori musician, one of Aotearoa’s most successful musical ...

LOVES SPEAKING TE REO: Air New Zealand pilot Kiran Parbhu and Turanga FM station manager Matai Smith at Gisborne Airport. Matai was blown away by Kiran’s grasp of te reo, which he used over the ...