September 12-18 is a week for te reo to be celebrated and promoted across Aotearoa. Anton Matthews (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri), owner of bilingual restaurant FUSH, has been on a mission to normalise te ...
Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) staff and their whānau have the opportunity to learn te reo Māori on-site thanks to a new initiative to grow the use and quality of te reo me ōnā tikanga ...
A free te reo Māori class for beginners is starting in Stratford. Reverend Paul Bowers-Mason, missioner for Central Taranaki, has started the lessons to encourage the community to learn the language. ...
Rotorua District Council director of Maori issues, Mauriora Kingi (left) with Rotorua District Library staff Robyn Skipwith, Manda Waiariki, Lois Haddon, Amanda Hemara and mayor Steve Chadwick.
A study on the motivations of non-Māori to learn te reo Māori suggests Pākehā identity is increasingly tied to acquiring a deeper knowledge of, and ability to speak, the indigenous language. A study ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is defending spending taxpayer money on his own te reo Māori lessons, after he criticised that specific use of public funds. National this month was criticising ...
The subject of compulsory Te Reo lessons are back in the media. The Maori Development Minister says New Zealanders are ready for compulsory Te Reo in schools - but the education system is lagging ...
Labour leader Chris Hipkins believes it is “absolute hypocrisy” for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to let taxpayers fund his te reo Māori lessons while cutting bonuses for some public servants who ...