There are a number of Maori Words used in New Zealand English – here is a selection;
Aotearoa (New Zealand – literally – Long white cloud)
aroha (love)
hangi (traditional feast prepared in earth oven)
haka (war dance with actions)
hīkoi (walk)
hui (gathering, meeting)
iwi (tribe)
kai (food)
karakia (prayer)
kauri (large native conifer)
kea (native parrot)
Kia ora (Hello, greetings)
kiwi (native flightless bird)
Kōhanga Reo (language nest, Māori Immersion pre-school (0 – 4 years))
mahi (work or activity)
makō (shark)
mana (prestige, reputation)
Māori (Indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand, the language of the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand)
moa (Extinct large flightless bird)
pā (traditional Māori hill fort)
Pākeha (New Zealander of non-Maori descent, usually European)
pounamu (greenstone)
puku (stomach)
taonga (treasured possessions or cultural items, anything precious)
Te Reo Māori (The Māori language)
tuatara (reptiles endemic to New Zealand and which, although resembling most lizards, are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia)
waka (canoe, vehicle)
whānau (family)