A teenage thrash metal band screams out Maori lyrics in its latest videos. A popular radio host is learning New Zealand’s indigenous language and sharing new vocabulary with his audience. And ...
“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music. By Brian Ng In August, Lorde released her third ...
Maori, or “te reo Maori” as it is widely rendered in New Zealand, is one of the country’s three official languages — along with English and New Zealand Sign Language — but it is thought only about 125 ...
A PhD student from Co. Louth won herself many fans in New Zealand recently for the interest she has shown in the Te Reo Maori language, despite never having been to the country. Aoife Finn, a ...
Maisey Rika has performed in Hawaii frequently over the last few years. Here she performs at the Polynesian Cultural Center at a 2012 concert featuring singer Ria Hall, a fellow Maori from New Zealand ...
Maori speaking children are no longer collateral damage from the current anti Maori rhetoric promoted by this coalition government but are now deemed fair game as it cuts $30m from Reo training of ...
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Christmas Day, veteran New Zealand journalist Oriini Kaipara made history. She is her country’s first news anchor to host a national primetime broadcast sporting ...
WELLINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Indigenous Maori politicians broke with protocol at the opening of New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday, pledging allegiance first to their descendants and the country's ...