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, ...

“Our goal for Kupu is that it’s popularizing a selection of words from the Māori language so that 100 words is 1,000 words in a couple years.” The internet’s first code was written in English, and as ...

Thousands of protesters took to the streets against New Zealand's government's policies toward the Indigenous Maori population. They held demonstrations in Auckland, Wellington, and other cities, ...

The oldest Māori word in this new update is 'whenua' meaning ‘land or piece of land belonging to a Māori person or native land of a Māori group.’ The Oxford English Dictionary, recognised worldwide as ...

“I live in the Maori world,” says Te Mairiki Williams. He says this because I have asked him about his moko, the tattoo that covers his face. I asked because this is not a usual thing you see these ...

BANGKOK, Sept 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against ...

WELLINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades. A ...

The three politicians performed the chanting dance of challenge to oppose a Bill that would have redefined the country’s founding document (Charlotte Graham-McLay/AP) A New Zealand parliamentary ...