"Equips your whanau with the first words you need to speak te reo at home together. With lively pictures labelled in Māori and English, each page introduces the concepts and words children use as they first begin to talk, get to know people and explore the world around them ... Scenes include: Taku Tinana/My Body, Taku Whanau/My Family, Taku Whare/My House, Wahi Takaro/At the Park, Tatahi/At the Beach, Te Marae/The Marae - and much more!"--Publisher information.

This book traces Māori engagement with handwriting from 1769 to 1826. Through beautifully reproduced written documents, it describes the first encounters Māori had with paper and writing and the first relationships between Māori and Europeans in the earliest school. The earliest Māori–Pākehā engagements were vividly recorded by both Māori and Pākehā in drawings and writing in the early 1800's. These beautiful archival images tell stories about how Māori encountered pen and paper, which gives us a new and exciting perspective on the past. Words Between Us – He Kōrero is a controversial and enlightening book that will stimulate fresh thinking about those first conversations between Māori and Pākehā.

This lively and colourful book is a welcome and friendly introduction to a fascinating language. Designed to appeal to a wide age range, this book contains bright and amusing pictures and provides a wealth of vocabulary-building opportunities for learners of Maori. Common scenes such as In the Park, In the Classroom, On the Marae, At the Construction Site, plus more extend the reader's use of common Maori words. Extra lists of numbers, colours, shapes and parts of the body are found at the end of the book.

Tired of boring and drab Maori language learning books? THIS book is bursting with vivid, entertaining illustrations by Stephen Cartwright that will attract even beginner adult learners. The book includes verbs, adjectives, opposites, numbers, colours, shapes, and many, many other vocabulary themes. A complete bilingual index of the vocabulary, with a pronunciation guide, is included in the last pages. 'Learn Maori with Huia' is an on-going series of books and resources to inspire and help anyone who is interested in learning Maori. You can go to the Huia website www.huia.co.nz and connect to a link where you can listen to a native Maori speaker to learn how to pronounce every Maori word correctly. You can also download picture puzzles and games for free.

Pictures and text present Maori vocabulary for objects found in a variety of everyday situations, together with their English equivalents. Each double page spread covers a different theme, for example the kitchen, the park, the zoo, the building site, the beach and the marae. Suggested level: junior, primary.

A Maori Word a Day offers an easy, instant and motivating entry into the Maori language. Through its 365 Maori words, you will learn the following: - English translations - Word category, notes and background information - Sample sentences, in both te reo Maori and English Exploring the most common, modern and colloquial words in Maori today, A Maori Word a Day is the perfect way to kickstart your te reo!

"Flashcards are a great way to have fun with tamariki on their language journey. Designed by Māori language champion Stacey Morrison, with adorable pictures by Ali Teo and John O'Reilly, this pack includes: 50 picture cards, with the Maori word on one side and the English on the other; te reo phrases to ask and answer while using flashcards; Stacey's tips and ideas for different activities and games with the cards..."--Back of container.