Ako Tahi

19/03/2026

Kia ora koutou,

Know where you come from. Say it with pride.

Ako Tahi Pepeha is here! A guided app to help you build your own pepeha, your whakapapa identity in te reo Māori. Step-by-step builder and line-by-line translations.

This app is $1.99 NZD, and every purchase directly supports our kaupapa. Ako Tahi and Ako Tahi Tamariki will always be free, and Ako Tahi Pepeha helps us to keep growing them. 🙏

Available now on iPhone and Android 📱
👉 https://www.akotahi.nz/pepeha

06/01/2026

Kia ora e te whānau,

Ngā mihi o te tau hou!

Ako Tahi has a new update out now, check the links below, or search for “Ako Tahi” in your phone’s App Store.

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/ako-tahi/id1435115715
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akotahi

Ako Tahi is a grassroots, whānau-led and community-driven Te Reo Māori app, helping you learn, listen, practice, and share 2,500+ phrases.

What’s New:
• New vowel pronunciation guide, with audio
• Clipboard manager for sharing multiple phrases
• 1,200+ new phrases added, now over 2,500 phrases
• New phrase categories for better organisation
• Improved audio playback and word-by-word highlighting
• Phrase of the Day push notifications, iPhone only (for now)
• Updated UI and new artwork

If you know someone wanting to learn Te Reo this year, please tag them or share this post.

A big mihi to Te Huinga for their generous support of our kaupapa, their contribution has helped us access essential resources to keep improving Ako Tahi. We also want to acknowledge our iwi, Ngātihine, for their unwavering support and shared commitment to preserving and promoting Te Reo Māori.

And a huge thank you to the different members of our whānau and friends who have brought their talents to this kaupapa, including translations and reo guidance, voice, artwork, feedback, and testing. We couldn’t have brought this together without you.

Ngā mihi nui 🙏🏾

17/09/2024

Kia ora e te whānau,

Ka rawe!! 🎉 Ako Tahi is officially trending as the #2 app in Aotearoa on the Education Top Charts of the Apple App Store during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

A huge thank you to everyone across the motu for the aroha and awesome support! 🙏

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou! ❤️

28/08/2024

Exciting Updates Coming to Ako Tahi!

Kia ora e te whānau! It’s been a while since our last post, but we’re stoked to share that we’ve recently started an awesome initiative to enhance the Ako Tahi app, thanks to funding that has allowed us to kick off this project.

We have been working on improving the app’s user interface and refreshing the content to make it more engaging and user-friendly.

We are looking forward to sharing these changes with you and continuing our journey of learning and celebrating Te Reo Māori together.

Ngā mihi nui!

15/06/2022

Ka mau te wehi!! Ako Tahi is currently trending as the most popular ‘free’ Te Reo Māori App in Aotearoa. Not bad for a free community App that didn’t get support or funding.

To support the mahi of developing another Te Reo Māori App: Ako Tahi Tamariki - A free Te Reo Māori mobile App for parents, please visit our Givealittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/ako-tahi-tamariki-a-te-reo-app-for-parents

If you are unable to donate, could you please share this link with your whānau and friends.

We do this mahi with Aroha ❤️ outside of our day to day jobs.

Ngā mihi mō tō tautoko / Thank you for your support. ❤️🙏

An App to help enable parents to speak more Te Reo Māori with their children/tamariki

26/05/2022

We have a ‘givealittle’ page to support this awesome kaupapa we are working on. A mobile App to help enable parents to speak more Te Reo Māori at home with their tamariki/children.

Please donate and/or share.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou 🙏❤️

Ako Tahi Tamariki - An App to help enable parents to speak more Te Reo Māori with their children/tamariki

05/11/2021

Kia ora koutou. The new version of Ako Tahi is now available. Go to the App Store / Play Store on your mobile phone, search for 'Ako Tahi' then click 'Download' or 'Update'. Kia manahau!

Ngā mihi nui 🙏

02/10/2021

Ako Tahi is currently trending between the 2nd and 3rd most popular free Te Reo Māori mobile application and it made it to #10 under education during Māori language week. Ka rawe hoki! ❤

02/10/2021

Ka Mau te Wehi! 'Ako Tahi' got a mention 😎

Increasing numbers of people are using the web, apps and social media to learn te reo Māori and promote the language.

28/09/2021

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/learn-to-pronounce-maori-place-names-on-the-go

Hear, Watch and Learn Māori Place Names On The Go