Maori Language Commission Chief Execuetive Ngahiwi Apanui hopes that by 2040, everyday conversations will contain a mix of both te reo and English. Not everyone in New Zealand supports this idea.

The Māori saved their language from extinction. Here’s how. Born from a movement that swept New Zealand in the 1970s, the Māori model has helped cultures around the globe reclaim what ...

On “Kāhore He Manu E,” one of the striking songs off Marlon Williams’ recently released Maori-language album Te Whare ...

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. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Wednesday global premiere will be accompanied by “Moana 2 Reo Māori,” a special release Thursday in theaters in New Zealand, featuring voiceovers in the indigenous Polynesian language.

But a Maori protest movement of the 1970s and ‘80s led to a surge of recognition for the Maori language, culture and rights in New Zealand law.

Darwin’s Maori diaspora will come together this weekend with a spectacular showcase of cultural performances and a ...

Production has begun on “Tangata Pai,” a Warner Bros. Discovery-backed drama that claims to be the first primetime series in which 30% of the dialog will be in the Maori language.

Phil Walter / Getty Images The Maori of New Zealand anointed a new monarch on Thursday, officially installing 27-year-old Nga Wai Hono i te Po as their second-ever queen. The ceremony capped off a ...

Maori tribes call on King Charles to ensure the New Zealand government honours its Treaty of Waitangi obligations amid rising tensions over proposed legal changes ...

The Maori King or Queen is considered the paramount chief of several tribes, or iwi, but is not affiliated with all of them. The monarch's role has no judicial or legal authority in New Zealand ...