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The truth is, we've all felt this at some stage of our journey. Going through it herself, our founder wanted every experience to help learners overcome this in a safe, supportive space from the start 🥲 Want to feel the difference with Manawa Māori
If you were part of our upcoming Foundations for Teams intake, here's how we'd help your team nail introductions 💬 Most learners think memorising phrases means fluency. It doesn't. We think that real introductions come from authenticity and presen
We're a Māori language provider, so we couldn't stay quiet about the recent discussions in the media. So what do we think? Swipe to see why learning Māori from a young age is a yes, not a maybe, and how code switching shows kids are clever, not con
We've been growing with our community this year, and that means always listening 📝 One thing we heard early on? Learners wanted take-home sheets and downloadable resources. So, we built a members-only downloads suite... 💡 That means no more visi
We're so lucky to do this mahi 🥹 Translation projects are one of our favourite ways to connect with organisations that are making space for te reo Māori in their work. Each project is different, and we love finding the words that carry the meaning
If you're still stuck rote learning, it's time to switch things up. Inside our Community Membership, we take a different approach. Swipe to see why so many learners are making the move to meaningful, real-life reo Māori. Our members receive weekly s
It's not everyone's favourite course for no reason. Swipe to see why Foundations for Teams is a learner favourite in workplaces across Aotearoa. And yes, this doesn't even scratch the surface of the value you'll get from this eight-week journey wit
These are just some of the reasons why learners across Aotearoa love Foundations for Teams... 👀 Enrolments are now open for our most popular workplace course! Over 175 staff enroled last year — will your team be next? 🤩🌱 Comment TEAMS and
Enrolments for Foundations for Teams open tomorrow, and we couldn't be more excited to see the incredible teams we'll get to learn alongside this intake🤭 If you're enroling, which module are you most excited for? 👀 // #manawamāori #learningmāori
We wanted to build something genuinely useful, and at a pace that didn't feel overwhelming for our community 🌍 So this year, we launched our Fortnightly Reo Notes: a simple, free email sent every two weeks, designed around bite-sized learning that
They don't just do the Māori Language Week thing. They're committed to doing the everyday thing 💚 That's what the teams we learn with have in common. Our Foundations for Teams course helps make that possible. It's beginner-friendly, low-pressure, a
The waitlist is now OPEN for Foundations for Teams, the #1 pick for organisations nationwide. Secure your team's spot in the October 2025 cohort, the final intake of the year, and get early access to an epic 8‑week journey of: • Collaborative