I’ve been digging around on the Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori / Māori Language Commission website.

There’s so much great stuff there!

I’ve looking for things that can help “raise the temperature” of Te Reo Māori in my home. My whānau are keen to learn, but I also know that having people I can kōrero Māori with at home will be really helpful for me in my study this year.

So it’s a little selfish also.

But I think this phrase card will be pretty good to start with. I’m going to print off a copy and put it up in our kitchen.

I also made an Anki deck with all the phrases in it if you want to learn them that way.

The Reo Project | Day 166

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.

I believe that place matters.

Our connection to whatever little corner of the planet we find ourselves in, or choose to place ourselves on, matters.

I'm relentlessly curious and continually learning.

My interests are scattered across topics including property, strategy, acoustics, psychology, theology, systems theory, quantum physics and leadership. I read, listen, watch, and learn about whatever grabs my attention in the moment.

This is a learning experiment.

I come here to try to make sense of something I’ve come across, by writing about it.

I’m immersing myself in a new language.

I’m learning to speak Te Reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand and one of our official languages. After spending 2020 studying, I’m figuring out how to keep the journey going outside the classroom.

You’re welcome to follow along.