Dressed in all white, the new queen stood out immediately among the kuia and kaumātua wearing their usual black formal ...

Some say an oral promise of religious protection read out at Waitangi in 1840 amounts to a fourth article of the Treaty. But ...

Taranaki Maunga is an honored ancestor to the Maori, something the New Zealand government has cemented with this designation.

It’s often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s ...

Politicians from the coalition government received a frosty reception at Waitangi this year, but Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the pōwhiri that received so much attention was just one ...

English PEN has announced the PEN Translates awards winners for 2025, including the first-ever PEN Translates award for a title from Somaliland. English PEN’s flagship grant programme PEN ...

Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy ...

Numbers one through 10 are as follows: ‘ekahi, ‘elua, ‘ekolu, ‘eha, ‘elima, ‘eono, ‘ehiku, ʻewalu, ‘eiwa, ‘umi.

The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can ...

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