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WELCOME TO CREATRIX
Specialists in
INDIGENOUS INGENIOUS INNOVATIONS (i³)


NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

E ngā reo, e ngā mana, e ngā hau e whā,
tēnei te mihi mahana ki a koutou.
No reira, tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.
Tihei mauri ora.

CREATRIX warmly welcomes you to our Global Kāinga – to our ever-increasing extended Whānau / Family who are passionate about preserving our Indigenous languages and cultures throughout the world - and who embrace technologies that can make that happen.

OUR VISION is to create innovative and expressive
new technologies with Indigenous peoples around the world,
to help in the preservation of languages,
and enhance cultural, social and economic aspirations.

The team from CREATRIX now are very pleased to bring you the
HAKAMANA Māori/English Multilingual Computer Keyboard

This exciting keyboard system is unique in that its layout of letters/keys follows the way we teach and learn the Māori language. It comprises specialist software that interfaces with the keyboard layout, with designer key top labels offering all of the letters in the Māori alphabet including the macronised vowels (ā ē ī ō ū), digraphs (ng wh), and key prefixes/words (whaka, mana, kia, ora). These are in accordance with the orthographic conventions detailed by the Māori Language Commission. It also includes an extensive dictionary / word list and function switch key to enable moving freely between both the HAKAMANA and the QWERTY keyboards.


MATAKITE

Na te taonga ka puta
 ngā moemoeā
  ngā matakite
   me ngā rangi-rere
    e wāwaata tia nei.

Korihi Pō
 Korihi Ao
  Korihi te Winiwini
   Kohiri te Wanawana.

Aro Pā atu
 ki ngā Ohaki kuru pounamu,
  o taku ate,
ki ngā Karakia
 Pakiwaitara
  Pā-ō
   Kupu Ohaki
    Pēpeha
     Whakatauāki
      Haka
       Waiata.

E tohatoha nei i te Aroha,
 e hari ake nei i te Ata,
  pirakaraka te tohu o te Ora.

Mauri Ora Ki Uta
 Mauri Ora Ki Tai.

E hiki nei
 e awhi nei
  i te Tara Winiwini
   i te Tara Wanawana.

Tū hirahira ana
 Te Ihi
  Te Wana
   o ngā Taonga tuku iho
    mō ngā Rēanga
     o Tai nanahi
      o naiānei,
       titiro Tawhiti
        ko Apōpō tērā.

E Ao ake nei!
 Hau mi e
  Hui e
   Ta iki e!
 

Through taonga
 we express
  dreams, visions, and imaginings.


On new touchstones of belonging
 our symbols inscribe
  stories, poems and songs.


Sharing and bringing images
 of our being to life.


Enhancing dynamic and
 vibrant cultural legacies
  for generations
   past,
    present
     and future.

 

 
 
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