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Leslie

Posted by Leslie Katterns · July 16, 2021 8:54 PM

My why is my whanau my tamariki .

Charles

Posted by Charles Misquitta · July 12, 2021 2:15 PM

As an immigrant coming from a far away land, I have started to realize that many countries that got colonized, had a problem with using their native tongue in schools etc as a result native languages got lost.

Trina

Posted by Trina Mora-Kelley · July 12, 2021 5:31 AM

I want to see all my whānau honour the Treaty through learning Te reo Māori, tikanga, Te Ao & a celebration at Matariki is the best time for this.

Ramandeep

Posted by Ramandeep Kaur · July 10, 2021 11:07 PM

I work as a coordinator and my work is to connect people of different communities sono would like to enhance my knowledge and skills by learning Te reo and this way I can teach my kids also and would be able to prepare them for their future before enrolling in school.

Ani | Tauranga Moana

Posted by Ani Rikirangi · July 10, 2021 5:30 PM

Wāhine Māori.. a second language learner.. Like anything in life.. it’s not until you no longer have something do you value or cherish it.

Priscilla

Posted by Priscilla Allan · July 10, 2021 12:23 PM

I have lived my whole life in Aotearoa, I need to learn Te Reo in order to embrace my identity as a kiwi.

Hannah

Posted by Hannah Kuriger · July 10, 2021 9:19 AM

I'm learning te reo for my kids and myself.

Leonie | Rotorua

Posted by Leonie Ahipene · July 09, 2021 7:10 AM

I’m now a Nana at 50 and it brings me joy that it’s never to late to learn and participate in our own language with my moko ☺️

Ben

Posted by Ben Davies · July 07, 2021 11:34 PM

Tēnā koe .

Karo | Christchurch

Posted by Karo Bedford · July 07, 2021 10:05 AM

I feel like I want to really connect with my New Zealand roots.

ingrid

Posted by ingrid herbert · July 05, 2021 11:11 PM

to honour my ancestors and it is a part of who I am

Haylee

Posted by Haylee Scott · July 03, 2021 1:43 PM

It’s about the Kia KAHA Te reo I nga wa KATOA

Leeann | Lower Hutt

Posted by Leeann Worral · July 03, 2021 1:41 PM

It just feels right for me now.

Whaea Lynda

Posted by Whaea Lynda Finn · July 02, 2021 11:08 PM

I have been trying to learn te reo rangatira because:

Julie

Posted by Julie Herron · July 02, 2021 9:32 PM

I want to feel more connected to my country Aotearoa, in every way possible, and to show gratitude to each and every person

Sharlee

Posted by Sharlee Mareikura · June 30, 2021 7:22 PM

Tēnā tātou.

Julie | Christchurch

Posted by Julie Downard · June 30, 2021 2:34 PM

I want to speak Te Reo because it's the original language of my country.

Karen | Palmerston North

Posted by Karen Kahukoti · June 30, 2021 1:59 PM

to confidently participate in te ao Māori, I ensured my boys were nurtured in te ao Māori now I want to do me, as Rhonda Kite said "women tend to find their feet later in life, we take care of everyone else and then it's our turn"

Lenora | Whangaparaoa

Posted by Lenora Skinner · June 18, 2021 11:01 AM

E tika ana te kōrero o ōku tupuna: Toku reo, toku ohooho.

Ann | Lower Hutt

Posted by Ann Pibal · June 14, 2021 11:56 AM

I am driven to learn Maori because it is part of me It will take me a long time but it will be worth it.

Kaya | Pukekohe

Posted by Kaya Tanoa · June 06, 2021 10:05 PM

Last year, my why was not to feel so whakama about not speaking Te Reo Māori.

Andrea | Turanganui-a-kiwa

Posted by Andrea Griffiths · May 31, 2021 4:04 PM

Kia ora ko Andrea toku ingoa .

Daniel | Wellington

Posted by Daniel Millar · May 31, 2021 10:48 AM

Respect our own country's culture

Pete | Pōneke

Posted by Pete Jacobson · May 28, 2021 4:18 PM

He tōiriiri ki au te reo Māori.

Linley | Alexandra

Posted by Linley Hattrill · May 13, 2021 10:01 AM

For the team at Dunstan Educare it is vital for us to be role-modeling Te Reo Maori, and to be continually improving our Reo.

Arina | Maungaturoto

Posted by Arina Bosch · May 13, 2021 9:56 AM

I want to understand the reo of my tūpuna, and pass it on to my tamariki.

Mason | Auckland

Posted by Mason Ngawhika · May 13, 2021 9:11 AM

Im not 100% sure why Ive dedicated a huge part of my life to te reo, however, I was just so motivated to learn.

Jenny-Lee | Huntly

Posted by Jenny-Lee Jakeman-Beckham · May 13, 2021 7:02 AM

Tooku Reo tooku ohooho tooku Reo tooku mapihi maurea ~ I am currently on my Te Reo journey at TWoA, for myself, my whaanau and carrying the legacy of my tuupuna 💕 I teach my tamariki at home, Te Reo is apart of our everyday koorero.

Claudia | Auckland

Posted by Claudia Vita · May 12, 2021 9:42 PM

Firstly, gratitude to the Land that welcomed my family and I with open arms.

Claire | Lashio

Posted by Claire · May 12, 2021 5:33 PM

I didn't know much about this language, until I met a guy from NZ .

Julie

Posted by Julie Voss · May 12, 2021 5:01 PM

I am learning te reo because it is such a huge part of being a kiwi and our cultural identity.

Floyd | Wellington

Posted by Floyd Norman · May 12, 2021 12:23 PM

I want it back because it reminds me of my grandmother and I want to connect with my roots more.

Kylie

Posted by Kylie Bensemann · May 12, 2021 10:50 AM

I'm on a journey to learn te reo Māori so I can better serve Māori in my mahi (digital communications) and engage on a deeper, cultural level with tangata whenua and community.

Toni

Posted by Toni Wairama · May 11, 2021 11:46 PM

The last 8 years I have learnt from many resources ie, kaumatua, all my friends, I enrolled online to a course learning te reo Maori, Tikanga, Correct kaupapa, Rawa, Karakia, and lots of Waiata.

Ana | Canberra

Posted by Ana Foley · May 11, 2021 9:53 PM

I want to share my culture and language with my grandchildren.

Rua

Posted by Rua Eagle · May 11, 2021 8:06 PM

Whats my why? My why is because I was adopted to a pakeha whānau who knew that learning our culture was something they could not do.

Sonny | Auckland

Posted by Sonny Teio · May 11, 2021 5:25 PM

I am learning te reo to be a better example for my children and the generations ahead in our whakapapa.

Moana | Auckland

Posted by Moana Manu · May 11, 2021 3:16 PM

It is vital that I learn Te Reo Maori because I am employed by a Maori Organisation here in NZ, called National Hauora Coalition a Primary Health Organisation.

Joanne | Auckland

Posted by Joanne Kelly · May 11, 2021 1:51 PM

My grand children are learning Maori and have inspired me.

Karla | Dunedin

Posted by Karla Lawrie · May 11, 2021 7:23 AM

Continuing on my Reo Maori journey is important for my job working with kohungahunga in a childcare.

Michael

Posted by Michael Zandbergen · May 10, 2021 11:09 PM

Ko te reo Māori te kākaha o te whakaaro, te huarahi i te ao tūroa.

Lee-Ann | Auckland

Posted by Lee-Ann Tutengaehe · May 10, 2021 6:58 PM

I need to show how proud I am and how lucky we are to have our own native language.

Polly

Posted by Polly Hutchinson · May 10, 2021 3:10 PM

It's important to honour and respect our first people, to try to make things better after the ugly colonisation that my ancestors were a part of.

Haider

Posted by Haider Khan · May 10, 2021 2:46 PM

The taonga that is te reo Māori can be a living gift to our future generations if we all become part of this movement.

Marina | Wellington

Posted by Marina Wilmerstadt · May 10, 2021 1:44 PM

When I was 6 years old I watched Lord of the Rings for the first time and fell in love with beautiful Aotearoa.

Ray | Dunedin

Posted by Ray Spence · May 10, 2021 1:29 PM

I'm a first generation NZer and proud to be part of this beautiful whenua with its rich and spiritual heritage.

Claire | Te Awakairangi

Posted by Claire McGoff · May 10, 2021 1:09 PM

It is one of our country's national language, we need to normalise it's use.

Christie | Wairoa

Posted by Christie Dwyer · May 10, 2021 12:36 PM

Because I want to be at my Marae, listening to the stories of the days gone past and of the people who have passed on too but I want to be able to understand FULLY these stories.

Rosalie | Tauranga

Posted by Rosalie Dann · May 10, 2021 12:16 PM

I am not Tāngata Whenua but Aotearoa is my home.

Janet | Wellington

Posted by Janet Miller · May 10, 2021 11:58 AM

As a pākeha, it is my responsibility to not repeat the harm that my tīpuna created - out of ignorance or intent.

Marion | Auckland

Posted by Marion Dixon · May 10, 2021 11:33 AM

I want to be able to understand and speak (albeit a little) of the language out of respect for tangata whenua.

Ahlene | Tokoroa

Posted by Ahlene Hemi · May 10, 2021 11:09 AM

Like so many other people my age we were taught that we needed to discard our Māori identity in order to make it in the pakeha world.

Rosemary

Posted by Rosemary Such · May 10, 2021 11:03 AM

I have always felt a connection with, and great pride in Aotearoa's Māori heritage.

Don | Ōkaihau

Posted by Don Martin · May 10, 2021 10:19 AM

Learning te Ao Māori is for me being a complete New Zealander, ngā mihi ki a koutou.

Kathleen | Porirua

Posted by Kathy Kupa · May 10, 2021 9:49 AM

Te Reo Māori is apart of me myself and I.

Kane | Auckland

Posted by Kane Wilson · May 10, 2021 9:38 AM

Sociologically, Maori is our indigenous language so we need to protect and nurture it.

Marilyn | Greytown

Posted by Marilyn Roberts · May 10, 2021 8:56 AM

My answer is.....why not!

Andrea

Posted by Andrea McCrostie-Horen · May 10, 2021 6:42 AM

This is the reo of this whenua, this whenua has nurtured tōku whānau for 5 generations.

huhana | wellington

Posted by huhana Maddock · May 10, 2021 6:35 AM

Kia ora, Kaore au i te maia.

Cathy | Auckland

Posted by Cathy Ruka · May 10, 2021 12:06 AM

Kia ora.

Ruth | Lincoln

Posted by Ruth Davey · May 09, 2021 6:53 PM

I am a polyglot - someone who enjoys learning to speak other languages.

Arnold | Tamaki Makaurau

Posted by Arnold Tupe · May 09, 2021 6:23 PM

E kore matou e ngaro ana to tatou reo i te mea oku nei whakaaro e ki mai te tiriti o tatou tupuna kia ora ai matou te iwi maori tata ake ki te iwi pakeha ara he mahi tahi tatou ki nga mea whakahirahira nga mea katoa kia tipu ake tatou tetahi ki tetahi atu ano hoki ki te hapai mai ki te whakatika aua korero aua panui hoki me ako tonu tena ka mahi tahi tatou

Diana

Posted by Diana Montgomerie · May 09, 2021 4:39 PM

As an early childhood teacher, to honour our bicultural curriculum its so important our mokopuna are surrounded by te reo Māori.

Penelope | Auckland

Posted by Penelope Hansen · May 09, 2021 2:49 PM

I want us to be a community who works together and understands each other, respects each other.

Anna

Posted by Anna Gilbert · May 09, 2021 1:00 PM

My great-grandmother kept her mātauranga like a secret as she wished to live as pākeha in her time.

Gail | Taranaki

Posted by Gail Simpson · May 09, 2021 11:55 AM

Kia Ora as a Te Tiriti treaty partner and some one who has Maori and European ancestors.

Liz | Auckland

Posted by Liz Summerville · May 09, 2021 8:01 AM

My why is that I would like to be a part of making sure we don't lose our Māori language.

Kyla | Auckland

Posted by Kyla Jackson · May 08, 2021 9:19 PM

Really only discovered my Māori ancestry while at Teacher's training college.

Gary | Kaitaia

Posted by Gary Butt · May 08, 2021 6:22 PM

It helps me understand ko wai au.

Tania | Whangarei

Posted by Tania Anderson · May 08, 2021 6:19 PM

For our future

Ethan | Ōtautahi

Posted by Ethan Doughty · May 08, 2021 5:34 PM

Unuhia te rito o te harakeke, kei whea te kōmako e kō? Whakatairangitia - Rere ki uta, rere ki tai; Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao, mākū e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

Westie

Posted by Westeria Black · May 08, 2021 4:36 PM

Why I chosen to learn my own language again, now that I have my own tamariki and that they go to school learning its time I start learning and sharing to my own at home.

Wairereraki | New Plymouth

Posted by Wairereraki Giffen · May 08, 2021 12:20 PM

It's my birth right to speak the language of my ancestors.

Ariana | Auckland

Posted by Ariana Manning · May 08, 2021 9:29 AM

It's a giant part of who I am and where I come from, it's part of my whakapapa - even if growing up I was constantly told by everyone else that it wasn't.

Mary | Whangarei

Posted by Mary Britton · May 08, 2021 6:53 AM

He taonga te Reo; na te mea e hiahia ana ahau ki te maarama Ngā mea nui ki Maori ; me matua korero au i te reo rangatira, te reo Maori.

Rose | Christchurch

Posted by Rose Beattie · May 07, 2021 10:40 PM

I dont want our beautiful reo to be lost, our tikanga our who we are to be lost.

Vickilee | Auckland

Posted by Vickilee Watson · May 07, 2021 8:54 PM

it's important to me because my mother was punished for speaking Māori and if I don't learn and encourage my daughter to learn then who will uphold our tikanga and run our Marae with the customs our tipuna fought so hard to uphold its up to us to keep it alive!

Noeline | Nelson

Posted by Noeline Strange · May 07, 2021 6:27 PM

I love learning te reo.

Jaleesa | Thames

Posted by Jaleesa Paul · May 07, 2021 4:58 PM

Learning Te Reo Māori to enhance myself with better understandings, teaching my babies our beautiful language, making sure we embrace, embark and encourage our babies that our Language is our Culture.

Renei | Hamilton

Posted by Renei Morrison · May 07, 2021 4:43 PM

As a Pakehaa born In Aotearoa - Te Reo Maaori has a special place in my heart and soul.

Clare | Dunedin

Posted by Clare Ridout · May 07, 2021 3:20 PM

I moved to Aotearoa from England in 2005.

Puruuhi | Taamaki Makau Rau

Posted by Puruuhi Calvert · May 07, 2021 3:18 PM

I want Maaori to be widely spoken.

Tanyia

Posted by Tanyia Ropata-Rikihana · May 07, 2021 2:38 PM

Its about remembering growing up with a Nan that spoke in te reo - so understanding reo is easier than speaking it.

Apera | Tamaki Makaurau

Posted by Apera Woodfine · May 07, 2021 1:45 PM

Nā te mea e pirangi ana au i te tuhi I ngā waiata i roto i te reo rangatira rawa atu.

Unknown

Posted by Anonymous · May 07, 2021 12:46 PM

I am definitely part of the Te Reo Movement because I did not learn Maori growing up.

Ariana

Posted by Ariana Sheehan · May 07, 2021 12:02 PM

Te reo Māori has uplifted and strengthened my Māori identity and my wairua.

Shannon

Posted by Shannon Maaka · May 07, 2021 11:56 AM

Toi te kupu, Toi te mana, Toi te whenua

Mary Sue | Wellington

Posted by Mary Sue Hopper · May 07, 2021 11:45 AM

I'm American and have lived in New Zealand for 23 years.

Karen | Blenheim

Posted by Karen Villarroel · May 07, 2021 11:36 AM

My blood is red, my skin is white.

Julie | Christchurch

Posted by Julie Downard · May 07, 2021 11:23 AM

I'm learning Te Reo because I live in a bicultural country with two spoken languages, and so far I'm only fluent in one of them.

Joel' | Auckland

Posted by Joel' Bradley · May 07, 2021 11:20 AM

Aotearoa is my adopted home: Although I wasn't born here, I want to embrace the taonga of te reo.

Gill | Christchurch

Posted by Gill Weavers · May 07, 2021 10:22 AM

Tena koe, ko Gill toku ingoa.

Janice

Posted by Janice · May 07, 2021 10:09 AM

To experience the wonders of another world, hidden in plain sight.

Te Amoroa | Princess Street, Waitara

Posted by Te Amoroa Clifton · May 07, 2021 10:03 AM

Kia tangata whenua anoo ai too taatou reo.

Mereana | Coromandel

Posted by Mereana Maika · May 07, 2021 9:45 AM

He reo aroha, tohaina tenei reo aroha .

Herewini

Posted by Herewini Ammunson · May 07, 2021 9:21 AM

My grandmother's generation were forced to speak a language that wasn't theirs.

Amy | Tāmaki Makaurau

Posted by Amy Hays · May 07, 2021 9:16 AM

I’m Pākehā so I will always feel like a guest in Aotearoa.

Nick | Morrinsville

Posted by Nick Smith · May 07, 2021 9:14 AM

Maaori is a beautiful language that's embedded within a beautiful culture steeped in values of respect, inclusion, integrity and aspiration.

Tim | Ōākura Taranaki

Posted by Tim Costelloe · May 07, 2021 8:51 AM

I am 57 years old, a 5th generation Pākeha tane, ( i love being called Pākeha, i am definitely NOT white, rather a ruddy pink and orange ginga maybe).

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