Now updated for CSW15. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| ahuru | a small pink cod of SW Pacific water |
| ahuruhuru | a small pink cod of SW Pacific water |
| aka | a New Zealand vine |
| akatea | a New Zealand vine with white flowers |
| akeake | a New Zealand tree |
| akiraho | a small New Zealand shrub with white flowers |
| amokura | a white pelagian bird of tropical latitudes, with a red beak and red tail feathers |
| araara | another name for TREVALLY, a kind of horse-mackerel |
| ariki | the first-born male or female of a notable family |
| aroha | love, compassion |
| aruhe | the edible root of a New Zealand fern |
| ataata | a grazing marine gastropod |
| atua | a spirit or demon |
| aua | the yellow-eye mullet |
| aue | an exclamation of pain, distress or astonishment |
| awato | the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand |
| aweto | the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand |
| awhato | the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand |
| awheto | the so-called vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand |
| haeremai | welcome |
| haka | a ceremonial war-dance |
| hakari | a ritual feast |
| haku | the kingfish |
| hangi | an open air cooking pit |
| hapu | a subtribe |
| hapuka | the groper |
| hapuku | the groper |
| harakeke | flax |
| heitiki | a neck ornament of greenstone |
| heketara | a small shrub that has flowers with white petals and yellow centres |
| hikoi | to take part in a protest march: HIKOIS, HIKOIING, HIKOIED |
| hinahina | a small, bushy white-barked tree of New Zealand, aka MAHOE |
| hinau | a New Zealand tree |
| hioi | a plant of the mint family |
| hoha | bored, fed up |
| hoka | red cod |
| hongi | a traditional greeting, touching nose to nose: HONGIS, HONGIING, HONGIED |
| hori | a Maori; falsehood |
| horoeka | a New Zealand tree |
| horokaka | a low-growing New Zealand plant with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers |
| horopito | a New Zealand plant |
| houhere | a small evergreen New Zealand tree |
| huhu | a New Zealand beetle |
| hui | a social gathering |
| huia | a New Zealand bird akin to a crow |
| hupiro | a New Zealand name for STINKWOOD |
| inanga | the New Zealand whitebait |
| iwi | a tribe |
| kahawai | a large marine fish of the perch family |
| kahikatea | a tall New Zealand coniferous tree |
| kahikatoa | a tall New Zealand coniferous tree |
| kai | food, a meal |
| kaik | = KAINGA, a village or small settlement |
| kaika | = KAINGA, a village or small settlement |
| kaikai | food, a feast |
| kaikawaka | a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka PAHAUTEA |
| kaikomako | a small New Zealand tree with white flowers and black fruit |
| kainga | a village or small settlement |
| kaka | a brownish-green New Zealand parrot |
| kakapo | a ground-dwelling New Zealand parrot |
| kakariki | a green-feathered New Zealand parrot |
| kamahi | a tall New Zealand hardwood tree with pinkish flowers |
| kamokamo | a kind of marrow found in New Zealand |
| kanae | grey mullet |
| kanuka | a New Zealand myrtaceous tree |
| kapuka | a broadleaf tree |
| karaka | a New Zealand tree with edible orange fruit |
| karakia | a prayer |
| karamu | a small New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and orange fruit |
| karanga | a call or chant of welcome sung by a female elder; (verb) to sing a KARANGA: KARANGAS, KARANGAING, KARANGAED |
| karearea | a New Zealand falcon |
| karengo | an edible type of Pacific seaweed |
| karo | a small New Zealand shrub or tree |
| karoro | a large seagull with black feathers on its back |
| karuhiruhi | the pied shag, Phalacrocorax varius, found in New Zealand |
| katipo | a venomous black New Zealand spider |
| kaumatua | a senior member of a tribe |
| kaupapa | strategy, policy or cause |
| kauri | a gum- and timber-yielding tree of New Zealand; its white timber |
| kaury | a gum- and timber-yielding tree of New Zealand; its white timber |
| kauru | the edible stem of the cabbage tree |
| kawa | protocol or etiquette (in a Maori tribal meeting place) |
| kawakawa | a New Zealand tree, aka PEPPERTREE |
| kawanatanga | sovereignty |
| kawau | the black shag |
| kea | a large brownish-green parrot |
| kehua | a ghost or spirit |
| kekeno | a New Zealand fur seal |
| kekerengu | a New Zealand bug |
| kereru | a New Zealand pigeon |
| kete | a basket woven from flax |
| kiekie | a climbing bush plant of New Zealand |
| kiore | a small brown rat native to New Zealand |
| kiwi | a New Zealand Bird, aka APTERYX |
| ko | a digging-stick |
| koekoea | the long-tailed cuckoo of New Zealand |
| koha | a gift or donation esp. of cash |
| kohekohe | a New Zealand tree with large glossy leaves and reddish flower |
| kohutuhutu | a New Zealand shrub with tasty purple berries |
| kokako | a large dark grey wattled crow of New Zealand |
| kokiri | the rough-skinned New Zealand triggerfish |
| kokopu | any of several small freshwater fish of New Zealand |
| kokowai | a type of clay used in decoration because of its reddish colour |
| konaki koneke | a farm vehicle with runners at the front and wheels at the rear |
| konini | the edible dark purple berry of the KOTUKUTUKU or tree fuchsia |
| korari | a native New Zealand flax plant, aka CLADDIE |
| korero | talk, conversation; (verb) to discuss: KOREROS, KOREROED, KOREROING |
| korimako | the BELLBIRD |
| koro | an elderly Maori man; a title of respect for an elderly Maori man |
| koromiko | a flowering New Zealand shrub |
| korora | the fairy penguin or little blue penguin |
| korowai | a decorative woven cloak worn by a Maori chief |
| koru | a stylized curved pattern used especially in carving |
| kotahitanga | unity or solidarity |
| kotare | a small greenish-blue kingfisher found in New Zealand and Australia |
| kotuku | a kind of heron with brilliant white plumage, black legs, yellow eyes and bill |
| kotukutuku | the tree fuchsia |
| koura | a New Zealand freshwater crayfish |
| kowhai | a New Zealand tree with golden flowers |
| kowhaiwhai | a type of pattern in Maori decorative art |
| kuia | a Maori female elder or elderly woman |
| kuku | a large fruit-eating pigeon of New Zealand |
| kumara | the sweet potato |
| kumera | the sweet potato |
| kumarahou | a New Zealand shrub |
| kumikumi | a kind of marrow found in New Zealand |
| kunekune | a feral wild dog |
| kuri | a mongrel, an extinct native dog |
| kutu | a body louse, a COOTIE |
| mairehau | a small aromatic shrub of New Zealand |
| mako | a kind of shark |
| makutu | Polynesian witchcraft; (verb) to cast a spell on: MAKUTUS, MAKUTUING, MAKUTUED |
| mamakau | a tall edible New Zealand tree fern |
| mamako | a tall edible New Zealand tree fern |
| mamaku | a tall edible New Zealand tree fern |
| mana | an impersonal supernatural force |
| manaia | a figure in Maori carving consisting of a human body and bird-like head |
| manatu | a large flowering New Zealand deciduous shrub |
| manawa | a mangrove |
| mangeao | a small New Zealand tree with glossy leaves |
| manoao | a shrub of the heath group |
| manuhiri | a visitor to a MARAE |
| manuka | an Australian and New Zealand tree of the myrtle family |
| maomao | a New Zealand fish |
| mapau | a small New Zealand tree with reddish bark |
| marae | a meeting-place |
| marari | the BUTTERFISH |
| matagouri | a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country |
| matai | a coniferous evergreen tree of New Zealand, aka black pine |
| matata | a New Zealand bird, aka FERNBIRD |
| matipo | a New Zealand shrub |
| mauri | the soul |
| meri | a war-club |
| miha | a young fern frond that has not opened |
| mihi | a ceremonial greeting; (verb) to greet ceremonially > MIHIS, MIHIING, MIHIED |
| mingimingi | a type of New Zealand tree with white berries |
| miro | a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand |
| miromiro | a small New Zealand bird |
| moa | an extinct ostrich-like New Zealand bird |
| mohua | a small New Zealand bird with yellow head and breast |
| moki | a New Zealand sea fish |
| mokihi | a Maori raft |
| moko | a system of tattooing |
| mokomoko | a type of skink found in New Zealand |
| mokopuna | a grandchild or young person |
| monoao | a shrub of the heath group |
| motu | a small reef island in the Pacific |
| namu | a black New Zealand sandfly |
| nanua | a New Zealand sea fish, aka MOKI |
| neinei | a type of plant |
| ngai | clan or tribe, as used before the names of certain Maori tribes |
| ngaio | a New Zealand tree with white wood |
| ngarara | a lizard found in New Zealand |
| ngati | a tribe or clan |
| nikau | a type of palm-tree |
| ongaonga | a New Zealand nettle with a severe or fatal sting |
| orihou | a small New Zealand tree |
| pa pah | a hill fort |
| pahautea | a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka KAIKAWAKA |
| pakahi | acid land unfit for cultivation |
| pakeha | a white man; a non-Polynesian citizen |
| pakihi | an area of swampy infertile land |
| pakirikiri | the blue cod |
| pakoko | a small fish, aka BULLY |
| papauma | a kind of tree |
| parapara | a small New Zealand tree with very sticky fruits, aka Birdcatcher tree |
| parera | a New Zealand duck with brown-edged grey feathers |
| parore | a type of fish found around New Zealand and Australia |
| pataka | a building on stilts, used to store provisions |
| patiki | the New Zealand sand flounder or dab |
| patu | a short club |
| patutuki | the blue cod |
| paua | a name for the abalone shell |
| pawa | a name for the abalone shell |
| pihoihoi | a variety of New Zealand pipit |
| pikau | a rucksack |
| piopio | a New Zealand thrush, thought to be extinct |
| pipi | A type of edible shellfish |
| pipiwharauroa | a Pacific migratory bird with metallic gold-green plumage |
| piupiu | a skirt, traditionally made from strips of flax, worn by both men and women |
| piwakawaka | a New Zealand bird, aka the Grey Fantail |
| poaka | a New Zealand bird of the stilt family |
| pohiri powhiri | a ceremony of welcome, esp to a marae |
| pohutukawa | a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree |
| poi | a light ball swung on a string in traditional Maori dancing |
| ponga | a tall tree-fern of New Zealand, with soft thick leaves |
| porae | a large edible seafish of New Zealand waters |
| porangi | crazy |
| potae | a hat |
| puckerood puckerooed | exhausted |
| puha | sow-thistle |
| puka | any tobacco plant having broad leaves |
| pukatea | an aromatic New Zealand tree, valued for its high-quality timber |
| pukeko | a New Zealand wading bird with bright plumage |
| puku | the belly or stomach |
| punga | a tall tree-fern of New Zealand, with soft thick leaves |
| puriri | a timber tree of New Zealand, with red berries and glossy green leaves |
| putangitangi | a New Zealand bird, aka paradise duck |
| rahui | a Maori prohibition |
| rangatira | a leader or chief |
| rangatiratanga | the condition of being a Maori chief |
| rangi | sky |
| rangiora | an evergreen New Zealand shrub with large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers |
| rata | any of several New Zealand trees of the myrtle family |
| raupatu | confiscation of land |
| raupo | the New Zealand bulrush |
| rauriki | sow-thistle |
| rawaru | the blue cod |
| reo | a New Zealand language |
| reperepe | the elephant fish, a large fish of the Pacific with a trunk-like snout |
| reremai | the basking shark |
| rewarewa | a New Zealand tree whose wood is used in furniture making |
| rimu | a coniferous New Zealand tree |
| riroriro | the grey warbler |
| runanga | an assembly or council |
| ruru | the BOOBOOK owl |
| taiaha | a long-handled club with a sharp tip |
| taihoa | hold on! |
| takahe | an almost-extinct, New Zealand, brightly colored, flightless bird with a large bill |
| tangi | a ceremony of mourning |
| taniwha | a mythical monster, that lives in very deep water |
| taonga | treasure |
| tara | (Chambers) a variety of bracken found in New Zealand and Tasmania; (Collins) the white-fronted tern |
| taraire | a type of New Zealand tree |
| tarakihi | an Australasian foodfish |
| terakihi | an Australasian foodfish |
| taramea | a variety of New Zealand speargrass |
| tauhinu | a poplar tree |
| tauhou | a greenish-coloured tropical songbird, aka SILVEREYE |
| tauiwi | non-Maori people of New Zealand. [Maori 'foreign race'] |
| taupata | a New Zealand tree with shiny dark green leaves |
| tawai | any of various species of Nothofagus, New Zealand beech |
| tawhai | any of various species of Nothofagus, New Zealand beech |
| tawheowheo | a type of azalea found in New Zealand |
| tawhiri | a small New Zealand tree with wavy glossy dark green leaves |
| tikanga | usage or custom |
| tiki | to take a scenic tour round an area |
| tipuna | an ancestor |
| titipunamou | a kind of New Zealand wren |
| tupuna | an ancestor |
| tiriti | another name for the Treaty of Waitangi |
| titarakura | a small freshwater fish of New Zealand |
| titoki | a New Zealand tree |
| toetoe | a tall reedlike grass of New Zealand |
| toitoi | a tall reedlike grass of New Zealand |
| toheroa | a kind of New Zealand shellfish |
| tohunga | a priest, a wise man with healing powers |
| tokotoko | a ceremonial carved Maori walking stick |
| tomo | a shaft formed by the action of water on volcanic or limestone rock |
| totara | a New Zealand timber tree, with reddish wood: mahogany pine |
| tuatara | a primitive reptile found in New Zealand |
| tuatera | a primitive reptile found in New Zealand |
| tuatua | an edible marine bivalve mollusc of New Zealand |
| tui | a New Zealand bird, a honey-guide |
| tumatakuru | a native thorny shrub of New Zealand, aka Wild Irishman |
| turangawaewae | the area that is a person's home |
| umu | a type of oven |
| utu | the settlement of a debt |
| wahine | a Maori woman |
| wai | water |
| waiata | a Maori song |
| wairua | a spirit or soul |
| waka | a traditional Maori canoe, usu made of a hollowed tree trunk |
| wakame | an kind of edible seaweed |
| warehou | any of several edible New Zealand fish |
| weka | a flightless rail of New Zealand |
| wero | a challenge made by an armed Maori warrior to a visitor to a MARAE |
| weta | a large New Zealand grasshopper |
| whaikorero | formal speech-making as forming part of the ceremonies at a MARAE |
| whakairo | the art of carving |
| whakapapa | a family tree |
| whanau | a family, esp an extended one |
| whare | a house |
| wharenui | a tall carved building used as a guesthouse |
| wharepuni | a tall carved building used as a guesthouse |
| whata | a building on stilts used for storing provision |
| whenua | land |
| whio | a New Zealand mountain duck with blue plumage |