Wetewete reo

Hei + Hangu 

Mēnā he hei tērā - kati te whiore o te kupu hangu.

Tauira 

Tuatahi 

Te he – Koinei hei wānagahia mā tatou i te rā nei. 

Te tika – Koinei hei wānanga ma tātou i te rā nei

Tuarua

Me hoko kai hei whāngaiahia ngā manuhiri

Me hoko kai hei whāngai i ngā manuhiri

Tuatoru

Pānui a-wāhatia tēnei tuhinga hei whakarongohia mā te marea 

Pānui a-wāhatia tēnei tuhinga hei whakarongo mā te marea

Kupu hou

Koinei - this is

Marea - many public synonym for tini tinitini

Whakaharatau - practice rehearse Pūhaehae - jealous

He wahi o tetahi karakia e tuhi ahau

Ki te haere waka tatou ki te wai o hawaiki hou, mēnā he māeneene te moana ka tere ta tātou hoe.

Mēna he ngarungaru o te moana nui ka whawhai tonu tātou ka u tonu tatou

ka oranga tonu tatou

ko te moana te aroha

Mahi o te wiki

 Whainga o te wiki 

Whakamaori te mōteatea - at the corner of the world Tu Fu

Translate the poem

Karakia - Puritia 

Whakatauki - Mā ngā huruhuru ka rere te manu 

Karakia Hou

Uhia nei Te manawa oho Te manawa tū Te manawa tina o te reo hihiri ki roto tēnā ki tēnā o tātou o takatū i te ara nei ki tona tiketike e koia

Cherished here, the awakening heart, the standing heart, the true heart of the vibrant/energetic language, within each one of us, standing tall on this path to its highest point, indeed

Mahi kainga o te ataarangi

Ngā tohutohu ki te tahu kotahi ahi mahana

Rauemi 

Nā te mea timatanga 

Toutou

• Rau māroke o te kōuka 

• Rau māroke o ngā harakeke

• Tarakihi māroke

• Ēnei kiri māroke  o te rakau tōtara

Rākau iti

Rākau nui 

Ngā mahiNā te mea tuatahi, kōhikohi ēnei konenehu

Ki te mahi konenehu i te harakeke

Ka tikina ngā rau tawhito

Ka warua ngā rua me te māripi

Ka whakakorokoro ngā miro ki te ahua o te kōhanga

Ka whakaputa ngā toutou ki te papa o tō ahi kōhanga

Katahi ka whakaputa te rākau iti ki runga  

Katahi ka whakapāngia te konenehu ki te mati

Whakamāoritanga tetahi poem of the T'ang dynasty - Li ho

I have had some fun translating a Poem that was already translated into English into Te Reo Māori. 
The book was a gift from a dear friend.

Te pukapuka 

Poems of the late T'ang

Translated and with an introduction from A.C Graham 

Reo Māori is a language that suits the practical and the poetic. 

E ako ana tonu au i te reo Māori

Kupu hou 

Hauhunga - ice

Whakaeke - crash 

tiaho - glow

matotoru - thick

hiriwa - silver

Ko te Kauhau o te wakata roa

Ngā Kupu Hou 

Pakeke - adult

Nohinohi - young

Patupaiarehe - fairy people 

Toii - mountain te kōuka 

Karakia ki te taonga

Te karakia 

Whakairiiri, Whakairiiri

Whakairiiri tẽnei taonga ohooho 

Tenei taonga puipuiaki 

Tẽnei taonga tuku iho, 

Nã Ranginui e tū ake ana 

Nā Papatūānuku e takoto tonu ne Whakakiikii! Whakakiikii! Kua tau.

Ingarihi

Bless, bless

Bless this treasure of great value

This treasure precious treasure

This treasure handed down.

From Ranginui ever standing

From Papatuanuku still lying here

Let it be said, let it be said.

It has been settled.

This is a karakia to bless a taonga or some thing from the natural world. 

I have learnt some more about Pounamu so have added this below.

Ka tuhi au ki raro enei matau mō te kaupapa nei. 

Ngā Korero Poto

• Te Wai pounamu  sometimes also know as Te Wāhi Pounamu the place of green stone 
•  Ahakoa he iti he pounamu - Although it is small it is precious
• The main iwi associated with pounamu (greenstone) were Ngāi Tahu, particularly Poutini Ngāi Tahu on Te Tai Poutini (the West Coast of the South Island).
• Today, the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has legal ownership of all naturally occurring pounamu in the Ngāi Tahu takiwā (tribal area)

He tinana

I te ako na ngā kupu o te tīnana

Kei te kohi ngā kupu ki roto ki te picture dictionary. E mahi ana ahau te āhua ki runga. 

Some rerenga

Ki tonu toku puku i te kai.

My stomach was absolutely full.

I ahatia tō raparapa?

What happened to your ankle?

Kua Tūpoto i kakati ngā waeroa.

Watch out the mosquitoes bite.

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