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In 2023
Māori Language Week is
11 -17 September
(11-17 Mahuru).

Māori Language Week is celebrated annually in September starting on a Monday and ending on the following Sunday.

Commonly used phrases for Landscape Architects:
Hoahoanga whenua - landscape architecture
Kaihoahoa whenua - landscape architect
Wāhi - site
Mahere - plan
​Horopaki paenga - site context
Maunga - mountain
Puke - hill
Kūkūwai reporepo - wetland
Roto - lake
Moana - sea
Takutai - coast
Awa - river
Rohe - area or boundaries
ātārangi - shadow
Rangi - day / sky 
Rā - sun
Uranga - sunrise / sunset 
Ao - earth / world 
Te Taiao - the natural world
Te Ao Tūkupu - universe
Te Ao Tūroa - earth / nature

Ingoa wāhi o Aotearoa - places
Ahuriri - Napier
Akaroa - Banks Peninsula
Aorangi - Fielding
Aparima - Riverton
Areketanara - Alexandra
Awakairangi - Lower Hutt
Hakatere - Ashburton
Hauraki - Thames
Hāwera - Hāwera
Heretaunga - Hastings
Horowhenua - Levin
Kaiwaewae - Featherston
Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere - Tokoroa
Kawatiri - Westport
Kemureti - Cambridge
Kirikiriroa - Hamilton
Kororāreka - Russell
Māwhera - Greymouth
Murihiku - Bluff
Ngāmotu - New Plymouth
Ōtautahi - Christchurch
Ōtepoti - Dunedin
Parāwai - Thames
Rahui-Pōkeka - Huntley
Rakiura - Stewart Island
Rotorua-nui-a-Kahu Matamōmoe - Rotorua
Taitoko - Levin 
Takuira - Dargaville
Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland
Taniwaka - Dannevirke 
Taupō-nui-a - Tia Taupō
Tauranga-moana - Tauranga
Te Ahi-kai-kōura-a-Tama-ki-te- rangi - Kaikoura
Te Hokianga-a-Kupe - Hokianga
Te Oha-a-Maru - Oamaru
Te Oreore - Masterton
Te Papa-i-Oea - Palmerston North
Te Reinga Wairua - Cape Reinga
Te Tihi-o-Maru - Timaru
Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara - Wellington
Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa - Gisborne
Uawa - Tolaga Bay
Waiharakeke - Blenheim
Waihopai - Invercargill
Whakatiki - Upper Hutt
Whakatū - Nelson
Whanganui - Wanganui
Whāngarei - Whāngarei