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Maori, or “te reo Maori” as it is widely rendered in New Zealand, is one of the country’s three official languages — along with English and New Zealand Sign Language — but it is thought only about 125 ...

WELLINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to ...

Preserving Maori LanguageIn New Zealand, there's a crusade to save the language of the Maori people. For the past 25 years, special preschools have been bringing together grandparents and babies to ...