The New Zealand Herald, with Māori Television, is marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.

Forty years ago, in April 1975, a high profile protest march from the Far North to Wellington was being planned to co-ordinate with September 14, 1975.

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.

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.

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.

We are marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.

Respected producer Annabelle Lee has resigned from Maori Television's Native Affairs programme, according to former colleague Mihingarangi Forbes.

Maori TV has dismissed accusations that it dumped a panel show on Whanau Ora as a result of political interference, saying it was an editorial decision based on ratings.

Maori TV’s star broadcaster Mihingarangi Forbes quit yesterday after complaining of management interference in the Native Affairs current affairs show.

Maori Television’s star broadcaster Mihingarangi Forbes has quit the company after complaining of management interference.

Overshadowed by other seismic shifts in our TV landscape, Maori TV recently debuted local Friday-night comedies Brown Eye and Find Me a Maori Bride.

No, It's not the Maori TV answer to The Bachelor NZ. Though there are plenty of moments in the early episodes of Find Me A Maori Bride just as excruciatingly hilarious as the recent reality show.

A new Friday night battleground is forming for local content as TVNZ announces a new lifestyle programme to go head-to-head with TV3's Jono and Ben.

Free-to-air television starts marketing an upgraded "Freeview Plus" service this month, playing catch-up with the way people view programming.

Maori Television has appointed veteran journalist Maramena Roderick to the position of interim head of news and current affairs.

High-profile executive Carol Hirschfeld has resigned from Maori TV following a proposed restructure at the broadcaster, and taken up a senior role at Radio NZ.

Maori Television has placed several shows "on hold" due to a disagreement with the funding agency Te Mangai Paho.

Scrapping the roles of senior Maori TV executives Julian Wilcox and Carol Hirschfeld is linked to a makeover of the channel, to provide more te reo content.

The future of one of the faces of Maori Television, Julian Wilcox, is up in the air after a major overhaul at the station.

High-profile Maori TV executives Julian Wilcox and Carol Hirschfeld have been demoted from their jobs in a restructure process announced to staff at the station today.

Maori Television is expected to disestablish the roles of general managers of news and production held by its highest profile executives, Julian Wilcox and Carol Hirschfeld.

A new bill that will change how te reo Maori is safeguarded will have its first reading in Parliament today.

A second whistleblower has spoken to Maori Television’s Native Affairs programme as part of its Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau investigation.

Labour's chances of a strong showing in the vacant Maori seat of Tamaki Makaurau are diminishing after broadcaster Julian Wilcox said he wasn't a contender.

Maori broadcaster Julian Wilcox has no plans to run for Parliament in this year’s election, Maori Television has confirmed.

Paora Maxwell, the new CEO of Maori Television, started his job on Monday and he was visibly emotional.