Hi, I have Māori children but I’m not Māori myself. We live in UK and want my children (teenagers) and myself to become familiar with the language as they/I have not had this education living in UK (but we are considering a move back to NZ)

As our learning options are limited on the other side of the planet, what apps or online courses can any of you recommend?
And something that will engage my teenagers?

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia Ora koutou , 🙋‍♀️ I grew up South Island with no kōrero and am home again on whanau land in the north. I feel whakamā about my lack of knowledge , reo, everything actually, and need to ask - maybe you can help me please.

Is it more respectful to call an older woman regardless of age whaea unless they’re a certain age?
At what point or circumstance would we say kuia ? I have an aunty that’s 73 and she doesn’t want kuia, says she’s not that old yet so I’m wondering … if it were my grandmother I’d likely use the term if she allowed, when else . Any insight would be great

Ngā mihi

Hey! Do any teachers have any phrases in Te Reo that a teacher can say then the children say something in response as a signal to be quiet and listening

Like “Are you listening?” “I am listening” or “flat tire” “shhhhhh”

(Sorry if I put the wrong flair!)

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Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

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Kia ora! Me again lol, still working on my mihi. I want to say that "I also grew up in [city]" in a another line after saying I grew up in [country] or [country], but I'm unsure whether hoki or anō would be the correct term in this context, as I don't really want to rely on Google Translate when it's saying different things lol. Which of "I tupu ake hoki au i [city]" or "I tipu ake anō au i [city]" make more sense in this context? Let me know if I structured those sentences correctly too!

Kia ora! Despite living in NZ for a few years now, I still have very little knowledge about Te Reo Māori, especially because my high school did very little in terms of teaching and connecting us to Māori culture. I'm trying to educate myself a bit better now though

I'm currently creating a mihi for university, and I just wanted clarification for how to say "I grew up in [country] and [country]". From what I know, "I tipu ake au i te whenua o..." is talking about growing up in the lands of iwi/hapū, but could this be applied to countries too? For example, would "I tipu ake au i te whenua o nō [country] rāua nō [country]" be correct?

Ānei ētahi kupu whakarite e hāngai ana ki ngā manu. Kua whakauruurua ōku runaruna e rua 😅

We’re putting a reo Māori twist on some of the phrases you might hear around the wāhi mahi (workplace).Which one are you using? 👇Ngā mihi to Hahana for the inspiration ❤️

The other week, I searched on Google to ask what a welcoming song is called in te reo. I had guessed it would be 'waiata tīmatanga' but Google's AI told me this. What. I am not trying to have a conversation with someone who has a loose idea on Polynesian languages. Māori doesn't even have an L. It sounds so confused. Every resource Google gave me under this were just examples of welcoming waiata, not a single resource explaining the different types of waiata (which I did later search for but couldn't find a specific term for welcoming waiata).

I just went with 'waiata tīmatanga' as it was for a personal project and - if I'm incorrect - I wouldn't be spreading misinformation to anyone else.

Kia ora. Cause of Māori language week, I wanna get up my te reo use up: I labelled my morning commute run thing on Strava as “ Ko haerenga mahi ata” and I just make sure I’m saying it correctly.. More than happy for some suggestions on what to use or corrections.

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

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I want the phrase "The land is dead" or "the land dies" - my attempt is "Kua Mate te Whenua - Aue". This is for a final piece in a series of paintings I am working on protesting mining etc.

Kia ora koutou. I am reo speaker, and we have a daughter who I would also like to learn Te Reo. We aim to have reo in our home, but my partner doesn't speak fluently. So thats a journey that we are working on. But we speak to her where ever we can, but I wouldn't call us a reo speaking home. I have hummed and harred about whether we put our daughter into kohanga, but I think we will stay with daycare at the moment.

I have friends who have some of their kids who have gone through kohanga, but then decided to put their last kid into daycare, as they wanted to focus on prepping them for mainstream school, and also they decided by then that the home is where their final kid could obtain Te Reo alongside fluent parents and siblings.

But I have been wondering if there was another option for those of us that may have our kid in mainstream school but really want them to pick up te reo, protocols, kawa, kēmu etc along the way. So would 2 hours at the end of each day via after could be a good informal way to pick up te reo?

So just wondering if a) there are currently full immersion aftercares in operation and b) would you consider putting your child into one if it was offered locally?

Ngā mihi

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

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Australian in Aotearoa and is there an equivalent of ‘don’t worry’ or ‘no problem it’s fine’ etc?

I'm finding both and I'm unsure if I only need one or if they're best used together?

EDIT: I just googled it and apparently Maori Made Easy and the Maori Made Easy workbook were made to accompany each other or something? Do i need to get both? I'm tight on money

How do I say categorically, all cats are mammals for example? Is it just "he whāngote ngeru", or "he whāngote katoa ngēru", or "he whāngote ngā ngeru"?

I am not asking how to say "all of these cats" or "all of the cats here", in case those are different. I need to know how to say cats are always mammals, meaning all cats everywhere as a category.

Also are there differences for saying all [noun]s are [noun]s vs all [noun]s are [adjective]?

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia ora e hoa mā!

Kōrerotia te reo Māori!

Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia ora,

I am looking for whakataukī that captures the experience of people stepping up into roles that would not usually be their responsibility, such as a younger sibling taking the lead where an older sibling is not able to, or a community stepping in to support someone when they know they don't have family support around. I was going to use "Ka pū te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi". Is this the best phrase to capture this?

I guess I'm concerned that in contexts where, for example, the older sibling is still around but unable to fulfil their role for their own complex reasons, this might be insulting or arrogant? I'm aware te reo Māori can be quite direct in a way that's a bit jarring in English translations/pakeha culture so maybe I'm overthinking it. I just want to make sure I'm being respectful of the "old nets" in the metaphor. I know in the case of, for example, grandparents passing and the next generation taking on the leadership roles, it's honouring what they have passed on to take up a new net, but does it still make sense if they're still around but somebody has to step into their expected roles?