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NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Mood on the streets - Pirirakau

20 Sep, 2017 7:04am

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NEW ZEALAND

Herald stands by journalist after threat

19 Sep, 2017 12:50pm
2 minutes to read

The Herald stands by a reporter threatened after reporting on a Māori Party candidate.

Poll: It's Harawira vs Davis and the difference is clear

18 Sep, 2017 7:22pm
4 minutes to read

Who's ahead in Te Tai Tokerau? There's a new poll and the outcome is clear.

ENTERTAINMENT

All the winners from the Māori Music Awards

16 Sep, 2017 10:00am
4 minutes to read

To round off Maori Language Week, here are all the winners from the Maori Music Awards.

NEW ZEALAND

Metiria Turei returns to campaign spotlight

16 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The Green Party is downplaying the risk of putting Metiria Turei back in the spotlight.

NEW ZEALAND

Maori Party call to sort out water ownership

15 Sep, 2017 8:32pm
2 minutes to read

Maori Party says much more work is required on water before any water tax is applied.

NEW ZEALAND

Māngere's big new social housing project

15 Sep, 2017 4:25pm
3 minutes to read

A 90-unit social and emergency project is planned at Ngā Whare Waatea Marae in Māngere.

NEW ZEALAND

Jackson's new charter school upsets kura

15 Sep, 2017 4:25pm
4 minutes to read

Willie Jackson's new charter school will be in Manurewa, upsetting Te Wharekura o Manurewa

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwis flex their te reo Māori muscle

15 Sep, 2017 2:58pm
2 minutes to read

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori highlights range from coffee discounts to pronunciation hacks.

ENTERTAINMENT

Listen to Scribe's Not Many in Te Reo Māori

15 Sep, 2017 12:00pm
3 minutes to read

For Māori Language Week, we got rapper Rei to cover this massive hit in Te Reo Māori.

NEW ZEALAND

Te Arawa kaumatua: 'Te reo continues to be oppressed'

15 Sep, 2017 8:09am
2 minutes to read

Maori culture and language making progress but more can be done, say advocates.

NEW ZEALAND

We need to embrace the future of te reo

15 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The Maori Language Commission wants Kiwis to embrace te reo like never before.

NEW ZEALAND

Principal: Learning Māori makes you clever

14 Sep, 2017 2:00pm
4 minutes to read

Students who learn in Māori do better in NCEA, even though they come from poorer families.

ENTERTAINMENT

Join the biggest Māori garage party ever

14 Sep, 2017 12:00pm
3 minutes to read

The Modern Māori Quartet's new album is a "Māori garage party", and you're invited.

NEW ZEALAND

Greens' $165m plan for te reo Māori

14 Sep, 2017 11:50am
3 minutes to read

The Greens want te reo Māori to be compulsory in all schools by 2030.

NEW ZEALAND

Battle over te reo 'won't end in our lifetimes'

14 Sep, 2017 8:17am
3 minutes to read

It has been 45 years since the Maori Language Petition was taken to Parliament.

NEW ZEALAND

When was our Welfare State born?

14 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

US Government analysis found Kiwi Welfare State to be a world first

NEW ZEALAND

Māori language to shine before All Black clash

14 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Anthem and haka to help Māori language shine ahead of ABs' clash

ENTERTAINMENT

Five Te Reo songs that topped the NZ music charts

13 Sep, 2017 12:00pm
2 minutes to read

From Poi E right through to a pop hit that dethroned Justin Timberlake.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Volunteers needed for smoking cessation trial

13 Sep, 2017 8:40am
3 minutes to read

Smokers who are Maori or whanau of Maori can be part of the free trial to quit the habit.

NEW ZEALAND

Teaching te reo at home 'our kids' birthright'

13 Sep, 2017 5:00am
3 minutes to read

The Hits radio presenter Stacey Morrison shares bringing her children up with te reo.

NEW ZEALAND

Expert calls for more te reo police cars

12 Sep, 2017 3:25pm
3 minutes to read

Brand expert calls for more te reo police cars, challenges NZ to embrace Maori culture.

NEW ZEALAND

Girls have more words than boys by age 2

12 Sep, 2017 12:20pm
4 minutes to read

Girls pull ahead of boys in languages as early as 2, a new study shows

ENTERTAINMENT

Listen to Don't Dream It's Over in Te Reo Māori

12 Sep, 2017 12:00pm
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For Māori Language Week, we got Seth Haapu to cover Crowded House's hit in Te Reo Māori.

NEW ZEALAND

Petition to move Otahuhu memorial dropped

12 Sep, 2017 11:41am
2 minutes to read

The Nixon Memorial will be adapted to tell the full story such as the attacks on Maori

NEW ZEALAND

Maori Language Week should evolve: tutor

12 Sep, 2017 11:00am
3 minutes to read

Te reo is only part of the 'language', the rest of it is custom and culture - Ross Smith

ENTERTAINMENT

Te reo Moana kicks off Māori Language Week

12 Sep, 2017 5:00am
2 minutes to read

The te reo version of Disney's Moana premiered last night.

NEW ZEALAND

Māori students win from changed teaching

12 Sep, 2017 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Learning te reo Māori helps Māori students learn other subjects too, experts say.

ENTERTAINMENT

Māori Moana star: Why you need to see film

11 Sep, 2017 4:28pm
2 minutes to read

The Maori Moana premieres tonight, and its star has one great reason you should see it.

SPORT

'You dummies': Fear Factor host slams haka

11 Sep, 2017 1:35pm
3 minutes to read

A popular US TV host, podcaster, and commentator has taken a swipe at New Zealand's haka.

ENTERTAINMENT

Here are your Māori language anthems for 2017

11 Sep, 2017 12:00pm
2 minutes to read

It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori so here are the new jams to help you celebrate this year.

NEW ZEALAND

Māori language set to break down barriers

11 Sep, 2017 5:00am
13 minutes to read

The Māori Language Commission has predicted te reo is set for a huge surge in popularity.

NEW ZEALAND

It's a Pirihimana car, not a Police car

10 Sep, 2017 3:31pm
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Maori 'Pirihimana' Police car unveiled as part of Maori language week.

NEW ZEALAND

Quarter of us disagree NZ clean, green: survey

10 Sep, 2017 2:11pm
3 minutes to read

More than a quarter of Kiwis disagree NZ lives up to its clean, green image, survey finds.

NEW ZEALAND

Why did 606 pairs of shoes arrive at Parliament?

10 Sep, 2017 10:45am
7 minutes to read

606 pairs of shoes for every Kiwi lost to suicide in the last year arrives at Parliament.

NEW ZEALAND

Luxury spa facility planned for Rotorua lakefront

8 Sep, 2017 3:30pm
5 minutes to read

Stakeholders say the facility will bring in tens of millions of tourist dollars yearly

NEW ZEALAND

GP teams up with top researchers

8 Sep, 2017 5:00am
2 minutes to read

Well-known GP Dr Lance O'Sullivan has teamed up with leading researchers in a new effort.

NEW ZEALAND

English on defensive after another bad poll

7 Sep, 2017 8:26pm
4 minutes to read

A new poll showed his party would struggle to form a Government after the election.

NEW ZEALAND

Peters best hope for 'colour-blind state' - Brash

7 Sep, 2017 6:06pm
4 minutes to read

Don Brash says Winston Peters the best chance of "ending National's race-based policies".

NEW ZEALAND

Four new charter schools announced

7 Sep, 2017 3:07pm
2 minutes to read

Auckland, Christchurch and Gisborne will get new charter schools in 2019.

NEW ZEALAND

Wedding guest killed by jealous farmer

7 Sep, 2017 6:35am
5 minutes to read

Man who meant to shoot bride mistakenly killed former cabinet minister's niece.

NEW ZEALAND

Call to move controversial memorial

7 Sep, 2017 5:00am
2 minutes to read

Petition launched against a monument commemorating a colonel who "pursued Maori as prey".

NEW ZEALAND

Policy series: Tackling climate change

7 Sep, 2017 5:00am
11 minutes to read

What do political parties propose to do about combating climate change?

NEW ZEALAND

Video of te reo McDonald's order goes viral

6 Sep, 2017 7:40pm
3 minutes to read

A woman ordered in Maori - and was surprised when the till operator responded in kind.

BUSINESS

SFO director acted unlawfully in interview

6 Sep, 2017 1:15pm
2 minutes to read

Excluding QC from representing client at interview 'unreasonable'.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Could Rotorua end up with four MPs?

6 Sep, 2017 9:20am
4 minutes to read

If the latest Reid Research poll bears out, Rotorua could have four MPs after the election

NEW ZEALAND

Moko inquest: Who knew what - and when - before Moko Rangitoheriri was killed?

6 Sep, 2017 5:49am
9 minutes to read

The Herald breaks down the evidence at the inquest into the death of Moko.

BUSINESS

Gisborne agribusiness goes global

4 Sep, 2017 4:18pm
11 minutes to read

The agribusiness behind one of New Zealand's biggest Maori incorporations has gone global.

ENTERTAINMENT

Project gives Maori playwrights a voice

4 Sep, 2017 5:00am
4 minutes to read

A ground-breaking new programme for Maori playwrights in under way in Auckland.

WORLD

Two on biplane die in Moscow air show crash

3 Sep, 2017 9:36am
Quick Read

Biplane in airshow just outside city crashes in front of spectators, killing both aboard.

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