Hard te reo Māori word search
Tēnā koe, haere mai and ngā mihi: twenty-eight te reo Māori words and greetings for confident learners. They hide in all eight directions in an eighteen by eighteen grid.
- Aroha
- Ātaahua
- Awa
- Haere mai
- Haka
- Hei konā rā
- Ka pai
- Kai
- Kaumātua
- Kei te pai
- Kia ora
- Kōrero
- Kura
- Mahi
- Marae
- Maunga
- Moana
- Mokopuna
- Mōrena
- Ngā mihi
- Pukapuka
- Tamariki
- Tēnā koe
- Wai
- Waka
- Whānau
- Whare
- Whenua
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Make your own versionTe reo Māori words, extra hard
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| O | H | H | I | P | I | O | U | I | E | O | W | H | A | R | E | U | A |
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| A | R | I | A | E | N | U | A | E | A | H | A | C | T | V | T | E | N |
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Find these words
- Aroha
- Ātaahua
- Awa
- Haere mai
- Haka
- Hei konā rā
- Ka pai
- Kai
- Kaumātua
- Kei te pai
- Kia ora
- Kōrero
- Kura
- Mahi
- Marae
- Maunga
- Moana
- Mokopuna
- Mōrena
- Ngā mihi
- Pukapuka
- Tamariki
- Tēnā koe
- Wai
- Waka
- Whānau
- Whare
- Whenua
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About this word search
Greetings matter in te reo Māori. Tēnā koe greets one person, mōrena means good morning, haere mai welcomes someone in and hei konā rā is a goodbye. Ngā mihi, often at the end of an email, means thanks or regards.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and the words run in all eight directions. Hei konā rā is the longest at nine letters, written HEIKONARA without spaces or macrons. Kai, wai and awa have just three letters. Ātaahua, meaning beautiful, has a double A in the middle once the macron is gone. Kei te pai and ka pai both end in PAI, so check where each one starts.
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