Flora and fauna
- kākā
- kākāpō
- kākāriki
- kārearea
- kēreru (kūkupa or kūkū)
- kōtare
- mānuka
- mataī
- pīwakawaka; fantail; also tīrairaka
- pukēko
- pūtakitaki / pūtangitangi
- rātā
- tōtara
- tūī
- wētā
Te reo Māori words commonly used in New Zealand English
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- hīkoi tramp
- tangata hīkoi tramper
- hui meeting
- kai food
- kōrero talk
- mahi work
- whānau family
- land
- forest
- mountain
See also
- 2000 Māori place names (NZ History)
- Find Māori place names, dual names and alternative names (LINZ)
- Place names (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori)
- Index of Māori place names (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato)
Inclusive te reo Māori (digital.govt.nz)
- Te Aro pa and Matairangi Māori Sites of Te Whanganui a Tara (wcl.govt.nz)
- Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social Media terms
- Website layout styles
- Tararua Tramper Contributor Guidelines
Te reo Māori place 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.
Follow the LINZ Gazeteer.
- Aoraki (Mt Cook)
- Aotearoa (New Zealand)
- Awa Kairangi, Te (Hutt Valley)
- Hāwea Conservation Park/Flat/Island/Lake/River
- Hāwera
- Ika a Maui, Te (North Island)
- Kāpiti
- Kaweka
- Mākara Beach/Hill/Locality/River/Stream
- Mākaro (Ward Island)
- Manawatū
- Mātakitaki-a-Kupe (Cape Palliser)
- Matiu (Somes Island)
- Ngāuruhoe
- Ōhāriu
- Ōhau Locality/Bay/Gorge/Hill/Point/River/Stream
- Ōkārito
- Ōnoke, Lake
- Ōrongorongo Hill/River
- Ōtaki Town/Beach/Forks/River
- Ōtari
- Ōwhiro Bay/Stream
- Paekākāriki Town/Hill
- Papakōwhai
- Pāuatahanui
- Pukeahurangi/Jumbo
- Pukeamoamo/Mitre
- Rakiura (Stewart Island)
- Rangituhi/Colonial Knob
- Rekohu (Chatham Island)
- Remutaka Hill/Range/Stream/Forest Park
- Taitā
- Taitoko (Levin)
- Tangi te Keo (Mt Victoria)
- Taranaki Mounga (Mt Egmont)
- Tarikākā (Mt Kaukau)
- Taupō Bay/Creek/Hill/Point/Stream/Swamp
- Tauwharenīkau (Hill/River/Locality)
- Te Papa-i-Oea (Palmerston North)
- Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga)
- Tītahi Bay
- Tititea (Mt Aspiring)
- Tōtara Bush/Creek/Flats/Lagoon
- Tōtaranui
- Tuhirangi (Mt Barton)
- Tūrangi
- Tūrere Stream
- Tūroa
- Upoko o Te Ika a Maui, Te (Wellington Region)
- Waipounamu, Te (South Island)
- Waihōpai
- Waitārere
- Wānaka Lake
- Whakatikei (Upper Hutt)
- Whanganui-a-Tara, Te (Wellington)