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Index of Māori Names

The New Zealand Collection of the University of Waikato Library holds a microfilm copy of the index which has been scanned, converted into a Word file, proofread, edited and converted into web pages.

http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/nzc/fletcher/

(Added: Tue Dec 14 2004   Hits: 193)

Kaupapamāori.com

Kaupapamāori.com has been developed to make Kaupapa Māori resources more widely available. While there are few research resources actually written in te reo Māori, the main part of the site - the home page and links - are in te reo.

http://www.kaupapamaori.com/

(Added: Mon Jul 31 2006   Hits: 167)

Korero Maori website

The Korero Maori website is a new interactive website seeking to raise awareness of the Maori language. It aims to increasing opportunities for both Maori and non-Maori to learn and use it in a variety of contexts (including business). This very accessible site includes interactive conversations and basic introductions to Mäori language and culture, waiata and place names.

http://www.korero.maori.nz

(Added: Thu Oct 06 2005   Modified: Thu Jun 08 2006   Hits: 292)

Learn a Maori Word a Day

To begin to converse in another language you need to know about 100 language concepts and around 800 words. It makes sense then to continue to grow your vocabulary every day. This 'Word of the day' service is designed to expose you to a new word (kupu) every day. If you choose to subscribe you will be emailed a new Māori word, its meaning, and an example sentence every day.

http://www.cultureflow.co.nz/mainsite/Newsletter.html

(Added: Wed Sep 13 2006   Hits: 148)

Maori Language Reports: Te Puni Korkiri

A series of reports about different aspects of the health of the Maori language have been released by Te Puni Kokiri. These reports will be used to support whanau and iwi language planning, and to assist Te Puni Kokiri in its work reviewing the Government's Maori Language Strategy, which aims to work in consultation with Maori to acclerate Maori language revitalisation. The four new reports are available as PDFs: * Kei Roto i te Whare (a user's guide for speaking Maori with the whanau) * The Maori Language in Education (a summary report with the most up-to-date information) * Kei Roto, Kei Waho: Guidelines for Publishing Bilingual Publications * Guidelines for Community Language Profiles See also a speech about the Role of Pakeha New Zealanders in the Revitalisation of the Maori Language.

http://www.tpk.govt.nz/news/default.asp?action=news&id=96

(Added: Fri Aug 09 2002   Hits: 297)

Maori Language Week

Maori Language Week is held around July every year. This website: - offers resource material - suggests how to celebrate pride in te reo Māori - promotes and advertises events - encourages you to enter the awards - provides answers to your frequently asked questions

http://www.nzreo.org.nz/

(Added: Wed May 31 2006   Modified: Tue Aug 15 2006   Hits: 291)

Maori Television

The Maori language is the cornerstone of Maori culture. It provides a platform for Maori cultural development and supports a unique New Zealand identity within a global society. It is a taonga, at the very heart of Maori culture and identity, and must be preserved and fostered. Maori Television was founded under the M&aaori Television Service Act 2003 (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Maori). The aim of our channel is to play a major role in revitalising language and culture that is the birthright of every Maori and the heritage of every New Zealander.

http://www.maoritelevision.com/

(Added: Wed Apr 07 2004   Modified: Thu Jan 25 2007   Hits: 378)

Microsoft Releases Maori Language Software

Microsoft New Zealand launched its reo Māori versions of Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office at the recent World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WiPCE), held in Hamilton, New Zealand at Waikato University from November 27-December 1 2005.

http://209.200.101.189/publications/win/win-article.cfm?id=2807

(Added: Thu Jan 12 2006   Hits: 218)

Ngä Ingoa o Aotearoa An oral dictionary of Mäori placenames

Ngä Ingoa o Aotearoa (The Names of New Zealand) is probably the first "pronouncing dictionary" that is literally "pronouncing". On six cassettes, the 10,200 names are spoken by 132 native speakers of Maori, chosen by each other as the best speakers for their areas.

http://www.buzz.net.nz/~hugh/Ingoa/ingoa.html

(Added: Thu Jul 25 2002   Hits: 274)

On Line Te Reo Course - maori.org.nz

An Online Maori Language course. It will never replace the value of having someone to converse with, but it will try to give a foundation for our language.

http://www.maori.org.nz/kotereo/

(Added: Thu Jul 25 2002   Modified: Mon Sep 04 2006   Hits: 290)

Te Köhanga Reo

The Köhanga Reo movement has been hailed as one of the most exciting and powerful national educational initiatives undertaken by Mäori people. Te Köhanga Reo was begun in 1981 by the Department of Mäori Affairs in response to Mäori concern for the continuing survival of the Mäori language. The Köhanga Reo programme is based on the principle that Mäori children should be totally immersed in Mäori language and values from birth. The programme is made available largely through a network of köhanga reo whänau centres under the umbrella of Te Köhanga Reo National Trust. The first köhanga reo was opened in 1982. There are now 704 licensed köhanga reo centres providing total immersion education for over 13,000 children.

http://www.kohanga.ac.nz/

(Added: Thu Jul 25 2002   Hits: 239)

Te Ngutu Kura free Māori Spell Checker

Te Ngutu Kura" free Māori Spell Checker was conceived by Karaitiana Taiuru. The concept was made a reality by the Māori Education Trust who sponsored the development of Te Ngutu Kura and this web site.

http://www.maorispellchecker.net.nz

(Added: Thu Dec 08 2005   Hits: 173)

The Māori Language Commission Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori

The Māori Language Commission was set up under the Māori Language Act 1987 to promote the use of Māori as a living language and as an ordinary means of communication. The Commission's goals include: To increase the number of people who know the Māori language by increasing the opportunities to learn Māori; To improve the proficiency levels of Māori in speaking, listening, reading and writing Māori; To increase the opportunities to use Māori by increasing the number of situations where Māori can be used; To increase the rate at which the Māori language develops so that it can be used for the full range of modern activities; To foster among Māori and non-Māori positive attitudes, accurate beliefs and positive values about the Māori language so that Māori-English bilingualism becomes a valued part of New Zealand.

http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/

(Added: Thu Jul 25 2002   Hits: 234)

Wikipedia Māori

Volunteers around the world are building an open-content encyclopedia in many languages. Over a million linked articles, and the Maori language is part of it. Te Reo students and proficient speakers may gain value from Wikipedia Maori, both by reading it and by improving it. Anyone with Worldwide Web access may contribute, by adding new articles, or joining a discussion, or improving what's already there (270 articles by May 2005, some partly in English needing translators).

http://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hau_K%C4%81inga

(Added: Fri Jun 03 2005   Modified: Tue Jun 07 2005   Hits: 173)