Hemi Kelly

Māori language teacher, writer and translator.

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NGĀ WHAKAMĀORITANGA – AISTRIÚCHÁIN – TRANSLATIONS • Auckland Writers Festival https://t.co/i7x3AhjWan via @AklWritersFest

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@temihinga Mahia. He rawe te tirohanga atu. He āhua tūpoupou, engari kāore e roa kua tae koe ki te taumata.

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@sharkpatu Is it not even available to purchase? Hōhā.

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@thebaileymackey @GroovebarNZ Kei hea i Tāmaki bro?

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@GlennMcCNZ I want a Luna 🤗

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@aoinifh @LyresSpiritCo Goes with a new kupu I learnt today - warahoe (abstaining). Ka pai ēnei inu i ngā wā e warahoe ana koe ki te waipiro. And another one - tītotara (teetotaller). I had to look that up! The concept…I mean the word is totally foreign 😂

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@aoinifh Tākiri ko te ata, korihi ko te manu 🐥

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@aoinifh Ka mārama ake i te reo Māori, nē?

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@tehamua Āmine.

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@formerlydaniels Koinā tāku ki āku, Whakatūria tō kōnui matihiko 👍

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@Kubke Kia kaha tonu

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Tautoko. I hope the moaners have bought every freaking te reo song ever released to support not only our endangered language but Māori songwriters. Hello?! Otherwise turituri warawara. Ka pai, Lorde. ⁦@etangata⁩ ⁦@TeAoWithMOANA⁩ https://t.co/oKHNZAF8lh

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@taramcallister4 Pākehā and non-Māori? I teach more non-Māori than I do Pākehā, mostly born overseas.

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@maori_brotha I love all of these points 1 to 10 and agree wholeheartedly! I’ll be quoting you, e hoa!

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@temihinga He mōhio nōna ka tatari ngā motokā katoa i a ia ktk

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@temihinga Me Ngā huru 😂

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@Kubke He aha te hōtaka?

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@Kubke Āe, he pērā te ��hua o te kōrero.

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@moanatribe 😱😣😖