Maori Television is offering viewers the chance to witness the hardships and rewards of learning te reo Maori on new series WAKA REO, launching on Sunday August 21 at 7.00 PM. In this new reality ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has pledged that her newborn daughter would grow up to learn both English and the country’s indigenous Maori language, which is ...

It's traditionally performed by the New Zealand rugby team in the build-up to a match to strike fear into their opponents. Baschurch Primary School children get into the spirit Baschurch Primary ...

Vodafone is offering 50,000 customers free Maori language lessons on their smartphones through a unique translation app to celebrate Maori Language Week. The Hika application for smartphones is a ...

According to Maori myths and legends, a demigod named Maui was fishing with his brothers from a canoe – which is now known as the South Island – when he hooked a giant catch: the massive piece of land ...

A Canadian beer company and a New Zealand leather shop were both notified this week that the Maori word “Huruhuru” commonly translates to “pubic hair.” The brewer, Hell’s Basement, used the word for ...

Twenty years after his father winked and blew kisses at the All Blacks haka, Angus Scott-Young has gone “full circle” by learning the Maori words to a tribute for the late Sean Wainui. In the days ...