Maori waiata

I was directed to youtube to watch a video of a waiata to practice for an event in Auckland and I came across this site http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html which might be of interest...

Māori role models: inspirational korero from inspirational Māori

A NZ Fire Service staff member has produced a book aimed at rangatahi - “Māori role models: inspirational korero from inspirational Māori”. It grew out of his work as Poutakawaenga Maori/Maori Liaison Officer for the NZFS.

The book is in a question and answer format, and all the questions have been asked by rangatahi. It is written in both English and Te Reo Māori.

The Role Models include:
1. Patricia Grace - Writer
2. Wynton Rufer - Footballer, F.I.F.A ambassador.
3. Tariana Turia - Politician, Minister in Cabinet.
4. Ocean Mercier - Scientist/University Lecturer
5. Adam Whauwhau - Musician/Teacher.
6. Julian Wilcox - TV presenter.
7. Anika Moa - Musician.
8. Farah Palmer - Black Ferns Rugby Captain/ University Lecturer.
9. Darcy Nicholas - Artist
10. Bentham Ohia - C.E.O Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa.

The cost is $20 per book. The proceeds go to Te Kiko Charitable Trust, and go towards producing another volume. The Trust vision is to "Uplift the Wellbeing of Māori Whānau".

To purchase copies, contact Te Aorangi Harrington tekiko@hotmail.co.nz

For learners of te reo Maori...

A couple of resources which may be of interest to novice speakers of te reo Maori...

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

• 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.
  

Rāmere, te 23 o Paenga-whāwhā, 2010.
Change my options Test me Browse kupu Recommend He Kupu o te Rā to a friend...

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

Maori vocabulary

At the network meeting, Clare Giesbers kindly shared some Ngapuhi te reo which they are using in the library at Northland College :

• inquire into - patapatai
• think - whakarotia
• share - mahitahi
• wonder - whakamiharo (with a macron on the i)
  
• question - patai
• explore - toroa
• connect - honoa
• reflect - whakapumahara (with a macron on the u)
  
• imagine - poheweatia
• quest - rapunga

Maori "word of the day" by email

You can sign up for a Māori word of the day email from He Kupu o te Rā.
Just go to http://kupu.maori.nz

Donald MacLean papers

Sir Donald Maclean was the first Minister of Native Affairs. Since the launch of the MacLean papers website National Library customers can search the 14,500 English-language letters McLean received from many hundreds of correspondents, both public and private. What is not so well known is, there are also another 3000 letters in the Māori language written by various rangatira. This is the largest surviving series of nineteenth-century Māori language letters. The letters have research value for studying Māori attitudes to land, inter-hapu politics, the social history of Māori communities, the wider history of interaction between Māori and Pakeha, and for the study of how te reo Māori developed as a written language.
Huria Robens, National Library