Ceillhe Sperath’s ancestors arrived in New Zealand nearly two centuries before Christopher Columbus set off for the New World. Yet for much of the last two centuries, the Maori, the descendants of ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a Māori lunar new year invitation to an Australian official was not a snub of the Indigenous ...

The New Zealand (NZ) Parliament Wednesday approved the Plain Language Bill promoting the use of plain English in official documents and websites. The bill is now awaiting Royal Assent. The bill ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The speaker of New Zealand ’s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Māori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament, after one ...

Hilary A Smith is co-convenor of the Languages Alliance Aotearoa NZ and president of Applied Linguistics in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a past president of the Teachers to Speakers of Other Languages ...