Ake Ake Ake
A FOREVER LANGUAGE

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is an annual celebration for all New Zealanders to show their support for the Māori language, an official language of this country.

The theme for Te Wiki 2024 is ‘Ake ake ake – A Forever Language’. It represents the resilience, adaptability and endurance of our language. It also reflects the commitment New Zealanders have to embracing and learning te reo Māori long into the future.

Under enduring pressure te reo Māori has shown it will adapt and survive. It grows with our people, our culture and our environment.

Thousands of New Zealanders supported Māori Language Week to uplift te reo Māori now and into the future.

Sign up below to continue to show your support join the movement to support our forever language.

Kia māhorahora te reo – let’s make it seen, let’s make it heard.

Ake Ake Ake

In World War II, the 28th Māori Battalion marched into Europe singing “Ake! Ake! Kia Kaha e!”. Today the phrase ends karakia and speeches with unity and solidarity. 

‘Ake ake ake’ symbolises hope and resilience.

The ake ake tree is also known for its resilience. It produces some of the strongest of all native woods and grows in some of the harshest climates. The name ake ake reminds us the tree is durable. Just like te reo Māori.

We can think of te reo Māori as a seedling with potential. Raised with others, given care and effort, it can grow and give shelter for future generations. Every action helps to make te reo Māori a living language across Aotearoa. Join the movement!

 

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Whether you are a fluent speaker of te reo, or exploring our reo for the first time, there are lots of ways you can show your support for te reo Māori.

Resources

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Resources Click to see our full list of resources

Social Media

Download the hei tiki icon and change your photo
Social Media Download the hei tiki icon and change your photo

 

 

 

Merchandise

Print your own merchandise with our design files
Merchandise Print your own merchandise with our design files

Digital

use our e-sigs and zoom backgrounds
Digital use our e-sigs and zoom backgrounds

 

 

 

Decorate

with these flags, posters and colouring in pages
Decorate with these flags, posters and colouring in pages

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why te reo Māori is important to you
Share why te reo Māori is important to you

Show your support and commitment to te reo Māori. Let’s make it seen, let’s make it heard.

Take simple actions to demonstrate your support and uplift te reo Māori now and into the future! From displaying vibrant posters, to flying a hei tiki flag. Change your social media profile picture to the ‘ake ake ake’ wheel, join a parade, or print your own themed merchandise. Every action helps to make te reo Māori a living language across Aotearoa.

 

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024

I work in a maori owned and operated business being the only pakeha. I love the maori culture and language and learnt key greeting phrases and everyday sayings in te reo maori and signed up to a tikanga course

Aimee-Leigh

Preformed at Tuhono festival in Christchurch, Taught the rangatahi from my school and got to influence people through Kapa Haka and speaking Te Reo Maori

Bri

shared greetings, kupu, whakatauki & whakatauaki, videos explanations of Maoritanga

Demetrius

It is my partners birthday on Monday and over the weekend I went to a cake making and decorating class. The class was all in korero Pakeha, unfortunately I left the recipe behind at class but the recipe was written in Te Reo. The keke pictured above was the cake I made for him and decorated. There were five wahine in the class.

Aroha

We went to see Nga Rorirori at Te Pou Theatre in Henderson.

Andrea

Our whole school participated in Te Wiki o te Reo - karakia, waiata, quiz, tuakana - teina activities, kapa haka presentation and ex pupils' messages of how they have incorporated Te Reo in their lives and careers. This coming Thursday we are celebrating a Mihi Maori and have invited our whanau to join us. The video posted is our Year 0 class singing 'E Toru Nga Mea' and ending with the Sign of the Cross.

Ann

We celebrated te wiki o te reo māori by baking paraoa parai!

Caitlin

With my tamariki, we started every morning by saying our kura karakia and completed our calendar (ko te aha tenei ra? Ko te aha tenei marama? Ko te aha tenei kaupeka). We also did our karakia for kai everday. We learnt some basic kupu, each day was a different focus and completed some activities. The picture is of my new display in my classroom. I have only been in Aotearoa for just under 2 years and really tried to immerse myself in the Māori culture and language this year, which I feel like I have started to do.

Samantha

I tried to get as many hoa mahi me whānau members involved with kākahu. Then as many tamariki at kura involved with pānui, waiata, kupu, movies and a wonderful assembly. Some staff got certificates for achievements in their māori ako (coincidentally) and the whole kura did a haka for them 🥰

Katherine

Mā te kōrero i ngā wā katoa. Ko au tētahi o ngā Kaiāwhina ki taku Kōhanga, ko au hoki te kaitiaki o te reo nā reira, mā te whakaako ki ngā mokopuna, te reanga o nāianei, Kia ora ai te reo!

Hui

I texted a client a message all in Te Reo

Wendy-Mae

We learnt a rakau game in class and have sung the waiata with it all week. We will continue this long after the week has finished.

James

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