Pop singer Lorde has released an EP in te reo Maori, the Native language in her home country of New Zealand. Maori artists say that this is just one branch of a larger movement to revive the language.

“Waiata/Anthems,” Lorde’s “Te Ao Marama” EP and a host of other projects are aimed at revitalizing the Indigenous language of New Zealand via music.

In the past 100 years Maori words have been fitted to many European tunes and English words to several Maori tunes. Some of these songs have undergone multiple changes to their lyrics, melody, and ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry led a song at a Maori meeting ground in New Zealand's indigenous Te Reo language on Wednesday, the final day of his tour of the Pacific with his wife ...