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Actor Miriama McDowell pauses career to learn te reo Māori
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New strategy to be unveiled for Whanganui River
Decision-makers will be required to pay particular regard to the new strategy.
Strategy for wellbeing of Whanganui River to be unveiled
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Keeping te reo flourishing overseas
Whānau living overseas are doing their best to keep te wiki o te reo Māori thriving.
Barrister Tony Bouchier takes on Act’s Law and Order policy
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Dave Letele on his weight loss programme and hook-up with Rob Campbell
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Opinion: My father believed that the Māori language would hold us back
Anaru Eketone's Māori dad didn't think learning te reo was warranted.
Meet the trailblazing judge who as a lawyer decided to only speak te reo in the courtroom
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Seymour promises tougher sentences for serious crimes in law and order policy
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Muru director Tearepa Kahi: ‘I want to normalise te reo Māori’
Muru was the highest-grossing New Zealand film of 2022.
Watch: NZ champion golf trio receive haka homecoming from schoolmates
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'Language revitalisation': Māori Language Commissioner hopes more people will take part
'It takes one generation to lose a language and it takes three generations to restore.'
Dogs allowed, moko banned: SAS veteran barred from Perth pub
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Learn the whakapapa of an historic Māori phrasebook at Auckland Council libraries
Auckland Council libraries celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.
Reincarceration likely for released prisoners lacking stable housing - study
Accommodation on the outside is hard to obtain.
Fijian teen Usaia Rhodes started learning te reo as a toddler
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Plastic consumables used in the cataracts procedures could be recycled and repurposed
Kiwi eye surgeons pioneer world leading waste initiative
Picture books bring pūrākau to new generations in uni and marae pilot in Te Waka a Māui
Marae pilots new picture books to a new generation.
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Kiri Dell challenges people to think about their own bicultural vision for Aotearoa.
Autistic boy wins national golf title after only playing three rounds - ever
The 12-year-old schoolboy cleaned up all comers to take out the title at the Aims Games.
Learning te reo gives Kruze Tangira added confidence
Māori news journalist has gained a sense of belonging with his culture.
Entrepreneurs giving back to next generation with US internships
Global intern programme will place Māori innovators with leading businesses in the US.
Remembering the pioneer, the big personality and the brother
A year after his tragic death, the legacy of Willie Los'e lives on.