The skills of kapa haka's often complex routines may well be keeping dementia at bay.

New Education Minister Nikki Kaye widens targets: 3 Rs plus healthy and well-rounded.

A panel discussed innovation in Wellington this morning for the PwC Herald Talks.

An energy drink being sold in Canada under the name Haka has offended Kiwis living there.

OPINION: We should do better than treating the language like it's a hassle.

Two East Coast rugby referees have recreated ref signals using traditional haka actions.

A Kapiti Coast town could be the first in New Zealand to be given bilingual status.

The thriller Mo and Jess kill Susie to be performed in te reo Maori for the first time.

HUAWEI have become the first phone to come with a Te Reo Māori operating system.

Te Matatini performers Tauira Mai Tawhiti treat themselves to a voyage on Te Matau a Māui around Hawkes Bay to help them relax post-performance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The last-surviving member of the trio of women who created the Tino Rangatiratanga flag speaks out about that important time in New Zealand's history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Footage courtesy of Maori TV

How many languages can you speak? Hamilton resident Christian Damba knows eight languages and is now adding Te Reo as his ninth. - Made with funding from NZ on Air

Maria Hahipene took matters into her own hands when she could not find uniquely Aotearoa teaching resources in shops.

COMMENT: If risible views heard on plane above Godzone are pakeha norm then help us all.

COMMENT: As our country marks Waitangi Day, it's appropriate to reflect on the outstanding progress being made by Maori children and young people.

In what can only be described as true Kiwi spirit, scores of reggae fans in Tauranga put on a spontaneous show of harmony as they sang a Maori waiata together.

COMMENT: I totally support the Greens' initiative to make te Reo Maori a core subject, along with English and maths.

Confidence is on the way for people struggling with Maori words after a pronunciation app was launched yesterday.

We all seem to use more Māori kupu as each year goes by. But a three year study at Waikato University aims to learn how and why that's happening, and if one Māori word will attract others. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Billy Macfarlane has gone from living in a million-dollar Bay of Plenty mansion to the back room of his mother's house. Now he's waging war on P.

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

The Union was the essential element and the core that held everything together, and protected our interests. There was a mental

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.