Kia ora koutou – for adults learning te reo Māori, and looking to build their vocabulary over the holidays – here are the vocab lists from four recent posts from 2019, along with links to the posts. Some of the vocab is repeated, as some terms keep cropping up in broadcasts about current events.

Nancy Brunning farewelled by Stacey Morrison on ‘Manako’

Kupu āwhina

ngarohanga                                               dying, death – literally, disappearing

kaiwhakaari / kiriwhakaari                     actor

atamira                                                       stage

hinganga                                                     death (can mean defeat in other contexts)

hoa taumuri                                               old friend, friend from way back

mareikura                                                   woman worthy of honour and respect

hanga                                                          appearance

He Māori te kawe i a ia anō                    she was Māori in how she went about her life

toki                                                               champion, expert

ūkaipō                                                          place from where one starts out, true home

tana ao taurikura                                       the world in which she felt at home

kaihautū whakaari                                     producer (play)

i tohe tonu ia                                               she persisted

māuiuitanga                                                sickness

tutuki tēnei mea i a ia                                be achieved / completed by her (stative verb)

ngā tau kua pahure                                    in years gone by

kiri parauri                                                   people with brown skin

whai i ana tapuwae                                    following in her footsteps

Rawiri Wright – the government’s decision about teaching NZ history in schools

Ngā kupu

whakataunga                     decision

hītori                                     history

mai rāno                              for a long time now

ngā kōrero o neherā       history (stories of what has happened in the past)

tumuaki kairiwhi               relief principal

hanga rauemi                    create resources

tāmitanga                            oppression, suppression

pēhitanga                            oppression, suppression

 

Kelvin Davis on ‘Hōkai Rangi’ – a new strategy for Māori in prison

Vocab

Ara Poutama Aotearoa                               Corrections Department

ngā take whakaherehere                           issues related to the prison system

rautaki                                                           strategy

pūtake                                                            cause, source

whai angitu                                                   achieve success

te tino ngako                                                 the main point(s)

puāwai                                                            flourish

te waka tiaki tūroro                                     ambulance

whai hua                                                         bear fruit, be successful

Te Porotēhi Oranga Tamariki (the protest about Oranga Tamariki)

Vocabulary

porotēhi                        protest

rāwekeweke                 meddling, interfering

i tua mai, i tua atu       in this context, more important

pūkōrero                        spokesperson

‘te ana o ngā raiona’    figurative – ‘the lion’s den’

‘te ara poutama’           the ascending staircase – in this case, the steps of parliament

auporo                            usually, a strike – here, protest

whakapau kaha             put in effort

hiki tenei kaupapa        raise this issue

ngako                               in this context, the main point

rauemi                             resources

ahurea                             culture

tuakiritanga                    identity

 

In this interview (17/11/19 on Manako) Tūmamao Harawira talks with Stacey Morrison about Nancy Brunning, the Māori actor who died recently.

Here is the original interview:

And my 3 minute summary (in te reo Māori):

I tēnei uiuinga ka kōrero a Tūmamao rāua ko Stacey Morrison mō te matenga, mō te ngarohanga o Nancy Brunning. He kaiwhakaari a Nancy, ā, i kitea i te pouaka whakaata, i te atamira, i ngā kiriata hoki. E whā tekau mā waru noa iho ōna tau i tana hinganga. He hoa taumuri a Stacey rāua ko Nancy.

Tuatahi, ka mihi a Stacey ki a rātou e whakarongo ana, ā, ki a rātou hoki ‘kua tuku roimata kia rere mō tēnei mareikura.’ He maha ngā kupu mihi a Stacey ki te wahine kua mate – ki a ia, ‘He Māori te hanga, he Māori te wairua, he Māori te kawe i a ia anō.’ E ai ki a Stacey, he tino toki ia i te mahi whakaari –“mēnā ka mātaki koe i a ia i te atamira, ka kore e wareware i a koe tana momo.’

Ahakoa he tino rongonui ia ki te nuinga mō ana mahi i ‘Shortland St’, he nui ana mahi i te atamira (e ai ki ngā kaikōrero, ko tērā tana ūkaipō, tana tūrangawaewae, tana ao taurikura. E ai ki a Stacey, he kaha tana pīrangi ki te whakaatu i ngā kōrero mō te ao Māori. I mua i tana matenga, i mahi a Nancy hei kaihautū whakaari mō te whakaari a ‘Witi’s Wāhine’, ā, i tohe tonu ia ki te tutuki tēnei mea i a ia ahakoa tana māuiuitanga.

E ai ki ngā kaikōrero e rua, i ngā tau kua pahure, torutoru noa iho ngā kiri parauri i kitea i te pouaka whakaata. Ko Nancy tētahi o ngā mea tuatahi, ā, e whai ana ngā kaiwhakaari o ēnei rā i ana tapuwae.

Ko ngā kupu whakamutunga o te uiuinga nā Tumamao: “Haere atu rā, e te tuahine, haere atu rā.”

Kupu āwhina

ngarohanga dying, death – literally, disappearing

kaiwhakaari / kiriwhakaari actor

atamira stage

hinganga death (can mean defeat in other contexts)

hoa taumuri old friend, friend from way back

mareikura woman worthy of honour and respect

hanga appearance

He Māori te kawe i a ia anō she was Māori in how she went about her life

toki champion, expert

ūkaipō place from where one starts out, true home

tana ao taurikura the world in which she felt at home

kaihautū whakaari producer (play)

i tohe tonu ia she persisted

māuiuitanga sickness

tutuki tēnei mea i a ia be achieved / completed by her (stative verb)

ngā tau kua pahure in years gone by

kiri parauri people with brown skin

whai i ana tapuwae following in her footsteps

 

Eruera Morgan talked to Rawiri Wright about the government’s decision to require schools to teach New Zealand history from 2022.

Here is the original interview (on ‘Manako’, 17^th September, 2019)

 

Here is my spoken summary of the interview:

 

I tēnei uiuinga, ka kōrero tahi a Rāwiri Wright rāua ko Eruera Mōrgan mō te whakataunga hōu a te kāwanatanga kia whakaturetia te whakaako i te hītori o Aotearoa i roto i ngā kura o te motu (ka tīmata hei te tau 2022). Ko Rawiri te tumuaki kairiwhi i tētahi kura kaupapa i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, otirā mai rāno e whakaako ana ia i ngā kura kaupapa o te motu.

E ai ki a Rāwiri, he pai te whakaaro – kua akona mai rāno ēnei āhuatanga i ngā kura kaupapa o te motu – otirā, ko te mea nui, ko wai kē e whakaako ana i te hītori, ā nā wai i tuhi te hītori. Ki a ia, me tuhi ngā hītori e hāngai ana ki ngā tironga o tēnā iwi, o tēnā iwi – kia rangona ai ngā kōrero Māori. Kāore i te pai kia tuhia ngā korero o neherā e ngā kaituhi Pākehā anake. Ko tāna ki ngā tāngata Māori i mōhiotia e ia, mēnā e ngākaunui ana rātou ki tētahi āhuatanga o te hītori, me huri rātou ki te tuhi kōrero, ki te hanga rauemi hoki mō tērā āhuatanga. Ki a ia, i mōhiotia e tēnā iwi e tēnā iwi ngā tāmitanga me ngā pēhitanga a Ngāi Pākehā i ngā iwi Māori, otirā, kāore i tino mōhiotia e te motu whānui. Nā tēnei momo tuku kōrero, ka mōhio whanuitia ngā kōrero tika e pā ana ki te ao Māori.

Ngā kupu

whakataunga                     decision

hītori                                     history

mai rāno                              for a long time now

ngā kōrero o neherā       history (stories of what has happened in the past)

tumuaki kairiwhi               relief principal

hanga rauemi                    create resources

tāmitanga                            oppression, suppression

pēhitanga                            oppression, suppression

Kia ora koutou. This interview with Kelvin Davis was on Manako on 19/8/19. Here is the link to the outline of the new strategy (Hōkai Rangi).

Click to access Hokai_Rangi__Ara_Poutama_Aotearoa_Strategy.pdf

Here is the link to the original interview:

 

And here is the spoken version of my summary:

 

I tēnei uiuinga, ka kōrero a Tumamao Harawira ki a Kelvin Davis (ko Kelvin te minita mō ngā take whakaherehere). Ko te kaupapa o te uinguinga, ko tētahi rautaki hou mō ngā whare herehere, ko ‘Hōkai Rangi’ te ingoa.

E ai ki a Kelvin, ko te tino pūtake o te rautaki hou, kāore i te whai angitū ngā rautaki i whaia e Te Ara Poutama (the Corrections Department) i ngā tau kua hipa, nō reira, ko tāna ki a rātou, me kimi huarahi kē kia āta whakaarotia ngā āhuatanga Māori mō ngā tāngata Māori i mauheretia. Ko tā Kelvin whakaaro, ko te tino ngako o tēnei rautaki, ko te puāwai i ngā āhuatanga Māori i ngā whare herehere, me te aha, ko te tautoko i ngā whānau o rātou i mauheretia, kia pai ake ai te hikoi a ngā tāngata ka puta atu i ngā whare herehere.

Ko tā Tumamao pātai, he nui ngā raru i utaina ki runga i te nuinga o ngā mauhere i mua i ā rātou huri ki te ara kino, i te wā e tamariki ana rātou.  Nō reira, ki a ia, he pai ake mēna ka whakapai ai ngā raru i runga i te pari, me kaua e tatari te waka tiaki tūroro i te take o te pari. Otirā, ki a Kelvin, kāore e taea e Te Ara Poutama te whakatika i ērā hara. I tukuna ngā mauhere e ngā kōti, e ngā pirihimana hoki, nō reira, me mahi Te Ara Poutama i ā ratou ake mahi mō te painga o ngāi Māori i mauheretia. Ko te mea nui ki a ia, mēnā ka tae tētahi tangata Māori ki te whare herehere, ka tautokona tērā i roto i tōna ao Māori. Ki a ia, he iti noa iho ngā āhuatanga Māori i ngā whare herehere – i ētahi wā, he poto noa iho ngā kōhi Māori, ā, nāwai rā, ka huri anō te tangata ki ngā āhuatanga o te ao Pākehā.

E ai ki a Kelvin, ehara tērā i te mea māmā noa iho, otirā, me mahi tahi ngāi Māori me te Ara Poutama kia whai hua tēnei rautaki hou.

Vocab

Ara Poutama Aotearoa                               Corrections Department

ngā take whakaherehere                           issues related to the prison system

rautaki                                                           strategy

pūtake                                                            cause, source

whai angitu                                                   achieve success

te tino ngako                                                 the main point(s)

puāwai                                                            flourish

te waka tiaki tūroro                                     ambulance

whai hua                                                         bear fruit, be successful

 

 

 

 

Kia ora koutou

In this episode, Dr Hauata Palmer talks about his ongoing struggle to achieve the return of land in Tauranga Moana. The interview podcast begins part-way through, and the specific area is not named.

The original interview (below, from Manako, Radio Waatea, 8th August) should be quite straightforward to follow for intermediate reo Māori learners.

 

Below is my spoken summary of the interview: instead of a vocab list, I will write a translation as a comment.

 

I tēnei uiuinga ka kōrero a Tunuiarangi ki a Hauata Palmer, mō tētahi whenua i tangohia i terā rautau i Tauranga. I tēnei wā, kāore i whakaaetia e te kaunihera i reira kia whakahokia te whenua, ā, nō te pōturi o te whakahoki whenua, kua hohā a Hauata mā.

Tuatahi, ka kōrero a Hauata mō te hītori o te tangohanga o tērā whenua. E ai ki a ia, i tangohia e te Harbour Board i 1923, ā, whai muri i te tukunga ki tēnā, ki tēnā tari o te kāwanatanga, i tae mai te whenua ki ngā ringa o te Kaunihera o Tauranga Moana, ā, ki te Western Bay District Council. E ai ki a Hauata, kua tae mai te wā kia whakahokia te whenua, otirā, e rima, e ono kē ngā tau e whawhai ana ratou kia whakahokia te whenua rā (e rua rau eka te nui). Ko tā Hauata, kua kore te take i tangohia atu, nō reira, e tika ana kia whakahokia mai.

E tārewa tonu te take nei, ahakoa te akiaki a Hauata mā. Ki a Hauata, he āhua rite te take nei ki tērā ki Ihumātao. Kāore ētahi o ngā mema o te kaunihera e rata ana ki te whakahokinga o te whenua; ki a rātou (e ai ki a Hauata), kāore Ngāi Māori i te pai ki te tiaki i te whenua rā. Ka mutu, kua whakatipu pāina ki te whenua, ā, ina kua topea, ka whiwhi moni mō te kaunihera – engari, e ai ki a Hauata, ko te take i tangohia te whenua, hei tiaki i te moana ki reira, kāore hei tipu pāina.

He roa te whawhai, kua hōhā kē a Hauata mā. Ki a ia, ahakoa te kōrero a ētahi mō te katoa ngā ture, nā te Pākehā kē ngā ture i hanga, mō te painga kē o te Pākehā.

English version:

In this interview, Tunuiarangi talks with Dr Hauata Palmer about some land that was taken last century in Tauranga. At this time, the council has not yet agreed to return the land, and Hauata and others concerned are exasperated with the issue.

First, Hauata talks about the history of the taking of the land. According to him, it wads taken by the Harbour Board in 1923, and after being passed around various branches of the government, ended up in the hands of the Tauranga Council, specifically with the Western Bay District Council. According to Hauata, the time has come to return the land, but for five or six years they have been fighting to get the land (about 200 acres) returned. Hauata says that there was no reason to take the land, so it’s right that the land should be returned.

The matter is still undecided, despite the urging of Hauata and others. Hauata says that the situation is similar to Ihumātao. Some members of the council are not keen to return the land. According to the (Hauata says),  Māori will not look after the land properly. Furthermore, pines have been planted on the land, and when they are cut down, the money will go to the council; however, Hauata says that the land was taken to protect the harbour, not to grow pine trees.

It has been a long battle and Hauata is annoyed about it. He says that, although some say the law is for everyone, in fact the law was created by Pākehā for the benefit of Pākehā.

I kōrero a Eruera Lee-Morgan ki a Rihi Tenana e pā ana ki tana whakahaere i te hīkoi ki Paremata mō te kaupapa Oranga Tamariki – 30th July, Manako, Radio Waatea.

Original interview:

 

Spoken summary (script below):

 

Kua mārama te tino whakaae a Eruera ki te tino whakaaro o rātou e porotēhi ana. Ko tāna, ‘Kāore pea he kaupapa i tua mai, i  tua atu i te oranga o ā mātou tamariki… me mutu pea te rāwekeweke  i ā tātou tamariki mokopuna.’ I kōrero ia ki tētahi o ngā kaiwhakahaere o te auporo, ko Rihi Tenana. Ko ia te pūkōrero mō te hunga e porotēhi ana ki ‘te ana o ngā raiona,’ ki te ‘ara poutama’ o te whare paremata.

Tuatahi, ka mihia te hunga rā e Eruera mō ā rātou whakapau kaha ki te hiki tēnei kaupapa. E ai ki a Rihi, ko te ngako o te kaupapa, mā Ngāi Māori ā rātou tamariki e tiaki, ā, me homai ngā rauemi ki a rātou ki te whakapai i ngā raru o ngā whānau Māori. Ahakoa kua whakapau moni te kāwana mō tenei momo mahi, e ai ki a Rihi – “Mō te aha? Mō te kore.” Ki a ia, me noho ngā tamariki i ō rātou whānau, i ō rātou whakapapa, i tō rātou ahurea, kia tū kaha rātou i tō rātou tuakiritanga. Ki a ia,  mehemea ka tino mōhio te tamaiti ko wai ia, ka piki ake te ora.

Ko te pātai a Eruera, me tuku rauemi ki a wai. Ko tā Rihi whakautu, ko te mea nui, ki ngāi Māori – otirā, tuatahi, ki ngā kaimahi o Whānau Ora  – nō te mea, kei te mahi rātou i te taha o ngā whanau, nō reira, me tuku ngā rauemi ki a rātou.

Vocabulary

porotēhi                        protest

rāwekeweke                 meddling, interfering

i tua mai, i tua atu       in this context, more important

pūkōrero                        spokesperson

‘te ana o ngā raiona’     figurative – ‘the lion’s den’

‘te ara poutama’            the ascending staircase – in this case, the steps of parliament

auporo                             usually, a strike – here, protest

whakapau kaha             put in effort

hiki tenei kaupapa         raise this issue

ngako                                in this context, the main point

rauemi                              resources

ahurea                              culture

tuakiritanga                     identity

Kia ora anō. Tīmoti Kāretu spoke with Eruera Morgan last week on Manako about Te Wharehuia Milroy, his old companion in the revival of te reo Māori. The introduction may be hard for learners to follow, but Tīmoti’s words of tribute to his old friend are reasonably straightforward. Here is the original interview:

 

Here is my summary (soundfile and written version):

 

Kia ora anō, e ngā kaipānui, e ngā kaiwhakarongo.

Kei te mōhio te katoa o te āo Māori i mate a Te Wharehuia Milroy i tērā wiki. I tēnei uiuinga, ka kōrero a Eruera Morgan ki a Tīmoti Kāretu mōna.

Whai muri i te kupu maimai aroha a Eruera, ka whakaputa a Tīmoti i ōna whakaaro mō tōna hoa kua riro atu ki te pō. Tuatahi, e ai ki a Tīmoti, ahakoa te tangi o te ngākau, kua tau kē te mauri o ōna hoa, nā te mea, kua mutu te mamae ki a ia i tōna māuiuitanga roa.

I pātai a Eruera mō tētahi tino āhuatanga i ū ki tō Tīmoti ngākau mō Wharehuia, ā, ka kōrero a Tīmoti mō te ngākau whakaiti o tōna hoa.  Ki a ia, “he ngākau āwhina, he ngākau tautoko, he ngākau whakahau” ōna ki a rātou e kaingākau ana ki te reo Māori, ki ngā tikanga Māori hoki. I huri a Tīmoti ki tā Pānia Papa kōrero: “Ko Wharehuia te kāmura o te whare o te whakaiti.” E rima tekau kē ngā tau i mahi tahi a Tīmoti rāua ko Wharehuia, i te Whāre Wānanga o Waikato, i te Taura Whiri, i te poari matua o te Kōhanga Reo, ā, i te Panekiretanga hoki. Ahakoa te whiu o ngā kupu tēnā ki tēnā, ka nui hoki te tautoko a tēnā ki tēnā i ngā tau kua hipa.

Otirā, e ai ki a Tīmoti, ahakoa te tangi o te ngākau, he waimarie te ao Māori i te reanga hōu e kōrero ana i te reo Māori, e ū ana ki ngā tikanga Māori, e kawe ana i te reo Māori ki ngā reanga e heke mai nei. Ki a ia, ahakoa te mate tētēkura, ka ara tētēkura, ā, ka mihia e ia te reanga o Eruera mā. E ai ki a ia,  i tō ratou reanga kua whakatinanatia ngā wawata o Wharehuia, ā, ko rātou ngā hua o ā Wharehuia mahi.

Vocabulary

kaipānui                   reader

kaiwhakarongo       listener

uiuinga                      interview

ngākau whakaiti     humility

whakahau                 encourage(ment)

kāmura                      builder, carpenter

e ū ana ki                   staying faithful to, sticking with

reanga                        generation

e heke mai nei          in the future, in days to come

ka mate tētēkura, ka ara tētēkura    one leader dies, another arises

whakatinana(tia)     to embody, to be embodied

wawata                     hopes, wishes

 

 

 

 

Kia ora koutou!

This post and podcast are based on Te Waihoroi Shortland’s tribute to the actor Anzac Wallace, who died of cancer recently. The broadcast is an excellent example of such a maimai aroha, or farewell tribute. Some are much more formal; this is less so, but maintains a respectful and somewhat elevated tone, while maintaining elements of a more formal farewell tribute.

Here is the original interview, broadcast on 9th April, 2019.

Here is my summary:

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Tēnā koutou. He mihi nui ki a koutou e whakarongo ana.

I tēnei pūrongo, ka tuku maimai aroha a Te Waihoroi Shortland mō Anzac Wallace, tētahi kaiwhakaari rongonui i ngā tau kua hipa, i ngā kiriata ko Utu, ko Mauri, ko Rapa Nui, me ētahi atu. E ai ki a Te Waihoroi, ahakoa i tae a Anzac “ki te hōhonutanga o te raru” (nā te mea i mauheretia ia i Pāremoremo mō ngā hara nui), i puta ake a ia ki ngā taumata o te mahi whakaari. I kōrero hoki a Te Waihoroi mō tētahi atu āhuatanga o Anzac; he kaimahi ia mō te uniana, ā, e ai ki a Te Waihoroi, “i tū ki te mura o te ahi mō ngā tika o te kaimahi.”

Ehara i te mea ko te mahi whakaari te tino whāinga a Anzac. E kāo – i tūpono noa iho, nā te mea, i kitea a Anzac e tētahi hanga kiriata; ki ōna whakaaro, he pai a Anzac mō tēnei momo mahi. Otirā, ki a Te Waihoroi, ko te mea nui, ko Anzac te tauira o te momo tangata ka piki ki runga i ngā whakamātautau, kia whai angitū ā tōna wā. Ahakoa te kino kē o tana tīmatatanga, he maha ngā mea i oti i a ia. Otirā, ki a Te Waihoroi, mehemea i tino whai wāhi a Zac i ngā mātauranga Māori, “he aha rā ngā mea e kore e oti i a ia?”

I te mutunga o te uiuinga, ka mihia a Te Waihoroi e Eruera i tana ‘reo mōteatea, reo poroporoaki, reo whakairo i te āhuatanga o te ao i nohoia e Zac.”

Vocabulary

kaiwhakaari                       actor

ngā tau kua hipa                past years

mauhere(tia)                       imprisoned

uniana                                  union (trade union)

ngā whakamātautau          testing, trials

whāinga                                aim, intention

te mura o te ahi                   the heat of battle (idiom)

whai angitū                          achieve success

te mura o te ahi                   the heat of battle

ngā tika o te kaimahi          the rights of the workers

tūpono                                    happen

ngā mea i oti i a ia                the things he achieved

whai wāhi                               take part in

reo mōteatea                          expression of grief

reo poroporoaki                    bidding (someone) farewell

reo whakairo i…                    poetic way to say ‘speaking in a way that enhances the topic’