Kenny Williams began to study the Māori language during his second COVID-19 lockdown. Williams, 36, lives alone and the isolation made him yearn to feel closer to his identity as an indigenous New ...

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has unveiled a new international Reo Māori learning programme designed to broaden access to te reo ...

In the song “Oceanic Feeling” from her new album, “Solar Power,” singer Lorde alludes to a jump into a lake at Bulli Point, a beloved swimming spot in her homeland of New Zealand: “When I hit that ...

Jason Paul Mika does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Brothers and bandmates Henry and Lewis de Jong, 17 and 15 respectively, were brought up on two things: Māoriculture and metal music. The two New Zealand natives fully embraced their heritage at a ...

In the song “Oceanic Feeling” from her new album, “Solar Power,” singer Lorde alludes to a jump into a lake at Bulli Point, a beloved swimming spot in her homeland of New Zealand: “When I hit that ...

New Zealand’s new right-leaning government took more than a month to take shape, but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his coalition partners are now racing to strip back policies that had earned ...

The benefits of machine translation are easy to see and experience for ourselves, but those practical applications are only one part of what makes the technology valuable. Microsoft and the government ...

New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde has released a mini album of songs recorded in Māori language, calling it a “really powerful” experience. The release comes amid the nation’s reckoning with the ...

Kākano means “seed” in Māori. For Jade Temepara, a Māori woman who was crowned New Zealand’s Gardener of the Year in 2012, though, it means a lot more. Temepara owns Kākano, a Maori restaurant and ...

Jaedyn Randell remembers being a kid sitting in the back of her mum's car, singing along to her favourite Disney songs. "My dream was to be a Disney princess," she says. Now, she actually is one — ...