Maori is one of the official languages of New Zealand. This Eastern Polynesian language comes under the language family of Austronesian. It has nearly 50,000 people as native speakers. The people who speak the language are called the Maori people. In New Zealand, the Māori language is often mentioned as te reo which is short for te reo Māori. The language has two writing systems and they are Latin (Māori alphabet) and Māori Braille. In the upcoming passage, let’s see how to say months of the year in Maori.
In Maori, the word Month is written as Marama and the plural form of the word month is written as the same. So let’s see how to say the rest of the gregorian months of the year in Maori in the article below.
Related: Days of the Week in Maori
How to Say English Months in Maori
| Month Name in English | Month Name in Maori | Loan Words (Kupu arotau) |
| January | Kohitātea/Kohi-tātea | Hānuere |
| February | Hui-tanguru/Huitanguru | Pēpuere |
| March | Poutū-te-rangi/Poutūterangi | Māehe |
| April | Paenga-whāwhā/Paengawhāwhā | Āperira |
| May | Haratua | Mei |
| June | Hōngongoi | Hune |
| July | Hōngongoi | Hūrae |
| August | Here-turi-kōkā/Hereturikōkā | Ākuhata |
| September | Mahuru | Hepetema |
| October | Whiringa-ā-nuku | Oketopa |
| November | Whiringa-ā-rangi | Noema |
| December | Hakihea | Tīhema |
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