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Te Taurawhiri I Te Reo Māori Māori Language Commission
Frequently Asked QuestionsFrequently Asked Questions

He aha nei te reo Māori?

Ko te Reo Māori te reo o te tangata whenua o Aotearoa, ā, e ai ki ngā kōrero ko te reo te hā o te Māoritanga. He reo tēnei nō te Moana nui a Kiwa, ka mutu e whanaunga ana hoki tēnei reo ki te reo o Rarotonga, o Tahiti, ā, o Hawaii anō hoki. E ai ki te tatauranga tangata o te motu i te tau 1996, tērā tōna 150,000 ngā kaikōrero reo Māori i Aotearoa.

Pēhea ai te whakamahi tohu tō ki te reo Māori?

He mea nui te tohū tō i te tuhituhi o te reo Māori, ka mutu me tapatahi, me takitahi hoki puta noa i te tuhinga. Ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, ko te tohu tō tonu te huarahi tika mō tēnei, ā, e whai ake nei tōna whakamārama. Tērā te kōrero e tika ai te tohu tō mō ngā kupu pēnei me te tara / tara, me te keke / keke, engari kāore anō he take mō ngā kupu pēnei me te nga, na, me te mo. Ki tā Te Taura Whiri, me tohu tō ēnei katoa, inā hoki kua whakaūngia te tikanga ki te akonga, arā:"kia tohu tōhia ana ngā pūkupu katoa e tika ana". Hei hurirapa i tēnei kōrero, mā te ū tonu ki tēnei ture, e kore e whai take te whati i te ture. Koia anō pea e ea ai te kī kotahi anake te kupu o te reo Māori e whai tohu tō ana i ētahi taima anake arā ko te kupu 'ka' (arā 'ka' haere ia).

He aha te take me whakatairanga te reo Māori?

Kua whakamanahia ā-ture te reo Māori, ā, ko Aotearoa anake te whenua i te ao e kōrerohia ai te reo Māori. He āhuatanga ia nō tēnei motu me ōna tāngata. Ko te huhua noa o te reo Māori e tohu motuhake ai i Aotearoa ki te ao, arā i ngā mahi tūruhi, tauhokohoko tāwāhi, te whai mahi, te whakaako tangata, ā, me te whakapāoho anō hoki. Ko tētahi tauira o te pēneihanga ko te haka a te tima whutupaoro a te All Blacks hei mua o ia kēmu e tākarohia ai ki tāwāhi, hei tohu motuhake mō tēnei motu.

Me pēhea te tautoko me te hāpai i te reo Māori?

  • Akona te reo Māori, ka akiaki ai i tō whānau me ō hoa ki te ako.
  • Pānuihia he pukapuka tuhia ki te reo Māori.
  • Mātakitakihia ngā whakaata irirangi Māori, ka whakarongo ai ki ngā reo irirangi Māori.
  • Kōrerohia te tautoko o te reo Māori ki tō whānau me ō hoa mahi.
  • Whātoro atu ki tō kōhanga reo, ki tō kura kaupapa Māori rānei hei tautoko i ā rātou kaupapa.
  • Kimikimihia ngā wānanga reo Māori e tata ana ki tō kāinga ka karangahia ai anō tētahi mō tō rohe.
  • Kōrero Māori i ngā wāhi katoa ki te hunga mātau ki te reo

Kaua e wareware, ahakoa he iti he pounamu, nō reira ko te whakahua tika noa o te ingoa taone e nohoia ana e tohu ake ana i tētahi tautoko i te reo Māori. He whakahau tēnei ki te ao katoa kia tautoko mai, ahakoa he iti. Mā te kōrerotia o te reo ia ka ora ake atu.

Hei totoro mai i Te Taura Whiri mō ngā take aha noa iho mō te reo Māori, tuhituhi mai ki:

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Poutāpeta 411
WHANGANUI A TARA
Waea. 04 4710-244
Whakaahua. 04 4712-768
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