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Usage of te reo Māori at the TTC

Flora and fauna

kākā
kākāpō
kākāriki
kārearea
kēreru (kūkupa or kūkū)
kōtare
mānuka
mataī
pīwakawaka; fantail; also tīrairaka
pukēko
pūtakitaki / pūtangitangi; Paradise shelduck
rātā
tōtara
tūī
wētā

Te reo Māori words commonly used in New Zealand English

Horanuku

awa	river
horanuku	landscape
moana	sea, ocean, large lake
manga	branch (of a river or tree), creek, watercourse, ditch, drain
maunga	mountain
motu	island; country, land, nation
ngahere	forest
puna	water spring, well, pool
puke	hill
repo	swamp, bog, marsh
roto	lake; wetlands, swamp
tātahi	beach, seaside, riverside
tihi	summit, top, peak
whanga	bay, cove, bight, estuary
whenua	land; country, land, nation, state

Huarere

āwhā	gale, storm, heavy rain, torrential rain
hau	wind, breeze, breath
huarere	weather
huka	snow, also hail and frost
hukarere	to snow, snow
kapua	cloud, bank of clouds
kohu	fog, mist, haze, smog
mākū	wet, moist, damp, soggy
maroke	dry
paki	fine, without rain, dry, fair weather
tio	ice, freezing cold
ua	rain
uira	lightning
whaitiri	thunder

Ērā atu kupu

ara	way, path, lane, track, course, route
heke	descend, get off, dismount, disembark; fall, drip
hīkoi	tramp
tangata hīkoi	tramper
hui	meeting, gathering
inu	beverage, to drink
kai	food, to eat
kōrero	talk
mahi	work
piki	climb, scale, ascend, climb over, get on
retireti hukarere	skiing
wai	water, liquid, juice
whānau	family
whiti	cross over (a river, bridge, etc.), reach the opposite side

Te reo Māori ingoa wāhi names

The New Zealand Gazetteer lists Māori and all official place names of New Zealand. You can identify Māori place names with macrons by downloading a .csv file from the Gazetteer.

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Takiwā

Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui	Wellington
Aotearoa	New Zealand
Murihiku	Southland
Muriwhenua	far North, i.e. north of Kaitaia
Rakiura	Stewart Island
Rekohu	Chatham Islands
Te Hiku o te Ika	Northland
Te Ika-a-Māui	North Island
Te Matau‑a‑Māui	Hawke’s Bay
Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi	Bay of Plenty
Te Tai Hauāuru	West Coast
Te Tai o Aorere	Tasman
Te Tai o Marokura	Kaikoura Coast
Te Tai o Poutini	West Coast, Te Waipounamu
Te Tai Poutini	West Coast
Te Tai Rāwhiti	East Coast, Te Ika-a-Māui
Te Tai Tokerau	Northland
Te Tai Tonga	Southern Region
Te Tauihu o te Waka a Māui	Marlborough
Te Waipounamu	South Island
Waitaha	Canterbury

Te Ika-a-Māui

Te Upoko o te Ika

Awa Kairangi, Te	(Hutt Valley)
Kāpiti	Locality
Mākara	Beach / Hill / Locality / River / Stream
Mākaro	(Ward Island)
Mātakitaki-a-Kupe	(Cape Palliser)
Matiu	(Somes Island)
Māwaihākona	(Trentham)
Ngā Puna Waiora	(Newtown)
Ōhāriu	Locality
Ōhau	Locality / Bay / Gorge / Hill / Point / River / Stream
Ōkiwi	(Eastbourne)
Ōnoke	Lake
Ōpau	Bay
Ōrongorongo	Hill / River
Ōrua-pouanui	(Baring Head)
Ōtaki	Town / Beach / Forks / River
Ōtari	Locality
Ōwhiro	Bay / Stream
Paekākāriki	Town / Hill
Papakōwhai	Locality
Pari-ā-Rua	(Porirua)
Pariwhero	(Red Rocks)
Pāuatahanui	Locality
Pukeahurangi	(Jumbo)
Pukeamoamo	(Mitre)
Rangituhi	(Colonial Knob)
Remutaka	Hill / Range / Stream / Forest Park
Rimurapa	(Sinclair Head)
Taitā	Locality
Taitoko	(Levin)
Tangi te Keo	(Mt Victoria)
Tarikākā	(Mt Kaukau)
Turanga-rere	(Brooklyn)
Taupō	Bay / Creek / Hill / Point / Stream / Swamp
Tauwharenīkau	Hill / River / Locality
Te Papa-i-Oea	(Palmerston North)
Te Whakatūrākau	Stream (Atiwhakatu)
Te Whanganui-a-Tara	(Wellington)
Tītahi Bay	Locality
Tōtara	Bush / Creek / Flats / Lagoon
Tuhirangi	(Mt Barton)
Tūrere	Stream
Waitārere	Locality
Whakatīkei	River (Upper Hutt)
Whiorau	(Lowry Bay)

Te toenga o te Ika

Ahukawakawa	(Sphagnum Moss Swamp, Taranaki)
Hangatāhua River	(Stony River)
Kaweka	Forest Park
Kōkōwai Stream	(Oakura River, Taranaki)
Manawatū
Ngāuruhoe
Panitahi	(Fanthams Peak)
Pouākai	(range, hill, track, hut)
Pūtauaki	(Mount Edgecumbe)
Tāmaki Makaurau	(Auckland)
Taranaki Mounga
Te Ikapārua River	(Warea River, Taranaki)
Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki	(National Park)
Te Rere-o-Kāpuni	(Dawson Falls)
Te Rere-o-Tahurangi	(Bells Falls)
Te Rerenga Wairua	(Cape Rēinga)
Te Tāhuna-o-Tūtawa	(Warwick Castle, Taranaki Mounga)
Te Tara o te Ika a Maui	(Coromandel)
Te Umu-o-Taomanawa	(The Dome, Taranaki Mounga)
Tūranga‑nui‑a‑Kiwa	(Gisborne)
Tūrangi
Tūroa
Uawa	(Tolaga Bay)

Te Waipounamu

Aoraki	(Mt Cook)
Hāwea	Conservation Park / Flat / Island / Lake / River
Hāwera	Lake / River
Ka Papa toitoi	(Treble Cone)
Kā Tiritiri o te Moana	(Southern Alps)
Kawatiri	(Westport, Buller River)
Maniniaro	(Angelus Peak, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Motu-pōhue	(Bluff)
Māwhera	(Greymouth))
Ōkārito
Ōrau	(Cardrona)
Ōtautahi	(Christchurch)
Ōtepoti	(Dunedin)
Pāhāraki	(Coronet Peak)
Poukirikiri	(Travers Saddle, Nelson Lakes National Park}
Pōurangahau	(Mt Robert, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Rotomairewhenua	(Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Rotomaninitua	(Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Rotopōhueroa	(Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Te Aruhe Pora	Two Thumbs Range
Te Horowai	(Speargrass, Nelson Lakes National Park)
Te One-Tahua	(Farewell spit)
Tititea	(Mt Aspiring)
Tāhuna	(Queenstown)
Tōtaranui
Waiharakeke, Te	(Blenheim)
Waihōpai	(Invercargill)
Waitāwhiri	(Wilverforce River)
Whakatū	(Nelson)
Wānaka	Lake

Te Moana ki te Tonga

Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki	Southern Ocean
Maungahuka	Auckland Island, Auckland Islands
Moutere Ihupuku	Campbell Island
Tiri o Te Moana Te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga	Antarctica

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