The singer-songwriter’s new album wasn’t intended to be political, but it arrives at a tense moment for Aotearoa politics.

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

The Russian propaganda network Pravda is expanding its activities to New Zealand by using Maori-language websites. Experts suggest this is evidence of Russia's global and long-term strategic activity.

“The heartbeat of Kashiwa,” “Now is the time, this is the moment,” shouted the young players in the Maori language on Sept. 24. For the children who dream of one day playing in the Rugby ...

An interdisciplinary project exploring music performed through minority and indigenous languages in Cymru and Aotearoa New ...

and I am very pleased that we have a language which is used in so many countries around the world. But Maori is also an official language in Aotearoa (NZ). Maori people used to be forbidden to use ...

reducing the use of Maori language in the public service and making a slew of other changes that disproportionately affect Indigenous people. While the bill would not rewrite the treaty ...

The karanga is out! Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission, is calling for nominations for Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025 – a celebration of those who are championing the normalisation ...

The language was once close to dying out, but activists provoked a revival over several decades, and common Maori words or phrases are now in everyday use among all New Zealanders.