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    Oh please please please tell me there aren't many people sporting mullets in NZ.

    "Business in the front, party in the back!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by swissmissdesigner View Post
    Po Marie= good night!
    and that's Po mah-ree-ay. NOT marie like the woman's name

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    Kanatakiwi: You sure about that ?????


    "Po Marie, Good evening. Haere ra / Ka kite ano, Goodbye. Kia ora/Tena koe(Maori use kia ora for thank you as well as hello), Thank you ...
    http://www.christchurch.org.nz/Siste.../Christchurch/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages "

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    Quote Originally Posted by swissmissdesigner View Post
    Kanatakiwi: You sure about that ?????
    ? I was just adding the pronounciation for the words. Yes it does mean "good night". when people see it written they are tempted to pronounce it as Marie (the woman's name) You say it someone when you are leaving in the evening, or going to bed.

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    Mullets?? , you sure can see them and some other weird and wonderful hair "creations"

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    Quote Originally Posted by kanatakiwi View Post
    Pronounciations for stu... well my attempts at:
    Emphasized syllable is in bold.

    Aotearoa : Ow-tee-a-row-a
    Haere mai : Hi-ray my
    Haere ra : Goodbye
    Hangi : Hang-ee. (note this A is somewhere between hang and hung)
    Hapu : Hah-poo
    Hongi : Hong-ee
    Hui : Hoo-ee.
    Iwi : ee-wee
    Kai : Ki ( rhymes with high)
    Kaiako : Ki (as in kite) -ah - ko
    Ka pai : Kah-pie
    Kawa : Kah-wah
    Kia ora : Kee-a or-a
    Kura : as its written
    Mana : as its wrtiten but again, the a is soft half way between a and u. its closer to Munna that Manna.
    Marae : Muh-rye. roll your r a bit
    Me :
    Mihimihi : mih-ee
    Pakeha : Pack-ee-ha.
    Rangatira : Rang-a-tear-a.
    Reo : Ree-oh.
    Tamariki : Tam-a-ree-kee
    Tangata whenua : that A again. its closer to tounge-at-a fen-u-wa
    Tangi : close to Tounge-ee
    Tapu : Ta-poo the origin of the word Taboo
    Tena Koe : Teh-nah Kway
    Te Reo : te Ree-oh.
    Tiriti : Tir-ee-tee
    Waka : wah-ka
    Wananga : wah-nang-a
    Whanau : fan-ow
    Whare : fah-ray.
    Whenua : Fen-oo-a


    good luck, others might be able to give more assistance on this.
    kanata kiwi
    Truly appreciate your help. Cheers

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    I've just found some sites that I discovered a while ago, which may be useful.

    The first has spoken Maori, and the spelling and their meaning:
    NZ History.net.nz

    And the second is similar, but requires more clicks of your mouse:
    Maori Language.net

    Good luck to you all.

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    One I particularly like...
    She's like a box of fluffies..........meaning happy as...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol View Post
    One I particularly like...
    She's like a box of fluffies..........meaning happy as...
    how bout she's a box of birds. (chatty)

    and on the topic of kiwi mispronunciation......

    what drives me batty is ath-a-letics.

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