Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
When was the petition for the Māori language taken to Parliament?
1972
What's the job of the Tohutō?
To lengthen the vowel
Who place 1st/ 2nd of Te Paetaiohe 2025?
1st place: Te Piringa
2nd: Manukura
In April 2025 Ki o rahi nationals were held here in Te Papaioea, Who were the winners?
Te Kura Matua o Wainuiomata
What Disney film was the first to be translated into Reo Maori?
Moana
When did te reo Māori become an official language of New Zealand?
1987
How many letters are there in the Māori alphabet?
15
Name the past 5 winners of Te Matatini?
2025 Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue
2023 Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
2019 Ngā Tūmanako
2017 Whāngārā-mai-Tawhiti
2015 Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Otere Black the boy from Hato Paora/ Tu Toa made his debut for the Turbos in What Year?
2014
Keisha Castle-Hughes: Was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, WHat movie did she star in?
Whale Rider
Name the 3 whare wānanga Māori.
Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
A kupu whakarite is what type of literary device in English?
simile/metaphor
hich two Kapa have won the most Te Matatini/ATMPAF competitions and how many times have they won?
Waihīrere and Te Waka Huia, x5
Who was the first Maori Olympian to receive a gold medal at the Olympics?
Dame Lisa Carrington in 2012
There have been many Disney movies that have been translated from english to Reo Maori. Name 4 movies
Moana (2017), The Lion King (2022), Frozen (2022), Coco (2023), Encanto (2024), and Moana 2 (2024)
When was the first kōhanga reo established?
1982
What is the difference between a whakataukī and a whakatauākī?
A whakataukī is a proverb from an anonymous/unknown source.
A whakatauākī is a proverb from a known source (iwi, hapū, place), or author
Who has won Manukura Tāne the most at Te Matatini/ATMPAF? and How many times?
Sir Pita Sharples
7x
John Hoani MacDonald and Lawrence "Jumbo" Jackson were The first Māori to compete at a Summer Olympic Games. When and Where did they compete?
1932 Los Angeles Olympics
Stars as Jake "The Muss" Heke in the acclaimed film Once Were Warriors and its sequel. He also plays the iconic role of in the Star Wars universe, What is his characters name?
Boba Fett
Who took the petition to Parliament?
Hana Te Hemara, Ngā Tamatoa, and Te Reo Māori Society
In order, fill in the blanks of this famous proverb. “Ko te reo kia …, ko te reo kia …, ko te reo kia…”
1. tika. 2. rere. 3. Māori.
Who has stood at the most Te Matatini/ATMPAF in history?
Louise Kīngi a.k.a Aunty Nuku (for Waihīrere at every festival from 1972 to 2023)
The Maori All Blacks were formed in 1910, before this New Zealand had a team formed in 1888, What were their name before the Maori All Blacks? and Who did they play against?
The New Zealand Natives
Hawks Bay
NZN 5-0 Hawks Bay
The Reo Māori version of The Lion King, released in 2022, featured a groundbreaking use of five different te reo Māori dialects (mita) for various animal groups, with lions speaking _______, hyenas _____, and Rafiki from ____. Can you name the 3 mita?
Lions= Tainui
Hynas= Ngati Kahungunu
Rafiki= Te Uruwera