The following article is a guide to installing Microsoft driver that reconfigures the US/International keyboards supplied in New Zealand to support the macron characters used in the Māori language.

Download the New Zealand Māori Keyboard Definition driver from the Microsoft Download Centre »

1. Install the Māori Keyboard definition driver (see download centre for instructions on installing driver)
   • The process does require you to validate your version of Windows, by downloading an .exe file, you will need to allow your computer to download and run this file.
   • Note after running through the installation process you may need to restart your computer to see the new language option in your Regional Language Options
2. Once installed Press the [~`] key once then any vowel.
   1. This applies to upper case as well as lower case letters.
3. If you require the left quotation simply presses the key twice.
4. If the you need to use the tilde character specifically use the traditional method of [Shift]+[~`].
5. i.e. the ā character would be entered by pressing the [~`] key then the [a] key.