Original: MÄ ori or te reo MÄ ori (pronounced) commonly te reo ("the language"), is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the MÄ ori, where it has the status of an official language.
Simplified: The MÄ ori language (MÄ ori: Te Reo MÄ ori, shortened to Te Reo) is the language of the MÄ ori and an official language of New Zealand.