The theme of Maori Language Week 2008 is ‘Te Reo I te Kainga’. The challenge for all of us is to take the knowledge contained in the dictionary and use it among our whanau.

Maori woman Julia Rahui, from Auckland, was reading The Oxford New Zealand Dictionary when she landed on the definition of the word 'bro' and the apparent context in which it's used in Maori.

Māori words in the Oxford English dictionary's March 2023 edition The oldest Māori word in this new update is 'whenua' meaning "land or piece of land belonging to a Māori person or native land ...