26 stunning Māori baby names and their meanings

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• Pixellated

  Sep 28, 2019 9:46AM

  There is so much wrong with this list. For example, there is no 'y' in the Māori alphabet (as in Nyree - I think you mean Ngaere/Ngaire). Rua doesn't mean lake. These are only two obvious errors but there are a lot in this list. Please check your sources!

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• DanielleMFM admin

  Sep 30, 2019 3:24PM

  Hi @Pixellated
  Thank you so much for your feedback about this article, that's really helpful and we will definitely have the writer revisit this piece. We would love to speak to you some more about this article, as you definitely seem to know your stuff, so we'd love it if you dropped us an email at [email protected]

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• AnnaMCkiwi

  Sep 20, 2021 12:53PM

  Kia ora, please amend this list - the name 'Nyree' is not a Māori name, the correct spelling is 'Ngaire'. Also the name Tāne has a macron over the a. I would encourage anyone considering using these names to first learn how to pronounce them correctly first before appropriating them. Also for the names specific to Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Māori language it's probably best not to use them unless you have a personal connection to Māori culture or to Aotearoa otherwise it's really just meaningless cultural appropriation. Thanks for your consideration.

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