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Paora Maxwell: Protect precious taonga by giving te reo a go
Everyday use of Maori language in Aotearoa is accepted in many areas of society but we still have a way to go before its usage is normalised, writes Paora Maxwell.
Everyday use of Maori language in Aotearoa is accepted in many areas of society but we still have a way to go before its usage is normalised, writes Paora Maxwell.
The NZ Herald, with Māori Television, is marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.
Year 2 students at Glenfield's Mānuka Primary School are still learning to read and write in English - but they are already learning te reo Māori too.
The last century has seen more of the world's languages perish than at any previous time in human history, and if anything, that trend is accelerating, writes Paul Moon.
Rnui kaumtua Hori (George) Winikerei Taua never thought he would see the day when Maori and English words took equal places in his local supermarket.
In contemporary NZ, our collective impacts have resulted in 25 bird species, with populations of less than 250 individuals being classified as critically endangered, writes Alexander Gillespie.
Children from a Māori immersion class in Pukekohe are the stars of a new digital book released by Auckland Transport for Māori Language Week.
The NZ Herald is marking New Zealand's 40th Maori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.
Te reo Maori it is primarily an oral language and has survived long enough now to suggest it will not be lost. But imagine how much better it would be if it was celebrated.
At first sight it would be hard to see much in common between the Lovell and Jacob families - but they share a passion to learn the Maori language.
We are marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.
One of our foremost Māori language experts says te reo is in a fight for survival.
We need te reo more than we think, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes. There's very little that really sets us Kiwis apart from everyone else in the Commonwealth.
To mark Maori Language Week next week, NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner takes a look back at the songs and music videos that took te reo Maori to the top of the pop charts.
A new take on portraits is helping connect today's generation of Maori to their ancestral past - and people from around the world are wanting in on it too.
Video of high school student's speech on the importance of pronouncing Maori words correctly has gone viral.
The Maori Party has hit back at comments by Conservation Minister Maggie Barry that allowing kereru to be eaten was a bad idea because "Maori ate moa as well".
Hayden Triggs is the sole survivor of the last Maori All Blacks-NZ Barbarians clash in 2010, and he carries fond memories of that epic encounter.
Neighbours in Auckland's prestigious Paritai Drive are fighting moves to tag their properties with a Maori heritage designation.
The form letter posted to numbers "68 to 110a Paritai Drive" was not well-received by residents of one of Auckland's most wealthy streets.
The NZ Barbarians will try to adhere to the club's philosophy of open rugby as much as possible, despite an unpromising weather forecast for tonight's match against the Maori All Blacks at Eden....
Wooden digging implements found in the Coromandel and a piece of waka from an Auckland estuary are among items officials want help with in determining ownership.
We were a bit worried about that being a distraction. But she was discreet to the point where sometimes we forgot that she was there.
It is, surprisingly, five years since the Maori All Blacks last played at home.
The performance of a man who played little part in the Maori All Blacks' stunning revival could have the biggest ramifications this year.
If you had never heard the one about the Irishman, the German and the Sikh, Te Mahurehure Community Marae in Pt Chevalier on Sunday was the place to be.
A hui held in Kaikohe saw almost 100 kaumatua and kuia support Sonny Tau continuing as chairman of the Ngapuhi Runanga after it was announced he would face charges of hunting/killing kukupa and....