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Te Tumu launches “Aki”.

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New I-Phone app to learn Māori vocabulary. click to enlarge

Te Tumu has launched “Aki”, a new I-Phone game for learning Māori-language vocabulary.  The game can also be played on I-Pads.

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Assoc Prof Poia Rewi and Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl

This project was headed by Associate Professor Poia Rewi of Te Tumu and Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl from Research and Enterprise. The game is informed by research by Te Tumu postgraduate students Nikita Hall and Kelly-Ann Tahitahi. Technical input from Design for Technology staff and students. Te Tumu students also assisted with the voices for the app. Learners will be able to increase their vocabulary (principally items and activities related to the home) while also competing with their friends. An Android version is currently being created.

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Prof. Richard Blaikie (DVC Research) and Assoc Prof Poia Rewi.

Kua whakamānutia e Te Tumu he kēmu Ī-Waea (ko “Aki te ingoa) hei ako i ngā kupu reo Māori.  E pai ana hoki te pūmanawa tautono (app) mō te Ī-papa.  Ko Associate Professor Poia Rewi (nō Te Tumu) rāua ko Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl (Research and Enterprise) ngā kaihautu. Nā ētahi ākonga paerunga, nā Nikita Hall rāua ko Kelly-Ann Tahitahi te rangahau mō te kēmu nei. I whakatutukitia te taha hanga kēmu e ngā kaiako me ngā ākonga o Te Toki a Rata (Design for Technology), ā, nō ētahi o ngā ākonga o Te Tumu ngā reo e rangona ana. Ka taea e ngā tāngata e ako ana i te reo te whakarahi tō rātou mōhio ki ngā kupu reo Māori (e pā ana ki ngā taputapu me ngā mahi o te kāinga), ā, ka whakataetae rātou ko ō rātou hoa. Kei te hangaia he tūmomo Android ināianei.

Story from the Otago Daily Times.

University Bulletin story.

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Gareth Seymour (nō Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori) rātou ko Migoto Eria (nō Te Whare Taoka o Ōtākou) ko Dr Karyn Paringatai (nō Te Tumu) e purei ana i te kēmu.

 

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One thought on “Te Tumu launches “Aki”.”

  1. Mauri ora Poia raua ko Katharina,
    Awesome effort to see the development of this new App. I am going to explore it now and as we have a class set of iPads at College, will suggest it as a tool and link for our tauira.
    Hei kona, na Kelli Te Maiharoa

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