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 ...

The recording of Maori words in New Zealand English took a great leap forward in 1997 with the publication of Victoria University researcher Harry Orsman's Dictionary of New Zealand English (DNZE).

10 August 2005. Maori Television Delivers Maori News With English Sub-Titles. Maori Television has successfully launched an initiative to widen the channel’s Maori news and current affairs ...

Lloyd, who is of Maori descent, first started to use Te Reo words like Aotearoa — the Maori name for New Zealand — in her weather reports a couple years ago. That's when the angry emails started.

Te reo toilet. Photo / Peter de Graaf. Removing English words from signage where possible and getting Maori food trucks out on the streets are some of the ideas raised for making Wellington the Te ...

Maori language, once shunned, ... He now gives place names, days of the week, traffic updates and weather forecasts in Maori, and then repeats them in English — a move that has been polarizing.

Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori words in New Zealand English, and most will tell you that more and more are being used in everyday language. This increase in borrowing goes against ...

Maori. English is the main language spoken in New Zealand, and I am very pleased that we have a language which is used in so many countries around the world.

There has been an overwhelmingly strong negative response from the public on a proposed name change from te reo Maori to English for a village on Waiheke Island. Consultation is currently underway ...

New Zealand’s Maori chiefs anointed a 27-year-old queen as their new monarch Thursday, a surprise choice hailed as a symbol of change for the country’s Indigenous community.