WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has pledged that her newborn daughter would grow up to learn both English and the country’s indigenous Maori language, which is ...

I have always promised myself I would learn Maori - the language and the tikanga. Photo / File There I was, dry-mouthed, hands trembling, clutching my cue cards in sweaty hands. It was my final ...

Who is entitled to sing in a language that is not their own? That was the question from some fans after New Zealand pop artist Lorde released a mini-album of five of her songs translated in te reo ...

A Canadian beer company and a New Zealand leather shop were both notified this week that the Maori word “Huruhuru” commonly translates to “pubic hair.” The brewer, Hell’s Basement, used the word for ...

NEW ZEALAND may boast some of the world’s most magnificent scenery, but early British cartographers proved uninspired. They named a steep mountain “Mount Horrible” and a small lake “Silly Pool”. More ...