The majestic waka hourua Hinemoana is returning to Te Waipounamu, carrying a vital kaupapa: revitalising Māori and Pacific ...

It is one of academia’s horrible ironies that linguistics, the subject devoted to human communication, has managed to ...

However, unlike English, te reo Māori is a transparent language – the written form ... Ghosts on Every Corner exhibition (and book) will move to the Pūmanawa Gallery at the Arts Centre from ...

Robin Wall Kimmerer, the bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, recently published The Serviceberry, which explores the economies of nature. In an e360 interview, the Native American ecologist ...

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 ...

Using structured literacy to teach te reo Māori is more about an educational ideology than about understanding the essence of ...

However, unlike English, te reo Māori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% consistent match between symbol and sound. This makes learning to read and ...

The collaborative single appears on Marlon Williams' Te Whare Tīwekaweka, an album recorded entirely in the indigenous New Zealand Māori language. By Tyler Jenke Two of the most prominent names ...

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

New Zealand-born singer Lorde has just dropped a new Māori language single in collaboration with fellow Kiwi Marlon Williams. The 28-year-old hitmaker—real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor—took to ...

“Aotearoa”, meaning "land of the long white cloud" in te reo Māori (the Māori language), has become increasingly prominent in New Zealand. The conflict highlights the tensions that have ...