Raglan songbird Anna Coddington "regretfully" says she's not a fluent speaker of te reo but has high hopes her baby boy, Arlo, will benefit from moves to make teaching Maori language compulsory. The ...

As we approach another Waitangi Day, we should be thinking again about what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means. As the late Moana Jackson commented, the meaning of Te Tiriti will be talked about in each ...

ASPIRATIONS: Representing her Rongowhakaata whanau, Kiana Ria Renata-Kokiri was one of the “millenial” speakers featured in a segment called Iwi Voices at the Pae Tawhiti: Beyond the Horizon - Maori ...

Responding to the growing demand from Māori and New Zealanders living overseas, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has launched a new international online reo Māori course, iReo, in 2026. The international rollout ...

Just four years ago, experts warned te reo Māori was on a “pathway towards extinction” unless resources were put into teaching young Māori. But a new mathematical model combined with recent data ...

WELLINGTON – When 34-year-old Tze Wee enrolled in primary school many years ago, he went to a Maori-emphasis class because of an administrative mistake. In the class, he learnt Maori words, songs and ...

Morrison says she “had an ugly, awkward, embarrassing public learning journey that I am grateful for.” For broadcaster, author and te reo translator Stacey Morrison, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is not ...

Researchers have identified "te reo trauma" as a barrier to the revitalisation of the Māori language. Dr Raukura Roa (Waikato, Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Ngāti Raukawa) told RNZ the ...