Speak Māori Tamariki


Speak Māori Tamariki is an introductory course for te reo Māori, the Māori language designed for tamariki (children), their parents, grandparents and teachers.  

It features animated characters of real life siblings Te Aorere Pēwhairangi and Te Ataakura Sharland-Pēwhairangi as our tutors.  They are proudly from the Ngāti Porou iwi or tribe and are fluent speakers from birth, so you might hear some Ngāti Porou dialect in their teaching - which is all good.

We have been kindly supported by NZ on Air in the development of this Speak Māori Tamariki course. 

You can find Speak Māori; 

On our website www.speakmaori.co.nz

On our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakMaoriNow

Project Credits

Presenters
Te Aorere Pēwhairangi
Te Ataakura Sharland-Pēwhairangi 

Te Reo Advisor
Te Aorere Pēwhairangi

Writers
Te Aorere Pēwhairangi
Te Ataakura Sharland-Pēwhairangi 
Nick Fonotoe
Irene Pēwhairangi
Bradley Walker

Character Creation
Steve Salmond

Animation
Steve Salmond
Ben Whorwood

Audio Studio
BigPop Studios

Editors
Ben Whorwood
Jason Judd

Social Media
Taeao Delamere

Director/ Producer
Bradley Walker

Web Series Funding
NZ on Air