It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a ...

For Māori, raising the visibility of te reo in everyday settings is a way of strengthening identity and presence in public ...

Woman makes a McDonald's order in Te Reo Maori. Source: Facebook / Jeremy Tātere MacLeod A McDonald's store has become the unlikely platform for Maori language revival after a video of a woman ...

Scott Wikohika is pleased to have te reo as an option on Westpac ATMs throughout the country. Photo / Stephen Parker New Zealand's first bilingual Westpac Branch, Westpac Rotorua, provides te reo ...

New Zealand's indigenous political party has called on the parliament to officially change the country name to Aotearoa. The petition also seeks to "restore the ...

In a first for Ōtautahi, Mākete REO, a te reo Māori speaking market is being held in Lyttelton on Sunday March 16. Organised by Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko i te Ora ki Rāpaki, the Rāpaki branch of the ...

We asked and you responded! 2025 has been a remarkable year for waiata Māori — with artists blending traditional forms, ...

Mâori children with hearing aids are being targeted with a new story book in te reo Mâori to help them understand and take care of their hearing aids. The Oticon Foundation is launching “Ô Taonga ...

Books in te reo Māori is still a small area of the children’s book market, but one of great growth. “There’s been a boom in publishing in te reo Māori recently,” said Stephen Clothier, children’s and ...

Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta works for Te Ipukarea Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She receives funding from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Auckland University of Technology ...

“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music. By Brian Ng In August, Lorde released her third ...