Expanding reo Māori learning beyond classroom walls with Kōrero Mai app
September 7, 2023
Learning te reo Māori is a journey that requires you to leave your comfort zone and isn’t confined to the walls of a classroom.
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- Spend your lunch hour reading a te reo Māori book
- For beginners, try ‘Māori at Home’ ‘Māori 4 Work’ and ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’. For intermediate and higher see Mai i te Kakano, Te Rito and He Iti Kahurangi.
- Read the reo rua articles on Stuff NZ and share them with your organisation
- He Muka is the Māori Language Commission’s te reo Māori digital publication with guest contributors. Read some reo Māori articles and share them with your tari
- Pick up a newly translated book by Kotahi Rau Pukapuka
- Learn more Māori metaphors and similies with He Iti te Kupu
- Use the signage list to put up signs around your workplace.
- Organise a lunch time te reo Māori lesson
- Attend a lunchtime reo seminar online
- Take some te reo lessons online
- Practice your pronunciation and learn the Māori alphabet
- Learn about Māori place names with Sonny
- Watch Hēmi Kelly’s learning videos on the Facebook group ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’
- Watch a reo Māori learning show
- Set out to learn a word a day for a year – see 365 Māori words
- For tamariki you can re-watch learning content from Kura Mō Ngā Mokopuna. Developed during the first lockdown in 2019, this series of engaging educational videos is taught by experts as well as graduates from kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori
- The Māori Language Commission have created a reo Māori Kahoot quiz for beginners! Host your own session for whānau or colleagues. You’ll need access to internet and some devices!
- Host a te reo Māori quiz and test your organisation’s knowledge. Use these quiz questions to set-up your own – some are easy, some are hard, so grab some friends and a Māori dictionary!
- See Pania Papa’s video on easy Māori games to play with no equipment
- Download some Māori apps and play with your tamariki. See Pāpapa, Pipi Mā Tae, find more apps here.
- Create and host an online Kahoot quiz with your whānau and friends!
- Have fun with kupu with Kaupapa game.
- Play Fortnite in te reo Māori with this rauemi from Mahuru Māori.
- Get your tamariki together to do reo Māori yoga for kids with Mauritau Yoga.
- If you’re a game developer or collaborator, join the Māori Language Moment Game Jam and make games that celebrate te reo and Māoritanga.
- If you are into Cricket, check out the lockdown edition of CRIC-KIDS, 10 at-home activities available in Te reo Māori that requires minimal space and little to no equipment.
Thanks to the Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori team for collating and sharing these ideas. For more visit www.reomaori.co.nz/ideas
Reo Māori gifs
September 19, 2021
We’ve been making animated gifs for use in comments or replies within social media. View some of the selection to date.
A Maori Phrase a Day
August 26, 2021
A Maori Phrase a Day offers a fun and easy entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 phrases, you will learn the following: – Everyday uses – English translations – Factoids – Handy word lists Presenting the most common, relevant and useful phrases today, A Maori Phrase a Day is the perfect way to kickstart your te reo journey!
Mahimaina Mahuru Māori Pā Wars
September 30, 2020
Two tribes are going to block it out in the world’s very first digital Mahimaina pā wars using the popular video game Minecraft.
Maori Made Fun by Scotty Morrison & Stacey Morrison
September 1, 2020
A fun new way for everyday learners to practise te reo Māori. Māori Made Fun contains over 200 word games, puzzles and activities – a jam-packed box of te reo tricks for everyone.
Māori at Work by Scotty Morrison
August 28, 2019
The must-have guide to using te reo Maori at work.
Mahuru Māori – Fortnite 2018
September 10, 2018
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) gamers pitted their reo Māori skills alongside the best players in New Zealand in a LPL “Night Squad” broadcast of the world’s most popular video game, Fortnite.
Kōrerorero
July 28, 2016
Kōrerorero meaning conversations, is an interactive learning tool developed to teach te reo Māori through listening, repetition and learning vocabulary and phrases that can be easily introduced into real life situations.
Māori Dictionary
July 28, 2016
Te Reo Māori is a Māori language dictionary that is easy to use by searching for Māori or English words. As well as English meanings, it has example sentences with translations for many entries.
Kupu
July 28, 2016
Introducing Kupu, a Spark-sponsored app that uses the camera in your phone to instantly translate objects into te reo Māori.
Ko Wiriwiri rāua ko Kina
July 28, 2016
Ko Wiriwiri rāua ko Kina is an interactive bi-lingual app that draws on the history of the establishment of the first school in Aotearoa, which opened in Rangihoua, Bay of Islands in 1816.
Kawe Kōrero
July 28, 2016
This tool has been created to support Waikato Regional Council staff to grow their Māori language skills and protocol knowledge base.
Tautoko pukapuka | Support books
Learn handy new phrases in everyday situations (puka kīanga) or at the gym (kupu whakapakari tinana), and/or record your experiences throughout your challenge with the journal book (puka tuhituhi).
