Just four years ago, experts warned te reo Māori was on a "pathway towards extinction" unless resources were put into teaching young Māori. But a new mathematical model combined with recent data ...

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Pages from the 1972 Māori Language Petition. Ko tēnei te Wiki o te Reo Māori – it’s Māori Language Week. It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment on September 14 1972, when Hana Te Hemara and her ...

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) is deeply concerned by the recent government announcements regarding cuts to funding for Te Ahu o Te Reo, a programme dedicated to ...

For the first time, a Disney film in an indigenous language will debut in theaters alongside its global release. Moana 2 will be released in te reo Māori on November 28, 2024, as part of a ...

In 2017, the Whanganui River was made a person in the eyes of the law. The Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act acknowledged, in its own way, that the human world includes other, ...

Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium ...

More parents are speaking te reo Maori to their infants. Twelve percent of 7000 children surveyed in a Growing Up in New Zealand study are described by their mothers as understanding at least some te ...

Each year, New Zealand honors the language of its indigenous people with Maori Language Week, a seven-day celebration filled with seminars, activities and live performances. As Charlotte Graham ...

Alien Weaponry have unveiled a video for “Hatupatu,” the third single from their forthcoming album, Tangaroa. Alien Weaponry have always been loud cheerleaders of their New Zealand heritage, but ...