Para Kore

Papakupu Para Kore - Zero Waste Glossary

Upcoming Events

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Mai i Kurawaka - Whangārei

13 February 2026
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Join us to wānanga with Kilohōkū and receive a free reusable starter pack to support your journey. Made possible by Whangārei District Council Waste Minimisation grant.
Upstairs
8 Commerce St, Whangārei
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Mai i Kurawaka - Whangārei

14 February 2026
10:00am to 11:30am
Join us to wānanga with Kilohōkū and receive a free reusable starter pack to support your journey. Made possible by Whangārei District Council Waste Minimisation grant.
Upstairs
8 Commerce St, Whangārei
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Mai i Kurawaka - Whangārei

14 February 2026
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Join us to wānanga with Kilohōkū and receive a free reusable starter pack to support your journey. Made possible by Whangārei District Council Waste Minimisation grant.
Upstairs
8 Commerce St, Whangārei
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He Pō Whakamānawa

18 February 2026
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Join Para Kore and Qiane Matata-Sipu, for a special evening for māmā, nannies, aunties, whānau and their kōtiro. Come together, connect, and be welcomed into the Mai i Kurawaka journey.
Manurewa Marae, Matukutuureia Wharekai
81 Finlayson Avenue, Clendon Park, Manurewa
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He Mana tō te Kai - EcoFest

10 April 2026
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Join Para Kore with facilitator Ethan Smith and other whānau on a journey through whakapapa, māramatanga, kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga with our He Mana tō te Kai programme.
Ellen Melville Centre in the Helen Clark Lounge
2 Freyberg Place,Central Auckland Auckland
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Mai i Kurawaka - EcoFest

10 April 2026
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Reclaim menstural mātauranga. Reconnect with the traditional Māori worldview of ikura.
Ellen Melville Centre in the Helen Clark Lounge
2 Freyberg Place,Central Auckland Auckland

Papakupu Para Kore – Zero Waste Glossary

He mea āta whakarite tēnei rārangi kupu e Para Kore rāua tahi ko He Kupenga Hao i te Reo.

Ko ngā puna kōrero matua i tirotirohia:
• www.māoridictionary.co.nz
• www.paekupu.co.nz
• He Kupenga Hao i te Reo: Te Reo Pūtaiao. Papaioea: He Kupenga Hao i te Reo, 2009.
• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Te Matatiki: Contemporary Māori Words. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996.
• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. He Pātaka Kupu. Auckland: Penguin Group, 2008.
• Williams, H.W. Dictionary of the Māori Language (7th ed.). Wellington: GP Publications, 1991.

Mēnā ka kitea he kupu e hapa ana, he kupu kē atu rānei e pā ana ki te kaupapa o Para Kore kāore i tuhia ki tēnei rārangi, me tuku kōrero mai ki: jacqui@parakore.maori.nz

This glossary recognises the work and desire of many communities to become bilingual. With any national organisation such as Para Kore there is some tension between consistency of terms across the country and the desire to support and maintain local dialects. The words in this glossary have been researched and consulted on nationally, with the aim of helping groups, councils and communities to expand the usage of te reo Māori. It is acknowledged that for some terms, in some locations, local dialect should take preference.

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