Two new charter schools, one in Rotorua and the other in Taupō, are set to open next year.

Jaedyn Randell, 16, has been cast as Disney's Moana in the Te Reo version of the hit film.

Canterbury already has the second-fastest growing Maori population in the country.

Ngati Whakaue hikoi to Rotorua Hospital protesting the end of Hunga Manaaki service.

Parihaka reconciliation ceremony had echoes of the past.

'Hero to zero': Principal received Queen's Birthday honour, now may lose teaching licence.

Auckland's housing crisis is hitting a teaching profession that was already ageing.

More money will be spent lifting teacher numbers over the next four years.

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

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.

Linda Munn is best known as one of three women who helped to create the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. But how did she start out making art? And what is she doing nearly three decades on? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Kiwi children, aged 9 to 18, have revealed how much pocket money they receive.

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.

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.

COMMENT: The choice of job opportunities is too narrow and compulsory te reo for 10 years would cost our children a lot but add not much.

COMMENT: Bill English has done a remarkable job with his speech today in Maori, however here's my challenge, writes Moehau Hodges-Tai.

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