The Herald has developed an interactive version of new government maps showing New Zealand’s original tangata whenua place names for Māori Language Week. The Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New ...

Sites across New Zealand are being rechristened with names originating from Te Reo Maori, the country’s indigenous language: since 2019 more than 3,000 Maori place names have been made official.

The connection between New Zealand ... the country’s official name to Aotearoa” and restore the original Maori names to all of its settlements and other places. “People are hungry for ...

As the people of New Zealand confront their nation's troubled past with colonization and denying the Maori people rights, a name change for the island nation is being considered as a part of its ...