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Download QR code; In other projects ... A handwritten Maori Dictionary, by J W Warburton Hamilton, 1843 ... Version of PDF format: 1.4
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A typical pepeha may take the following form. This pepeha is for a person called Tīpene, from the Kāi Tahu iwi and living in Dunedin (Ōtepoti): [2] Tēnā koutou katoa (greetings to all of you) Ko Kirimoko te māunga (my mountain is Kirimoko) Ko Waitati te awa (my river is the Waitati) Ko Tākitimu te waka (my ancestral canoe is the Tākitimu)
te reo: the Māori language (literally, 'the language') waka: canoe, boat [17] (modern Māori usage includes automobiles) whānau: extended family or community of related families [13] whare: house, building; Other Māori words and phrases may be recognised by most New Zealanders, but generally not used in everyday speech: hapū: subtribe; or ...
The Māori language, also known as te reo Māori (pronounced [ˈmaːoɾi, te ˈɾeo ˈmaːoɾi]) or simply Te Reo ("the language"), has the status of an official language. Linguists classify it within the Eastern Polynesian languages as being closely related to Cook Islands Māori , Tuamotuan and Tahitian .
However, very few students pass through the New Zealand education system without any Māori language education. For example, only 2.1% of students in Year 1 (aged 5) didn't receive any Māori language education in 2023. [11] The use of the Māori language in the Māori diaspora is far lower than in New Zealand itself. Census data from Australia ...