diff --git a/dictsource/mi_rules b/dictsource/mi_rules
index 1c2dc296..c29d6c82 100644
--- a/dictsource/mi_rules
+++ b/dictsource/mi_rules
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 .group n
              n            n
-			 ng			  n //needs to change
+			 ng			  ng
 
 .group p
              p            p
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@
 
 .group w
              w            w
-			 wh			  f //needs to change (maybe)
+			 wh			  f
diff --git a/phsource/ph_maori b/phsource/ph_maori
index 3178e8df..86947a76 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_maori
+++ b/phsource/ph_maori
@@ -64,12 +64,26 @@ phoneme uu
   FMT(vowel/u) //copied from above and length doubled
 endphoneme
 
+//==========
+// DIPTHONGS
+//==========
+
 //===========
 // CONSONANTS
 //===========
 
-phoneme ng
-  vcd vel nas //taken from ph_japanese
-  ipa ŋ
+phoneme ng // si**ng** taken from Kyrgz (deleting what seemed from testing to be not needed)
+  vcd vel nas
+
+// don't really know why this works but is does
+  NextVowelStarts
+    VowelStart(nn/nn@)
+    VowelStart(nn/nna)
+    VowelStart(nn/nne)
+    VowelStart(nn/nni)
+    VowelStart(nn/nno)
+    VowelStart(nn/nnu)
+  EndSwitch
+
 endphoneme