Thousands of te reo learners will take part in the festival which is described as a two-day "celebration, inspiration, ...

It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealand’s indigenous Maori community. But plans to introduce bilingual road signs featuring both the English and te reo Maori languages have sparked a ...

Sir Timoti Kāretu, who has seen the ups and downs of te reo Māori, is one of many guests of honour at Toitū te Reo, a two-day ...

“Maori Language Week is an entire week dedicated to celebrating the beauty of one our most paramount taonga tuku iho –Te reo Maori. The launch of the I-Papakupu builds on efforts to ensure that Te Reo ...

A quiet trailblazer, a beloved kōhanga reo nanny and the translators behind the first-ever bilingual Olympic sporting glossary are among those recognised at Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025, the annual Māori ...

Migrants, visitors and Rotorua locals are invited to try their hand at te reo Maori this week. New Zealand has marked te Wiki o te reo Maori - Maori language week - since 1975 and this year's theme is ...

Pages from the 1972 Māori Language Petition. Ko tēnei te Wiki o te Reo Māori – it’s Māori Language Week. It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment on September 14 1972, when Hana Te Hemara and her ...

As a child Nat Hape's first tongue was Te Reo Maori. But as time passed so too did her grandmother who had taught and encouraged her to speak te reo and by the time she was 14 she had lost her native ...

Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta works for Te Ipukarea Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She receives funding from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Auckland University of Technology ...