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Books and CDs that are perfect as reference material to refer to as you learn and use te reo. Here you will find the "must haves" in a Māori language learner's kete.
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Te Kete Kupu - 300 Essential Words in Māori
Author: Te Rōpū Huia
Te Kete Kupu contains the 300 most frequently used words in Māori with sentences as examples of how they are often used. The large text and colourful illustrations aid the reader's learning.
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He Pukapuka Tuhi Kupu mā ngā Tamariki
Author: Katerina Mataira
A Māori Children's Picture Dictionary teaches young children a basic Māori vocabulary using topics, text and illustrations that reflect Māori social and cultural situations. With simple exercises at the bottom of each page to assist teachers and parents to talk about each topic with their children, this dictionary is an important tool for young children as they begin to recognise words and learn te reo Māori.
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Te Reo Māori mō te Tari - Māori for the Office
Author: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Māori for the Office/Te Reo Māori mō te Tari aims to help those who wish to use Māori in the workplace. It provides a series of word lists and set phrases relating to the use of Māori in everyday conversation, in letters, on the telephone, in job advertisements. Provides some excellent examples to follow.
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Te Whanake 1 - Te Kākano
Author: John Moorfield
The Te Whanake Māori language series aims to provide the resources which will enable learners to become fluent and literate in Māori. Te Kākano is the beginner-level Māori Language text designed for adults and teenagers. Changes include six new or improved maps of the main tribal groups and significant Māori place names of New Zealand. Additions have also been made to the dictionary/index at the end of book, which contains all the vocabulary of the textbook and audio tapes of Te Kākano and includes further information about the place names and tribal names.
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Te Whanake 2 - Te Pihinga
Author: John Moorfield
Te Pihinga is the lower intermediate-level Māori Language text designed for adults and teenagers. In the second edition there are two new chapters and additions have also been made to the dictionary at the end of the book. This index contains any new vocabulary not previously introduced in Te Kākano. This edition also features additional explanations of usage.
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Te Whanake 3 - Te Māhuri
Author: John Moorfield
The content of this second edition of Te Māhuri is relevant to learners of the Māori language throughout New Zealand. The second edition includes new stories, explanations and illustrations. The dictionary/index at the end of the text has also been revised. It contains all new vocabulary introduced in the Te Māhuri textbook and audiotapes that is not included in the earlier books in the series.
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Whakataukī Cards
10 Maori/English Proverbs and 10 world wide sayings contained in a grass kit. Purchase for someone that may need guidance in their lives, ask them to ask their spirit guide for guidance and then choose a card for the day.
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Te Māhuri Study Guide
Author: John Moorfield
This study guide is designed to accompany Te Māhuri (Second edition), the upper intermediate-level text of the Te Whanake Māori language series. It contains grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing exercises for independent study. These allow the student to practise the language introduced and explained in the corresponding chapter of the textbook and previous books in the series.
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Te Whanake 4 - Te Kōhure
Author: John Moorfield
Te Kōhure, the fourth textbook in the Te Whanake series written by John Moorfield, is intended to help advanced learners to improve their fluency. There are texts, explanations and activities in each chapter which will be of benefit to the students speaking, listening comprehension, reading comprehension and writing ability using the new vocabulary and the language already learnt in the previous books in the series.
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Te Aka : Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index
Author: John Moorfield
This dictionary and index comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language. It has a broader scope than traditional dictionaries, so as well as the words one would usually expect in a dictionary, it also includes:
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Culture Flow - Te Kete Tuarua Interactive CD-Rom
An interactive CD-ROM for computers, this product has animations of the 8 conversations in the Cultureflow Stage 2 course. It also includes all of the explanations and activities included in the course, and an animated pōwhiri (Māori welcome process). Recommended requirements: 300mhz processor (or higher), 32mb ram (or higher0, 256 col monitor capable of 640 x 480 resolution soundcard, 4 x CD Rom or better. Mac and PC compatible.
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Te Matatiki
Author: Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo
Designed to help promote Māori as a living language, this dictionary includes 5,500 new words developed by the Māori Language Commission since 1987, and 3,000 previously unpublished Māori equivalents for English terms. It covers vocabulary from a wide range of areas, including health, science, mathematics, administration, education, and recreation.
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Tirohia Kimihia - He Kete Wherawhera
"A long-awaited dictionary with headwords, definitions, synonyms, and passives wholly in te reo Māori, Tirohia Kimihia will be welcomed by both fluent speakers and learners of te reo Māori. Teachers can use it to support literacy and language development for students aged 8-12 years. Students can use it to enrich their vocabulary, develop their dictionary and research skills, check spellings and meanings of words, or simply take pleasure in exploring words in te reo Maori.
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"Ko Tirohia Kimihia te papakupu tuatahi kua tuhia ki te reo Māori anake mā ngā tamariki. He papakupu tēnei mā ngā ākonga e 8-12 ngā tau te pakeke, kei ngā whakaakoranga reo Māori.
Neke atu i te rima tau te pukapuka nei e whakawhanaketia ana, ā, e takea mai ana hoki i ngā mahi rangahau. Āhua 3500 ngā kupu kei roto, 6500 ngā whakamārama." -
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Culture Flow - Te Kete Tuatahi Workbook
The Stage 1 Te Kete Tuatahi Workbook includes 8 conversations that form the basis of 8 separate lessons. The workbook introduces over 50 different Māori language concepts and over 400 Māori words. An excellent resource in its own right, it also complements the audio CD-Rom and interactive CD-Rom available on this website, forming a complete language learning programme.
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Culture Flow - Te Kete Tuarua Workbook
The Stage 2 Te Kete Tuarua Workbook includes 8 conversations that form the basis of 8 separate lessons. The workbook introduces another 50 different Māori language concepts and another 400 Māori words. An excellent resource in its own right, it also complements the audio CD-Rom and interactive CD-Rom available on this website, forming a complete language learning programme.
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Culture Flow - Te Kete Tuatahi Audio CD-Rom
An audio CD-ROM for stereos or computers, this product has the sound files of the 8 conversations in the Cultureflow Stage 1 course. It also includes a selection of 50 Māori phrases, with pauses between each phrase, and a range of waiata (Māori songs) to listen to and practice. Songs include 'E Ihoa', 'E hara i te mea', 'Toia mai' and 'Ka Mate'.
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Culture Flow - Te Kete Tuarua Audio CD-Rom
An audio CD-ROM for stereos or computers, this product has the sound files of the 8 conversations in the Cultureflow Stage 2 course. It also includes a selection of 50 Māori phrases, with pauses between each phrase, and a range of waiata (Māori songs) to listen to and practice.
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Ngata English-Māori Dictionary
Author: H.M Ngata
POCKET EDITION
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Ngata English-Māori Dictionary
Author: H.M Ngata
The first dictionary to offer an extensive selection of English to Māori headwords, the Ngata dictionary illustrates their use in sentences and phrases drawn from a wide range of contemporary and traditional contexts. It is a concise English-Māori dictionary, which is explicitly, but not exclusively, based on Ngāti Porou and East Coast dialect and idiom.
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Ngā Pepeha a ngā Tūpuna
Author: H.M Mead & N. Grove
This unique collection of more than 2,500 pepeha, "sayings of the ancestors, " were gathered and compiled from all over New Zealand over a 20-year period.
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The Complete English-Māori Dictionary
Author: Bruce Biggs
First published in 1981, this dictionary was designed as a comprehensive finder-list.
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Tikanga Whakaaro - Key concepts of Māori Culture
Author: Cleve Barlow
In this essential guide, Cleve Barlow defines and discusses seventy important concepts in Māori culture. Words as familiar to most Pākehā as aroha, marae, and tapu, or as unfamiliar as aitua, parekawakawa, and urupā.
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Tāhuhu Kōrero
Author: Merata Kawharu
Tāhuhu Kōrero is a bilingual collection of pepeha and whakataukī - Māori proverbs and sayings - from Te Taitokerau region, which stretches from Auckland to Cape Reinga. Pepeha and the longer whakataukī are passed down the generations to capture key moments in history, important places and celebrated ancestors. They are also powerful metaphors for human behaviour.
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He Pātaka Kupu
He Pātaka Kupu: te kai a te rangatira is a taonga - a landmark Māori-only language resource, compiled out of seven years' research by the Māori Language Commission. Containing almost 24,000 entries, it is a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of the Māori language, for proficient Māori speakers. For each entry, the dictionary gives the atua category, parts of speech, definitions, examples of the word used in context, and an etymology of the word, drawing on a wide corpus of written material in te reo.
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