Wellington City Council, NZ continues revival of Māori language use with Mahau mobile app

Wellington City Council, NZ Māori Language Mahau Mobile App

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Mahau is a free interactive tool for residents and visitors interested in the Māori language. Users learn vowel sounds and basic questions in dialects local to Wellington. The app also explains how to structure Maori introductions (pepeha), non-Maori greetings (mihimihi), and prayers (karakia). An interactive map provides audio and text descriptions of Māori place names in the region. Wellington worked with local iwi (tribes) during the app's development.

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We want Wellington to be a te reo Māori city. Te reo Māori is a taonga we need to protect, nurture, and grow.

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Taranaki Whānui, Ngāti Toa and Wellington City Council are excited to launch Mahau, a new Māori language app to celebrate, encourage and share te reo Māori in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

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