7 week course – in person

Fridays 25th Aug – Fri 6 Oct

12:30 – 1:30pm

Community Room

$100

Start your journey in Te Reo or brush up on the basics.

Join us with Joan Costello from Te Reo Tūhono in a fun, relaxed, and encouraging course learning Te Reo. Throughout this seven week course, you are immersed in the Māori perspective and its intrinsic spirituality, creating a heartfelt connection to the language.

Kaua e pupuri i tō ake kete, whangai atu ki te ao

Don’t hold it in your own basket, feed it out to the world

Joan Costello has been teaching Te Reo Māori for over 25 years. And her unique teaching style has been igniting people’s confidence, speaking ability and cultural understanding.

In this course you will be :

·         Learning single words and short phrases that can be sprinkled into everyday conversations. 

·         Improving pronunciation with easy-to-remember tips.

·         Becoming confident in using greetings and farewells, as well as everyday courtesies such as being able to ask someone how they are.

·         Using te reo at work – e.g., in emails and letters.

·         Introduction to the deeper intrinsic Māori world view. Developing a connection to the language and its tikanga and wairuatanga. Meanings of place names, understanding of words such as manaakitanga, whanaungatanga , Pākehā and Māori.   

·         Introducing yourself in te reo Māori (mihimihi, pepeha).

For more information contact:

Sascha Perfect - Public Programmer on: sascha.perfect@wcc.govt.nz