Te reo crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Material often weaved with
  2. 5. Native bird which makes the same sound as it’s English name
  3. 8. Form of Māori prayer or formal spoken word
  4. 12. Mother earth figure
  5. 14. Māori New Years
  6. 16. Canoe Olympian
  7. 17. An unfurling fern frond
  8. 18. Kiwi actor in Star Wars and Moana
  9. 19. Introduction about connections to the land and to people
  10. 21. English translation for pounamu
Down
  1. 1. Massey University’s Māori name
  2. 2. First Disney film translated to te reo
  3. 3. Māori term used in a similar way to LGBTQIA+
  4. 4. Number of letters in Māori alphabet
  5. 6. 90s Film/novel about a family descended from Māori warriors
  6. 7. Māori name for the silver fern
  7. 9. Patricia Grace 1992 novel turned 2021 film
  8. 10. Te reo word for stomach
  9. 11. Maori name for Palmerston North
  10. 13. Bird resembling pūkeko
  11. 15. Traditional Māori lunar calendar
  12. 20. Large, spiny insects found in dark, damp places in gardens and bush throughout NZ