A list of resources for learning Māori!

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This week (Sep 10-16) is the Māori Language Week! It is celebrated every year as one of many efforts to revitalize the language and I'll be doing my small part and bringing to you a list of resources for anyone interested in starting to learn the language. All of these resources are things I've used personally, I live in Spain so they are all available online.

I would like to thank u/paniniconqueso for finding some of these resources for me, they were a great help :)

 

GRAMMAR

  • Toku Reo: Toku Reo doesn't really give a basis of grammar, rather it simply gives common phrases (hello, goodbye, where are you from, etc.). Some of you may find it interesting and so, by all means, listen through it all if you wish, but I personally just listened to the first few episodes. Admittedly, I got a bit discouraged when they included a conversation between two natives in the fifth episode and I didn't understand a single word. I think the first few episodes are enough to drill in the basic tena koe, koutou, korua and a couple other things that you'll be seeing a lot, as well as listening a bit how words are pronounced in Maori.

  • Kupu Māori: In my opinion, one of the best resources for Māori, it covers the basics with no added thrills. It doesn't have much in the way of explanations, but generally by looking at the examples and seeing them later on "in action" when you start reading some short stories, you'll get the hang of things fairly easily.

  • Harlow's book is often recommended as a resource but it's quite linguistic / academic and I think it would be difficult to understand much of it without already having a base. It's worth a read after already having finished Kupu Māori or whatever other basic grammar guide, as it does mention things that Kupu doesn't cover (prefixes, suffixes, complex sentences, etc.).

  • Upoko Pakaru Blog from a Māori student/teacher, though no longer active it has many posts covering mostly vocabulary and phrases. However, even if you aren't interested in that kind of thing, I would recommend reading through her grammar posts which can be very helpful and interesting.

  • Te Kete Ipurangi: Mostly lesson plans for Māori teachers.

  • Fumiko Yamada's dissertation.

 

READING

  • Rangitane Education: A website with some kid's stories in Maori and translations in English, ideal for beginners. They also have a few graphic novels. I started with "Te Haerenga o Purerehua", which took me a few hours when I was around halfway through Kupu grammar, and then went on to the two taniwha stories and the rest.

  • Careers NZ site has three short legends in Maori/English.

  • Te Tahuhu o te Matauranga is the official Ministery of Education site and is a great resource. They have many stories in Maori and English (see left menu).

  • Huia Editorial. It's a big step up from the kid's legends mentioned above! If you can't buy any, you can find some of the stories in Google Books preview.

 

LISTENING

 

This is just a very basic list, but there are many more options available. Please also check out r/ReoMaori (thank you u/ManuChaos for all your work on the sub!) and their wiki which lists many more resources!

Good luck to anyone taking on Māori, it's a beautiful language and culture and worth learning more about!

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