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Share what you did for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023. This will go on to become a showcase of how we celebrate te reo as a nation.

Kay Benseman

Manawatū-Whanganui

Te Wiki te Reo Māori 2023 pledge

Kōrero | Speak

Ka kōrero ahau e pa ana taku ako o te reo Māori, ā te mahi kokoti i te kōrero kaikiri ki te reo irirangi. Ahakoa te whakamā, ka kōrero māia ahau.

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MLM 2021

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Kua tuku taku mihi ki taku whārangi mahi. Te kōrero o taku whakapapa tēnā. I shared a video of my mihi in te reo Māori to my business social media, even though it's not perfect and I was nervous!

Kay

Horoia ō ringaringa! Wash your hands! Our tamariki love singing the 'Kina kina' waiata I first learnt at kōhanga reo with my irāmutu nearly 20 years ago! We adapted it to help them learn how to wash their hands thoroughly. Ngā mihi ki Pānia Papa, we referenced the translations in Kat Quin's Kiwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary & Siouxsie Wiles' advice about good hand washing. Kina, kina Wheke, wheke Kōnui, kōnui e Whatingaringa Whatingaringa Matihao, matihao e Mirimiri! actions: interlaced fingers overlapped fingers thumbs wrists claws/fingernails rub together

Kay

Kua tunu keke mātou, kua kōrero Māori mō ngā kupu kai katoa me ngā kupu mahi. Te tohu o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori te ahua.

Kay

He taonga te reo Māori. As the indigenous language of Aotearoa, te reo Māori is very special. As a Pākehā, I am committed to learning, speaking and sharing as much Māori language as I can. I acknowledge the mamae my tūpuna caused and how their colonisation of our country took te reo Māori from those who whakapapa to it. I believe that I can be a respectful Tiriti partner and become a better ancestor to the next generation, by doing all that I can to learn, normalise, celebrate and kōrero Māori i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa hoki. I have spent decades learning and unlearning but I still have a long way to go to get to fluency. Participating in Mahuru Māori is one way I can share my love of te reo Māori with my tamariki and my community.

Kay

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He taonga te reo Māori. As the indigenous language of Aotearoa, te reo Māori is very special. As a Pākehā, I am committed to learning, speaking and sharing as much Māori language as I can. I acknowledge the mamae my tūpuna caused and how their colonisation of our country took te reo Māori from those who whakapapa to it. I believe that I can be a respectful Tiriti partner and become a better ancestor to the next generation, by doing all that I can to learn, normalise, celebrate and kōrero Māori i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa hoki. I have spent decades learning and unlearning but I still have a long way to go to get to fluency. Participating in Mahuru Māori is one way I can share my love of te reo Māori with my tamariki and my community.