When starting to learn te reo, continue learning te reo, or drive the learning of te reo for a group of people, whether it be in your whare with your whānau or in your workplace with hoa mahi, it’s worth making a plan - whakamahere reo.

• Why am I doing this?
• What is motivating me?

• Who is involved?
• Who am I learning with?
• Who is guiding me?
• Who am I teaching?
• When am I learning?

• How much time do I have to commit to learning?
• What resources am I using to help me in my learning?
• What kind of learner am I?
• How do I like to learn?
• Audio - audiobooks, podcasts, waiata, reo irirangi Māori
• Visual - Whakaata Māori ondemand, YouTube channels, flashcards, apps
• Textbooks, books, e-books
• Practice speaking with others and yourself

• Base your learning around activities you and your group do and/or places you and your group frequent.
• Activity - Eating dinner
• Preparation - collect and learn vocab and sentences relating to that activity, make sure they are visible and easy to read and follow. Move onto breakfast the next week.
• Location - living room
• Preparation - collect and learn vocab and sentences relating to that area, make sure they are visible and easy to read and follow. Move onto the kitchen next week.

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Ā tōna wā, ki tōna wāhi e hoa mā.

The Everyday Māori Podcast is supported by Te Mātāwai as a part of its contribution to Maihi Māori - Kia ūkaipō anō te reo.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two people about what is needed.

Episode dialogue:

Āpera: E haere ana te kura ki te noho marae ā tērā wiki.

Hēmi: E hia te roa o te noho?

Āpera: E rua rā, ka moea te pō ki te marae. I homai e te kaiako tēnei rārangi, ā, me whai mātou i ēnei mea.

Hēmi: Tēnā koa, kia kite atu au.

Āpera: Me whai paraikete au, engari kei te marae ngā urunga me ngā hīti.

Hēmi: Me whai hoki koe i tētahi kāheru. He aha oti te take o te kāheru?

Āpera: He whakatō rākau tā mātou mahi i ngā tahatika o te awa.

Hēmi: Kei a au tētahi. Kei te hēti pea.

Āpera: Me whai hoki au i ētahi moni hei koha.

The Everyday Māori Podcast is supported by Te Mātāwai as a part of its contribution to Maihi Māori - Kia ūkaipō anō te reo.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two people about different ways to use the word 'mea'

Episode dialogue:

Hēmi: Tēnā, meatia mai te mea rā.

Āpera: He aha te tikanga o tēnā?

Hēmi: Homai te mea rā.

Āpera: Te mea nei?

Hēmi: Āna, te mea nā.

Āpera: He aha tēnei i te reo Māori?

Hēmi: He pūhihiko.

Āpera: Ā, koia. Nāu tēnei?

Hēmi: Kāo, ehara i a au. Nā Mea, ko wai anō tōna ingoa?

Āpera: Ko Mere.

Hēmi: Kua haere ia ki whea?

Āpera: E aua, ki mea wāhi.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two people about diet.

Episode dialogue:

Hēmi: Ka kai tahi tātou ko Mereana, ko Hēni ki tōku ā tērā Tūrei.

Āpera: Kia mōhio mai koe, kei te whakatiki ahau.

Hēmi: Nō reira, he aha āu whiringa kai?

Āpera: He kaihoromata ahau, nō reira, ka kai au i ngā kai katoa nō te taiao, engari kāore au e kai i ngā kai tukatuka.

Hēmi: Tō whīroki ai ka whakatiki nei koe.

Āpera: Ehara i te mea ko te whakaheke taumaha te take. Kei te aro kē au ki tōku hauora, ā, me mutu te kai paraurehe.

Hēmi: Kāti, ō tāua hoa, he aha ā rāua whiringa kai?

Āpera: He kaimanga a Mereana, arā, kāore ia e kai mīti.

Hēmi: Ka pai. Me Hēni?

Āpera: He kaiota a Hēni, arā, kāore ia e kai i tētahi paku hua nō te kararehe.

Hēmi: Kātahi rā hoki! Me puta kē tātou ki tētahi wharekai, kai ai.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two people about Māori language apps.

Episode dialogue:

Āpera: E hoa, e kimi ana au i ētahi taupānga reo Māori. Kei te mōhio koe ki ētahi?

Hēmi: Tirohia te toa taupānga kei tō waea, he nui kei reira.

Āpera: He aha tāku e kimi nei?

Hēmi: Rapua te reo Māori ka puta mai ngā taupānga katoa e hāngai ana ki te reo.

Āpera: Ana! E puta mai ana. Ko Kōrerorero tētahi. Kei a koe?

Hēmi: Āe, he rawe. He nui ngā momo ngohe hei whakapakari i tō mōhio ki te reo.

Āpera: He utu?

Hēmi: Karekau, he utukore ki taku mōhio.

Āpera: Kia pai mai hoki. Māku e tikiake ināianei.

Hēmi: Me tikiake hoki te papakupu o Te Aka.

Āpera: Ā, engari anō tēnā i te kawe haere i taku pukapuka.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two people about the day after the party.

Episode dialogue:

Āpera: Mōrena! E pēwhea ana?

Hēmi: Mōrena. E ānini ana te māhunga.

Āpera: He pēnei māu? He kawhe.

Hēmi: Āe, kia pango, kia kaha mai hoki.

Āpera: Ko te āhua nei i pai te pō, nē?

Hēmi: I tōna tikanga, ka torutoru noa iho.

Āpera: He rite tonu tō pērā. Āwhea mau ai te iro?

Hēmi: Kaua māu e kōrero.

Āpera: Engari ka waiho e au mō te mutunga wiki.

Hēmi: Tō kaha hoki!

The Everyday Māori Podcast is supported by Te Mātāwai as a part of its contribution to Maihi Māori - Kia ūkaipō anō te reo.

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In this episode, we explore a kōrero between two talking about how long it has been since they saw each other.

Episode dialogue:

Hēmi: E hoa, kua aua atu te wā! E pēwhea ana?

Āpera: E pērā tonu ana, e hoa. Kua hia nei te roa?

Hēmi: Kua rua tau pea. Māna, kua roa ake i tērā?

Āpera: Āe pea. Heoi anō, e pēwhea ana koe?

Hēmi: E tino ora ana. E pēwhea ana tā tātou tamaiti?

Āpera: E tupu haere ana. Kei te kōhanga ia ināianei.

Hēmi: E kī! Huhū ana te rere a te wā! Kāore e roa ka rite ki tōna pāpā te tāroaroa.

Āpera: Ka rite hoki ki tōna pāpā te purotu.

Hēmi: E kāo, Ka purotu kē atu!

The Everyday Māori Podcast is supported by Te Mātāwai as a part of its contribution to Maihi Māori - Kia ūkaipō anō te reo.

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