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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Tiriti o Waitangi: The Treaty of Waitangi, sometimes referred to as Te Tiriti, is New Zealand’s founding document. It takes its name from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840.

The Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi. By William Hobson, James Freeman, and James Busby (English version); Henry Williams and Edward Williams (Māori translation)

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Weka: A large, brown flightless bird that has a famously feisty and curious personality.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

Tohorā: whale - often used as a general term, particularly for baleen whales.

Southern right whale. By Michaël CATANZARITI - by Michaël CATANZARITI, CC BY-SA 3.0

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Mohua: The yellowhead is a small, insect eating bird which lives only in the forests of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island. Since 1991, a yellowhead has appeared on the reverse side of the New Zealand $100 note.

Mohua, yellowhead bird lives in the forests of New Zealand's South Island and Stewart Island.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

Pōpokotea: The whitehead is a small species of bird endemic to New Zealand. In many legends, whiteheads were viewed by Māori to have roles as messengers of the gods and as fortune tellers or seers.

Pōpokotea, whitehead bird is a small species of bird endemic to New Zealand.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

Te Whanganui a Tara: The Māori name for Wellington Harbour or the great Harbour of Tara.

Aerial photo of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. By Phillip Capper - Flickr: Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, Nov. 2009, CC BY 2.0

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Tūī: A boisterous medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Miromiro: The New Zealand tomtit looks similar to a robin. They are a small bird with a large head, a short bill and tail, and live in forest and scrub. The Māori name of the North Island tomtit is miromiro, while the South Island tomtit is known as ngirungiru.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

Takahē: It is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family.

Takahē, a flightless swamphen bird indigenous to New Zealand.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

Hihi: The stitchbird is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. It's classed as the only member of its own family, the Notiomystidae.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

Tauhou: Silvereye or wax-eye or sometimes white eye were self introduced to NZ in the 1800s. Their Māori name means 'stranger' or more literally, 'new arrival'.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

Tīeke: The Saddleback belongs to New Zealand's unique wattlebird family, an ancient group which includes the endangered kōkako and the extinct huia.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

Tuke / Pīwauwau: Rock wren. A small and reclusive bird, rock wrens are restricted to pockets of the South Island’s high country.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

Kererū / kūkū / kūkupa: New Zealand pigeon. The kererū is a large bird with irridescent green and bronze feathers on its head and a smart white vest. The noisy beat of its wings is a distinctive sound in our forests.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

Kākāriki: New Zealand parakeet. It means 'small green parrot' in Māori. They are beautiful forest birds. They feed on berries, seeds, fruit and insects, and generally nest in holes in trees.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

Kārearea: New Zealand falcon. It is capable of flying at speeds up to 200 km/h and catching prey larger than itself.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Toutouwai: North Island robin is a friendly and trusting bird and is found in both native and exotic forests. Often come close to people & occasionally stand on a person's boot.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

Ruru: The native morepork is known for its haunting, melancholic call. This sound gives it the Māori name 'ruru'.

Ruru, the native morepork bird known for its haunting, melancholic call.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Kōkako: An endemic New Zealand wattlebirds, an ancient family of birds which includes the North and South Island saddleback and the extinct huia.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

Kea: A species of large parrot found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most intelligent birds in the world.

Kea bird, a large parrot found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

Kākāpō: The kākāpō is the world's only flightless parrot, the world's heaviest parrot, and also is nocturnal, herbivorous, endemic to New Zealand.

Kākāpō, the world's only flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

Kākā: A large parrot belonging to the nestorinae family, a group that includes the kea and the extinct Norfolk Island kākā.

Kākā, a large parrot native to New Zealand that includes Kea.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

Riroriro: The grey warbler is one of the smallest birds found in New Zealand, about 11 centimeters long, with a weight of up to 6.5 grams.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Parea: Chatham Island pigeon is a bird endemic to the Chatham Islands in New Zealand & is closely related to the kererū.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

Karure, Kakaruia: Chatham Island black robin, is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand.

Karure, Kakaruia, Chatham Island black robin bird.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Korimako: The New Zealand bellbird. Also known by its other Māori names makomako, and kōmako, is a passerine bird endemic to New Zealand.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025

ngā mihi o te tau hou: happy new year, greetings for the new year

Skycity's fireworks display at midnight. Photo/Jason Oxenham

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/12/2025

tuatara: reptiles endemic to New Zealand and which, although resembling most lizards, are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia

Tuatara, a reptile endemic to New Zealand. By Sid Mosdell - Tuatara, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70735190

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

Rākau Kirihimete: Christmas tree, with rākau meaning tree and Kirihimete meaning Christmas.

AI-Generated: A beautifully decorated Christmas tree (Rākau Kirihimete) in a cozy living room, featuring Māori-inspired ornaments, red pōhutukawa-style flowers, and a woven flax (raranga) star topper.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2025

Kōwhai: The kōwhai is one of the best known native trees in New Zealand and it’s our unofficial national flower.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

Kauri: Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to over 50 m tall, with trunk girths up to 16 m, and living for over 2,000 years.

Tāne Mahuta, also called 'God of the Forest', is a giant kauri tree (Agathis australis) in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Image: Scott Benjamin

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

Kākābeak/ngutukākā: Ngutukākā is a plant of special significance to New Zealand. Ngutukākā is named for its beautiful red flowers, which hang in clusters of 15-20 blooms and are shaped liked kaka's a beak. Hence Ngutu meaning beak/lips and Kākā meaning the native parrot of the same name.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025

harakeke/wharariki: Common flax (harakeke) and mountain flax (wharariki) - There are two identified species of flax in New Zealand.

Common flax/harakeke Image: Jimmy Johnson

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025

pīkao/pīngao: Golden sand sedge. Pīkao or pīngao, the golden sand sedge (Ficinia), is a native sand-binding sedge that plays an important role in New Zealand's dune ecosystems.

Newly planted pingao Image: Eamonn Ganley

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

Ponga, Kaponga, Katote: The silver tree fern is a species of medium-sized tree fern, endemic (not found naturally anywhere else) to New Zealand. It arrived relatively late in New Zealand’s history during the Pliocene epoch (around 5 – 1.8 million years ago).

Silver fern. (2024, November 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_fern

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2025

rautini: Chatham Island Christmas tree. The spectacular tree daisy Rautini, sometimes known as the Chatham Island Christmas tree, can grow up to 8 metres tall.

Rautini flowers Photo: John Ragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

tī kōuka: The cabbage tree is one of the most distinctive trees in the New Zealand landscape, especially on farms. They grow all over the country, but prefer wet, open areas like swamps.

Picture of a Cabbage tree/tī kōuka Image: Travis Wiens

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

utu: to repay, respond, avenge. Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film about the New Zealand Wars. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy and depicts the story of a Māori warrior who sets out on a quest for utu (revenge)

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2025

aorangi: planet

$Pictures of Uranus (left), Neptune (right), Earth (lower left), Sirius B (lower center), and Venus (lower right). The smaller planets, Earth's moon, and dwarf planets below, in decreasing size are Mars and Mercury, the Moon, Pluto, and Haumea. Paul Stansifer, 84user, NASA, Celestia, JPL/Caltech, GPLv2 \u003chttps://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html\u003e, via Wikimedia Commons$

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te reo word of the day @te-reo-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

onepū: loose sandy soil

$Balevullin: ripples in the sand by Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0 \u003chttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\u003e, via Wikimedia Commons$

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