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Aotearoa - New Zealand

Me ako ngā tamariki o Aotearoa i te reo Māori ka tika, nē rā?
It's fitting that New Zealand children learn Māori, isn't it?
Simple sentences: you should - me

Nō Aotearoa koe?
Are you from NZ?
Belonging to a place - nō

He tūranga motuhake tō te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ko Aotearoa to ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui's fish.
Possessives - 'a' class - ā, tāku...

Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...

Ko tēhea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa?
Which tree is the tallest in Aotearoa?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ko hea te wāhi pai rawa o Aotearoa ki a koe?
Where is your favourite place in Aotearoa?
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He makariri ake a Aotearoa i a Ahitereiria.
New Zealand is colder than Australia.
Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...

Ko te hiahia o Kupe, kia tae rawa atu ia ki Aotearoa.
It was Kupe’s wish to get right to New Zealand.

Ka pēra haere tonu te mahi, ā tae noa mai ki Aotearoa nei (Pōtatau 1991:10)
They proceeded like that until they arrived in New Zealand

He nui ake a Ahitereiria i a Aotearoa.
Australia is bigger than New Zealand.

He paku iho a Rangotonga i a Aotearoa.
Rarotonga is smaller than New Zealand.

Ko Aotearoa te ika a Māui.
Aotearoa is Māui’s fish.

Ko Ākarana te taone nui-rawa-atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the largest city in Aotearoa.

Ko te iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tangata whenua of Aotearoa.

Nau mai ki Aotearoa.
Welcome to Aotearoa.

E rima miriona, rua rau ono tekau mā waru mano, whitu rau rima tekau mā whā ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa.
There are 5,268,754 people in new Zealand

I tēnei tau, ko Sarah te tuatahi o tōna akomanga uku i Aotearoa katoa.
This year, Sarah was first in her ceramics class in all of new Zealand.

Nō muri noa mai te kitenga o Kāpene Kuki i Aotearoa, tēnā i tō Kupe.
Captain Cook discovered Aotearoa a long time after Kupe did.

Āwhiowhio i Aotearoa.
Right throughout Aotearoa.

Ko te kahikatea te rākau teitei rawa o Aotearoa.
The kahikatea is the tallest tree in Aotearoa.

Kei whea te whare Paremata o Aotearoa?
Where is the Parliament of New Zealand?

Kei Pōneke te whare Paremata o Aotearoa.
The parliament of New Zealand is in Wellington.

Te Tīma Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa.
The New Zealand Netball team.

I whānau mai a Rangi i te tau i tae mai ai ngā Beatles ki Aotearoa.
Rangi was born in the year when the Beatles visited New Zealand.

Ko Ākarana te tāone nui rawa atu o Aotearoa.
Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand.

Kua neke atu i te whā miriona ngā tāngata kei Aotearoa e noho ana
The population of New Zealand has exceeded 4,000,000

#61: Their father was, is or will be shouting
#181: I actually like vegetables
#86: You're eating what?!
#147: The boy in the library
#119: The stink is pleasant to the flies
#199: Belonging to the buying of food was my going to the supermarket
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