Our beginner courses focus on both spoken and written te reo Māori. Students with no prior knowledge of the language should enrol in MAOR505, which is a prerequisite for MAOR506.
Our beginner courses cover a variety of topics including: Whanaungatanga, Whakapapa and pepeha, Tohutohu (instructions and commands), Tūāhua (asking and saying how someone is feeling), Te Wā (telling the time), Te Wā – inamata me te anamata (time – past and future), Ngā Mihimihi, Ngā Tohutohu (daily instructions), Ngā Whakakāhoretanga (negatives – negating verbal and nominal sentences), Ngā haepapa (responsibilities) and Ngā kīwaha (idiom and exclamations) amongst other topics.
For more details about the two beginner te reo Māori courses, click on the links below.
After successfully completing the beginner course, you can undertake the intermediate te reo Māori course.
We offer classes on different days, at different times and on different campuses. Choose the class that suits you best.
There are no classes during the semester break: 31 August-15 September
Semester 2, 2024: 15 July-8 November
MAOR505/W201: Mondays, 9am-12pm
MAOR505/W202: Mondays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR505/W203: Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR505/W205: Thursdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR505/A201: Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR505/M201: Wednesdays, 5pm-8pm
Semester 2, 2024: 15 July-8 November
MAOR506/W201: Mondays, 11am-2pm
MAOR506/W202: Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR506/W203: Wednesdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR506/A201: Wednesdays, 5pm-8pm
MAOR506/M251: Mondays, 5pm-8pm
If you're a current or returning student, email your student ID number, course code and class code to: csoc.general@aut.ac.nz
You can apply online to study a beginner te reo Māori course.
If you’re ready to apply now:
We will send you a form asking you to confirm your course details. If you don't hear from us, email us and we will check the status of your enrolment. Email csoc.general@aut.ac.nz
Disclaimer
Your enrolment in this course will only be complete after you’ve paid your course fees. You can pay fees online, on any AUT campus or by fees invoice. If you haven’t paid your fees within two weeks and 10 days before your course starts, your enrolment will be cancelled. If your employer is paying your fees, please provide a purchase order, with your employer's contact and billing details before the course starts. AUT reserves the right to cancel courses that don’t have enough students. If this happens, you’ll be given at least 2 or 3 days’ notice and can transfer to another start date for this course.
Te Whanake is a set of textbooks, study guides, CDs, manuals and a te reo dictionary to support te reo learning.
If you have any questions about this course or need help with applying, email csoc.general@aut.ac.nz