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Create a collection in your Pātaka Ako around te reo Māori and tikanga Māori and add this padlet alongside key learnings that you have taken.

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A simple overview for those of us who are just learning.

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At the end of this short video lesson you'll be able to have a crack at pronouncing any te reo Māori word.

This session covers key elements of te reo, including how macrons make an important difference between words like keke and kēkē, and what to do with the Māori 'r'.

On Friday our tutor, Anton Matthews, will be live on Stuff at 12.30pm to answer any questions from this week's lessons.

LEARN MORE:
* Simple, te reo Māori video lessons
* Five words every Kiwi should know
* Why you should jump on the waka with us
* Easy te reo Māori words for families to use at home with kids

Ōtautahi father-of-two and owner of bilingual restaurant FUSH, Anton Matthews (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri), is all about normalising te reo for all Kiwis. Matthews has a degree in te reo Māori and Māori indigenous studies, a graduate diploma in teaching and is a graduate of Te Panekiretaga. His short, simple videos make te reo Māori accessible for anyone willing to give it a go. See more on his YouTube channel.

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Power te reo Māori video lesson: Pronounce words with confidence

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At the end of this short video lesson you'll be able to have a crack at pronouncing any te reo Māori word. This session covers key elements of te reo, including how macrons make an important difference between words like keke and kēkē, and what to do with the Māori 'r'.

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Use these links and others that you may find to develop a reo goal for this year. If you are still developing your capacity in this space you could challenge yourself to learn how to pronounce names correctly. If you are in a Māori medium setting you might challenge yourself to remain in te reo Māori throughout every lesson to normalise its use. You might want to learn some new kīwaha/kīrehu as well to support your language development. Add this into a collection in your Pātaka Ako on te reo Māori & tikanga Māori in the classroom

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Resources from TKI with videos and written resources.

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Resources from TKI with videos and written resources.

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Integrate te reo Māori and tikanga Māori into your classroom programme

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Suggestion for implementing the strategy Build a culturally responsive environment within the Guide to Supporting Māori students

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Views on te reo Māori can be polarising. This was highlighted recently with an interview that Marcus Lush had on Talk Back radio with a woman who challenged pronouncing words correctly. Unfortunately, choosing to honour our indigenous language with accurate pronunciation is still a political act. 

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Views on te reo Māori can be polarising. This was highlighted recently with an interview that Marcus Lush had on Talk Back radio with a woman who challenged pronouncing words correctly. Unfortunately, choosing to honour our indigenous language with accurate pronunciation is still a political act. 

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A clip of an exchange between a radio show host and two listeners has gone viral on social media, after the callers argued it was their right to mispronounce Māori words.

Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush was shocked to receive two calls during his show on Thursday night from New Zealand-born women who insisted on mispronouncing the Māori names of the places where they'd been born.

Even after being told the correct pronunciation, both callers made it clear they would never start pronouncing it properly and insisted that it was their right to say the place name the way they'd always been told to say it.

"If I told you how it was pronounced, would you do it?," the host asked the first caller, an 83-year-old woman from Ōpoho, Dunedin.

"No. Because it's mine. My region," the woman replied.

The caller insisted she meant "no disrespect to anyone" but the host pointed out it was disrespectful as he said the caller was "being wilfully ignorant".

"Like hell I am," she responded.

A second caller, from Mosgiel, rang up to express her solidarity with the other listener saying "an elderly person should be respected in the way she grew up".

"We don't talk like that down here," the caller said.

"Wow. You are extraordinary. This call almost should go into Te Papa," Lush replied. "You are deliberately misrepresenting a language."

Lush asked the listeners if they would pronounce the cheese "camemberte". The second caller said she wouldn't because she is "educated".

"No, you call it Camembert because it's how it's pronounced," the radio host answered.

With the woman insisting she was not pronouncing the names wrongly, Lush asked her who she think named the places.

"I couldn't care less," she replied.

The caller said she refused to pronounce place names "the way you people think it should be pronounced".

"Goodness gracious me," Lush replied, incredulous. "Why are you so threatened by this?"

The caller insisted she is not mispronouncing the names. "It's the way it is," she said.

The clip was uploaded to Facebook and has since gone viral, with more than 72,000 views and 3000 shares in less than 24 hours.

Social media users were, for the most part, shocked by the calls.

"Racism is alive and well in the south," one person said on Facebook.

"Do they not understand that these are Māori words? Like, Camembert is a French word... it's another language? They are absolutely adamant that they are correct in what they are saying. Pig headed, stubborn and IGNORANT. 83, 49 who cares! You're saying it wrong whether you grew up there or not," another person said.

"If you don't know, you don't know. But if you now know. You know. So why is it so difficult to go with the flow of what you now know," someone else commented.

"Oh gosh ... they both say 'because I'm educated'. Education goes beyond French classes at "Tyree" high school ladies. So I'm guessing they never educated themselves on why their areas were named as such?" another Facebook user added.

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Marcus Lush shuts down woman who insists on mispronouncing Māori place names

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A clip of an exchange between a radio show host and two listeners has gone viral on social media, after the callers argued it was their right to mispronounce Māori words. Newstalk ZB host Marcus Lush was shocked to receive two calls during his show on Thursday night from New Zealand-born women who insisted on mispronouncing the Māori names of the places where they'd been born.

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Think of some simple ways that you can integrate tikanga Māori into your classroom practice and add them to your Pātaka Ako. i.e, not sitting on tables, karakia etc.

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Te reo Māori is a treasure. Language carries culture and we all have a responsibility to care for our indigenous language. Education through the  punishing of Māori using their language in classrooms and a lack of prioritising it in classroom practice have been significant contributing factors to the decline of the language. Within the walls of our classrooms we have the capacity to place value and emphasis on te reo Māori and its use alongside tikanga Māori.

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Having te reo Māori increases your employment opportunities in Aotearoa. We need to be encouraging our students and ourselves to learn.

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Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku māpihi maurea

My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul

It's well known that learning another language is good for your brain, but studying te reo Māori could also improve your chances of finding a job in a variety of industries. Upskilling online or in classes could help you find an exciting role in education, health, government, social services or, of course, the booming Māori economy.

He kai kei aku ringa

I can earn my food with my own hands

The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment estimates the Māori economy to be worth $40-$50 billion, and that figure is growing. Most iwi businesses are in agriculture, forestry or fisheries, but you could also find your dream job in the related legal, marketing, management and science fields, or in one of the many small-to-medium Māori enterprises.

Wherever you work, being familiar with tikanga Māori (Māori customs) will give you an advantage as many Māori businesses operate on the principles of puawaitanga (best outcomes), kaitiakitanga (guardianship) and purotu (responsibility and accountability). This may mean they work in different ways than mainstream companies.

He aha te kai ō te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero

What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge, it is communication

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, wants at least one million New Zealanders to know basic te reo Māori by 2040. She's also encouraging people to become teachers of the language, because although most early childhood, primary and secondary school teachers understand some te reo, there's a shortage of teachers who can teach the language.

It's also helpful to have knowledge of te reo Māori for jobs such as policy analyst, reporter, editor, librarian or CEO. It's important to be able to pronounce Māori names and places correctly if you're a news reader, or television or radio presenter. For jobs such as Kaiwhakaako Māori (Māori medium school teacher), interpreter or translator, you must be fluent in te reo Māori.

Te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere; te manu e kai ana i te Mātauranga, nōna te ao

The bird that eats the miro berry owns the forest; the bird that feasts on knowledge owns the world

Aotearoa New Zealand is unusual compared to the rest of the world in that most people speak only one language - English. But this is changing. Nearly a third of school students now learn a second language, more than double the number in 2000. And ninety-five percent of all primary and intermediate school students now learn some te reo Māori.

Today there are many ways to learn and upskill in te reo Māori. You could do professional learning and development at work, attend community classes, or gain a tertiary qualification online from a wānanga, university or polytechnic. There are options to study part time or full time, start at any time throughout the year, and pay no fees for some courses.

Mā te huruhuru, ka rere te manu

Adorn the bird with feathers so it may fly

Whether you're already fluent or at the beginning of your journey, learning te reo Māori will give you - and ultimately our country - a competitive advantage. Ka mau te wehi!

Updated 2 Oct 2019

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Learn te reo Māori to improve your career chances

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It's well known that learning another language is good for your brain, but studying te reo Māori could also improve your chances of finding a job in a variety of industries. Upskilling online or in classes could help you find an exciting role in education, health, government, social services or, of course, the booming Māori economy.

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A suite of talks and resources on the importance of culture in a classroom from Core Education.

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A suite of talks and resources on the importance of culture in a classroom from Core Education.

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This offers a comprehensive list of useful language for the classroom

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You'll find more expressions you can use in your classroom in Promoting Positive Attitudes to Māori Language in the Classroom, which is available on the website of the Māori Language Commission.

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You'll find more expressions you can use in your classroom in Promoting Positive Attitudes to Māori Language in the Classroom, which is available on the website of the Māori Language Commission.

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If you want to take your language acquisition seriously there are lots of formal learning options for you and many of them are free. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Unitec offer free courses. Do some research in your region and get amongst it.

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This gives us overview of the decline of te reo Māori.