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The remains of 49 Māori and Moriori people, taken by an Austrian taxidermist, have been returned to the country. The remains were brought back to New Zealand last month from the Natural History Museum, Vienna. They were taken from New Zealand and the Chatham Islands by Austrian taxidermist and grave robber Andreas Reischek, who lived […]
The use of te reo Māori in New Zealand media continues to accelerate, according to data science specialists Dot Loves Data. The company analysed 2.3 million media articles published between 2008 and 2022 by New Zealand’s six main media outlets to determine the frequency of Māori word usage. The analysis showed the number of Māori […]
Internationally acclaimed New Zealand architect and researcher Professor Anthony Hoete has returned from the United Kingdom to help revive ancient Māori construction techniques. He will lead a team from the University of Auckland that aims to rebuild a historic Bay of Plenty wharenui (meeting house) that was destroyed in the 1931 Napier earthquake. The reconstruction, […]
Māori tourism businesses are reporting that a targeted government funding boost is assisting their post-pandemic recovery. Last year the government announced funding support of $15 million to be delivered over two years. The goal of the fund is to safeguard the businesses of Māori tourism operators in the short term, and to help them prepare […]
A Taranaki linguist’s book on the Māori language has reached audiences around the world. Since its release last year, Keri Opai’s latest book Tikanga: An introduction to Te Ao Māori has sold more than 10,000 copies globally. The guide provides insights into how the Māori world operates, with Opai keen to keep it as user-friendly […]
New Zealanders will have their first Matariki public holiday on Friday 24 June. The celebration marks the beginning of the Māori new year. Matariki is the name of a star cluster also known as Pleiades. During New Zealand’s winter, the star cluster is visible before sunrise towards the northeast horizon. Its appearance heralds the end […]
This article written for the news organization ‘TheConversation’ and is based on a presentation given at a Sanctuaries of New Zealand workshop earlier this year on the theme of iwi and conservation. As world leaders continue negotiations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, several agreements reached so far have acknowledged the connection between climate […]
The Maori Party has launched a petition to change the official name of New Zealand to Aotearoa. “It’s well past time that te reo Māori was restored to its rightful place as the first and official language of this country. We are a Polynesian country, we are Aotearoa,” Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi said at […]
Māori Language Week (Māori: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language, which, along with New Zealand Sign Language, is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader revival of the Māori language. It […]
