Wairoa District Council has put its support behind a Maori-first signage policy as it works towards becoming the country's first bilingual town. The council voted on Tuesday to implement a "Te Reo ...

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, ...

WELLINGTON: When 34-year-old Tze Wee enrolled in primary school many years ago, he went to a Maori-emphasis class because of an administrative mistake. In the class, he learnt Maori words, songs and ...

ANALYSIS: Researchers combed through newspaper articles over a period of 10 years and found more adopted Māori words into English is more frequent today. Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori ...

Reporters in New Zealand are getting hate mail for occasionally using Maori words in their broadcasts — despite it being one of the country's official languages. More often on radio and TV broadcasts ...