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Sharon Topliss

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020
Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021

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Dressed for our Māori Language Moment zui.

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Room 21 and Room 24 had a zui. We said the school karakia and sang Te Aroha. Then we played some games about the Māori kupu for colours, feelings and 2D shapes. Finally, some of us were brave enough to introduce themselves in te reo Māori. Ka wani kē!

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Room 24 sang and performed actions for a new waiata. We also learned how to say 3-digit numbers in the reo Māori.

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Māori language is one of 3 official NZ languages and needs our 100% support and promotion. I want to see each of us in NZ own it regardless of our ethnicity. I am pakeha NZ married to a NIuean Samoan brought up on the Coromandel where my mum was the only white woman in the Kapa Haka. The reo is key to our young people finding strength and purpose in their Identity and culture. this moment is a celebration of how far we have come as a nation since 1972. It is a moment to celebrate and to look forward to what further we need to accomplish as a nation.

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