Māori · B2 · Unit 10
Moving countries
Te heke ki whenua kē
By the end you can
- Talk about what it's like to live abroad
- Discuss belonging and identity
- Understand someone's account of moving countries
Words and phrases
| Māori | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| manene | a migrant, an immigrant | He manene ahau nō Inia. |
| heke | migrate (also: go down) | I heke mai ōku mātua i Hāmoa. |
| kāinga tuarua | a second home | Ko Aotearoa tōku kāinga tuarua. |
| tuakiri | identity | He uaua te kimi i tōku tuakiri. |
| whai wāhi | belong, have a place; take part | Kei te rongo ahau kua whai wāhi au ki konei. |
| mokemoke ki te kāinga | homesick | Kua mokemoke ki te kāinga ngā tamariki. |
| Te Moananui-a-Kiwa | the Pacific Ocean | He maha ngā tāngata nō Te Moananui-a-Kiwa e noho ana ki Tāmaki Makaurau. |
| whakatupuranga | a generation | E toru ngā whakatupuranga o tōku whānau i konei. |
| kirirarau | a citizen; citizenship | I whiwhi au i te kirirarau i tērā tau. |
| tauhou | a stranger, a newcomer | I tauhou au i te tīmatanga. |
| waka tupuna | an ancestral canoe; each iwi traces its descent to the crew of one waka | Ko Tainui te waka tupuna o tōku iwi. |
| reo kāinga | the language spoken at home | Ko te reo Hāmoa tō mātou reo kāinga. |
Then talk it through
A podcast interview about your move to Aotearoa New Zealand. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.