Ka hokona e au he tōkena mahana hou i te ata nei. Ko te wā makariri, wā hōtoke e whakatatatata mai ana ki a mātou kei te tuakoi tonga o te ao. kua pau kē te toenga o te waina raumati. Ka huri pea au ki ngā inu wera ki ngā kai o te wā nei. Haere rā e te raumati, nau mai i te ngahuru. Ka huri te wīra.

figure showing how well different groups can distinguish between Māori words and Māori-like non-words. Local adults are best, followed by migrants to NZ and expats, and local adolescents show the least discrimination.

Lots of my lovely tweeps (of old) helped out by participating in this experiment.
Turns out y'all have a lovely big te reo Māori proto-lexicon, and your implicit knowledge of Māori words looks to be stronger than NZ teenagers. Thank you so much for your help!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Kia tika rawa ngā rerenga “Me hīkoi tētahi ….”

tukua mai te rārangi kupu Māori.

Kotahi hāora i noho ai ahau ki te pānuitanga i tā Peter J. Keegan pukapuka, kotahi anō hāora te noho tahi me Apirana Ngata i tenei ahiahi. Me te mea nei ka kā tōku hinengaro. 🔥🔥🔥 #kiakahatereomāori

Kia ora Bsky whānau. Security issues resolved as far as they can be so I'm allowed back on socials, and stoked to announce that I'll be joining the BHN boys with my own podcast coming soon! Stay tuned! 🎙️

www.downtoearth.kiwi Closing down, why?

State lets itself off the hook over public servants implicated in cover-up The largest Royal Commission of Inquiry found the state created a regime of denial and cover-up to protect itself. Now, no-one will be held liable.

State lets itself off the hook over public servants implicated in cover-up newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/22/s...

Kei te wā o te ngāhuru tātou, engari he mahana tonu ngā rangi i Tāmaki Makaurau nei. Ko au anō tētahi e tūmanako ana kia pēnei anō, tae atu ki te aranga.

I'll be back in Tāmaki Makaurau the last week of April, and I'm looking forward to talking about "Mele On The Mauna" at University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau as part of their Pacific Studies Seminar Series. Aku mihi nui ki a Emalani Case for coordinating it!

Kei Muriwai māua i te ata nei, kāore i a au ōku kākahu kauhoe. He wāhi pai, engari he haunga pea nō te tiko o ngā kāhui manu, arā te tākapu. Me hoki au ki te mahi- whakanuia te raumati!

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My first Substack post is up. If you are interested in the languages of Polynesia, specifically Eastern Polynesian languages (for now), please feel free to read and subscribe.

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Kia ora Linda, I am also in writing mode. Re music, perhaps my iramutu Rākai Whauwhau, he is on the major channels. Ngā mihi nui.

Kei te roto o Wainamu māua i te ata nei, tata ki Bethels, Tāmaki makaurau. I te kauhoe ētahi, i te hīkoi noa ētahi atu. He pōuri nō te katinga o ngā ara i te taha o te roto. Heoi anō he hua tonu tō māua taenga ki reira.

ko ia rā te mene!

Kei te tihi o Kakepuku māua ko taku wahine. Ko te pae maunga Pirongia i muri iho i au. Ka hekeheke iho te werawera, me whakapakari tonu e māua te tinana mō ēneki momo pikipikinga, ēneki momo kakekakenga -

I Anawhata māua i te ata nei, tata rawa ki Piha, kei te taha raro. Me hīkoi i tētahi ara tāhekeheke ki te oneone. Tokoiti ngā tāngata ka taetae rawa atu ki tēnei wāhi mīharo, whakaurua ki tō ake rārangi pakete! mō te tau nei. #te reo Māori

ngā mihi nui, ki te kite koe i ētahi hē, me tere te whakamōhio mai.

I Whatipu mātou nōnanahi, he tahatai i te uru o Tāmaki Makaurau, he wāhi tino pai ki a au, kāore au i kauhoe, i hī ika rānei. He nui ngā ara hīkoi ngahere i konei. E aha ana koe i te raumati? #te reo Māori

E toru aku whakatutukitanga nui i te tau 2025, maorilanguage.info/puka-inia/, huia.co.nz/products/te-..., ā, kua whaka-ahonuku-ngia ai au e taku whare wānanga.