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Language is a ‘central element in being Maori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point
However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...
Brown rejects officials advice to lower bowel screening age
Health Minister Simeon Brown rejected advice from health officials to lower the bowel screening age to 58 for the general population and 56 for Maori and Pacific people. According to projections that ...
New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...
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A culturally important Maori mountain recognized as a legal person
For many indigenous peoples around the planet, every aspect of the natural world plays a part in their beliefs and culture. That can be a problem when the modern world, which is always looking for ...
New Zealand’s foreign minister berates Mexico-born MP for use of nation’s Maori name
Winston Peters, who is Maori, objected to Ricardo Menendez March calling New Zealand by its Maori name, ‘Aotearoa’, in ...