New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has fired a broadside at Australia in his defence of a decision to remove te reo Māori phrases from an invitation. Earlier in the week, it was revealed New Zealand’s Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith ordered officials to remove te reo Māori (Māori language) from an official invitation to Matariki celebrations, held in late June. Matariki, the Māori New Year, is widely celebrated in the country, but a law passed in 2022 under then prime minister Jacinda Ardern made it an official holiday. Documents showed Goldsmith ordered the re…