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It was meant to be an inclusive gesture to New Zealands indigenous Maori community.

Plans to introduce bilingual road signs to New Zealand have sparked a heated political debate between the wish to honor its indigenous Maori culture and opposition that it could compromise road safety.

Plans to introduce bilingual road signs to New Zealand have sparked a heated political debate between the wish to honor its indigenous Maori culture and opposition that it could compromise road safety.

Through his personal journey of reclaiming his indigenous language, te reo Māori, Scott Parekowhai has learned about...

Why do we, Critic Te Ārohi, release this annual te reo Māori issue, the one that you now hold in your hands? The surface-level answer is simple: because it is Māori Language Week, September 12-19th. Well, yes. But why is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori marked out to be these specific

A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People. In the back room of an old and graying building in the northernmost region of New Zealand, one of the most advanced computers for artificial intelligence is helping to redefine the technology’s future...

From next year, the curriculum will replace one long criticised as patchy, insufficient and Eurocentric.

“We are very pleased it will have four learning spaces, a hall, and new library. We haven’t had a library for five years.” The Ministry of Education is funding the build and will remove the old building to make way for a new playing field. It was not financially viable to refurbish the old building. JOHN BISSET/Stuff An aerial view of Arowhenua Māori School – Te Kura Māori o Arowhenuas new 850sq m building. As the only bilingual te reo Māori school between Christchurch and Dunedin...

New Zealand: Advertisement pulled due to incorrect pronunciation of Māori place name Kathleen Henning of AJ Park looks at the ASA’s recent Rangiora decision and its impact on the revitalisation of the Māori language in New Zealand Sponsored by May 18 2021 In April 2021, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of New Zealand upheld a complaint against a radio advertisement that mispronounced the Māori place name, Rangiora. The co...