Months of the Year in Maori

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

Days Based on Months:

Important Days in January	Important Days in February
Important Days in March	Important Days in April
Important Days in May	Important Days in June
Important Days in July	Important Days in August
Important Days in September	Important Days in October
Important Days in November	Important Days in December

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