Paora Maxwell said it was never the intention to remove the word Maori from its brand.

Learn about some of the most famous Māori pūrākau or legends during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, or Māori language week.

The young star of a new bilingual television series talks about art imitating life.

Mōhio tonu atu tētahi whānau o Rotorua he pai kē tana mahi i te rongonui toro rere o tā rātou kanikani poi ki te waiata a Beyonce.

The tone of this Maori Language Week seems more relaxed and positive, less earnest and educative.

A new computer-based Māori-language learning program is achieving extraordinary results by giving students practical exercises.

Tearepa Kahi's documentary Poi E: The Story of Our Song debuts at the NZ International Film Festival this month in time for Matariki, the Maori New Year.

When the women's Black Sticks take to the hockey turf in Rio next month, they will have a special advantage.

Facebook has confirmed that it is working with the Māori Language Commission on "the appropriate use of Māori language" on its platform.

Facebook is on the verge of signing a deal with the Maori Language Commission to develop a tool which will translate posts into te reo Maori.

Rawiri Paratene reckons he could be the most well-travelled New Zealander in the world - and even if he's not, his travels have still made history.

COMMENT: There I was, dry-mouthed, hands trembling, clutching my cue cards in sweaty hands. It was my final assessment for the Maori language course.

COMMENT: Te Ururoa Flavell explains the bill on encouraging a wider use of Maori language, which has it's final reading today.

"I just burst into tears when I saw in the mirror that I had no teeth."

Maori youth are not speaking in Te Reo Maori because it lacks the "cool" factor and expressions for social media, a Massey University study has found.

Two Maori Television receptionists will have to prove they are fluent in Te Reo Maori to keep their jobs.

To peek into a classroom in certain parts of Auckland is to understand what our country's ethnic make-up will be in a quarter of a century's time.

Kaihatu Te Kenehi Teira, of Heritage New Zealand, said a wahi tupuna is a place important to Maori for ancestral significance and cultural and traditional values.

St Peter's College are making it "cool" to korero with boys learning some of today's most common teenage expressions in Te reo Maori.

St Peter’s College are making it “cool” to korero with boys learning some of today’s most common teenage expressions in Te reo Maori.

Women outnumber men in every Māori tribe and the imbalance is growing, new research shows.

Playing for New Zealand by the time she's 17 is the goal ... and Tiana's well on the way.

The New Zealand Herald, with Māori Television, is marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.

Forty years ago, in April 1975, a high profile protest march from the Far North to Wellington was being planned to co-ordinate with September 14, 1975.

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.

The NZ Herald, with Māori Television, is marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.

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.

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.

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.