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Information in te reo Māori

Information in te reo Māori

Read some of our key pages in te reo Māori.

As part of our commitment to te tiri o Waitangi and te ao Māori (Māori world view), 15 pages are now available in either English or te reo Māori.

These pages are the most viewed and most useful. For example, Check Your Eligibility, Qualifying Service Explained, and the Veteran's Pension.

For family and whānau, the Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension and Plaque and Headstone Funding pages are now in te reo.

We plan to add more te reo Māori pages in the future. 

Tirohia tō āhei

Tirohia ngā tautoko, ngā ratonga, ngā whiwhinga ka āhei pea koe te tono mai i a mātou.

Ngā Mahi e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga

E tautokona ai koe e mātou — ētahi mema rānei o tō whānau — me mātua Whai Mahi e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga.

Te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia

He utunga ā-rua wiki te Penihana Mōrehu Hōia, he āhua rite ki te Penihana o Aotearoa, engari arā anō ōna painga tāpiri.

Ngā Utu Tangihanga

He takuhe pūtea takitahi ngā Utu Tangihanga.

Penihana Hoa Rangatira kua Pouarutia, Hoa Pūmau rānei kua Pouarutia

He utunga auau te Penihana Hoa Rangatira kua Pouarutia, Hoa Pūmau rānei kua Pouarutia ka hei āwhina i muri i te hinganga o tētahi tangata ōu i whai Mahi Hōia i Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga.

Te Pūtea mō Ngā Papa Whakamaumahara me ngā Kōhatu

Ka āhei pea mātou ki te tuku pūtea mō tētahi papa whakamaumahara mō ētahi tāngata — me ō rātou hoa rangatira, hoa pūmau rānei — ki te mea kua whai Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga.

Ngā mate e āwhinatia ai te tangata e mātou

Inā ngā ara e taea ai e mātou te tūhono i ētahi mate ki ō Mahi Hōia, Heremana, Waka Rererangi e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga.

Ngā kōrero hōia tuku iho o tō whānau

Te tautoko i te kāinga

Tērā pea ka taea e mātou te tautoko i a koe i te kāinga.

Me pēhea te tuku tono

Mehemea he mōrehu hōia koe i mahi hōia e tutuki ai ngā ritenga, arā ētahi ara e wātea ana ki a koe hei tuku tono kia tautokona koe.

Rēhita me te tono mō tētahi Pine Mōrehu Hōia me Tētahi Tiwhikete Whakamiha

Puta noa i tēnei puka, ina kitea te kupu 'koe', he kōrero tēnei mō te mōrehu hōia whai Mahi Hōia e Tutuki ai ngā Ritenga.

Te Penihana Ngoikoretanga

Ko tā te Penihana Ngoikoretanga he hora kāpeneheihana mō ērā tāngata whai wharanga, māuiuitanga rānei e pā ana ki ngā mahi hōia, e ngoikore ai te tinana.

Ngā āhuatanga ka kitea e koe i muri i tō tuku i tō kerēme

I muri i tō tukunga mai i tō kerēme, anei ngā mahi ka mahia e mātou hei mahi i tō kerēme.

Rongoā Māori

Ka tuku pūtea mātou mō ngā rongoā Māori hei wāhanga o te taurima me te whakamātūtu.

He Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki

Ko tēnei mea te Utunga Tōpū mō te Hauāuki he utunga takitahi he kāpeneheihana māu mō te pānga mauroa o tētahi hauātanga tūturu ki a koe me tō whānau.