The Stratford Press supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori - the Māori Language Commission Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a Maori word to learn each week.
This week’s word is moana - ocean, sea, big lake
Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.