Te+Reo+Māori

On this page we'll keep track of all the cool new vocabulary we've learnt so we can practice at home with our family or whanau.

We've been learning about the story of Paikia. We had to decorate our whales with blocks of colour and simple spirals using a picture already on the wall as our inspiration.



Check out this website for a Māori Dictionary

Have a go at matching the words: Choose a topic
 * [|Days of the Week] 
 * [|Months of the Year] 
 * [|Colours] 
 * [|Parts of the Body (basic)] 
 * [|Parts of the Body] 
 * [|Whanau (basic)] 
 * [|Whanau (Inlaws)] 
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|In the House] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|In the Country] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Parts of the Whare] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Action Words 1] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Action Words 2] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Action Words 3] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Action Words 4] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Action Words 5]

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Try one of these Multiple-Choice Quizzes
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Common Words in Place Names] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Natural World] <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Marae Protocol]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">