Te Karere presenter Anzac Pikia has died, aged 35.

We need te reo more than we think, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes. There's very little that really sets us Kiwis apart from everyone else in the Commonwealth.

To mark Maori Language Week next week, NZ On Screen Content Director Irene Gardiner takes a look back at the songs and music videos that took te reo Maori to the top of the pop charts.

Video of high school student's speech on the importance of pronouncing Maori words correctly has gone viral.

The Labour Party has called on education minister Hekia Parata to demand the resignation of the Kohanga Reo board.

Celebrated Ngati Hine leader and te reo Maori advocate Erima Henare has died.

Being bi-lingual would be "a real added advantage" to young Kiwis, says Dame Susan Devoy.

Some sections of society seem to have done an Alice in Wonderland down the rabbit hole this week. One minute, they were in Aotearoa 2015; the next, they were back in 1980s New Zild.

Last Friday, Whanganui District Health Board members voted 9-2 to spell the name of their hospital correctly as Whanganui with an "h".

Learning another tongue should be compulsory in New Zealand schools if languages are to stop being the "poor cousin" within the education system, an academic says.

Many of Auckland's volcanic cones, including those at the Domain and Mt Smart, have gained official Maori names under a Treaty of Waitangi settlement.

The chief executive of the KiwiYo company says he is deeply sorry that a Whangarei teenager quit her job after she was told not to greet customers with a traditional "kia ora".

A Whangarei teenager has quit her first job after being ticked off for welcoming customers into a city centre store with the words "kia ora" instead of saying "hello".

Periodically we're subject to collective hysterias, led by the media in unison with relevant bureaucrats, single-issue lobbyists and politicians.

The Maori Language Commission says that it has approached TVNZ, TV3 and the MetService about using the Maori word for "tomorrow" in future weather broadcasts.

Te reo has paved the way for careers in journalism for two sets of Kiwi siblings who work on opposing Maori news shows.

Mac and Ron are on a linguistic and historic mission to right Maori spelling and pronunciation howlers in West Auckland.

Only 4 per cent of non-Maori secondary school students are learning te reo Maori, the latest figures show.

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

Today, Pita Sharples will carry out the first reading of the new Maori Language Bill 2014 in Parliament.

Ten years ago, Pita Sharples - now Minister of Maori Affairs - said he wanted to see an end to mangled te reo words used in Parliament and in mainstream media broadcasts.

The curriculum in New Zealand schools is "compulsory" and nobody minds - until it is suggested that all New Zealand children should be given a grounding in te reo Maori.

As the election date nears, politicians are working harder than ever to demonstrate to us why they don't deserve our respect, writes Paul Little.

Singapore-born Chloe Kannangara is of Irish-Dutch and Singaporean-Sinhalese descent - but considers herself to be "half Asian, half Kiwi".

It's been 30 years since New Zealand had its last Te Reo Maori hit with Poi E in 1984 but rising star Stan Walker is hoping his catchy new single will change that.