This website will help you create your pepeha (introduction) in te reo Māori!

Ka rawe!

https://pepeha.nz/create-pepeha

#TeReoMāori #pepeha
edit: Shared because I found it a fun and interesting tool, but pls be mindful about the nuances and cultural implications of the way we talk about our origins and connections to land and ancestry.
Really interesting discussion happening in the replies here.

In other news... I'm not going anywhere or doing anything majorly important in public, where I'd have to introduce myself, but I still think about working on my #pepeha, just so I have myself... Positioned properly, y'know?

This template looks decent. Anyone got any other resources?

#TeAoMāori

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/pepeha-for-non-maori/

I just stumbled on this article about why tangata whenua use a pepeha and what it means to them, and offers advice for how Pākeha can confidently use one in public life:

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/pepeha-for-non-maori/

#pepeha #ETangata

My #Pepehā

Tēnā koutou
Ko Titirangi te maunga
Ko Manukau te moana
Ko Whau te awa
Nō Ingarangi, Tenemāka, Hāmene, me Aerana hoki ahau
Ko Reuben tōku ingoa
Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou katoa

My #Pepehā
A Pepehā is a #Māori custom, used to introduce yourself by talking about landmarks near where live, and where your ancestors are from.

Tēnā koutou
Ko Titirangi tōku maunga
Ko Manukau tōku moana
Ko Whau tōku awa
Kei Aoteroa ahau e noho ana
Nō Ingarani, Hāmene, Tenemāka, me Aerana ahau
Ko Reuben tōku ingoa
Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou katoa

Someone on here (sorry can't remember who!!) was asking about creating pepeha as Paakehaa, specially they were asking about how to link to areas of geographic significance. May I offer a series of templates that I, as Paakehaa have found useful for introducing myself - without inappropriately appropriating a whakapapa that is not mine to claim.

The first template: pepeha for paakehaa and tauiwi

#pepeha #NZ #Paakehaa