Te reo Maori existed in Aotearoa (the Maori name for New Zealand) before Pakeh (European New Zealanders) and the English language arrived en masse. When early settlers arrived in New Zealand in ...

From left, Anne Davies, Lissa Davies, Hūhana Lyndon, Waikamania Seve. Lyndon and her daughter Seve speak te reo but her grandmother and mother Anne and Lissa Davies don’t. Te Wiki o Te Reo ...

The first kōhanga reo was opened in 1982, and te reo Māori was made an official language under the Maori Language Act 1987. Despite these efforts, there have been ongoing concerns about the ...

Takerei Komene: “I know the instrument I’m writing for.” Photo / supplied If you’ve never had the experience, it’s quite a thing to stand in the middle of a choir. The swirl of sound ...

To mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori, Māori language week, we ask what is the digital risk to the preservation and revitalisation of the language. Will the advent of AI mean the most digitised iwi will ...

One of the biggest issues facing te reo Maori tuition in schools is the availability of competently trained reo Maori speaking teachers and this will have a disastrous effect on Maori learners ...

Report finds course providers are 'exceptional' and engagement 'outstanding'.

Te Reo Māori Society and student group Te Huinga Tauira marched to parliament and carefully placed a suitcase on its steep, grey steps. Inside the suitcase was a petition with 30,000 signatures ...

With a Massey Diploma in Arts (Te Reo Māori) you’ll be able to use New Zealand’s indigenous language and participate in a Māori language community in ways that reinforce the everyday use of te reo.

Te reo Māori is now even more accessible with Aotearoa New Zealand’s much-loved Kia Kaha te Reo Māori apparel available for purchase nationwide for the first time. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo ...

Shrek, one of Dreamworks' most famous franchise films, is set to return to the big screen in te reo Māori next year. Māoriland Charitable Trust has announced a collaboration with DreamWorks ...

Production has begun on 'Tangata Pai,' a Warner Bros. Discovery-backed drama series with 30% of its dialog in the Maori ...