One perk of working from home during the pandemic is the extra time many of us have on our hands.

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori has a challenge for New Zealanders: use this time to brush up on your Covid-19 related vocabulary and expressions, and sentences to check in on your whānau.

Covid-19 has introduced a whole new vocabulary; everything from self-isolation to social distancing – once alien concepts – have now become common turns of phrase.

Here are some words and phrases that will probably be (all too) familiar to you by now, and how to say them in te reo Māori.

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