Kia ora,

I am looking for some help with a karakia. I work in a specialised area that is very heavily people focussed and want to use a karakia that speaks to the attitude and approach to this work.

Is there anyone here that can help me with this please? if so please message me or make suggestions on where I can head to get this type of help.

Thank you in advance.

Not sure if this is where I should post or not but here goes.

So basically I've recently been to a seminar and learnt about a study, on how mice were shocked when they smelt cherry blossom. Then not the first or second generation after those mice, but the third generation after the original mice are exposed to the smell of cherry blossom and they react as thought they would be shocked.

So I'm now thinking this is why we are not learning our language, our brains have become naturally scared of our own language and I think awareness is the only thing I can do to help at the moment.

Much love, learn as much as you can 💚

I'm 19 years old and I never got taught Te Two Maori, I can't even speak my own language all I can only speak and understand is English, my mother is half white half Maori my dad is Maori, my grandparents on my mum's side my Nan is White my grandad is Maori, but to be honest, I was never taught Maori as a kid because at school I went to I was not taught it I was only taught English type work. now that I'm older it's very hard for me to understand and learn Maori 😢 I am not white washed like I was not brought up on my white side I was just brought up no learning Maori, and speaking it.

Kia ora koutou,

I have been learning Te Reo for a few years now, and I’m not sure where to go next. I’ve completed two years of Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori, up to level 4, which has now been defunded. Pania and Leon are offering the course as a paid option, but I’m not sure if I am ready for level 5 which is full immersion Te Reo Māori.

I’m also about to complete the open polytechnic Te Pōkaitahi Reo level 1 certificate.

Any ideas for where I could go next? I need some immersion I think, but maybe not 100%.

Kia ora e hoa mā! Kōrerotia te reo Māori! Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Kia Ora I live in the Te Awa Kairangi and for my whole life everyone has referred to the mountains around as the Tararuas and the Remutakas (formally incorrectly Rimutakas). I know there is no 's' in Te Reo. So what would be a correct way to refer to them? Sometimes I hear Tararua ranges. But is there a better option. Same would apply to some further away Mountains like Ruahine etc.

He Māori ahau, but I wasn't raised in te ao Māori or in Aotearoa.

I'm connecting by phone with an older member of my iwi to talk about ways I can contribute from where I live in Turtle Island.

I'm wondering if I should address her as Aunty? I want to be mindful about being respectful, and my mother did tell me to do that once many many years ago, but I haven't grown up with that way of addressing my elders unfortunately.

I don't want to seem appropriative or insincere, but I also don't want to be disrespectful by just calling her by her name?

Ngā mihi

kia ora from turtle island! i've come across a couple sources that reference a karakia, and although an english translation is included, it feels clunky to me, and i'm not sure i understand it. i'm particularly interested in these lines:

"Pou hihiko, pou rarama, tiaho i roto, mārama i roto.

Tena te pou, te poutokomanawa, te pou o enei kōrero.

Hui te mārama, hui te ora."

ngā mihi in advance, or as we say in my language, migwéch/igwiyen! your language is truly beautiful.

Kia ora e hoa mā! Kōrerotia te reo Māori! Kei te pēhea koe? I pēhea tō wiki?

Anyone know of any more groups of forums for learners of te reo or just people writing it in general they can share ??

Kia ora 👋🏽😊

I have recently gotten in touch with an aunty who's a bit distant and unfortunately not the most willing to share her knowledge in regards to our whakapapa. Luckily, my nana, her sister, asked if i could get our pepeha - and she did.

I'm super interested in restarting my Te Reo journey soon, but in the mean time i'm focusing on learning more about who i am first. I want to go to our marae.. i have been to our whenua before but clearly i need to reconnect. To do this I'd like to learn my mihi, in hopes to present it there someday.

My pātai is, and if anyone could help please, how would i say:

My son is (name)

He is 4 years old

I have a couple variations but I don't think they're right and don't feel comfortable sharing lol. It's the only part id like to add.

Thank you so much, i look forward to reading your replies :)

Kia ora everyone, I'm new to my te reo journey. As part of my introduction, I want to say that I'm from Australia, and I acknowledge the first custodians of the land where I lived: the Boonwurung people. Is the following the correct way to do that?

Nō te whenua Moemoea tōku whanau Ka mihi ke te mana whenua otera rohe Boonwurung

I had a fluent reo speaker help me with this a while ago, and sadly I've lost the paper I wrote it down on. Would appreciate any help here.

Ngā mihi nui 🧡

Could a Māori chief, or ariki, be called "Your Majesty" like a monarch would? If yes, would would the Te Reo Māori word for "Your Majesty" be?

Kia Ora!! I'm a catalan native guy in Barcelona, looking forward to learn Te Reo in 2025. I've been searching for any teachers in the city but haven't found any. Do you know of anyone around Barcelona? If not, any good references for teachers online who teach Spanish/Catalan-Te Reo?

Thanks.

Can you explain some of the deeper meaning of the saying "He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata he tangata!"?

I'm not born here, and not as familiar with te reo as I wish I was. The thing about this saying is that for me, it makes perfect sense. I find it a profoundly simple and precise statement of a value which I strive to live by.

I love that te reo does not translate precisely, and that words are at best a make do, to communicate a principle or a value.

My question is though... Do I understand it correctly?

I got into a debate with someone and we seem to understand it differently, so looking for some insights :)

The one view is that it refers to people as the collective. It is the collective, the group, the community, that matter more than individual needs. It is emphasising the 'us' over the 'me'.

The other view is that it prioritises people over policy. Decisions to be made are not 'healthy' if they don't take into account the real living human beings, the people who will be affected.

Or is it both? And more?

Can you explain it to me?

Hi everyone! My husband is Māori and I’m Australian and we have two beautiful daughters and now a third on the way. However we are having a bit of trouble picking another name 😩 Both girls have Māori names and neither of us can agree on any name that comes up in the usual online lists I was wondering does anyone have some suggestions?

I just got gifted MME 1 &2 for Xmas, and was wondering how useful they are.

Tyia

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ablZE8Owi74S3XsTHCv0J?si=SEZ6FORAS7C1But7Wn1dog&pi=a--Vd3zMSWQ1i-

Here is my te reo playlist, feel free to have a look. Its more extensive then the playlists that you can find on the publicly available.

Apologies if this is not the right place.

(Ignore the odd tongan or samoan waiata)

Hi

Any e have a translation for barefoot or bare feet that’s in use ? Tried multiple dictionaries and couldn’t find anything!

Thnx

I’ve experimented with many resources but want to see if there’s any I have missed or should re try

Kia ora all! I was wondering if there was a preference for the direct translation of ‘midwife’. I’ve heard kahu pōkai and kaiwhakawhānau used, is there one that is more ‘correct’ than the other or a completely different third option that I could be using? TIA

Getting my shawty a bracelet for christmas and im trying to engrave it with something in reo that sort of translates to “together forever” or sumn that signifies a promise of love.

Any recommendations help 😁

My partner is traveling overseas to america for a gap year, and I am getting her a totem so that she is never too far away from a bit of NZ. I’m currently trying to learn maori, and am going to translate it myself, but I would really appreciate some help translating the whole thing! Its not very traditional I know, but I am doing a whole ceremony including 2 Waiatas and another Maori Karakia. The maori parts of this are segments from other karakias or waiatas that I feel would work well in it, so I will just paste the whole Karakia. Please help me out if you can! I love you all ❤️

Whakairiiri, Whakairiiri Whakairiiri tenei taonga ohooho Tenei taonga puipuiaki Tenei taonga tuku iho. Nã Ranginui e tu ake ana Na Papatuanuku e takoto tonu nei

E Rangi, e Papa, e Te Whanau Atua whakathia to koutou manaakitanga ki roto i tēnei mahi o mãtou.

Whakakiikii! Whakakiikii! Kua tau.

**Protect she who bares this greenstone from worldly harm, Let her seas be calm and her sails full, her net be bountiful, her path be true. Be her beacon to guide her through the night, over vast distances, over boundless ocean, be her compass to sail by.

Protect this woman, from pain, from hate. May she voyage far, and voyage wide, and every time, return to the land of the long white cloud. **

Kia hora te marino, Kia whakapapa (greenstone) te moana, Kia tere kārohirohi, ko tou hoa haere, ko te rangimarie, Mo ake tonu ake.

The bit in ** is the part that needs translated. Any resources for learning maori would be greatly appreciated too!

Ka Pai!

Tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. E mihi ana.

Ko he tauira te reo māori au, e ako tonu ana au.

Ka mate tōku whanaunga i tēnei wā. Ko tōku whanaunga he mareikura i waenganui ki a tōku whānau.

He patai tāku mō koutou. He aha te rere o he poroporoaki?

I would also appreciate any critiques of my grammar above.

Kia ora tātou, ngā mihi.

Tēnā koutou e te whānau.

I'd like to leave a comment on a podcast to convey something encouraging and supportive like "Keep talking!" (He's a political commentator). I was thinking "Kia kaha te kōrero" And do I use "ano / atu / ??" to convey my desire that it continue?

Ngā mihi.

My first thought was “he aha te Kupu ko ___ I te reo Māori?”