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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.

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We are Te Manatū o ngā Iwi o Te Moananui-ā-Kiwa/ the Ministry for Pacific Peoples - the government department Ministry that is focused on Pacific population's thriving in Aotearoa New Zealand

Te Wiki te Reo Māori 2023 pledge

Kōrero | Speak

Ka whakaako mātou i ngā iwi rātou ko hapū me ō rātou rohe/ nohoanga/ papakāinga

150 people took part in this event

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Celebrating the beauty of Te Reo Maori through this waiata in honour and reverence to our Ihu or Atua for the gift of language. Kia kaha te reo Maori Kia kaha te korero Maori. Ngā mihi.

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I te rā o te Reo Māori i te 14 Māhuru, ka hui kōtahi tō mātou whānau mahi, Te Manatū o ngā Iwi o te Moananui-ā-Kiwa, kia hāpaingia, tautokohia me whakaipakari i Te Reo Māori. Ka whakarongo mātou ki te Reo, ka waiatatia ētahi waiata Māori, ka haka tautoko, ka karakia, ka whakawhitiwhit kōrero anō. Our programme to celebrate and contribute to the 'Māori Language Moment' co-ordinated by Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori was supported by between 65-70 kaimahi between 12 - 12. 30 p. m. The 17 kaimahi involved had the following roles: - Waiata tīmata Leo'o Jenny Taotua (Samoa) "He Kākano ahau" (missing from video) - Karakia Whakatīmata Tākuta Halahingano Rohorua (Tonga me Solomon Islands) - Whaikōrero tuatahi: Terina Cowan (Ngāti Porou, Aitutaki, Rarotonga) - Whaikōrero tuarua Laulu Mac Leauanae (Samoa) - Whaikōrero tuatoru Aiono Matthew Aileone (Fasito'outa, Samoa) - Pepehā 1 Rhia Taonui ( Sato'alepai, Safotu me Malie i Samoa) - Pepehā 2 Storm Dolan-Robson (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Ruanui) - Pepehā 3 Leitumalo Parsons (Samoa me Tonga) - Pepehā 4Andrew Nicholls (Ngāti Pākehā mai Ingarangi) - Pepehā 5 Devanga Wanigasinghe (Sri Lanka) - Pepehā 6 Tākuta Sydney Kingstone (Ngā Anahera, Te Aporo Nui, Europa i te Tairāwhiti, Ngāti Hūrai) - Pepehā 7 Laura Fogarty (Erin/ Āiarani ) - Pepehā 8 Darren Folau (Hakupu, Niue me Liverpool, Ingarangi) - Pepehā 9 Lotonui Ioefa-Naisali ( Nukulaelae, Nui, Niutao, Funafuti ki Tuvalu; me Atafu me Fakaofo ki Tokelau - Pepehā 10 Sione Siale (Tonga me Ngāpuhi) - Karakia Whakamutunga Lealofi Kupa (Tokelau me Te Kūki 'Āirani) - Kaiwhakahaere o te rā Tuiloma Lina Samu (Sapunaoa, Falealili; Pu'apu'a, Savai'i; Salelesi; Faleula i Samoa)