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1. Peter Calder: Making a difference in education (4 comments)

It's not the education system that is at fault, but the economic and social systems which, if they were doing their job…

1. Paul Little: Swastika retains power to shock (6 comments)

The songs on AIO , the new double LP from musician and fluent te reo Maori speaker Maitreya are split between Maori and…

1. photos [PHOTOS] Talking Heads: Maitreya and Te Awanui Reeder (5 photos)

There will be no embarrassing Miss New Zealand-type spats at the Miss Aotearoa pageant, the organiser says of the contest…

1. Pageant push 'surreal,' says beauty queen

When he turned 25, Pou Temara had an epiphany that steered his life's course towards academic life and…

1. Teeth could unlock toi moko secrets

GPS devices may pay attention to plans to rename almost a quarter of Turangi's streets - but some long-term residents certainly…

1. John Langley: Olympics was a vote for a new flag (17 comments)

Technology is making it easier for all New Zealanders to feel they have a stake in te reo Maori, a leading language advocate…

1. Former students on their way to appiness

A couple who protested at their 2-year-old learning te reo in kindergarten say they feel they were "hung out to dry" by…

1. Jennifer Watts: I am not my mother

Two Wainuiomata High School teenagers will present collections at New Zealand Fashion Week in September after winning a…

1. video John Richmond fashion inspired by Maori traditions and tattoos (2:00)

Hiwirori Maynard reckons taking Maori culture to Dubai is a modern day take on what world touring Maori…

1. Doctorate earned ... now it's back to educating the young

1. The place where Margaret Mahy began

A Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi doctoral student claims 40 per cent of Maori women have or are thinking of getting a ta…

1. Shelley Bridgeman: Are tattoos beautiful or beastly? (136 comments)

Young speakers, not a state agency will save Maori language, says Paul Moon Is the Maori language destined for extinction?…

1. Tapu Misa: Death a time for respect

Researchers say te reo Maori could be shedding vowels as pronunciation of the language changes. And while that is troubling…

1. Jury's out on compulsory use of Maori in court

To mark the first day of Maori Language Week, the Herald appears today with its masthead translated…

1. Surprise at number of parents speaking Maori

The Constitutional Advisory Panel has extended the deadline to the end of July for people to make submissions on a constitutional…

1. Editorial: Settlement with Tuhoe good for NZ (24 comments)

Maori Television executives Carol Hirschfeld and Julian Wilcox are putting their names up to lead the…

1. Sky boss dismisses idea net will hurt broadcaster

Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands…

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