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Geography Vocabulary in Maori
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➡ In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to Geography in the Māori language, spoken in New Zealand.

Happy learning!

Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: Animals, Days of the week, Sport & Food.

takotoranga papa - geography[edit | edit source]

Māori English
haki flag
whenua country
mahere whenua map
tāone matua [UK] capital city
tāone nui town, city
iwi tribe
reo

reo tupu

language

native tongue

Ahiterēiria Australia
Aotearoa New Zealand
Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland
tauiwi non Māori
Pākehā [EU] European
Wīwī [FR] French

ngā hau e whā - directions[edit | edit source]

Māori English
Raki North
Tonga South
Rāwhiti East
Uru West
kāpehu [UK] compass

wāhi - place[edit | edit source]

Māori English
runga up, above, on
raro down, below, under
roto in, into
kai, kei, i at
matau

te taha matau

right

on the right

mauī

te taha mauī

left

on the left

mua in front of
muri behind
waenganui between
tata near
mamao far
konei, anei here
reira there
tēnei this
ēnei these
tēnā that
ēnā those

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