Facial tattoos have been a part of Maori culture for centuries, a sacred marker of the wearer's genealogy and heritage. But one woman's striking chin design - or moko - has generated huge debate in ...

Maori Television has successfully launched an initiative to widen the channel’s Maori news and current affairs coverage and accessibility to all audiences. TE KAEA – the channel’s flagship news ...

MR. COLENSO'S Maori English Lexicon, being, as stated on the title-page, a comprehensive dictionary of the New Zealand tongue, including mythical, mythological, “taboo” or sacred, genealogical, ...

ANALYSIS: Researchers combed through newspaper articles over a period of 10 years and found more adopted Māori words into English is more frequent today. Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori ...

Reporters in New Zealand are getting hate mail for occasionally using Maori words in their broadcasts — despite it being one of the country's official languages. More often on radio and TV broadcasts ...

Dual-language street signs have been mooted for Marlborough, as the region prepares to review its street-naming process. Councillor Cynthia Brooks said she would support signs in both te reo Maori and ...