Free Te Reo Māori printables
10 free printable te reo māori resources for teachers — A4 PDFs, ready to print, no sign-up.
A small, purposeful collection for bringing te reo Māori into everyday classroom life: a pepeha scaffold template, te reo classroom labels, a classroom commands poster, greetings and farewells cards, whānau vocabulary cards, ngā tae colour cards, numbers 1–20 matching cards, a days and months word mat, feelings check-in cards, and a weather kupu spinner. Designed for English-medium classrooms across Years 1–8.
All free A4 PDFs. These are everyday-use resources — the labels, poster and check-in cards are built to make te reo part of the classroom's daily rhythm, not a Friday-afternoon topic.
Pepeha Scaffold Template
Te Reo Māori · Templates
Whānau Vocabulary Cards
Te Reo Māori · Cards
Weather Kupu Spinner
Te Reo Māori · Cut-outs
Feelings Check-In Cards
Te Reo Māori · Cards
Classroom Commands Poster
Te Reo Māori · Posters
Days and Months Word Mat
Te Reo Māori · Mats
Numbers 1-20 Matching Cards
Te Reo Māori · Cards
Ngā Tae Colour Cards
Te Reo Māori · Cards
Greetings and Farewells Cards
Te Reo Māori · Cards
Te Reo Māori Classroom Labels
Te Reo Māori · Printable
How teachers use these te reo māori printables
Pepeha as a start-of-year project
The pepeha scaffold template gives every student a structure for introducing themselves — maunga, awa, whānau — and makes a strong start-of-year display and mihi practice.
Labelling the room in te reo
The classroom labels put kupu on the door, windows, and book corner so vocabulary is met dozens of times a day in context — the lowest-effort, highest-frequency te reo there is.
Daily routines: karakia, weather, feelings
The weather kupu spinner and feelings check-in cards slot into morning routines — one student reports the weather in te reo, the class checks in with a kupu for how they're feeling.
Classroom commands in te reo first
The classroom commands poster supports giving everyday instructions — e tū, e noho, whakarongo mai — in te reo before English, until the English isn't needed.
Games with numbers and colours
The numbers 1–20 matching cards and ngā tae colour cards run as pair games and quick-fire quizzes, building the core vocabulary students hang everything else on.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be a fluent speaker to use these?
No — the collection is designed for English-medium classrooms where the teacher is learning alongside the students. Start with labels, commands and daily routines; consistency matters more than fluency.
What year levels are they for?
Years 1–8. The vocabulary sets suit juniors as first exposure and seniors as consolidation; the pepeha scaffold works at any level.
Are macrons used correctly?
Yes — resources use macrons throughout (kupu like whānau, māhanga, ngā tae). If you spot an error in any resource, let us know and we'll fix it.
Will this collection grow?
It's one of the newer collections in the library and more te reo resources are being added. If there's a resource you need, Kuraplan can generate custom te reo Māori materials now.
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