A Maori Podcast
by Ihira
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. Ko te reo kia rere!If you live abroad and need a place to hang out, I finally found a great hangout spot filled with Maori speakers here.Discord - Reo MaoriI also have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. You can find me here:https://patreon.com/amaoripodcastI am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/korero-space-for-153338068
Episodes
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Reading to improve your reo - 1885 letters by William Colenso
Kia ora e hoa ma! One of the best things we can do to improve our reo is increasing our exposure to it. Reading is one of those things, especially if you can get your hands on some really old texts. I've found a letter from 1885 regarding William Colenso's mission to write a book, a compilation…
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Maori & Moriori - Asha's journey to reclaiming her reo Maori, and her efforts to awaken Ta Re Moriori
Kia ora ra e te whanau whanui! I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with my friend Asha. I've worked with Ash for the past year in reawakening the Moriori language. She shares her experience as someone that is Maori and Moriori. She speaks of her deep desire and interest in her Maori and...
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Some advice on self-directed learning
Kia ora! Today's episode is a bit different. I wanted to share 3 things with you in regards to language learning. I try to implement these in my own life, and I've managed to improve my reo Maori skills, and become conversational in two additional languages. 1 - It's common and very normal to…
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Ta Wik' a Ta Re Moriori - Kiwa Hammond: A leader in the Moriori Language, Culture, and Identity Revitalisation & Repatriations Space
Kioranga! This week is Moriori Language week and I had the amazing opportunity to chat with one of the whanaunga, Kiwa Hammond, a leader in the Moriori Language, Culture, and Identity Revitalisation & Repatriations space. I was so excited, and so fortunate to have Kiwa sit down with me and share...
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Maui Tinihanga - Who is Maui?
Kia ora! Most of us know who Maui is, most of us have also heard or read some of the korero surrounding Maui. Today I wanted to share a story taken from George Grey's collection, Ko Nga Mahinga A Nga Tupuna. You can read along here:...
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The Toughest Maori Language Challenge
E hoa ma! I'm excited to share with you the Maori language challenge I've set for myself. Basically, I'm introducing an old custom, an old practice that was quite common amongst our tupuna. That is implementing tapu onto our speech. In the past, sometimes the name of a Rangatira would become…
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Maori speaking Gujarati, born in Kenya, raised in the UK - Reo with Ronzie
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...
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How to improve your spoken reo - Idioms
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…
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How to express why you are giving thanks
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 Podcast Kia ora ki a koutou! I thought I'd briefly touch on clauses of reason. I source my material this week from Ray…
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Wharekura - How was it traditionally run?
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 Podcast Kia ora! It's Maori language month! I think it's a good time of the year to dive into some old korero that existed...
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Aho Whakamahuki - Relative Clauses - What is it and how does it work?
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 Podcast Kia ora e hoa ma! I wanted to look at relative clauses as I still need to work on gaining a better understanding of...
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Reo With Kayla: I speak with an aspiring self-taught polyglot - We discuss the importance of friendship in language acquisition & her preparation to spend an entire year without speaking English
*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...
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No ka - Talking about the past
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 Podcast Kia ora ra e hoa ma! I've come across these structure before but it still hasn't quite set in for me yet. Hopefully...
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Reo Maori - 6 years of self-directed Learning: Here's how far I have come
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 Podcast Whakatauki: Erangi te iti i te kore rawa - Little is better than nothing at all. [Murdoch Riley, Maori Sayings and...
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Which one do I use? - Taku, Aku, Tōku Ōku, Tāku, Āku
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 Podcast Kia 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...
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Improving my reo - A few new words I've collected.
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 Podcast Kia ora! I think one of the most impactful things we can do to improve our spoken reo is to learn more words. One of…
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Back to basics - I vs Ki
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 Podcast Whakatauki: [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg. 99] Tuturu - Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Ngati Maru ki te whenua.…
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Using the Reo to speak on all topics - How to mihimihi when you are LGBTQIA+
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 Podcast Whakatauki - Me te ihe - Like the ihe fish, always restless. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg. 153] Kia ora! I...
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Where do you go to find people to speak with?
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 Podcast Whakatauki - Ko Maru kai atu, ko Maru kai mai, ka ngohengohe. - Maru who ate abroad, and at home was agreeable. [Te...
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Speaking Brazilian Portuguese, Hawaiian & Moriori
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 Podcast Bom dia! Aloha, Kioranga! Tena tatou! I thought today I would benchmark my progress on the languages I'm currently...
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What is Tino Rangatiratanga from an individual perspective?
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 Podcast Kia ora! This week I wanted to focus on a question I've been thinking about a lot, "What is tino rangatiratanga from…
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Atua Wahine: Hineatauira - The woman that became a Goddess of Death
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 Podcast I have also transcribed the audio in time for the release of this episode! You can download it here for free, or for a...
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Atua Wahine: Rohe/Koke - Another Goddess of Death
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-160346907 If you'd like the kaupapa, and you appreciate this mahi, you can give a koha here: A Maori Podcast Tena ano tatou! I…
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Orite - We've been using the wrong word...
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 Podcast So, we've been using the wrong word and I hope that this episode can help us improve our reo. Making mistakes is…
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Atua Wahine: Hinekaikomako -The Fire Maiden
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 Podcast Kia ora! Today I found I new atua wahine that I havent come across. I'm really enjoying discovering the richness of…
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Atua Wahine: Papatuanuku, Our First Mother & The Origin Of All Things
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 Podcast Whakatauki - He takapau pokai, nga uri o Paheke. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo.] Kia ora ra! I thought I'd give…
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Stative/Neuter Verbs - What are they and how do you use them?
Whakatauki: He waha huka - A frothy mouth, i.e, all words, no substance. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg 114] Atua Wahine: Parawhenuamea. Margaret Orbell gives this account [A Concise Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend, pg. 101]: "Parawhenuamea is generally regarded as the origin of the...
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Ta Re Moriori - Ko Tohinga i a Rangihikiwao
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 Podcast Tuturu: He rau ringa e oti ai - Many hands make light work . Raweke: He rau korero e ora ai te reo - Many speakers…
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Speaking Ta Re Moriori in 2026
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 Podcast I am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:...
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We know the God of Kumara, but who is the Mother of Kumara?
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 Podcast I am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:...
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Atua Wahine - Hineteiwaiwa
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 Podcast I am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:...
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1 Year of A Maori Podcast, Atua Wahine, & thoughts on the particle ai
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 Podcast Whakatauki - Nga koko tataki o Te Akatea [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo. pg 161.] Kia ora! This week I thought that…
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How can I improve my reo? Learn more words!
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 Podcast I am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:...
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Let's make Te Reo an everyday language!
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 Podcast I want to set up a space for us to engage with the reo as frequently as possible. I'd like to find times that work…
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The Separation of Rangi & Papa - The one where Tangaroa cripples Rangi first.
Kia ora ra! I love our purakau -- especially when I can find it in Maori as opposed to it being rewritten in English. Anyways today's purakau is about Rangi and Papa and the separation. This purakau comes from Kai Tahu. You can read along here, page 22....
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How I'm teaching myself Hawaiian & How you can teach yourself Maori
Kia ora e te iwi! This week is a bit different, as I wanted to speak on my experience learning and teaching myself Hawaiian. I wanted to try and give a nice benchmark of where I am at, so I have attempted to speak completely in the olelo about my experience. I offer a reo Maori dub for...
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A friendship built on speaking Te Reo - I speak with my friend Mikaere about te reo, etymology, noa & tapu, favourite reo books, and the future of A.I
Kia ora! Today I have our first guest speaker! I korero with my friend Mikaere. We are new friends to each other, and, what a treasure it is to build a friendship around speaking Maori to each other. We wananga today about various interests, te reo of course, etymology and some common…
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Hawaiian language month, reo Maori translations & amazing reo Maori 'Man I Need' cover by "Jordyn With A Why"
Aloha! Tena tatou e te whanau whanui! Our whanaunga, our tuakana, are celebrating Hawaiian language month so I thought i'd do my little bit to hapai the kaupapa too. I've been learning the olelo for just over 2.5 years now, and I thought it would be nice to share a purakau from one of the books I...
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Personification and the genius of Te Reo Maori
Tena tatou! This week I wanted to speak on some of the genius of te reo maori, and how useful I have found our use of personifying our environment and everyday phenomena has been in my own life. Whakatauki - Taringa muhu kai (Ears groping for food.) [Te Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg 9]...
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Did you know Tangaroa and Papatuanuku were lovers?
Kia ora ano tatou! This week I came across a really short excerpt regarding a korero of Tangaroa and Papatuanuku being lovers. I had known of this story beforehand however it is always nice finding references to korero. You can find the korero here: Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand...
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Is it "horoia o ringaringa", or "horoi o ringaringa?" - The answer might surprise you.
Kia ora ki a tatou! I know I have spoken on this topic before, but it's something that i come across often enough that I wanted to touch on it again. My personal goal is to strive to speak the reo which was spoken by our tupuna (obviously not completely possible, but I want it to be as close as…
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Maori x Hawaiian - Harry Potter: Language Comparison and Similarities
Kia ora! I'm excited for todays episode. I thought I would do a language comparison of Te Reo Maori and Olelo Kanaka. Do excuse my olelo pronunciation. I'm still working on improving it, as I definitely sound like a Maori speaking Hawaiian haha. Enjoy! Olelo Kanaka: Mokuna Ekahi - Ke Keiki i…
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Speaking the reo - How to give extra info in your sentences
Kia ora! This week I wanted to speak on something that I still mess-up often on. Apposition's, Kianga Whakamarama, Firstly, what purpose does a kianga whakamarama serve? Well, per the kupu, it elaborates and gives further information to a sentence. In English, Ray Harlow [A Maori Reference…
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First time meetups - Conversation topics in Te Reo Maori
Kia ora! I love this time of year. I'm definitely that type that gets excited for new year, new goals, new aspirations and so I thought a good topic to speak on would be some conversation starters in Te Reo. I've grouped it by category, hopefully these are helpful. whakatauki - E hoa ma, ina te…
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New Year, New You - How to start learning maori in the New Year
Kia ora! Since it is the new year, I thought I'd change up the format, we will still have a whakatauki, then I thought I'd share my thoughts on language acquisition, and answer some common questions that pop up, and share some person experiences. Whakatauki - E tia, me te wheke e pupuru ana. [Te...
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It's Christmas!
Kia ora ra e te whanau! It's Xmas so I thought today's episode can follow theme. Whakatauki - Me oioi ki te ringa ka puta te tama a Upokoroa. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg 54] Pangapanga: Mele Kalikimaka. No tewhea reo te mihi nei? - He reo Hawaii. Tuturu ranei ki te reo Hawaii taua mihi na…
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Accidentally telling someone to "go and die" - A & O nuances: Written in a book doesn't always mean it's correct.
Kia ora! So this week I found and interesting piece from one of the very first Maori grammar books written. A grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand, [Thomas Kendall, 1778?-1832., Church Missionary Society, London, 1820]. The phrase is "Mou tenei toki". The implied meaning is "For...
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Ta Re Moriori - Comparison to Te Reo
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 Podcast Kia ora! Today I thought I'd put side by side the Reo and Ta Re so you can get an idea of the differences. You can…
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Ta Re Moriori - How it (possibly) sounds when spoken
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 Podcast Paetaonga (Patreon) is where I aim to early release episodes. It is usually a week in advance. So if you want to tune...
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The Stoics: Epictetus - Grammar Breakdown
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 Podcast Tena tatou! I thought I'd also give a breakdown of a few of the phrases I delivered in the Maori interpretation which…
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About this show
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. Ko te reo kia rere!If you live abroad and need a place to hang out, I finally found a great hangout spot filled with Maori speakers here.Discord - Reo MaoriI also have a Patreon where I hope to add some additional value. You can find me here:https://patreon.com/amaoripodcastI am planning to start a regularly online space to korero. Details are here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/korero-space-for-153338068
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