Māori Words used in New Zealand English

New Zealand – literally – Long white cloud

love

traditional feast prepared in earth oven

war dance with actions

walk

gathering, meeting

tribe

food

prayer

large native conifer

native parrot

Hello, greetings

native flightless bird

language nest, Māori Immersion pre-school (0 – 4 years)

work or activity

shark

prestige, reputation

Indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand, the language of the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand

Extinct large flightless bird

traditional Māori hill fort

New Zealander of non-Maori descent, usually European

greenstone

stomach

treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious

The Māori language

reptiles endemic to New Zealand and which, although resembling most lizards, are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia

canoe, vehicle

family