Language Resources/Rauemi Reo

Master list of language resources:

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori/The Māori Language Commission: http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/te-reo-maori/learning-te-reo-maori-resources/

Links to find more common phrases:

NZ History: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/100-maori-words

Victoria University of Wellington: https://www.victoria.ac.nz/maori-at-victoria/ako/te-reo-at-victoria/maori-greetings-and-phrases

TKI (Te Kete Ipurangi): https://hereoora.tki.org.nz/Teachers-notes/Useful-language-for-the-classroom

Glossary of terms/phrases we commonly use at Occupational Therapy New Zealand/Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa (OTNZ/WNA) (Māori/English):

Aotearoa = New Zealand**
Ata mārie = Good morning**
Hui = Meeting, gathering, debate.
Kaupapa = Topic, theme, concept, idea, movement
Kaiwhakaora Ngangahau = Occupational Therapist.*
Kākano rua (modifier) = Bicultural**
Kākanorua (noun) = Bicultural**
Karakia (noun) = Prayer/incantation**
Kawepūrongo = News**
Kia ora = Hello (informal)
Mahi = Work, labour, job, actions.
Mana Whenua = Power from the land (also signifying responsibility to care for the land)***
Māori = Indigenous/Native (coined during early Pākehā contact to distinguish between Māori and Pākehā/colonisers) ***
Meri Kirihimete = Merry Christmas
Ngā mihi o te kirihimete me te tau hou = Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Ngā mihi o te tau hou = Happy New Year
Pākeha = Foreign (relating to those in Aotearoa originating in foreign lands)**
Pānui =
- (noun) = Announce/Public notice**
- (verb) (-hia/-tia) = To read/To announce or notify**
Tangata Whenua = People of the Land.
- In the context of our treaty relationship governance model, it is a generic term we use for Māori comprising those with mana whenua responsibilities – Māori who are tied culturally to an area by whakapapa and whose ancestors lived and died there; together with taura here – Māori who are resident in an area but who belong to waka and tribes from other parts of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Tangata Tiriti = People of the Treaty.
- In the context of our treaty relationship governance model, it is a generic term we use to describe people whose rights to live in Aotearoa/New Zealand derive from Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the arrangements that the Crown has established under a common rule of law and the equity provisions of Article 3 of Te Tiriti.
Taura here = Kinship link***
Tēnā koe = Hello (formal, to one person)
Tēnā kōrua = Hello (formal, to two persons)
Tēnā koutou = Hello (formal, to several/many persons)
Tikanga rua (noun) = Biculturalism**
Waiata = Song (noun) (click here for our OTNZ-WNA song)
Whakapapa = Geneaology***
Whānau = Family
Whakaora Ngangahau = Occupational Therapy
- Whakaora means to restore to health
- Ngangahau is an adjective meaning – active, spirited, zealous.
- In choosing this translation, the Maori Language Commission is conveying the idea of reawakening, or restoring to health one’s activeness, spiritedness and zeal – occupational therapy.*

*Translation expertise: Hohepa MacDougall – Kaiwhakamaori/Translator, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori/Maori Language Commission (2010).

** Translations as found on https://maoridictionary.co.nz/

***(NB: has various meanings depending on context – this is the relevant definition for our context)

Service Descriptions

Please select the relevant service(s) you offer based on their definition below. This table will also be shown to the public.

What do you need from an OT?	Explanation of the service.
Home and Community Environment assessment	Assessment of a person’s ability to access and move around their home or community environment and ability to perform everyday tasks in their home. Strategies for independence or safety may be taught. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended.
Rehabilitation	Enabling a person’s participation in life’s activities and achieving their goals. Rehabilitation of physical or cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, spinal injury musculoskeletal injury or other medical condition or event.
Technology solutions	Recommendation of equipment and technology that will enable access to and participation in activities. Might include technology for learning, visual impairment or controlling the environment.
Activities of Daily Living – Assessment and Treatment	Assessment of the way everyday tasks are performed. Recommendations about better and safer ways to manage are made. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended. Recommendations for funders regarding level and type of personal support may be supplied.
Older Person’s Health and wellbeing	Assessment of a person’s ability to manage their everyday activities in their living situation. Recommendations for safe and easy ways to do activities and equipment and home modifications may be provided. May include provision of a treatment plan to support and enable the person to achieve their goals.
Child health, Learning and Development	Assessment and therapy services for children (and their families/whanau) with a variety of diagnoses whose ability to play, learn or perform daily activities is interrupted. Includes assessment and working with clients (usually children) with Autism Spectrum Disorders. May include working with people to develop skills for handwriting and other tasks that required fine motor skills.
Mental health and wellbeing	Assisting participation in chosen activities in people who experience social or emotional distress or mental illness. Supporting wellness, self management, lifestyle changes and recovery. May include support with stress management, life enhancement, family therapy, psychotherapy spirituality and sexuality.
Driver assessment and vehicle modification	Specialised assessment of a person’s fitness to drive and conditions which should be placed on a person’s license. Assessment for modifications required to vehicles to enable driving.
Worker safety, assessment and rehabilitation	Assessment and treatment of the injured worker and advice to insurers regarding the needs of injured workers. Design and support of return to work or work rehabilitation programmes. Can include recommendations for injury prevention. May include ergonomic assessments of workplaces and tasks. May include Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s) to determine a person’s general work tolerances and abilities. May include vocational counselling through determining a person’s background, skills and abilities that can be transferred to alternative employment.
Workplace Health, Safety Design and Training	Evaluation of work environments, their design and practices in order to maximize safety, health and welfare of workers. Can include provision of workplace training for the prevention of injury, including moving and handling training. May include working with designers and architects to optimize healthy human-environment interaction.
Participation at home and community	Enabling a person’s participation in their chosen life activities and/or occupations. Includes people who have an age related disability, physical disability, mental health issue or intellectual disability .
Living well with Long Term Conditions	Enabling participation in everyday activities and roles in the presence of persistent challenges. Supporting self management and effective coping strategies. Includes Pain, fatigue, chronic health issues and disability. May include managing the changing needs caused by a palliative condition such as cancer and treatment so that a person can continue to do the everyday tasks that are important to them.
Managing Vision Impairment	Specialists who assess and treat the functional implications of vision problems. Includes managing symptoms (Glare sensitivity or migraine), teaching strategies for safety and independence with everyday activities, recommendations for modifications to home and work and special equipment, tools or aids.
Hand therapy, Splinting and Scar management	Specialists who assist people who have difficulty using their hands as a result of injury, a disease process or deformity.
Community/Organisational Strengthening and Culture Change.	Working with groups in community or organisational settings or policy development to enable participation for all people. May include review of Aged Residential Care or other residential facility to enable occupation for residents.
Mobility, wheelchairs and seating	Assessment of a person’s needs for specialized wheelchair and cushions, seating, and positioning. May include assessment of needs for mobility scooters.

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Language Resources/Rauemi Reo

Master list of language resources:

Links to find more common phrases:

Glossary of terms/phrases we commonly use at Occupational Therapy New Zealand/Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa (OTNZ/WNA) (Māori/English):