Maori Made Easy

by Scotty Morrison

The complete and accessible guide to learning the Maori language, no matter your knowledge level.

While dictionaries list words and their definitions, and other language guides offer common phrases, Maori Made Easy connects the dots, allowing the reader to take control of their learning in an empowering way. By committing just 30 minutes a day for 30 weeks, learners will adopt the language easily and as best suits their busy lives.

Written by popular TV personality and te reo Māori advocate Scotty Morrison, author of The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori, this book proves that learning the language can be fun, effective — and easy!

Genres: Nonfiction, Language

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2014

About the author

Scotty Morrison (Ngati Whakaue) is the well-known presenter of Maori current affairs programmes 'Te Karere' and 'Marae Investigates'. He holds a Diploma of Teaching, Bachelor of Education and Masters degree (Education) from Waikato University, and is currently working towards his PhD at Massey University. Scotty has been an Adjunct Professor and the Director of Maori Student and Community Engagement at Auckland's Unitec Institute of Technology, where he continues to promote te reo Maori through awareness, administration and specialised courses.

Born and raised in Rotorua, he now lives in Auckland with his wife Stacey Morrison and their children, Hawaiki, Kurawaka and Maiana.

Reviews

[Jo - •.★Reading Is My Bliss★.• · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kei te ako āhau i te reo Māori

This has taken me a year to finish but more so in the last 6 months. I bought the accompanying workbooks 1 - 4 and used these in conjunction with the audiobook. The audio book is 30 hours long so each chapter takes approximately 2 hours if doing it with the workbook.

Now that I have finished with the workbooks, I'm planning to listen to the audio again from the beginning without doing the exercises again.

I also attend night classes so this has been something extra to do and help me with my learning.

[Bronwyn Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

A manageable way to learn te reo Māori at home. The content is easy to follow and split into 30-minute sessions. Do a session every day and your proficiency will steadily increase.

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, technically I'm not finished as this book covers nearly a year's worth of learning. But it's time to return the library book! Might get my own copy - really great little book and I've learned a lot already :)

[Calebm]

No numbered rating. On the one hand I'm enjoying it and learning a lot, but it's also pretty low quality in a lot of ways.

The exercises consistently ask you to do things you haven't been taught: mostly asking you to use vocabulary that isn't in the book, but also fairly often to reproduce points of grammar that haven't been explained. A lot of the exercises got messed up in the editing process as well. There are some with more answers than questions, or picture-based ones with answers that clearly don't relate to the published picture. I also found one or two errors in the English grammar, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

I'd still recommend it though. Better than most of the competition I've seen, and on a very handy single volume.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

An outstanding walkthrough of the language; for my part I find immersion more useful, not just seeing the words on paper, but unquestionably a very helpful guide.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accessibly written and has a video component on YouTube that's helpful for pronunciation.

[Siobhan De · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened to the audio book to support my studies and it's so helpful!

[Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

unhelpful

[Malakai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kua mutu. E rata rawa atu au te pukapuka nei. Ka pānui anō tēnei pukapuka.

[Deirdre E Siegel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an excellent book - I have both the hard copy and the Audible version of the book.
Sooo… please remember I attempt to familiarise myself with Te Reo every year,
and will remain forever endeavouring fluency,
ergo…. Māori Made Easy by Scotty Morrison lives in my currently reading pile :-)

[Terry Levenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

To my friends, this is how I’ve spent my year and it’s been great. I’m not recommending this for all to read but you can try if you wish. The more I have learnt, the more I am engraved by the lyrical culture of the Maori language.

[Dan Organ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

I listened to the audio book and it was great.

Id recommend doing a basic te reo course before listening to the book, to learn basic pronunciation, sentence structure and pronouns. It will make the learning easier.

Taputapu kē!

[Lafrog8 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will try with this method first - main advantages are: 30 minutes lessons a day set up and works with website where you can have the pronunciation exercises.

[Jennifer Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book, possibly would’ve felt better if I hadn’t already read the dark Tower. Not sure how I feel about the overlapping of these worlds. Sorry if it’s a spoiler