Te Reo Māori

Māori voice-over

Māori-language voice actors, cast for your audience and directed by our team. You hear a shortlist and approve a written quote before recording.

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Samples

We send Māori samples chosen for your script.

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Human
Real human voices
Every voice is a professional actor in a booth. No synthetic voices.
Native
Their first language
Cast from speakers who grew up with the language your audience speaks.
Directed
A director on every line
We listen for meaning, pace and pronunciation in the session, not after it.

Māori voices

No public Māori demos yet. We record samples on your own lines instead.

Samples on your own lines

Send a few lines of your script and we come back with Māori voices reading them.

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What Māori voice-over is hired for

Aotearoa New Zealand
Te reo Māori is an official language used in public bodies and media.
Education and broadcasting
Schools and broadcasters publish in te reo.
Brands and tourism
Organisations add te reo to their identity.

Typical projects

Public bodies and broadcasters
Schools and publishers
Brands and tourism
Cultural organisations

Māori in a voice-over brief

Te reo Māori has a small set of sounds, and long vowels marked with macrons change meaning. Many brands and public bodies in New Zealand now use greetings and names in te reo, which makes correct pronunciation important even in English projects. Dialects vary among iwi. A brief asks for the macrons to be in the script, who within the community approves it and whether a New Zealand English version is also needed.

Accent and direction notes

What our director listens for in a Māori session.

Macrons
Long vowels are marked with a macron and change the word.
Protocol
Greetings and names follow cultural protocol; the brief should say who approves.
Regional dialects
Speech varies between iwi.

What casting decides in Māori

Native speaker
We confirm availability and fluency.
Context
Ceremonial and everyday uses differ.

How we work

Casting
We shortlist voices for your language, audience and tone, and explain the difference between them. You choose, and approve a written quote.
Direction
A director runs the session against your brief: meaning, pace and every agreed pronunciation. You can listen in remotely.
Delivery
Every file is checked against the script word by word and technically, then delivered in your format and naming.

What decides the price

No price list: every quote is written for your project and states usage and the delivery date.

Length: Word count or running time of the finished audio.
Use and territory: Internal, online or broadcast; where it runs and for how long.
Voice: Some languages and voice profiles are scarcer than others.
Picture and files: Recording to timecode, splitting and naming add work.