Keyboard macroniser

Māori Keyboard Windows 7 Installation ( 64 bit systems )
 

The Te Taura Whiri keyboard will not work on a 64 bit system

Windows 7 comes with it's own Māori keyboard

To add the keyboard go to the start icon in the bottom left of your screen.

Once you have opened the menu by clicking on the start icon, select the Control Panel option on the right hand side which looks like this.

Click Change keyboards or other input methods

Click Change keyboards  

Click Add

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Scroll to and check Māori
Click ok

Click the drop down and select English (New Zealand) – Māori
Click Apply

English (New Zealand) – Māori  should now be the Default input language? Click ok

Open a word document

Press tilde ~ ( Left of the number 1} nothing should happen until you press a vowel

~ + a = ā
~ + e = ē
~ +  i =  ī
 ~ + o = ō
 ~ + u = ū

Capitals work the same press left bracket and then shift or caps lock and then the vowel.

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