Kenny Williams began to study the Māori language during his second COVID-19 lockdown. Williams, 36, lives alone and the isolation made him yearn to feel closer to his identity as an indigenous New ...
Rotorua has become a stronghold of cultural preservation in New Zealand. In the heart of New Zealand's north island, the small town of Rotorua has become a stronghold of cultural preservation for a ...
In the song “Oceanic Feeling” from her new album, “Solar Power,” singer Lorde alludes to a jump into a lake at Bulli Point, a beloved swimming spot in her homeland of New Zealand: “When I hit that ...
In the song “Oceanic Feeling” from her new album, “Solar Power,” singer Lorde alludes to a jump into a lake at Bulli Point, a beloved swimming spot in her homeland of New Zealand: “When I hit that ...
“Our goal for Kupu is that it’s popularizing a selection of words from the Māori language so that 100 words is 1,000 words in a couple years.” The internet’s first code was written in English, and as ...
The benefits of machine translation are easy to see and experience for ourselves, but those practical applications are only one part of what makes the technology valuable. Microsoft and the government ...
New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde has released a mini album of songs recorded in Māori language, calling it a “really powerful” experience. The release comes amid the nation’s reckoning with the ...
When a New Zealand central bank official spoke in September about the kōtuku, a white heron that features prominently in folklore of the indigenous Māori, the world's hard-nosed foreign exchange ...
Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta works for Te Ipukarea Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She receives funding from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Auckland University of Technology ...
Radio Waatea has started to retrench up to eleven Kaimahi from the 28th of November (although Waatea has secured a slight ...
Microsoft Corp. is excited to announce the inclusion of te reo Māori in its Microsoft Translator application, which will enable instant translations of text from more than 60 languages into te reo ...
Lorde’s sunny, contemplative new album, “Solar Power,” celebrates natural wonders and the singer’s beloved New Zealand. That idea of the restorative power of nature, though, is one the album shares ...