Jim Bolger, who has died aged 90, was New Zealand’s prime minister from 1990 until 1997, and presided over one of the most dramatic political eras in the Dominion’s history; it included a severe ...

A Niue language expert says despite more Niueans living in New Zealand than in Niue, the youth are eager to learn about their ...

It should be noted that genes only act in the context of the environment, so the better the environment (food security, lack of diseases, good sleep), the more genes become the determining factor for ...

Ten migrants are finishing up a ten-week bilingual course in te reo Maori and English that is believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand. The pilot programme, based in Rotorua, has helped ...

“My language is the tongue that fits neatest in my mouth,” Te Rehia Theatre Company director Tainui Tukiwaho says, neatly summing up his New Zealand company’s reason for performing plays in Maori ...

Hector Ó hEochagáin's new TG4 series is full of interesting encounters with locals and ex-pat Irish Hector Ó hEochagáin has ...

Jason Momoa prepared for his role in “Chief of War” with a personal language coach who lived with him for nearly a year. The ...

The Unreal has been acclaimed as good, scary family fun that looks at the stresses and demands of modern life though the ...

As a kinesiology student, Janelle Joseph was struck by how much of the sport and health research she encountered focused on ...

The new school curriculum makes Māori people, knowledge and culture invisible and prioritises European knowledge, say Māori education leaders.

Winding through the Southern Alps in New Zealand, the TranzAlpine is lauded as one of the world’s greatest rail journeys, but few know that its well-worn tracks also trace the path of an ancestral ...