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Editorial: Way is clear for change to bland island names
Island names: 'Big Ted' and 'Little Ted'?
Kiwis have offered up a range of alternative names for the North and South islands - some serious and some not so serious…
Redneck fears over naming move
Cultural commentators hope for a reasoned debate on a move to recognise alternative names for the North and South Islands…
Media: SPCA joins with Jackson
Peter Jackson is said to be enthusiastic about monitoring off-set conditions for animals used in film productions, writes…
Yvonne Tahana
Nanaia Mahuta to continue with tribe's governance review
Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta will work on her tribe's governance…
Te reo on rise across Tasman
More te reo is being spoken in Australia as growing numbers of Maori use their native language, but the shift comes with…
Peter Calder: Language on knife edge
It's a sobering experience to be in a room where no one is speaking your native language.
Paul Little: Benefits rare in short term solutions
It's not the education system that is at fault, but the economic and social systems which, if they were doing their job…
Talking Heads: Maitreya and Te Awanui Reeder
The songs on AIO , the new double LP from musician and fluent te reo Maori speaker Maitreya are split between Maori and…
Te Reo Maori
Next Miss Aotearoa needs te reo
There will be no embarrassing Miss New Zealand-type spats at the Miss Aotearoa pageant, the organiser…
Mastery of te reo earns top honour
When he turned 25, Pou Temara had an epiphany that steered his life's course towards academic life and the preservation…
Turangi streets to get a capital Te
GPS devices may pay attention to plans to rename almost a quarter of Turangi's streets - but some long-term residents certainly…
Mobile phone add-on opens door to te reo for everyone
Technology is making it easier for all New Zealanders to feel they have a stake in te reo Maori, a leading language advocate…
Parents attacked for speaking out against teaching Maori
A couple who protested at their 2-year-old learning te reo in kindergarten say they feel they were "hung…
Talent with T-shirts gets winners to fashion week
Two Wainuiomata High School teenagers will present collections at New Zealand Fashion Week in September after winning a…
Bringing Maori culture to Dubai
Hiwirori Maynard reckons taking Maori culture to Dubai is a modern day take on what world touring Maori showbands did in…
Resurgence of ta moko among Maori women: study
A Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi doctoral student claims 40 per cent of Maori women have or are thinking of getting a ta…
Paul Moon: Te reo becoming lost in translation
Young speakers, not a state agency will save Maori language, says Paul Moon Is the Maori language…
Youngsters change shape of te reo Maori
Researchers say te reo Maori could be shedding vowels as pronunciation of the language changes. And while that is troubling…
Te reo masthead to mark Maori Language Week
To mark the first day of Maori Language Week, the Herald appears today with its masthead translated into te reo as "Te…
Jury's out on compulsory use of Maori in court
New Zealand's District Court staff will have to make announcements in Maori as well as English from next week. The move…
Maori TV dumps ads for lessons in language
Maori Television is increasing its broadcast hours to focus on language revitalisation and scrapping infomercials in the…
Budget 2012: Te reo schools to keep their small classes
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Maori immersion schools will be exempt from increases in class size announced in this year's Budget…
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Waka return home
Two traditional double-hulled waka and their crews have arrived in Doubtless Bay in Northland after a 10-month historic…
Maori Television
Twelve Questions: Teena Hale Pennington
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Easy questions first: What's the answer to Auckland's housing price bubble?
Multiculturalism
Fatty diet wreaks havoc in islands
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Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands…
Maori Language Commission
Kiwi's last Christmas in prison
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Sharon Armstrong's jail term in Argentina for cocaine smuggling has been reduced on appeal. The former…
Treaty of Waitangi
Final South Island treaty claim settled
The final South Island treaty claim has been settled today with the signing of a deed of settlement between the Crown and…
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