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.

From New Zealand to Wales, the world is dotted with areas whose names are as lengthy as they are fascinating. These extended ...

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 ...

The connection between New Zealand, the Pacific archipelago ... Aotearoa” and restore the original Maori names to all of its settlements and other places. “People are hungry for change ...

"The mountain has long been an honored ancestor, a source of physical, cultural and spiritual sustenance and a final resting place ... New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries took first the ...