Kia ora — we want te reo Māori here
DietTribe is a New Zealand directory. Te reo Māori is one of New Zealand's official languages, and it belongs here — not as an afterthought, but properly done.
We won't ship a machine translation that doesn't do the language justice. DeepL and Google Translate don't support te reo well enough for us to trust the output — particularly for dietary safety terminology, where a mistranslation isn't just embarrassing, it could affect someone's health.
So we're being honest: we can't do this ourselves, and we won't pretend we can.
We're looking for fluent speakers
The translation is modest in scope — around 50 short UI strings: navigation labels, filter names, and dietary terms like "coeliac safe" or "gluten intolerant safe". It's a small amount of text, but it needs to be right.
If you're a fluent te reo Māori speaker and would like to help — or know someone who might — we'd love to hear from you.
Get in touch — reo@diettribe.nzHow it works
- We send you the current English string list with context notes for each key.
- You submit translations by email or a simple form — no technical knowledge needed.
- A second speaker does a light review if possible (we understand if that's hard to arrange).
- Te reo becomes a full interface language on the next release.
- You're credited on our /about page and in the release notes.
Ngā mihi nui.