Māori Language
The University of Otago, Wellington encourages and supports all staff, students, and visitors to enjoy and use the Māori language. Kōrerotia te reo!
- Ngā Puna Ora is the Capital and Coast and UOW waiata group and is currently meeting Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes 12 - 1pm in the Whanau Care Services meeting room.
- Free Te Reo Māori classes are available to all staff and students at University of Wellington contact Ewen Coleman and for Capital and Coast email cheryl.goodyear@ccdhb.org.nz
- Māori medical dictionaries have been distributed to each department
- Māori Language Week is celebrated each year. This year 2014 the dates are 21-27 July 2014. The theme is ‘Te Kupu o te Wiki', The Word of the Week’.
- University of Otago Wellington Māori Language Plan
University of Otago resources
Find out more about the te reo Māori (Māori language), tikanga Māori (Māori customs and protocols), and Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) on the Te Ao Māori pages of the University of Otago’s website Māori ki Otago
This site also includes information on :
Other Māori language websites and resources
- 100 Māori words every New Zealander should know
- www.koreromaori.co.nz
- New vibrant and fun way to start learning Maori On Toku Reo
- Study the basics of the Māori Language online
- Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission)
- Learn how to pronounce place names correctly here (www.korero.maori.nz/resources/map.html)
- The Ngata online dictionary http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/ngata/
