Reo Ako playlist includes material drawn from early grammar and vocabulary text created by Church Mission Society.....

Waiwaia - Reo Ako

Waiwaia ngā ngutu celebrates the eloquence and expression of te reo Māori from the nineteenth century to the present day.

This exhibition showcases taonga from Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, including hand-written manuscripts recording whakapapa and kōrero tupuna, early publications of Māori grammar books and Bibles, Māori students’ copybooks as they learned their language in written form, and contemporary translations of works into te reo Māori.

The rich soundscape accompanying the exhibition brings the written word to life and affirms the essence of te reo Māori: a language heard and spoken with eloquence.

Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu runs from 4th September - 1st February 2025. 
Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library 
Mon - Fri 10-6, Sat - 10-5, Sunday closed.

Exhibition - Waiwaia nga ngutu

Whakarongo mai!

Listen in to te reo Māori text held in Ngā kohinga taonga tuku iho - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.

Does it sound different to te reo Māori today?   
This playlist selection draws on early written text penned in the 1800s [the ninetieth century]. Read by Māori specialists in 2024 for an exhibition celebrating te reo - Waiwaia - An Exhibition: a full playlists can be heard here on our Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Auckland Libraries podcast page:
https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/sets/waiwaia

You can request access to visit and view the collection in person by requesting an appointment here: 
https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/research-enquiry.aspx

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2025

Ko te tahi wahi o te Kawenata Hou o Ihu Karaiti te Ariki, to tatou Kai Whakaora. 
Me nga upoko e waru o te pukapuka o Kenehi. 
Ka oti nei te wakamaori ki te reo o Nu Tirani.

The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13

Hirini: Kua oti te ta e te Tipene raua ko Toki
Printed by Stephen and Stoke
Sydney
1833 

GNZM8
Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=475ac6ca-5806-5c3a-bbec-7d63493a4c37&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko te tahi wahi o te Kawenata Hou o Ihu Karaiti te Ariki, to tatou Kai Wakaora.

Ko te Kawenata Hou o to tatou Ariki te Kai Wakaora a Ihu Karaiti. 
He mea hakamaori i te reo kariki.

Matiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p. 9
The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13

Paihia: He mea ta i te perehi o nga Mihanere o te Hahi o Ingarani
1837

GNZM20
Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7a0b486f-75db-598c-b9a5-b0860f571c2e&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko te Kawenata Hou o to tatou Ariki te Kai Wakaora a Ihu Karaiti

Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika Romana
Kororareka: He mea ta i te perehi o te Epikopo Katorika

Matiu. Upoko VI: 9-13. p.25-26
The Lords Prayer - Mathew chapter 6 versus 9-13 p.26-27

Published in 1847

GNZM160
Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d840e632-fe4a-5afb-8529-e52840fe1a6e&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Ko te ako me te karakia o te Hahi Katorika Romana

He inoi mo nga Pakeha me nga Maori
"Prayer for peaceful cooperation between Māori and Pākehā"
John Whiteley. Mangungu: He mea ta i te perehi o nga Weteriana Mihanere. 1837
Miscellaneous MSS & documents in Maori 
Reverent Richard Taylor [1805-1873]
GNZMS 297. 18: nō.26.

Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=78d627d0-d835-5a89-814c-3194ffc963f1&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

He inoi mo ngā Pākeha me ngā Māori

He himene mo te karakia ki te Atua 
Nepia: Na te Haaringi i ta ki tona whare perehi pukapuka
"Enlarged collection ('third edition') of 175 Anglican hymns"
Hymn no. 94
1887

NZM 735
Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=78d627d0-d835-5a89-814c-3194ffc963f1&entityType=FormatGroup

Read and sung by Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Hahi.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition:https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

He himene mo te karakia ki te Atua

The Creed from Rev Thomas Kendell's "A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"
Church Mission Society
London: 
Printed by R. Watts. 1820

GNZM 3i
Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=68d5e7a6-f145-588a-819c-a36e2deca81e&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Maureen Ned on the theme Reo Ako
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

A grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand - The Creed

Card 2 Dialogue 2
Primers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards.
"A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"
Church Mission Society
London:
Printed by R. Watts. 1820

Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupil

GNZM 12a
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/870/rec/1

Read by Maureen Ned and Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Ako.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition:https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Dialogue between a Christian missionary and pupil - Dialogue 2

Card 3 Dialogue 3
Primers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards.
"A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"
Church Mission Society
London:
Printed by R. Watts. 1820

Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupil
GNZM 12a
kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…870/rec/1

Read by Maureen Ned and Xavier Forsman on the theme Reo Ako.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Dialogues between a Christian missionary and pupil - Dialogue 3

Card 5 - The Lord's Prayer
Primers: Extracts from the grammar printed on double-sided cards.
"A Grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand"
Church Mission Society
London:
Printed by R. Watts. 1820

Familiar Dialogues between a Christian missionary and his pupil

GNZM 12a
kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/c…870/rec/1

Read by Maureen Ned on the theme Reo Ako.
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Lesson sheets - The Lord's Prayer : Card 5

Te Korimako: Etahi Whakatauki a te Pakeha
Hanuere 15 1886, Page 8

Ref: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0b225e70-c400-5135-bc85-f6433ddde22b&entityType=FormatGroup

Read by Xavier Forsman on the theme Kupu Whakawhiti
Recorded in support of the Waiwaia Ngā Ngutu Exhibition 2024

For more information about the exhibition: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/2024/09/waiwaia-nga-ngutu/

Te Korimako: Etahi Whakatauki a te Pakeha

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Dialogue between a Christian missionary and pupil - Dialogue 2

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