A_MC160816NADMMM4.JPG Manuel Springford has won the Individual Achievement award at the Maori Language Commission's Nga Tohu Reo Maori

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Brave Auckland teenagers hit centre stage for their final performance in Manawa Ora: Courage is Contagious.

Megan Nichol Reed was enthralled by a special performance at the opening night of Poi E, but she was reminded of disappointing attitudes too.

Tonight's opening movie of the New Zealand International Film Festival captures a magical moment in our pop culture.

COMMENT: As the campaign for Maori Language Week 2016 concludes, it's a phrase that resonates with the changing societal landscape for Te Reo Maori.

City buildings are the canvas for Maori myth of creation told in dance, light and music.

Maimoatia went straight to number one, bumping Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling".

Get down with some sweet music in the chiefly language and some wicked slam poetry to close down your Maori Language Week celebrations tomorrow.

Learn about some of the most famous Māori pūrākau or legends during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, or Māori language week.

The young star of a new bilingual television series talks about art imitating life.

The tone of this Maori Language Week seems more relaxed and positive, less earnest and educative.

Mōhio tonu atu tētahi whānau o Rotorua he pai kē tana mahi i te rongonui toro rere o tā rātou kanikani poi ki te waiata a Beyonce.

A new computer-based Māori-language learning program is achieving extraordinary results by giving students practical exercises.

Tearepa Kahi's documentary Poi E: The Story of Our Song debuts at the NZ International Film Festival this month in time for Matariki, the Maori New Year.

When the women's Black Sticks take to the hockey turf in Rio next month, they will have a special advantage.

Facebook has confirmed that it is working with the Māori Language Commission on "the appropriate use of Māori language" on its platform.

Australian Amy Perrett became the first woman assistant referee in Super Rugby on Saturday, she talks to Laura about going to the Olympics An Auckland apartment owner is offering, what may appear to be a welcome reprieve from the housing crisis, at $115 for a bed in a shared room, including water, electricity and unlimited WiFi. But it comes with a hitch And we celebrate Māori Language Week

Rawiri Paratene reckons he could be the most well-travelled New Zealander in the world - and even if he's not, his travels have still made history.

COMMENT: There I was, dry-mouthed, hands trembling, clutching my cue cards in sweaty hands. It was my final assessment for the Maori language course.

COMMENT: Te Ururoa Flavell explains the bill on encouraging a wider use of Maori language, which has it's final reading today.

"I just burst into tears when I saw in the mirror that I had no teeth."

Maori youth are not speaking in Te Reo Maori because it lacks the "cool" factor and expressions for social media, a Massey University study has found.

Two Maori Television receptionists will have to prove they are fluent in Te Reo Maori to keep their jobs.

To peek into a classroom in certain parts of Auckland is to understand what our country's ethnic make-up will be in a quarter of a century's time.

Kaihatu Te Kenehi Teira, of Heritage New Zealand, said a wahi tupuna is a place important to Maori for ancestral significance and cultural and traditional values.

Kura hourua is just one of a number of initiatives aimed at lifting Maori educational achievement but compared with other models it provides much greater autonomy and freedom.

The All Blacks will travel to the Rugby World Cup with a fresh understanding of the haka and what it means to be a New Zealander following a special visit to a Ngati Toa marae last night.

St Peter's College are making it "cool" to korero with boys learning some of today's most common teenage expressions in Te reo Maori.

St Peter’s College are making it “cool” to korero with boys learning some of today’s most common teenage expressions in Te reo Maori.