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

There has been heated debate over the Government bill, which would recognise English as an official language alongside NZ Sign Language and Te Reo Māori. The bill was agreed to as part of National’s ...

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 ...

The government has introduced a bill to make English an official language, to ridicule from the opposition, and a fierce ...