The Associated Press on MSN8d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Maori
But a Maori protest movement of the 1970s and ‘80s led to a surge of recognition for the Maori language, culture and rights ...
Hosted on MSN2mon
New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in two languages, English and Maori, and "each contains differing language that has long sparked debate over how the treaty is defined and interpreted," said CNN.
scmp.com14d
Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...
BBC3y
Your say - Language and identity
and I am very pleased that we have a language which is used in so many countries around the world. But Maori is also an official language in Aotearoa (NZ). Maori people used to be forbidden to use ...
Lock Haven7d
A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori
A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.