Reo Māori - Māori Language

Sites

Reo Māori courses offered in Ōtautahi/Christchurch

Listings from the CINCH (Community INformation CHristchurch) database for Reo Māori courses available locally

Brief history of the Māori language

From Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission.

He Manawa O Te Reo

Annual Māori Language Week newsletter produced by the Christchurch City Libraries.

History of the Māori language

A fairly short history of te reo from New Zealand History.Net.NZ

Information on the Māori language of New Zealand

"This site provides authorative, up-to-date information on the Māori language of New Zealand. It presents key information (sometimes with commentary), lists references and links to other web sites."

Kōrero Māori

New Māori language dictionary, all text, all entries in Te Reo Māori. For fluent speakers. Over 24 000 entries, pan-tribal.

Kaupapa Māori

This site has been developed to make kaupapa Māori resources more widely available to support Māori researchers and academics. There are few research resources written in te reo Māori so the aim of creating the main part of the site in te reo Māori was one of the leading factors in its development.

Korero Maori

The Kōrero Māori website has been developed by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori - the Māori Language Commission - in order to raise awareness about the Māori language by increasing opportunities for people to learn and use it. The site is aimed at everyone who wants to learn to speak Māori. 'Kōrero Māori' means to speak, or talk, in Māori and the site offers several methods of achieving this: among the ways are interactive conversations and basic introductions to Māori language and culture.

Kotahi Mano Kaika, Kotahi Mano Wawata

Kotahi Mano Kaika, Kotahi Mano Wawata is Kai Tahu's vision for te reo. The vision is 1000 homes, 1000 aspirations that is in the year 2025 Kai Tahu hope to have a least 1000 Kai Tahu families speaking te reo within their homes, as the everyday language of communication. This web site supports that vision by providing online lessons aimed at the beginer to intermediate speaker of te reo or to those who are interested in refreshing their knowledge. Lessons and glossaries vary widely and are comprehensive with audio and video.

Mā Te Reo fund

For Māori communities to cultivate and nurture te reo Māori.

Māori Bible

The Bible in Te Reo

Māori language seminar series

He Papa Huia was a series of interactive Māori language seminars held over the Kiwi Advanced Research Network (KAREN).

Māori Language Week

Māori Language Week.

This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori - the Māori language - and to learn and use more Māori phrases in everyday life. This site looks at the history of Te reo Maori and offers a language learning resource.

Māorilanguage.net

Site promoting the development of the Māori language through online resources and language tools. Includes video clips, guides to pronunciation, and basic phrases and vocabulary.

Maori Languge Club

Join the Māori language club and help with the regeneration of Te Reo Māori. Te Taura Whiri has adapted an overseas system used to identify your language level. The concept is implemented through the wearing of badges or 'symbols' to show your individual stage of language development, proficiency and support.

Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku Māori Subject Headings

Online tool for librarians and archivists providing standard terms for use when describing items in reo Māori.

Nga Manu Korero - Māori Education Trust

The Ngā Manu Kārero Speech Competition began in 1965, and was first known as the Korimako Contest. It was sponsored by the then Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson Lord Ballantrae. The aim of the Korimako Contest was to encourage a greater command and fluency of spoken English amongst secondary Māori students.

Ngai Tahu language project

Ngai Tahu outlines strategy and tools for nurturing and saving te reo Māori. Links to online resources and videos.

Ngata Dictionary

The Ngata Dictionary illustrates the use of Māori and English headwords in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts. It explains usage as well as meaning.

Pātaka Iringa Kōrero

Database of research undertaken on the Māori Language. From Te Puni Kōkiri, The Ministry for Māori Development.

Quia activities

Links to online games and exercises to help you learn (or maintain) te reo Māori. Games cover topics such as numbers and places and come in the form of quizzes, letter jumbles, and hangman games.

Te Aka Māori Dictionary

Māori-English, English Māori online dictionary that accompanies the Te Whanake Māori language learning course.

Te Korako

Te Korako will be released online once a week for the next 6 months with the aim of increasing public access to te reo Maori in written form. First edition 2nd April 2008

Te Reo o Taranaki

website of Te Reo-o-Taranaki, a trust formed to manage and co-ordinate a strategic direction for the regeneration and continued development of the indigenous ('reo') Māori language around Taranaki. This strategic direction seeks to lay down a foundation to revitalise and highlight the regional importance of our reo with a strong focus towards social and cultural development.

te reo storybooks

Choose from four titles to make your own te reo storybook.
[Requires Adobe Flash]

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Maori Language Commission

Provides information on te reo Māori and lists various resources on this subject

Te Whanake Online

This series of online modules complements Te Kākano, the first in the Te Whanake series of textbooks for learning Te Reo Māori. Uses animation and practise exercises to support learning.

Using Māori in the home

This has a series of common questions and answers about the use of the Māori language and would be of assistance to anyone who is considering learning te reo. From Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori language Commission.