BANGKOK, Sept 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against ...

"Aotearoa", "kia ora" and "whanau" are among the new additions to a mobile phone text dictionary. In what is being hailed a New Zealand-first, Telecom will include common te reo Maori words in the ...

The Maori language of New Zealand has just expanded by 200 words and phrases, freshly minted to describe mental health, addiction and disability issues. Keri Opai, the civil servant who helped devise ...

A volunteer firefighter has been stood down for allegedly covering up Maori words on his uniform. Long-serving Canterbury fireman Nigel Thomas was stood down from operational duties on October 16 ...

Reporters in New Zealand are getting hate mail for occasionally using Maori words in their broadcasts — despite it being one of the country's official languages. More often on radio and TV broadcasts ...

t's a friendly greeting heard everywhere in New Zealand, but charges of cultural appropriation have pitted Kiwis with indigenous Maori heritage against the national airline, after it sought to ...