The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

The words are not in quotes as they are not verbatim and instead ... The first missionaries arrived 26 years earlier, and the first book in te reo Māori was written 25 years earlier.

Photo / Alex Cairns The principal of Tauranga’s fastest-growing school has closed out-of-zone enrolments for bilingual, te reo Māori immersion, and Montessori classes due to “significant ...

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

For decades, the New Zealand government in Aotearoa has tried to eliminate te reo Māori, the language of the Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa. Thus far, it’s failed. While the current ...

hapori and iwi from around Aotearoa to apply for investment for kaupapa that revitalise te reo Māori such as kura reo, classes, wānanga, language planning or reo resources. Tumu Whakarae ...

The late Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, who founded the kōhanga reo movement, is being praised for reviving te reo Māori and keeping the language alive. The 95-year-old Māori educator died on ...

Shrek, one of Dreamworks' most famous franchise films, has been reimagined and redubbed in te reo Māori as part of a collaboration between Māoriland Productions and the American studio Dreamworks. The ...

Taiwan and China need to talk to each other to achieve peace given the "multifold changes" in the international situation, ...

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday condemned recent remarks made by Lai Ching-te, leader of the Taiwan region, as an attempt to undermine peace and escalate tensions between the two ...