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A Maori Podcast

Kia ora! Welcome to this podcast! As per the title, it"s a Maori podcast and I am Maori. I try to keep the podcast completely in Te Reo, this is mainly because I want to improve my own language skills, and the best way to do it is to completely speak the language. I share my insights into learning and improving my reo Maori skills especially as someone that doesn"t reside back in the homeland. Hoi ano, nahaku noa, I hope that you enjoy this mahi, and I"m proud to be Maori and to share our language

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63:38

Maori speaking Gujarati, born in Kenya, raised in the...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/09/23

Kia ora e te iwi! I was so fortunate to speak with my new friend Ronik and talk about his journey towards speaking te reo Maori.Ronik has spent the last 6 years teaching himself the reo, and only recently moved to Aotearoa. Over the past 7-8 months he's been able to find himself in immersion spaces to further improve his reo, and build a community of Maori language speakers.He shares some of his learning strategies, some nuances of te reo that he still struggles with, how he began his reo Maori

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8:01

How to improve your spoken reo - Idioms

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/09/16

Whakatauki: Kei Hawaiki noa atu ahau e noho atu - I am sitting away off at Hawaiki. (Said by a person to indicate they are far away in thought. [Murdoch Riley, Maori Sayings and Proverbs, 1-17]Vocab:Mataahi - food prepared on a spit. [https://www.dictionary.maori.nz/mataahi]Matainaina - Desire: Taku matainaina atu ki te mea a te tangata ra. - My desire is towards the thing within that person's possesion. [https://www.dictionary.maori.nz/matainaina]Idioms:He aha te aha - Waste of time / Nothing came

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3:46

How to express why you are giving thanks

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/09/09

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora ki a koutou! I thought I'd briefly touch on clauses of reason. I source my material this week from Ray Harlows A Maori Reference Grammar.Whakatauki - To mahi o te tane paraeroa - the work of a warrior[Maori Sayings and Proverbs, Murdoch Riley, 79-8]Kupu/Kianga - Koi rarua ai koe! - With koi, indicating a narrow

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21:30

Wharekura - How was it traditionally run?

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/09/02

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora!It's Maori language month! I think it's a good time of the year to dive into some old korero that existed prior to the arrival of tauiwi. These korero were collected and compiled by John White. I think it's also good practice to keep in mind that most (if not all) writings compiled by tauiwi have likely been curated

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7:04

Aho Whakamahuki - Relative Clauses - What is it and...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/08/26

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora e hoa ma! I wanted to look at relative clauses as I still need to work on gaining a better understanding of them and how they work. Hopefully what I share today is somewhat help. Explaining technical terms is always difficult but it's a good way to improve my speaking ability.Whakatauki - Haere i muri o te tira

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54:41

Reo With Kayla: I speak with an aspiring self-taught...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/08/19

*Māhauhau - temporary shelter / hostel. (I said the wrong word in this episode. I had called it Māraurau.)Kia ora e te iwi!I had the privilege of speaking with my friend Kayla.We speak on our shared interest in language acquisition, the importance of speaking and having friends to speak with regularly, her language routines, how she went about learning Spanish, and her preparation to go an entire year without speaking English. Kayla also shares her love of Te Reo Maori by helping others learn our

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6:58

No ka - Talking about the past

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/08/12

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora ra e hoa ma! I've come across these structure before but it still hasn't quite set in for me yet. Hopefully today's episode can shed a bit more light into it's usage.Whakatauki: Nga mahi a te mata raumati - "The occupation of mid summer." Said of the habits of one that sleeps until late morning when the sun is hot

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8:19

Reo Maori - 6 years of self-directed Learning: Here's...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/08/05

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastWhakatauki: Erangi te iti i te kore rawa - Little is better than nothing at all. [Murdoch Riley, Maori Sayings and Proverbs, 36-5]Kia ora e te iwi! I came across an old recording of myself when I first started on my journey to improving my reo. Such a stark difference in the sound of my speech. I'm happy and proud with the

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7:23

Which one do I use? - Taku, Aku, Tōku Ōku, Tāku, Āku

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/07/29

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora! This week I thought I would cover a topic that has tripped up a lot of us. I hope that this episode can give us greater confidence when figuring out which form to use.Whakatauki - He haka kia titoia? - Can one haka without previous practice? [Maori Sayings and Proverbs, Murdoch Riley, 2-10]Harlow gives the following

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7:26

Improving my reo - A few new words I've collected.

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/07/22

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora! I think one of the most impactful things we can do to improve our spoken reo is to learn more words. One of my favourite ways is to find a small selection, and start using them straight away. So, here are some new words I found.Whakatauki - He tangata ka rapa te whai. - A man whose clever devices will puzzle you

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4:16

Back to basics - I vs Ki

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/07/15

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastWhakatauki: [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg. 99]Tuturu - Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Ngati Maru ki te whenua. - As the multitude of stars in the sky, so are the people of Ngati Maru.Mea raweke - Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko te reo maori ki te whenua. - As the multitude of stars in the sky, so are the people speaking

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6:17

Using the Reo to speak on all topics - How to...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/07/08

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastWhakatauki - Me te ihe - Like the ihe fish, always restless. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg. 153]Kia ora! I wanted to focus on expressing some nuance in Te Reo. I share some advice I gave regarding how to go about giving a mihimihi when you identify as LGBTQIA+.The purpose of language is the give word to how we think,

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9:48

Where do you go to find people to speak with?

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/07/01

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastWhakatauki - Ko Maru kai atu, ko Maru kai mai, ka ngohengohe. - Maru who ate abroad, and at home was agreeable. [Te Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg. 72]Kia ora e te iwi! This week I wanted to share some tips, ideas, and personal experiences of how I go about finding people to speak with. Here is the Discord link, where I

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15:37

Speaking Brazilian Portuguese, Hawaiian & Moriori

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/06/24

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastBom dia! Aloha, Kioranga! Tena tatou! I thought today I would benchmark my progress on the languages I'm currently learning.I've currently spent:123 hours 46 minutes listening to Brazilian Portuguese.4 hours 40 minutes reading Brazilian Portuguese.85 hours 41 minutes listening to Hawaiian.4 hours 29 minutes listening to

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7:37

What is Tino Rangatiratanga from an individual...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/06/17

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora! This week I wanted to focus on a question I've been thinking about a lot, "What is tino rangatiratanga from an individual perspective?" - I share some brief thoughts on what I think it means. I sum it up into 4 categories. Skill acquisition, Investments, Health Mind/Body/Heart/Soul, Relationships.I share some

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7:22

Atua Wahine: Hineatauira - The woman that became a...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/06/10

Kia ora ra e te iwi!I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastI have also transcribed the audio in time for the release of this episode! You can download it here for free, or for a koha.You can also just navigate to my Patreon as well:https://www.patreon.com/cw/AMaoriPodcastWhakatauki/Whakatauaki - Tūwhitia te hopo, mairangatia te angitū (Milroy 2011). / Eliminate the negative, accentuate

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4:34

Atua Wahine: Rohe/Koke - Another Goddess of Death

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/06/03

Kia ora! I wrote out the transcription for this episode. It's just the reo Maori which can be downloaded as a pdf here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/transcription-of-160346907If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastTena ano tatou! I didnt know that we had another Goddess of Death. So far we have Hinenuitepo, Miru, and Rohe. I love finding out the nuances of our culture and language. Whether these goddesses are universal amongst iwi, or only

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6:29

Orite - We've been using the wrong word...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/05/27

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastSo, we've been using the wrong word and I hope that this episode can help us improve our reo. Making mistakes is fine, learning from them is better. Ko te reo kia tika, kia rere, kia maori! Tukuna ki te ao!Whakatauki - He peka titoki e kore e whati. / A branch of the titoki tree will not break.[Kohikohinga Whakatauki, pg

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8:04

Atua Wahine: Hinekaikomako -The Fire Maiden

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/05/20

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastKia ora! Today I found I new atua wahine that I havent come across. I'm really enjoying discovering the richness of our ahurea maori, and our reo maori. Hopefully this little excerpt is something you enjoy as well.Whakatauki: Poroaki tutata, whakahoro tau ke - Actions deviate from your words. Literally "Saying farewells with

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18:00

Atua Wahine: Papatuanuku, Our First Mother & The...

A Maori Podcast ·

2026/05/13

Kia ora ra e te iwi! I have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here:A Maori PodcastWhakatauki - He takapau pokai, nga uri o Paheke. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo.]Kia ora ra! I thought I'd give focus to Papatuanuku today, seeing as it was mothers day recently, and one of the foundational korero of many iwi is that Papa is our great first Mother.I source the below intro to Papa from Margaret Orbell's book

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