Push to give English same status as Māori and NZ sign languages triggers backlash from opposition parties and linguistic experts ...

A coalition of New Zealand parties has voted to give English the same official status as te reo Māori and New Zealand Sign ...

Parliamentarians in New Zealand have been limbering up for an oddly unedifying debate over what ought to be the ...

New Zealand might be full of English speakers, but some politicians are pushing for laws to protect the language.

At present, there is no legislative move before Parliament to formally designate English as an official language. The question remains largely a constitutional and symbolic debate rather than a policy ...