Fun, user-friendly and relevant to modern readers, Scotty Morrison's Maori Made Easy is the one-stop resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of the Maori language.
Professor Scotty Morrison (Ngati Whakaue) is the well-known
presenter of current affairs programmes Te Karere and Marae. He
holds a Master's degree (Education), is working towards his PhD,
and has been an Adjunct Professor and the Director of Maori Student
and Community Engagement at Auckland's Unitec Institute of
Technology. In 2017, he was appointed to a new role at Massey
University's Te Putahi-a-Toi (School of Maori Art, Knowledge and
Education), working alongside his wife Stacey in a strategic,
advocacy and lecturing capacity.
Scotty is the author of the bestselling language guides Maori Made
Easy (winner of the 2016 Nga Kupu Ora Maori Book Award - Te Reo
Maori), Maori Made Easy 2, The Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori,
Maori at Work and Maori at Home, which was co-authored with
Stacey.
In 2019, Scotty was awarded the inaugural Te Tohu Korurenga Hau
Culture Change award by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, The Maori
Language Commission, for his leadership and innovation as a teacher
of te reo Maori.
Scotty lives in Auckland with Stacey and their three children,
Hawaiki, Kurawaka and Maiana.
"This is not just a useful book, it's an essential one." --North and South
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