Note: this bible is missing the deuterocanonical books, and is therefore considered a Non-Catholic edition.
This reformatted edition of the complete Bible in Maori reproduces the text of the current edition of Te Paipera Tapu (first published in 1952) in an enhanced format for the modern Maori language reader. Macrons have been added to indicate vowel length, speech marks have been added and punctuation carefully revised. Paragraphing has also been introduced and section headings added.
This edition of Te Paipera Tapu continues a long tradition of publication of the Holy Scriptures in Te Reo Maori.
The New Testament was first published in 1837 and the whole Bible, Te Paipera Tapu, in 1868. Following several earlier revisions, a committee, which included Sir Apirana Ngata, completed a full revision of the text in the light of new biblical and Maori language scholarship. This was first published in 1952 and remains the standard text today.
