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Battle of the macrons: Wikipedia debate ends
A debate over the use of macrons has raged on Wikipedia for years.
Tipene wins Waiata Māori Music Award
Flaxmere rapper's stunning rise: From being the guy who cleaned up to the guy who won.
Tee-koh-kee-noh: How to correctly say the town you're from in Hawke's Bay
Oh Tikokino. Much loved. Often garbled.
One kawhe please: Aucklanders who order coffee in te reo to get discount
Aucklanders are encouraged to order their coffee in te reo to help promote Māori language.
Best-selling children's book series to be translated into te reo
One of the world's biggest selling children's books to be published in te reo Māori.
God Defend a lack of social media: 20 years since Hinewehi Mohi sang our anthem in Māori
A woman who changed the way we sing the national anthem is now focusing on music therapy.
The voice of Māori radio in Hawke's Bay dies, aged 88
Well-respected Maori elder dies aged 88
How do you say Aokautere, Whariti and Te Papaioea?
Can you pronounce Māori place names? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Interactive map highlights Maori names
Interactive NZ map shows how many Maori place names there are - or could be.
It's a Pirihimana car, not a Police car
Maori 'Pirihimana' Police car unveiled as part of Maori language week.
Maori language gets its own app
Confidence is on the way for people struggling with Maori words after a pronunciation app was launched yesterday.
Northlander's te reo Maori efforts recognised at Maori Language Awards
A_MC160816NADMMM4.JPG Manuel Springford has won the Individual Achievement award at the Maori Language Commission's Nga Tohu Reo Maori
Editorial: We all benefit in nurturing te reo Maori
The tone of this Maori Language Week seems more relaxed and positive, less earnest and educative.
Paora Maxwell: Protect precious taonga by giving te reo a go
Everyday use of Maori language in Aotearoa is accepted in many areas of society but we still have a way to go before its usage is normalised, writes Paora Maxwell.
School opens door to te reo early
Year 2 students at Glenfield's Mānuka Primary School are still learning to read and write in English - but they are already learning te reo Māori too.
Paul Moon: Te reo Maori should learn from English
The last century has seen more of the world's languages perish than at any previous time in human history, and if anything, that trend is accelerating, writes Paul Moon.
Wiki o te reo Māori taken to heart
Rnui kaumtua Hori (George) Winikerei Taua never thought he would see the day when Maori and English words took equal places in his local supermarket.
Pupils are the stars in new digital book
Children from a Māori immersion class in Pukekohe are the stars of a new digital book released by Auckland Transport for Māori Language Week.
Māori words and phrases of the day: Travel
The NZ Herald is marking New Zealand's 40th Maori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.
Māori words, phrases of the day: Home
We are marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.
John Drinnan: TVNZ losing Maori link
Outsourcing of Maori programming will make Television New Zealand less engaged in the Maori world - but that might suit the broadcaster.
Hopes for 'apopo' in weather forecast
The Maori Language Commission says that it has approached TVNZ, TV3 and the MetService about using the Maori word for "tomorrow" in future weather broadcasts.
Bill 'about giving decisions back to iwi'
A new bill that will change how te reo Maori is safeguarded will have its first reading in Parliament today.
Maori Council fights new te reo agency
The New Zealand Maori Council is seeking an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing to stop a proposed legislation.
For Maori language to endure, we must speak it
Erima Henare says correct pronunciation is an important step in supporting the language.
Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north
The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.
Armstrong carrying multiple driver's licences: report
Sharon Armstrong, arrested for cocaine trafficking this week, was travelling with multiple IDs, according to reports.
Family: NZer cocaine accused was duped
Sharon Armstrong, former Maori Language Commission deputy chief executive, has been detained in Buenos Aires.