How to Say Good Morning in Maori Language

New Zealand, where English is widely spoken, also utilizes Maori - one of the official languages and representative of a distinct Maori culture - widely. A greeting in Maori would be: 'Ata marie or Morena'.

Help students remember the distinctions between short and long vowel sounds in Maori by showing He Korero whakamarama clip 1 and discussing tohuto (macron) for lengthening a vowel sound.

morning news Give students practice saying the Maori way of saying hello in conversational tone: Kia ora and Tena koutou katoa

Watch Unit 1 Scene 1, then invite the class to roleplay a breakfast setting with their classmates. morena good morning Arrange a classroom table with mock breakfast items - such as eating utensils and a jam jar bearing Tiamu written across it - as a mock breakfast scene is created. Have select students enter and leave according to what would normally happen at breakfast time; ensure they say words from Unit 1 Scene 1. Finally, have their roleplays merge with Sione and Haami's breakfast table roleplays at that table setting!