Te kupu o te wiki – The Word of the Week

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Kia ora. To celebrate Te Reo Māori we are publishing kupu (words).

Kīwaha (colloquialism)

Tō ihu.
How dare you.

Kupu (word)

ru
earthquake

I rongo koe i te rū?
Did you feel the quake?

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