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Other terms relate to Māori customs. All of these words are commonly encountered in New Zealand English, and several (such as kiwi) are widely used across other varieties of English, and in other languages. The Māori alphabet includes both long and short vowels, which change the meaning of words. [1]
Similarly, the Māori word ending -tanga, which has a similar meaning to the English ending -ness, is occasionally used in terms such as kiwitanga (that is, the state of being a New Zealander [8]). English words intimately associated with New Zealand are often of Māori origin, such as haka , [ 9 ] Pākehā , [ 10 ] Aotearoa , [ 11 ] kiwi ...
Cook Islands Maori English Word-to-word and gloss au Ka ʻaere au ki te ʻāpiʻi āpōpō listen ⓘ I'm going to school tomorrow. (unaccomplished asp.)/ go / I / (prep. goal/destination) / the / learn / tomorrow Ka ʻārote au inanaʻi, nō te ua rā, kua ʻakakore au: I was going to do the ploughing yesterday, but gave it up because of the rain.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (English: Māori Language Week) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language which is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader movement to revive the Māori language.
Kia ora (Māori pronunciation: [k i ˈ a ɔ ɾ a], approximated in English as / ˌ k iː ə ˈ ɔːr ə / KEE-ə-OR-ə [1] or / ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a Māori-language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It translates literally as "have life" or "be healthy", [2] wishing the essence of life upon someone, from one speaker to ...
The koha reflects the mana of both the giver and the recipient, reflecting what the giver is able to give, and the esteem they hold of the person or group they are making the gift to – and hence plays an important part in cementing good relations, and is taken very seriously, with misunderstanding having the potential to give offence. [2] [3]
New Zealand Maori singers Ken Kincaid and Deane Waretini have both recorded versions of the song. The version by Kincaid appears on the Mauri Hikitia album, and was also the B side of his single. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The version by Waretini is on his Now is the Hour album released in 2012, and he was also the subject of a television series titled Now ...
Roopu or Rōpū is a Māori word for an organisation, group, or collective. The term is widely used throughout New Zealand as part of the name of organisations, especially those which have a strong connection with the New Zealand Māori population. In organisational names, it is usually prefixed with the word Te ("The").