He Kupu o te Rā - a word of the day service for Te Reo Māori This is a free service which sends you daily a Maori word with a definition and use in a sentence. Just register with your email (or you can use an RSS feed) and a new word will arrive in your mailbox each morning... You can also browse the website, and test yourself on a group of words on a particular theme.
Here is an example of a daily message :
whānui: broad, wide
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- He mihi tēnei ki te whānau whānui. This is a greeting to the extended (wider) family.
- Ko tōku whaea te tuara whānui o tō mātou whānau. My mother is the (broad back) anchor of our family.
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For Maori language week NZ History online put together this resource:
A hundred Maori words every New Zealander should know
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-language-week/100-maori-words
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