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Mahau taupānga mō te reo Māori
Mahau reo Māori app

He taupānga ngāwari, kore utu, pāhekoheko hoki, a Mahau, hei āwhina i ngā kainoho me ngā manuwhiri kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki te para i tō rātou ara ako i te reo Māori.

Mahau is a free, simple, interactive app to help residents and visitors to Wellington to get started on their reo Māori journey.

E tautoko ana a Mahau i ngā ihupuku ki te ako i te reo o ia rā. E aro pū ana hoki ki ngā ingoa o ngā wāhi me ngā wāhi haere ki roto i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, me te āwhina i te tangata ki te waihanga i hā rātou pepeha, mihimihi hoki.

I waihangatia ai a Mahau i te taha o Ngāti Toa Rangatira me Taranaki Whānui, otinoa he wāhanga e tiro ana ki ngā mita me hētehi korero e pā ana ki te iwi.

I te mānutanga o Mahau, i kohana ngā tupu mai i te kōhanga tupu o Berhampore, hei tohu i te tupu matomato o te reo ki Pōneke. Ko tētehi o ngā whāinga matua o te kaunihera o Te Whanganui a Tara kia reo rua te tāone hei te tau 2040.

Tikiake i a Mahau mai i Google Play me iTunes.


Mahau helps beginners with te reo words and pronunciation of everyday phrases and sentences. It also focuses on Wellington destinations and place names, and provides a function to help the user build their pepeha and mihimihi.

We developed Mahau alongside Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Taranaki Whānui, and it includes sections of the dialects, and introductory information about the iwi.

At the launch of Mahau, guests were given seedlings from Berhampore Nursery as a symbol of the growth and flourishing we look forward to, for te reo in Pōneke. Wellington City Council has a goal for Wellington to be a bilingual capital city by 2040.

Download Mahau from Google Play and iTunes.

See below some photos from the launch of Mahau.