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96/363 Kai Korero: A Cook Islands Maori Language Coursebook Tal Tepuaotera Turepu Carpentier and Clive Beaumont Pasifika Press, Auckland, NZ, 1995, vii + 152 pp., ISBN 0-908597-142, Accompanying oral skills cassette, ISBN 0-985971-5-0
The collaboration of an experienced teacher and a linguist with several Pacific Islands language coursebooks to his credit makes Kai Korero a cut above the ordinary. Commendably, glottal stops are shown consistently throughout the book, and all long vowels are marked by a macron.
The 25 lessons (focused on conversation) intermingle themes (such as parts of the body, playing team sports, going...