Te Reo Māori

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Te Karere (TVNZ) and Māori Television promote Te Reo Māori and offer Māori perspectives on many issues. Explore the history of the language and the resources used to learn and revive Te Reo Māori in schools and society. SCIS no. 1809079

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Two members of Waitangi Tribunal visit kohanga reo at Waiwhetu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Two members of Waitangi Tribunal visit kohanga reo at Waiwhetu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Two members of the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Judge Edward Durie (left) and Mr Paul Temm QC, seen during a visit to a kohanga reo (language nursery) at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt. Seen with them are (from...
Images
10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga
10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga
Wainuiomata kōhanga reo.
Videos
The benefits of learning te reo Māori.
Te reo Māori has a special place in the New Zealand curriculum.
Articles
Crown 'failed kohanga reo'
The Government has been found to have breached the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to support Māori language early childhood centres.
Images
Nan Bella teaching Maori at Waiwhetu School - Photograph taken by Mark Coote
Nan Bella teaching Maori at Waiwhetu School - Photograph taken by Mark Coote
Original caption: "Teacher assistant Nan Bella with a new generation of Maori speakers at the Waiahetu School bilingual unit". Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Marke Coote on the 29...
Articles
Many Answers
Many Answers
Many Answers has reviewed links to websites and database on te reo Māori.
Other
Māori Language Act 1987
This Act declares the Māori language to be an official language of New Zealand, confers the right to speak Māori in certain legal proceedings, and establishes Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
Articles
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
This resource page offers ideas, links, and stories to help schools engage with their parents, families, and whānau to support the learning of te reo Māori in both the school and home environment.
Websites
WWW
Mahuru Māori
Mahuru Māori is a challenge for each and every one of us to take up, no matter what our current level of Māori language may be.
Websites
WWW
ReoMāori.co.nz
The Reo Māori website has been developed by the Māori Language Commission – in order to raise awareness about the Māori language.
Images
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Maori Language Week. 23 July 2014
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Maori Language Week. 23 July 2014
Shows a couple talking Maori while an onlooker doesn't understand what they are saying. He walks away thinking "It would be nice to speak Maori!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Images
Te Wiki o te reo Māori display
Te Wiki o te reo Māori display
Māori Language Week display, Fendalton Library, 29 July 2015. Photo by Moata Tamaira File reference: 2015-07-30-IMG_7450 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Articles
100 Māori words every New Zealander should know - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week
100 Māori words for everyday usage. We have included individual sound files of spoken versions of all these words - just click on the word and it will be spoken!
Articles
Te reo Māori – the Māori language
History of the Māori language in New Zealand.
Images
Māori language petition, 1972
Māori language petition, 1972
Māori language petition being presented at the steps of Parliament
Images
Teaching te reo Māori
Teaching te reo Māori
Hoani Waititi teaching te reo, possibly at Queen Victoria School for Māori Girls in Auckland.
Videos
Te reo Māori petition, 1972
Te reo Māori petition, 1972
In this 1972 news footage, a petition asking for te reo Māori (the Māori language) to be taught in schools is presented to Parliament in Wellington. More than 30,000 signatures had been collected. ...
Articles
Te reo Māori on RNZ
Listen to Māori greetings, phrases and other korero used on RNZ and read the English translations.
Videos
Te reo Māori in Parliament
Te reo Māori in Parliament
For most of the 20th century MPs speaking Māori in Parliament were required to immediately translate their own words. From 1990 they could speak Māori without translating, and later full-time trans...
Images
Te reo
Te reo
Te reo Māori promotion in a Christchurch library.
Articles
Tamaki Makaurau Transport backing te reo Māori
Article about Auckland Transport supporting Te reo Māori during Māori Language Week.
Audio
Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin
Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin
Morning Report's Simon Mercep gets a one-on-one lesson in te reo Maori with Evelyn Tobin of Ngati Manu, a Bay of Islands tribe. They look at the phrase: Ko wai to ingoa? - What's your name? And Sim...
Images
Parliament's te reo Māori translator
Parliament's te reo Māori translator
Image of Wiremu Haunui translating te reo Māori spoken in Parliament, into English.
Audio
Koran translated into te reo Māori
Koran translated into te reo Māori
A copy of the first Koran to be translated into Te Reo Maori has been presented to the Maori King by the Spiritual Leader of a persecuted Muslim sect.
Images
Te reo Māori theatre
Te reo Māori theatre
The poster for Taiporotu Tamehana Huata's Māori-language play Tu rangatahi, tu tangata shows its cast, Terrence Griffiths, Sam Murphy, Toni Huata and Les Hoerara. The play tells the story of a youn...
Videos
Te reo Māori in court
Te reo Māori in court
After the passage of the Māori Language Act 1987, Māori interpreters were provided in court in certain circumstances. In this clip, interpreters are shown practising using te reo Māori in court, an...
Articles
Why should we learn te reo Māori?
Professor Stephen May considers why there is still a deeply entrenched negativity towards te reo Māori, and bilingualism in general, even after 30 years of Māori language revitalisation.
Videos
Te reo Anthem
Te reo Anthem
Hinewehi Mohi's decision to sing 'God defend New Zealand' in Māori before a rugby test match in England in 1999 led to fervent debate and, ultimately, a new tradition. From that time, it became cus...
Videos
God save the Queen' in te reo Māori
God save the Queen' in te reo Māori
Edward Marsh Williams, the eldest son of Henry Williams, translated the national anthem, 'God save the Queen', into Māori in 1860. Edward Williams had helped his father in the original translation ...
Videos
Poi E
Poi E
The Poi E music video from 1984.
Videos
Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song
Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song
This 2002 documentary explores the stories behind one of Aotearoa’s most beloved songs: 'Pōkarekare Ana'. Claims for the authorship of the waiata aroha are examined, and Kiwis famous and lesser kno...
Images
Māori place names map
Māori place names map
Map showing the Māori names for places in New Zealand.
Images
Karakia to empower a weapon
Karakia to empower a weapon
Image of Ngāti Whātua chief holding a taiaha while elders chant a karakia.
Videos
Reciting a karakia
Reciting a karakia
Piri Poutapu, tohunga and master carver of the Waikato people, recites a karakia upon selecting a tree to build a waka.
Images
Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972
Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972
Photograph of the 1972 Māori Language Petition.
Articles
Māori TV should cut te reo Māori
A member of the Maori Television Board who has quit suggests the channel should consider cutting its Te Reo content.
Articles
Māori television to screen far more te reo Māori
Maori Television is significantly boosting its te reo Maori programming.
Videos
What Now? - Te reo Episode
What Now? - Te reo Episode
This episode of the kids' TV institution celebrates te reo — one of Aotearoa's three official languages — for Māori Language Week. The July 2011 show opens at its Christchurch studio with a haka fr...
Videos
Te Karere
Te Karere
Te Karere is a long-running daily news programme in te reo Māori. Based in the TVNZ newsroom, Te Karere covers key events and stories in the Māori world as well as bringing a Māori perspective to t...
Videos
Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)
Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)
Roving Maori chef Pete Peeti finds himself on Rakiura/Stewart Island in this instalment of his long-running te reo based cooking series. The area has kai moana in abundance, but Peeti is interested...
Videos
From Ireland to Aotearoa: Te reo PhD student visits for the first time
Irish woman Aoife Finn has gained her Masters and is now working on her PhD in te reo Māori.
Videos
Māui and the sun - Ko Maui me te Ra
The story of Māui and the Sun in te reo Māori. Includes English subtitles.
Articles
Hapu leader says te reo a dying language
A Māoriacademic and Northland hapu leader says te reo Māori is a dying language.
Videos
Greetings in Māori.
Introduction to Formal and Informal greetings in Māori.
Videos
Māori language week parade in Wellington
Thousands turned out to parade for the beginning of Te Wiki o te reo Māori.
Websites
WWW
Te Whanake-Māori Language online
A wide range of resources are provided here, to complement the Te Whanake textbook to support Māori language learning.
Websites
WWW
Te Aka Māori Dictionary
This dictionary allows searches from Māori - English or English - Māori and includes a variety of other useful entries.
Newspapers
Te Karere o Nui Tireni
Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The New Zealand Messenger) was published from January 1842 to January 1846. This was the first Māori-language newspaper. The paper ceased being published when war broke out ...
Articles
He Kohinga Rauemi ā - Ipurangi
This is an index of all Ministry of Education te reo Māori resources.
Videos
Ma is white- Māori colour song
Ma is White' is a popular waiata that teaches children the basic colours in te reo Māori.
Videos
Maimoatia - Pūkana & Whānau
Song acknowledging and celebrating te reo Māori.
Videos
New song released for Māori Language Week
The release of the Māori Language Week single, Maimoatia.
Websites
WWW
Māori language net
A self-help site with online, te reo video lessons.
Images
Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary
Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary
On 14 September 1972 the Māori activist group, Ngā Tamatoa delivered a petition to Parliament which was signed by over 30,000 people. The petition requested that the government should offer Te reo ...
Images
Peter Sharples
Peter Sharples
This is a caricature of former Māori Party co-leader, Peter Sharples. As one of the founder members of the Māori Party, Sharples has been a staunch advocate of te reo Māori. He played a major role ...
Articles
Te Ao Hou
Te Ao Hou
Te Ao Hou was the first bilingual Māori magazine published from 1952 to 1975 by the Department of Māori Affairs. The magazine covered a variety of interesting and informative topics relevant to Māo...
Images
Te Ao Māori
A visual gallery of Iwi, hapū, te reo Māori (the Māori language), tikanga Māori (Māori law and principles), whakapapa (genealogy), and more.
Images
Māori Haka
Māori Haka
The haka is a vital part of Māori culture and tradition. It is a dance which can involve rhythmic body movements, violent foot-stamping facial gestures and loud chants in te reo Māori. There are di...
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Our New Zealand friends
Our New Zealand friends
The hongi is a traditional Māori greeting which involves two people pressing their noses and foreheads together. This tradition is believed to represent the Māori legend in which the God Tāne (male...
Websites
WWW
Te Ao Hou
Features bilingual content, with articles in both English and te reo Māori.
Audio
Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
Listen to sound recordings are from an archive of te reo Māori radio programmes mostly broadcast between 1983 and 1994.
Data
Te reo Māori statistics
New Zealand statistics about the speaking and learning of te reo Māori.
Videos
Tangaroa Whakamautai
This soulful invocation, sung in te reo, to Tangaroa — Māori god of the sea — comes from singer-songwriter Maisey Rika’s third album.
Other
He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora
This site includes an introduction to te reo and provides learning materials for teachers.
Websites
WWW
Kupu o te Rā
A Māori language word of the day service to help you with your vocabulary and grammar, every day!
Articles
Māori music making its mark
A surge of Māori artists are making their mark in the music world.
Websites
WWW
Māori television
Māori news, culture, society, kapahaka, kai, documentary including a link to learning te reo Māori.
Audio
Kīwaha – Give it a go!
Kīwaha/Give it a go …a chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Maori that you can use in your everyday conversations.
Articles
My te reo Māori journey
Guyon Espiner shares his journey and challenge of learning te reo Māori.
Articles
He Kupu, He Pepeha, He Whakatauki
Māori proverbs and sayings.
Articles
Proverbs – Ngā Whakataukī, Ngā Whakatauākī
Common whakatauki (proverbs) and their meanings.
Websites
WWW
EPIC
Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus, and New Zealand History Collection. School login maybe requi...
Articles
Lost in translation
For native English speakers, Māori offers a very different way of looking at and arranging the world. Find this article in New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe requir...
Articles
Hub resources with te reo Māori
A selection of resources that have been translated into te reo Māori, and several resources that feature both te reo Māori and English.
Other
Te reo Māori pukapuka mahi - Te reo Māori activity book
Celebrate Māori language by learning Māori words and phrases through simple activities that kids love – word searches, colouring pages, crosswords, and stories.
Articles
He Tohu
A declaration. A Treaty. A petition – access information and resources in te reo Māori and English.
Videos
Hawaki
A documentary series in te reo Māori taking an in-depth look at the origins of the Māori people.
Websites
WWW
Pepeha
This website is here to help all New Zealanders introduce themselves in Te Reo Māori, through Pepeha.
Articles
Google translates pics of te reo Māori
Google Translate translates te reo Māori into more than 100 different languages.
Videos
Stan Walker – Aotearoa
A waiata launched at 'Te Wiki o te Reo Māori on July 21, 2014 in Porirua featuring Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, and Maisey Rika.
Articles
Kupu
The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.
Articles
Storybook app: Turikatuku — Te wahine taki wairua
Turikatuku’s story is told in te reo Māori and English, with voice-overs in both languages read by 2 of her descendants.
Websites
WWW
Te reo Māori season 2023
Each year, Taki Rua produce te reo Māori children's theatre for schools around Aotearoa - a project we call Te Reo Māori Season.
Websites
WWW
Tōku Reo
The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.
Articles
Kākano. Junior Journal: Year 3 No.50: 2015.
A poem based on a kākano (seed). This includes te reo Māori words and phrases to support the context, illustration and sentence structure.
Newspapers
Māori Niupepa Collection — New Zealand Digital Library website
A collection of newspapers published for Māori readers from 1842-1932. Can be accessed in te reo Māori and English.
Articles
Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand’s First School. School Jounal: Year 8 L4: 2016.
This is a story about the first schools in Aotearoa and missionary Thomas Kendell’s first Māori lessons.
Websites
WWW
Kauwhata Reo
Kauwhata Reo is a new search website to help teachers and students access te reo Māori resources.
Other
Kā Huru Manu
Kā Huru Manu, the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project, maps the traditional Māori place names and associated stories within the Ngāi Tahu rohe (tribal area) of Te Waipounamu.
Other
Te Reo Māori assessment tool
Te Reo Māori is an online assessment that enables students to demonstrate their knowledge of te reo Māori vocabulary. The assessment is for English-medium schools.
Articles
The value of te reo Māori
The importance of the Māori language is that it is an avenue into a distinctive way of thinking about, explaining and ultimately experiencing life.
Articles
Biographies of advocates of te reo Māori
Between the mid-1970s and the 1990s, there were major changes in how the government treated the Māori language, and in how te reo Māori was seen by New Zealanders. Some of the key people and organi...
Articles
Te Mana o Te Reo Māori
Te reo Māori is today recognised as an important aspect of New Zealand’s culture and identity. The WAI11 claim to the Waitangi Tribunal contributed to this outcome. But things were not always so ho...
Images
Two members of Waitangi Tribunal visit kohanga reo at Waiwhetu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Two members of Waitangi Tribunal visit kohanga reo at Waiwhetu - Photograph taken by John Nicholson
Two members of the Waitangi Tribunal, Chief Judge Edward Durie (left) and Mr Paul Temm QC, seen during a visit to a kohanga reo (language nursery) at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt. Seen with them are (from...
Images
10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga
10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga
Wainuiomata kōhanga reo.
Videos
The benefits of learning te reo Māori.
Te reo Māori has a special place in the New Zealand curriculum.
Articles
Crown 'failed kohanga reo'
The Government has been found to have breached the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to support Māori language early childhood centres.
Images
Nan Bella teaching Maori at Waiwhetu School - Photograph taken by Mark Coote
Nan Bella teaching Maori at Waiwhetu School - Photograph taken by Mark Coote
Original caption: "Teacher assistant Nan Bella with a new generation of Maori speakers at the Waiahetu School bilingual unit". Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Marke Coote on the 29...
Articles
Many Answers
Many Answers
Many Answers has reviewed links to websites and database on te reo Māori.
Other
Māori Language Act 1987
This Act declares the Māori language to be an official language of New Zealand, confers the right to speak Māori in certain legal proceedings, and establishes Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
Articles
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
This resource page offers ideas, links, and stories to help schools engage with their parents, families, and whānau to support the learning of te reo Māori in both the school and home environment.
Websites
WWW
Mahuru Māori
Mahuru Māori is a challenge for each and every one of us to take up, no matter what our current level of Māori language may be.
Websites
WWW
ReoMāori.co.nz
The Reo Māori website has been developed by the Māori Language Commission – in order to raise awareness about the Māori language.
Images
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Maori Language Week. 23 July 2014
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Maori Language Week. 23 July 2014
Shows a couple talking Maori while an onlooker doesn't understand what they are saying. He walks away thinking "It would be nice to speak Maori!". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Images
Te Wiki o te reo Māori display
Te Wiki o te reo Māori display
Māori Language Week display, Fendalton Library, 29 July 2015. Photo by Moata Tamaira File reference: 2015-07-30-IMG_7450 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Articles
100 Māori words every New Zealander should know - Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week
100 Māori words for everyday usage. We have included individual sound files of spoken versions of all these words - just click on the word and it will be spoken!
Articles
Te reo Māori – the Māori language
History of the Māori language in New Zealand.
Images
Māori language petition, 1972
Māori language petition, 1972
Māori language petition being presented at the steps of Parliament
Images
Teaching te reo Māori
Teaching te reo Māori
Hoani Waititi teaching te reo, possibly at Queen Victoria School for Māori Girls in Auckland.
Videos
Te reo Māori petition, 1972
Te reo Māori petition, 1972
In this 1972 news footage, a petition asking for te reo Māori (the Māori language) to be taught in schools is presented to Parliament in Wellington. More than 30,000 signatures had been collected. ...
Articles
Te reo Māori on RNZ
Listen to Māori greetings, phrases and other korero used on RNZ and read the English translations.
Videos
Te reo Māori in Parliament
Te reo Māori in Parliament
For most of the 20th century MPs speaking Māori in Parliament were required to immediately translate their own words. From 1990 they could speak Māori without translating, and later full-time trans...
Images
Te reo
Te reo
Te reo Māori promotion in a Christchurch library.
Articles
Tamaki Makaurau Transport backing te reo Māori
Article about Auckland Transport supporting Te reo Māori during Māori Language Week.
Audio
Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin
Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin
Morning Report's Simon Mercep gets a one-on-one lesson in te reo Maori with Evelyn Tobin of Ngati Manu, a Bay of Islands tribe. They look at the phrase: Ko wai to ingoa? - What's your name? And Sim...
Images
Parliament's te reo Māori translator
Parliament's te reo Māori translator
Image of Wiremu Haunui translating te reo Māori spoken in Parliament, into English.
Audio
Koran translated into te reo Māori
Koran translated into te reo Māori
A copy of the first Koran to be translated into Te Reo Maori has been presented to the Maori King by the Spiritual Leader of a persecuted Muslim sect.
Images
Te reo Māori theatre
Te reo Māori theatre
The poster for Taiporotu Tamehana Huata's Māori-language play Tu rangatahi, tu tangata shows its cast, Terrence Griffiths, Sam Murphy, Toni Huata and Les Hoerara. The play tells the story of a youn...
Videos
Te reo Māori in court
Te reo Māori in court
After the passage of the Māori Language Act 1987, Māori interpreters were provided in court in certain circumstances. In this clip, interpreters are shown practising using te reo Māori in court, an...
Articles
Why should we learn te reo Māori?
Professor Stephen May considers why there is still a deeply entrenched negativity towards te reo Māori, and bilingualism in general, even after 30 years of Māori language revitalisation.
Videos
Te reo Anthem
Te reo Anthem
Hinewehi Mohi's decision to sing 'God defend New Zealand' in Māori before a rugby test match in England in 1999 led to fervent debate and, ultimately, a new tradition. From that time, it became cus...
Videos
God save the Queen' in te reo Māori
God save the Queen' in te reo Māori
Edward Marsh Williams, the eldest son of Henry Williams, translated the national anthem, 'God save the Queen', into Māori in 1860. Edward Williams had helped his father in the original translation ...
Videos
Poi E
Poi E
The Poi E music video from 1984.
Videos
Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song
Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song
This 2002 documentary explores the stories behind one of Aotearoa’s most beloved songs: 'Pōkarekare Ana'. Claims for the authorship of the waiata aroha are examined, and Kiwis famous and lesser kno...
Images
Māori place names map
Māori place names map
Map showing the Māori names for places in New Zealand.
Images
Karakia to empower a weapon
Karakia to empower a weapon
Image of Ngāti Whātua chief holding a taiaha while elders chant a karakia.
Videos
Reciting a karakia
Reciting a karakia
Piri Poutapu, tohunga and master carver of the Waikato people, recites a karakia upon selecting a tree to build a waka.
Images
Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972
Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972
Photograph of the 1972 Māori Language Petition.
Articles
Māori TV should cut te reo Māori
A member of the Maori Television Board who has quit suggests the channel should consider cutting its Te Reo content.
Articles
Māori television to screen far more te reo Māori
Maori Television is significantly boosting its te reo Maori programming.
Videos
What Now? - Te reo Episode
What Now? - Te reo Episode
This episode of the kids' TV institution celebrates te reo — one of Aotearoa's three official languages — for Māori Language Week. The July 2011 show opens at its Christchurch studio with a haka fr...
Videos
Te Karere
Te Karere
Te Karere is a long-running daily news programme in te reo Māori. Based in the TVNZ newsroom, Te Karere covers key events and stories in the Māori world as well as bringing a Māori perspective to t...
Videos
Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)
Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)
Roving Maori chef Pete Peeti finds himself on Rakiura/Stewart Island in this instalment of his long-running te reo based cooking series. The area has kai moana in abundance, but Peeti is interested...
Videos
From Ireland to Aotearoa: Te reo PhD student visits for the first time
Irish woman Aoife Finn has gained her Masters and is now working on her PhD in te reo Māori.
Videos
Māui and the sun - Ko Maui me te Ra
The story of Māui and the Sun in te reo Māori. Includes English subtitles.
Articles
Hapu leader says te reo a dying language
A Māoriacademic and Northland hapu leader says te reo Māori is a dying language.
Videos
Greetings in Māori.
Introduction to Formal and Informal greetings in Māori.
Videos
Māori language week parade in Wellington
Thousands turned out to parade for the beginning of Te Wiki o te reo Māori.
Websites
WWW
Te Whanake-Māori Language online
A wide range of resources are provided here, to complement the Te Whanake textbook to support Māori language learning.
Websites
WWW
Te Aka Māori Dictionary
This dictionary allows searches from Māori - English or English - Māori and includes a variety of other useful entries.
Newspapers
Te Karere o Nui Tireni
Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The New Zealand Messenger) was published from January 1842 to January 1846. This was the first Māori-language newspaper. The paper ceased being published when war broke out ...
Articles
He Kohinga Rauemi ā - Ipurangi
This is an index of all Ministry of Education te reo Māori resources.
Videos
Ma is white- Māori colour song
Ma is White' is a popular waiata that teaches children the basic colours in te reo Māori.
Videos
Maimoatia - Pūkana & Whānau
Song acknowledging and celebrating te reo Māori.
Videos
New song released for Māori Language Week
The release of the Māori Language Week single, Maimoatia.
Websites
WWW
Māori language net
A self-help site with online, te reo video lessons.
Images
Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary
Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary
On 14 September 1972 the Māori activist group, Ngā Tamatoa delivered a petition to Parliament which was signed by over 30,000 people. The petition requested that the government should offer Te reo ...
Images
Peter Sharples
Peter Sharples
This is a caricature of former Māori Party co-leader, Peter Sharples. As one of the founder members of the Māori Party, Sharples has been a staunch advocate of te reo Māori. He played a major role ...
Articles
Te Ao Hou
Te Ao Hou
Te Ao Hou was the first bilingual Māori magazine published from 1952 to 1975 by the Department of Māori Affairs. The magazine covered a variety of interesting and informative topics relevant to Māo...
Images
Te Ao Māori
A visual gallery of Iwi, hapū, te reo Māori (the Māori language), tikanga Māori (Māori law and principles), whakapapa (genealogy), and more.
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Māori Haka
Māori Haka
The haka is a vital part of Māori culture and tradition. It is a dance which can involve rhythmic body movements, violent foot-stamping facial gestures and loud chants in te reo Māori. There are di...
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Our New Zealand friends
Our New Zealand friends
The hongi is a traditional Māori greeting which involves two people pressing their noses and foreheads together. This tradition is believed to represent the Māori legend in which the God Tāne (male...
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Te Ao Hou
Features bilingual content, with articles in both English and te reo Māori.
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Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
Listen to sound recordings are from an archive of te reo Māori radio programmes mostly broadcast between 1983 and 1994.
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Te reo Māori statistics
New Zealand statistics about the speaking and learning of te reo Māori.
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Tangaroa Whakamautai
This soulful invocation, sung in te reo, to Tangaroa — Māori god of the sea — comes from singer-songwriter Maisey Rika’s third album.
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He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora
This site includes an introduction to te reo and provides learning materials for teachers.
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Kupu o te Rā
A Māori language word of the day service to help you with your vocabulary and grammar, every day!
Articles
Māori music making its mark
A surge of Māori artists are making their mark in the music world.
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Māori television
Māori news, culture, society, kapahaka, kai, documentary including a link to learning te reo Māori.
Audio
Kīwaha – Give it a go!
Kīwaha/Give it a go …a chance to learn a few super simple sayings in te reo Maori that you can use in your everyday conversations.
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My te reo Māori journey
Guyon Espiner shares his journey and challenge of learning te reo Māori.
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He Kupu, He Pepeha, He Whakatauki
Māori proverbs and sayings.
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Proverbs – Ngā Whakataukī, Ngā Whakatauākī
Common whakatauki (proverbs) and their meanings.
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EPIC
Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic. Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus, and New Zealand History Collection. School login maybe requi...
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Lost in translation
For native English speakers, Māori offers a very different way of looking at and arranging the world. Find this article in New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe requir...
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Hub resources with te reo Māori
A selection of resources that have been translated into te reo Māori, and several resources that feature both te reo Māori and English.
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Te reo Māori pukapuka mahi - Te reo Māori activity book
Celebrate Māori language by learning Māori words and phrases through simple activities that kids love – word searches, colouring pages, crosswords, and stories.
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He Tohu
A declaration. A Treaty. A petition – access information and resources in te reo Māori and English.
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Hawaki
A documentary series in te reo Māori taking an in-depth look at the origins of the Māori people.
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Pepeha
This website is here to help all New Zealanders introduce themselves in Te Reo Māori, through Pepeha.
Articles
Google translates pics of te reo Māori
Google Translate translates te reo Māori into more than 100 different languages.
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Stan Walker – Aotearoa
A waiata launched at 'Te Wiki o te Reo Māori on July 21, 2014 in Porirua featuring Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, and Maisey Rika.
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Kupu
The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.
Articles
Storybook app: Turikatuku — Te wahine taki wairua
Turikatuku’s story is told in te reo Māori and English, with voice-overs in both languages read by 2 of her descendants.
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Te reo Māori season 2023
Each year, Taki Rua produce te reo Māori children's theatre for schools around Aotearoa - a project we call Te Reo Māori Season.
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Tōku Reo
The app Kupu allows you to take a photo of an object and provide a Māori translation for it.
Articles
Kākano. Junior Journal: Year 3 No.50: 2015.
A poem based on a kākano (seed). This includes te reo Māori words and phrases to support the context, illustration and sentence structure.
Newspapers
Māori Niupepa Collection — New Zealand Digital Library website
A collection of newspapers published for Māori readers from 1842-1932. Can be accessed in te reo Māori and English.
Articles
Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand’s First School. School Jounal: Year 8 L4: 2016.
This is a story about the first schools in Aotearoa and missionary Thomas Kendell’s first Māori lessons.
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Kauwhata Reo
Kauwhata Reo is a new search website to help teachers and students access te reo Māori resources.
Other
Kā Huru Manu
Kā Huru Manu, the Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project, maps the traditional Māori place names and associated stories within the Ngāi Tahu rohe (tribal area) of Te Waipounamu.
Other
Te Reo Māori assessment tool
Te Reo Māori is an online assessment that enables students to demonstrate their knowledge of te reo Māori vocabulary. The assessment is for English-medium schools.
Articles
The value of te reo Māori
The importance of the Māori language is that it is an avenue into a distinctive way of thinking about, explaining and ultimately experiencing life.
Articles
Biographies of advocates of te reo Māori
Between the mid-1970s and the 1990s, there were major changes in how the government treated the Māori language, and in how te reo Māori was seen by New Zealanders. Some of the key people and organi...
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Te Mana o Te Reo Māori
Te reo Māori is today recognised as an important aspect of New Zealand’s culture and identity. The WAI11 claim to the Waitangi Tribunal contributed to this outcome. But things were not always so ho...

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