Reo Ora - Ko Te More Level Two A Māori Language Course for Beginner Learners E-Book

Rāpata Wiri

• Herausgeber: Huia Publishers
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Serie: Reo Ora
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 92

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

This book for beginner learners is the second in a te reo Māori language learning series for beginners through to advanced level. It builds on the learning in book one, Ko Te Pū. In this level two book, students increase their vocabulary, and they learn a further thirty sentence patterns and the associated grammar to give them a sound understanding of basic conversational Māori language. The book steps through modules that teach the grammar and sentence patterns and show these used in examples. Learning is reinforced through repetition of sentence patterns and written exercises using real-life situations and contemporary language that reflect everyday life.

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First published in 2026 by Huia Publishers39 Pipitea Street, PO Box 12280Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealandwww.huia.co.nzISBN 978-1-77550-838-0 (print)ISBN 978-1-77550-989-9 (EPUB)

Copyright © Rāpata Wiri 2026Cover image and icons copyright © Jacob Wilkins-Hodges 2026Illustrations copyright © Francesca Gould 2026

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Ngā Tukanga Ako o Reo Ora: Ko Te More

The Teaching and Learning Methods of Reo Ora: Ko Te More

Te Wāhanga Tuatahi – Module 1

1Te Reremahi me ōna PūhonoPresent-tense Sentences with Direct Object Markers

Hei Mahi 1 – Exercise 1

Hei Mahi 2 – Exercise 2

2Waiho te PūhonoDr opping the Direct Object Marker

Hei Mahi 3 – Exercise 3

3‘Mā Runga i te Aha?’‘By What Means of Transport?’

Hei Mahi 4 – Exercise 4

Hei Mahi 5 – Exercise 5

4Hei Kōrerorero – 36 Te Haere ki te KiriataDialogue – Going to the Movies

5Whakakī ĀputaFill in the Blanks

Aromatawai 1 – Assessment 1

6WhakapākehātiaTranslate into English

Aromatawai 2 – Assessment 2

7WhakamāoritiaTranslate into Māori

Aromatawai 3 – Assessment 3

Te Wāhanga Tuarua – Module 2

1Ngā TūpouPersonal Pronouns

Hei Mahi 1 – Exercise 1

Hei Mahi 2 – Exercise 2

2Ngā Tūpou me ōna TāpiritangaPersonal Pronouns with ‘and’

Hei Mahi 3 – Exercise 3

3Hei Kōrerorero – Te Haere ki te Hī IkaDialogue – Going Fishing

4Te ‘Ā’ me te ‘Ō’The ‘Ā’ and ‘Ō’ Categories

Hei Mahi 4 – Exercise 4

5Ngā Rirohanga o te Rōpū ‘T’‘T’ Class Possessives

Hei Mahi 5 – Ex ercise 5

Hei Mahi 6 – Exercise 6s

6Hei Kōrerorero – Te Hākari NuiDialogue – The Big Feast

7Whakakī ĀputaFill in the Blanks

Aromatawai 1 – Assessment 1

8WhakapākehātiaTranslate into English

Aromatawai 2 – Assessment 2

9WhakamāoritiaTranslate into Māori

Aromatawai 3 – Assessment 3

Te Wāhanga Tuatoru – Module 3

1Ngā Tūwāhi – ‘Kei Hea?’Location and Locatives – ‘Where is?’

Hei Mahi 1 – Exercise 1

2Ngā Tūwāhi – ‘I Hea?’Location and Locatives – ‘Where was?’

Hei Mahi 2 – Exercise 2

3Ētahi atu momo TūwāhiOther Types of Locatives

Hei Mahi 3 – Exercise 3

4Ngā Wāhi me ngā MeaLocations and Objects

Hei Mahi 4 – Exercise 4

5Ngā Wāhi me ngā TāngataLocations and People

Hei Mahi 5 – Exercise 5

6Konei, Konā, KorāOver Here, There, There

7Ngā Wāhi me ngā WhiwhingaLocations and Possession

Hei Mahi 6 – Exercise 6

Hei Mahi 7 – Exercise 7

8Hei Kōrerorero –Kei Hea te Pukapuka?

Dialogue – Where is the Book?

9 Whakautu PātaiAnswer the Questions

Aromatawai 1 – Assessment 1

10 WhakapākehātiaTranslate into English

Aromatawai 2 – Assessment 2

11 WhakamāoritiaTranslate into Māori

Aromatawai 3 – Assessment 3

Te Wāhanga Tuawhā – Module 4

1Te Tūwā WāhekeFuture Tense

2Te Tūwā Wāheke me ‘Kei te’Progressive Future Tense with ‘Kei te’

Hei Mahi 1 – Exercise 1

3Te Tūwā WāhipaPast Tense

Hei Mahi 2 – Exercise 2

4Te Tūwā Wāhipa – ‘I te’Progressive Past Tense

Hei Mahi 3 – Exercise 3

5Te Tūwā Wāhipa – ‘Kua’Completed Past Tense

Hei Mahi 4 – Exercise 4

Hei Mahi 5 – Exercise 5

6Hei Kōrerorero – Te Whakataetae Kapa HakaDialogue – The Māori Performing Arts Contest

7WhakapākehātiaTranslate into English

Aromatawai 1 – Assessment 1

8WhakamāoritiaTranslate into Māori

Aromatawai 2 – Assessment 2

Te Wāhanga Tuarima – Module 5

1Te Whakakāhore i ngā RereingoaNegating Nominal Sentences

2‘Kē’Introducing ‘kē’

Hei Mahi 1 – Exercise 1

Hei Mahi 2 – Exercise 2

3Te Whakakāhore i ngā ReremahiNegating Progressive Sentences

Hei Mahi 3 – Exercise 3

Hei Mahi 4 – Exercise 4

4Te Whakakāhore i ngā RerewāhiNegation of Locative Sentences

Hei Mahi 5 – Exercise 5

Hei Mahi 6 – Exercise 6

5Hei Kōrerorero – Ko Te WhutupōroDialogue – The Rugby

6WhakapākehātiaTranslate into English

Aromatawai 1 – Assessment 1

7WhakamāoritiaTranslate into Māori

Aromatawai 2 – Assessment 2

Ngā Whakautu mō ngā Mahi

Answers to the Exercises

He Kāhui Kupu Hou

A Glossary of New Words

Ngā Tukanga Ako o Reo Ora: Ko Te More

The Teaching and Learning Methods of Reo Ora: Ko Te More

In the Level 1–2 course of Reo Ora: Ko Te Pū, Ko Te More – A Māori Language Course for Beginners, you will learn the 30 sentence patterns and 329 words that enable you to acquire a sound understanding of basic conversational Māori.

The main focus of this book is to develop a sound grammatical knowledge of Māori and basic sentence structures through oral and written exercises. As you progress through each chapter, the language patterns and vocabulary become more complicated. The book uses real-life situations and contemporary language that reflect life in the twenty-first century.

This programme has been developed over the last thirty years through rigorous teaching and practice. There are many ways of teaching and learning a language. Learners have different styles of learning, just as teachers have different styles of teaching. There are many ways to learn te reo Māori, ranging from language immersion classes (reo rumaki) to Te Ataarangi method (using coloured rākau or rods), at wānanga ā-iwi (tribal wānanga), at mainstream wānanga (such as Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) and at polytechnics and universities. Whatever your preferred language learning style is, there is one thing that has not changed, and that is the grammar of the Māori language. In saying that, the main goals of this programme are to ensure that students pronounce Māori words and phrases correctly and that their Māori language grammar is also correct.

Throughout my career as a te reo Māori lecturer, I have worked in all the different tertiary sectors of education, including wānanga, polytechnics and universities. In this time, I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to learn and observe the various ways of teaching te reo Māori in a variety of settings. Each of these institutions has its own unique style of teaching, its own curriculum and its own tribal protocol and dialects. However, no matter where you learn or how you learn, the language content and grammar of te reo Māori remain the same. What makes this course unique is that we have developed a strategy and method that will improve your proficiency level (kounga reo) from beginner (Te Kore) to intermediate (Te Pō) to advanced (Awatea) by teaching seventy-five sentence patterns that will enable you to speak, listen to, read and write te reo Māori with competence and confidence.

How do we teach you these seventy-five sentence patterns? In our beginner level course of Reo Ora, you learn the thirty basic language patterns of te reo Māori. Once you have successfully completed the beginner level course, you can progress to the intermediate level. In that course, you learn a further twenty sentence patterns. Finally, in the advanced level course, you learn the next twenty-five language patterns. We use this book, in conjunction with an online course, to help you become completely proficient in te reo Māori over three progressive twelve-week blocks. Each block requires 100 hours of self-directed learning through our online course of Reo Ora (www.reoora.com) and using the books and resources provided.

What is our method of teaching and learning?

We have a five-step method, which is explained below:

STEP 1

Me whakaatu

First, we show you the Māori sentence pattern.

For example:

Kei te hanga a Heta i te whare.

Heta is building the house.

STEP 2

Me whakahua tika

Second, we teach you how to say the sentence correctly.

For example, please repeat this sentence after me:

Kōrero mai: ‘Kei te hanga a Heta i te whare.’

STEP 3

Me āta whakamārama

Third, we explain the grammar and structure of the sentence in a simple way.

For example:

The structure of this sentence is VSO, which means Verb + Subject + Object:

Kei te hanga a Heta i te whare.

What is the verb in the above sentence? The correct answer is ‘hanga’, which means ‘build’.

What is the subject in the above sentence?The correct answer is ‘Heta’.

What is the object in the above sentence?The correct answer is ‘whare’.

Now, let’s put it all together with the VSO formula(Verb + Subject + Object):

Kei te hanga a Heta i te whare.

Verb      Subject      Object

Heta is building the house.

STEP 4

Me whakaharatau

You must practise and repeat this sentence pattern at least three times with different examples of the same pattern and with different words each time.

For example:

Kei te tahitahi a Heta i te whare.

Heta is sweeping the house.

Kei te tahitahi a Heta i te papa.

Heta is sweeping the floor.

Kei te horoi a Heta i te waka.

Heta is washing the car.

Linguists say repetition of sentence structure is the most effective way of learning a language. The more you repeat a sentence pattern the better. The key is to make sure that you can remember examples and use them in everyday situations.

STEP 5

Me whakamāori tika

Next, you need to translate the sentence pattern into Māori correctly and without any help.

For example:

Whakamāoritia tēnei kōrero. Translate this sentence into Māori.

Mere is washing the car.

Example of an incorrect answer:Kei te Mere a horoi i te waka.

The correct answer is:Kei te horoi a Mere i te waka.

A common error that many learners encounter is that they sometimes put the verb and the subject around the wrong way. To explain further, the structure of Māori is different to English. In English, you put the subject (Mere) first and the verb (clean) second. In Māori, we put the verb (horoi) first and the subject (Mere) second.

This explains our simple five-step method. To reiterate:

1.

Me whakaatu

Show the sentence.

2.

Me whakahua tika

Say the sentence correctly.

3.

Me āta whakamārama

Explain the structure of the sentence.

4.

Me whakaharatau

Practise the sentence pattern by repeating it, with different examples, at least three times.

5.

Me whakamāori tika

Translate the sentence patterns correctly into Māori.

Otirā, kāti i konei ngā whakamārama mō ngā tukanga ako o Reo Ora – Ko Te More. Ko te tūmanako ia, mā tēnei pukapuka me ōna rauemi ā-tuihono nei, e piki ake ai te kounga reo o tēnā, o tēnā. E ai ki te whakatauākī a tōku koroua, a Te Rangihau – ‘Ko te reo te pou tāwhā e iri ai ngā taonga a kui mā, a koro mā.’