It's easy to get macrons on your smartphone, just hold your finger on the vowel and the macron will show up as one of the accent options. These guidelines set out what Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori considers to be current best practice for spelling and writing Māori.For example, anā means 'here is' or 'behold': Anā te tangata! (Here is the man!) Ana, with no macron, means a cave. How to set up macrons in word doc. Change the keyboard input to Māori, you can tap the ` and then the letter you want to have a macron. Then that letter will be entered with the macron. Tohutō, macrons, pōtae, the line over the vowels. It is important to note that words in Te Reo can have different meanings based on context and the use of macrons - ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. It is important to note that words in Te Reo can have different meanings based on context and the use of macrons - ā, ē, ī, ō, ū.