However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...

But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...

New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...

But Maori is also an official language in Aotearoa (NZ). Maori people used to be forbidden to use this language in schools . Now however there has been a push by Maori to have it more widely used.