Writing the date in Māori
This is the BEST way to write the date in Māori
e.g. (Monday) (the) (24th day) (of) (February) (2014)
(Rāhina) (te) (tuarua tekau ma whā o ngā rā) (ō) (Hui-tanguru) (rua mano tekau ma whā)
Days of the week
Rāhina - Monday
Rātu - Tuesday
Rāapa - Wednesday
Rāpare - Thursday
Rāmere - Friday
If you wish to shorten it, you may also use:
(Rāhina) (24) (o) (Hui-tanguru) (2014)
Months of the year
Kohi-tātea - January
Hui-tanguru - February
Poutū-te-rangi - March
Paenga-whāwhā - April
Haratua - May
Pipiri - June
Hōngongoi - July
Here-turi-kōkā - August
Mahuru - September
Whiringa-ā-nuku - October
Whiringa-ā-rangi - November
Hakihea - December
Dates - Numbers
tahi - 1
rua - 2
toru - 3
whā - 4
rima - 5
ono - 6
whitu - 7
waru - 8
iwa - 9
tekau - 10
takau ma tahi - 11
tekau ma rua - 12
tekau ma toru - 13
tekau ma whā - 14
tekau ma rima - 15
tekau ma ono - 16
tekau ma whitu - 17
tekau ma waru - 18
tekau ma iwa - 19
rua tekau - 20
rua takau ma tahi - 21
rua tekau ma rua - 22
rua tekau ma toru - 23
rua tekau ma whā - 24
rua tekau ma rima - 25
rua tekau ma ono - 26
rua tekau ma whitu - 27
rua tekau ma waru - 28
rua tekau ma iwa - 29
toru tekau - 30
toru tekau ma tahi - 31
Year:
2014 - rua mano tekau ma wha
rua (2)
mano (thousand)
tekau ma wha (ten and four - fourteen)