Māori

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Books and Periodicals Audio and Video Computer Resources Useful External Links

Here find some examples of multimedia resources available at the LLC for independent learning:

Books and Periodicals

• Monolingual / bilingual dictionaries including the Dictionary of Modern Māori, He Pātaka Kupu, and Tirohia Kimihia, plus reference books: He Kohinga Kiwaha (idioms), Te Matatiki (contemporary words), Ngā Pēpeha a nga Tipuna (proverbs) ...
• Books on grammar: Māori Language Understanding the Grammar (Revised Edition), A Māori Reference Grammar ...
• Legends like Te Huihui o Matariki and Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and also readers (some with audio)....
• Cook Island Maori Dictionary and the course book Kai Kōrero (with audio)
  
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Audio and Video

• Study with multimedia courses Te Kākano (beginner), Te Pihinga and Te Māhuri (intermediate), and Te Kōhure (advanced), Te Reo Taketake: Ko te Pū, CultureFlow 1 and 2, Reo Māori o Nāianei 1 and 2, and Te Rangitahi...
• Immerse yourself in Māori music, culture, and history: Songs of a Kaumātua, Whaikoorero Ceremonial Farewells to the Dead, and the volumes of Ngā Mōteatea, plus Māori stories and legends, and the Koro Dewes Collection of oral histories and waiata from Ngāti Porou...
• Enjoy live Māori TV broadcasts, or ask for programmes on DVD
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Computer Resources

• LLC computer software for Maori
• Develop your language with the CD-Rom courses CultureFlow Stage 1 and CultureFlow Stage 2
  
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• Practise Māori online
  includes language links with interactive exercises, eg. for grammar, pronunciation, listening, vocabulary, and writing
• Current issues
  for online radio and television news in Māori
• Reference
  Māori dictionaries, a translation site, and an encyclopedia
• Search the Web in Māori