maori

=__//Maori//__= We think the Mâori language is important so we have been learning how to speak it.

We have been learning our mihis (a formal speech), this is the format that we use. Have a go at home, simply add the appropriate names where the bold names are shown.

Kia Ora Koutou (Hello All) Ko **John** toku ingoa (My name is **John**) No Otepoti Ahau (I am from Dunedin) Ko **Emily** raua ko **Sam** oku Matua (**Emily** and **Sam** are my parents) Ko **Dallas** raua ko **Kieran** oku hoa (**Dallas** and **Kieran** are my friends) I te tahi o toku whaea (On my mother's side) Ko **Shirley** toku kuia (**Shirley** is my grand mother) Ko **Alan** toku koroua (**Alan** is my grand father) I te tahi o toku matua (On my father's side) Ko **Sandy** toku kuia (**Sandy** is my grand mother) Ko **Ronald** toku koroua (**Ronald** is my grand father) Ko **Pukehiki** toku Maunga (**Pukehiki** is my Mountain) Ko **Owheo** toku Awa (**Leith** is my River) Ko **Otakou aka** toku Moana (**Otakou harbour** is my Sea) No Reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa (That is all, greetings, greetings, greetings to you all)

[|Te Reo - Maori websites]
1. Go to this website to practice how to pronounce vowels and consonants in maori. Also it has some good you-tube links to maori waiata(songs)

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2. Go to this website to practice adding maori numbers (suitable for stage 6 people)

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3. Go to this website if you want to find out english words in maori or what maori words mean

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4. Go to this website to practise maori place names(look under resources link), marae knowledge, mihi, waiata and greetings also look under for learners to practise letter sounds

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