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Pronunciation support, partner checking, self-correcting retrieval games, and quick teacher reference during oral practice.
Te Reo Māori • Flashcard support sheet • Years 4-10 • Ready to print tomorrow
Kupu Flashcards Back
This back sheet gives each front card a meaning and pronunciation cue, so kaiako can keep vocabulary practice accurate, supportive, and reusable. Pair it with the front sheet to turn passive recognition into matching, retrieval, and spoken rehearsal.
Free pronunciation support, premium adaptation path
This sheet is ready to print and use now. If you want simplified pronunciation guides, fewer cards, local vocabulary, or bilingual teacher notes added, Te Wānanga can adapt the set while keeping the print-friendly layout intact.
- Reduce the deck for one term or one topic.
- Add teacher-facing hints for the most commonly mispronounced kupu.
- Save the adapted version to My Kete and reopen it in Creation Studio later.
Kaiako planning snapshot
- Use length: 10-20 minutes inside a card game, retrieval drill, or pair speaking routine.
- Grouping: Pairs and table groups work best so students can hear each other say the kupu aloud.
- Prep: Print with the front sheet, long-edge flip, and decide whether the pronunciation cues remain visible or become an answer key.
- Teaching move: Encourage students to attempt the kupu first, then check the pronunciation support rather than waiting for correction.
Resources already provided
- Meanings for every front-sheet card
- Pronunciation prompts for every kupu
- Print-ready matching layout
- Curriculum companion for planning clarity
If students need accurate support while handling the deck, this sheet already provides it.
Ngā Whāinga Akoranga / Learning Intentions
- We are learning to connect kupu with clear meanings and approximate pronunciation.
- We are learning to use support tools to improve our spoken te reo.
- We are learning to check and correct ourselves while practising vocabulary.
Paearu Angitu / Success Criteria
- I can match a kupu to its meaning.
- I can use the pronunciation cue to improve how I say the kupu aloud.
- I can correct myself or support a partner without waiting for the teacher every time.
Curriculum integration / Te Marautanga alignment
Use the companion page to make the curriculum intent explicit around vocabulary growth, oral confidence, and repeated classroom use of te reo Māori.
Why this back sheet matters
Vocabulary decks are most useful when students can check themselves and keep practising. A back sheet with meanings and pronunciation cues helps te reo stay visible and usable, even when kaiako are working with several groups at once. A mātauranga Māori lens keeps those meanings grounded in respectful, living classroom use rather than flat translation only.
How to use this sheet
- Print with the matching front sheet and flip on the long edge.
- Use it as a self-check tool during matching or memory games.
- Keep the pronunciation guide nearby if students want fuller support beyond the cue line.
Set A: Core Greetings & Pepeha Words
1
Hello / Greetings
kee-ah or-ah
2
Good morning
moh-reh-nah
3
Good morning (formal)
ah-tah mah-ree-eh
4
Hello (to one person)
teh-nah ko-eh
5
How are you?
kay teh peh-heh-ah ko-eh
6
I am well
kay teh pie
7
What is your name?
ko why toh een-go-ah
8
My name is ___
ko ___ ah-how
Set B: Pepeha Foundations
9
Where are you from?
noh heh-ah ko-eh
10
I am from ___
noh ___ ah-how
11
Mountain
mow-ung-ah
12
River
ah-wah
13
Canoe / ancestral waka
wah-kah
14
Tribe / people group
ee-wee
15
Sub-tribe
hah-poo
16
Family / extended family
fah-now
Set C: Classroom Kupu
17
Listen here
fah-kah-ron-go my
18
Look here
tee-tee-ro my
19
Stand up
too my
20
Sit
noh-ho
21
Write
too-hee-ah
22
Read
pah-noo-ee
23
Question / ask
pah-tie
24
Answer / respond
fah-kow-too
Set D: Everyday Actions
25
Go
hah-eh-reh
26
Come here
hah-eh-reh my
27
Food / eat
kai
28
Drink
ee-noo
29
Work / do
mah-hee
30
Learn
ah-koh
31
Play
tah-kah-roh
32
Walk
hee-koy
Set E: Time & Place
33
Now
ee-nah-ee-ah-nay
34
Tomorrow
ah-paw-paw
35
Yesterday
ee-nah-nah-hee
36
Morning
ah-tah
37
Afternoon
ah-hee-ah-hee
38
Night
paw
39
Day
rah
40
Year
toe
Set F: Whānau Kupu
41
Mother
mah-mah
42
Father
pah-pah
43
Parent
mah-too-ah
44
Children
tah-mah-ree-kee
45
Grandchild
moh-koh-poo-nah
46
Grandfather
koh-roh
47
Grandmother
koo-ee-ah
48
Friend
hoh-ah
Set G: Pronouns & Pointing Words
49
I / me
koh oh
50
You
koh ko-eh
51
He / she
koh ee-ah
52
We (not you)
mah-toh
53
We (including you)
tah-toh
54
You all
koh-too-toh
55
They
rah-toh
56
This
teh-nay
Set H: Numbers 1-8
57
One
tah-hee
58
Two
roo-ah
59
Three
toh-roo
60
Four
fah
61
Five
ree-mah
62
Six
oh-noh
63
Seven
fee-too
64
Eight
wah-roo
Set I: Days of the Week
65
Monday
rah-hee-nah
66
Tuesday
rah-too
67
Wednesday
rah-ah-pah
68
Thursday
rah-pah-reh
69
Friday
rah-meh-reh
70
Saturday
rah-haw-roy
71
Sunday
rah-tah-poo
72
Week
wee-kee
Set J: Marama (Months 1-8)
73
January
koh-hee tah-teh-ah
74
February
hoo-ee tah-ngu-roo
75
March
poh-too teh rahn-gee
76
April
pie-ngah fah-fah
77
May
hah-rah-too-ah
78
June
pee-pee-ree
79
July
hong-oh-ngoy
80
August
heh-reh-too-ree koh-kah
Set K: Marama (Months 9-12) + Seasons
81
September
mah-hoo-roo
82
October
fee-ree-ngah ah noo-koo
83
November
fee-ree-ngah ah rahn-gee
84
December
hah-kee-heh-ah
85
Summer
row-mah-tee
86
Autumn
ngah-hoo-roo
87
Winter
tah-koo-roo-ah
88
Spring
koh-ah-ngah
Set L: Weather
89
Sky / weather
rah-ngee
90
Fine / nice (weather)
ah-hoo-ah ah-tah-ah-toh-ah
91
Hot
weh-rah
92
Cold
mah-tow
93
Wind
how
94
Rain
oo-ah
95
Cloud
kah-poo-ah
96
Lightning
oo-ee-rah
Set M: Emotions
97
Happy
hah-ree
98
Sad
poh-oo-ree
99
Angry
ree-ree
100
Worried
mah-hah-rah-hah-rah
101
Scared
mah-tah-koo
102
Sleepy
hee-ah-moh-eh
103
Hungry
hee-ah-kai
104
Thirsty
hee-ah-ee-noo
Set N: Classroom Objects
105
Book
poo-kah-poo-kah
106
Computer
roh-roh-kee-koh
107
Pen / pencil
peh-neh
108
Eraser
rah-pah
109
Chair
too-roo
110
Table
tay-poo
111
Device
poo-reh-reh
112
Bag
peh-keh
Set O: Colours
113
Red
feh-roh
114
Blue
kee-koh-rah-ngee
115
Green
kah-kah-ree-kee
116
Yellow
koh-fai
117
Brown
pah-row-ree
118
White
mah
119
Purple
why-poh-roh-poh-roh
120
Black
pah-ngo
Set P: Numbers 9-16
121
Nine
ee-wah
122
Ten
teh-kow
123
Eleven
teh-kow mah tah-hee
124
Twelve
teh-kow mah roo-ah
125
Thirteen
teh-kow mah toh-roo
126
Fourteen
teh-kow mah fah
127
Fifteen
teh-kow mah ree-mah
128
Sixteen
teh-kow mah oh-noh
Set Q: Numbers 17-20 + Classroom Phrases
129
Seventeen
teh-kow mah fee-too
130
Eighteen
teh-kow mah wah-roo
131
Nineteen
teh-kow mah ee-wah
132
Twenty
roo-ah teh-kow
133
Open
fah-kah-too-eh-rah
134
Close
kah-tee-ah
135
Use
fah-kah-mah-hee-ah
136
Help me
ah-fee-nah my
Set R: Colours (Natural + Non-natural)
137
Blue (non-natural)
kee-koh-rah-ngee
138
Blue (natural)
kah-hoo-rah-ngee
139
Red (non-natural)
feh-roh
140
Red ochre (natural)
koh-koh-why
141
Black (non-natural)
pah-ngo
142
Dark / black (natural)
poh-oo-ree
143
White (non-natural)
mah
144
White (natural)
koh-too-koo
145
Orange (non-natural)
kah-rah-kah
146
Grey (natural)
hee-nah
147
Pink (non-natural)
mah-feh-roh
148
Bluish grey (natural)
oh-rah-ngee-hee-nah
Hononga Marautanga · Curriculum Alignment
Social Sciences — Tikanga ā-Iwi
Level 3–4: Understand how Māori cultural practices, values, and whakapapa shape identity and community; recognise the significance of te Tiriti o Waitangi and the contribution of Māori culture to Aotearoa New Zealand's national identity.
Te Reo Māori — Language and Culture
Level 3–4: Use te reo Māori to express cultural concepts, identity, and relationships with accuracy and respect; understand the significance of Māori language as a taonga and its role in sustaining mātauranga Māori.
Aronga Mātauranga Māori
This resource engages directly with te ao Māori as its subject — the values, practices, language, and worldview that have sustained Māori communities across centuries of challenge and change. Mātauranga Māori is not a supplement to this learning: it is the source. Students approaching this material are invited to engage with it not as outside observers studying a foreign culture, but as people in relationship with a living knowledge tradition that shapes the place they live, the language they may speak, and the obligations they carry as tāngata o Aotearoa — people of this land. That relationship calls for care, curiosity, and respect for knowledge-holders who carry what no textbook can fully contain.
Tuhia ōu whakaaro · Write Your Thoughts
Reflect on what you have learned today. What was the most important idea? What question do you still have?
Ngā Rauemi Tautoko · Support Materials
This handout is designed to be used alongside the broader unit resources available at Te Kete Ako handouts library. Related resources from the same unit are linked in the unit planner. All resources are provided — no additional preparation is required to use this handout in your classroom.
📋 Teacher Planning Snapshot
Ngā Whāinga Ako — Learning Intentions
Students will engage with this resource to deepen understanding of Te Ao Māori — exploring whakapapa, tikanga, and cultural identity as living systems that shape who we are in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ngā Paearu Angitū — Success Criteria
- ✅ Students can explain key concepts from this resource using their own words.
- ✅ Students can connect tikanga Māori and whakapapa to real-world examples in Aotearoa.
Differentiation & Inclusion
Scaffold support: Provide sentence starters, visual glossaries, or graphic organisers to give entry-level access for students who need additional support. Offer extension tasks that deepen cultural inquiry — for example, exploring local hapū histories or interviewing a kaumātua.
ELL / ESOL: Pre-teach key kupu Māori (whakapapa, tikanga, mana, mauri) with bilingual glossaries where available. Allow students to respond in their home language as a bridge to English expression.
Inclusion: Use accessible formats — clear headings, adequate whitespace, chunked tasks. Neurodiverse learners benefit from structured choice in how they demonstrate understanding (oral, visual, written). Acknowledge that students may hold personal connections to the cultural content.
Mātauranga Māori lens: This unit centres Te Ao Māori as a living knowledge system. Whakapapa is not merely genealogy but a relational framework linking people, place, and time. Tikanga grounds behaviour in kaupapa Māori principles. Approach content with aroha and manaakitanga.
Prior knowledge: No specialist prior knowledge required for entry-level engagement. Best used after relevant lesson sequences, or as a standalone introduction to cultural identity.
Curriculum alignment
- Identity, Culture, and Organisation: Understand how cultural identity shapes participation in society — whakapapa, tikanga, and mana as foundations of Māori identity in Aotearoa New Zealand.