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Kaela | Share your why
Posted by Kaela Harrison · August 23, 2023 9:06 AM
My why is for my future mokopuna, in order for us to have them as fluent speakers it starts with us one day at a time, our language is a taonga and I want to restore it to my whānau -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Duff · August 23, 2023 12:22 AM
Because te reo Māori is a taonga, it’s an important part of our culture (Māori and Pākehā) and it’s part of what makes us who we are! -
Cassidy | Share your why
Posted by Cassidy Bernhardt · August 22, 2023 5:49 PM
I would like to take part because Māori is me and our language is Te Reo taking part in things that involve my culture are very important because this way I can learn more -
Chrystal | Share your why
Posted by Chrystal Te Keeti · August 22, 2023 2:29 PM
To reclaim our own identity as Māori through any medium. -
lois | Share your why
Posted by Lois Bryant · August 22, 2023 11:44 AM
In iimeera I will continue to extend te reo and have asked fluent speakers in my workplace to correct anything i get wrong as my intention is to draw attention to ngaa kupu Tangata Whenua and to enhance my knowledge through ma te mahi panui, kaore ma te waha anake -
anahera | Share your why
Posted by anahera west · August 22, 2023 10:47 AM
My daughter grew up around te reo with Kohanga and Kura however as we moved to a English speaking only school I feel I need to keep up her learning and mine. -
Danielle | Share your why
Posted by Danielle McCord · August 22, 2023 10:02 AM
Our ākonga have been practicing and working hard to ensure that their pronunciation and understanding of te kupu used within our kura, cultural narrative and in our waiata and haka are tika. -
Bailey | Share your why
Posted by Bailey Oldham · August 21, 2023 11:33 PM
My why is to encourage and promote the importance of our language! -
Lavinia | Share your why
Posted by Lavinia Tanirau · August 21, 2023 11:24 PM
I am going to restart my te reo journey not only for myself and my confidence but to be able to kōrerotia with my mokos i ngā wā katoa. -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Teahiaaria Mills-Barber · August 21, 2023 8:33 PM
I kōrero au i te reo o ōku tūpuna hei mohio āku tamariki ko wai rātou. -
Bridget | Share your why
Posted by Bridget Gernhoefer · August 21, 2023 8:30 PM
The reason why is because I want to be confident to speak Te reo and also teach the tamariki in my class about Te reo Māori. -
Catherine | Share your why
Posted by Catherine Hapeta · August 21, 2023 6:51 PM
Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho -
Catherine | Share your why
Posted by Catherine Hapeta · August 21, 2023 6:48 PM
Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho 🤎 -
cici | Share your why
Posted by cici he · August 21, 2023 3:59 PM
I just want to support my classmate . -
Rory | Share your why
Posted by Rory O'Malley · August 21, 2023 3:27 PM
Traveled italy last week and lots of Italians asking me about my pounamu, our people and language and very interested when I explained -
Salena | Share your why
Posted by Salena Jakeman · August 21, 2023 1:22 PM
He aha ai?? Mo taku mokopuna -
Hinemoa | Share your why
Posted by Hinemoa Katene · August 21, 2023 12:32 PM
We are going to host an Online Session to introduce Kīwaha to staff. -
Sharleen | Share your why
Posted by Sharleen Peri · August 21, 2023 12:18 PM
Mā te kimi ka kite,. -
Angela | Share your why
Posted by Angela Gilberd · August 21, 2023 9:42 AM
Pride and identity; ensuring our rangatahi understand and feel connected to their culture -
Denise will Kōrero | Speak
Posted by Denise Phyllis Lamb Lamb · August 21, 2023 9:27 AM
The six Library sites will all be taking part in celebrating Maaori Language Week 2023. -
waati | Share your why
Posted by waati ormsby · August 21, 2023 8:01 AM
use it b4 we lose it. -
Wayne | Share your why
Posted by Wayne Paaka · August 20, 2023 9:47 PM
We've lost too much and time is never on our side. -
Anne-Louise | Share your why
Posted by Anne-Louise Robertson · August 20, 2023 9:19 PM
Ka whakamātau au ki te kōrero i te reo Māori i te katoa o te marama o Māhuru. -
Maira | Share your why
Posted by Tomairangi Pahina · August 20, 2023 7:35 PM
Ko wāku tamariki têrā. -
Briar | Share your why
Posted by Briar Humphrey · August 20, 2023 5:51 PM
I will do my home play -
manaia | Share your why
Posted by manaia matekuare · August 20, 2023 2:09 PM
I am full maori and my parents would be so proud. -
Marama | Share your why
Posted by Marama Leonard · August 20, 2023 1:14 PM
Kia ora, kei te ako tau au ki te kōrero te reo Māori me waiata Maori -
Salome | Share your why
Posted by Salome Khandar · August 20, 2023 12:30 PM
I advocate for diversity and inclusion, and it is an honour to be a part of an organisation that embraces that. -
Denise | Share your why
Posted by Denise Clarke · August 20, 2023 9:11 AM
I would like to improve my pronunciation and feel more confident when I am opening and closing my teams huis. -
Herekia | Share your why
Posted by Herekia Mete · August 19, 2023 6:57 PM
Ko te reo, Ko te whakapapa O te whenua nā te oro (āra te reo o te ao) I hanga te ao. -
Mary | Share your why
Posted by Mary Daborn · August 19, 2023 1:22 PM
E hiahia ana ahau ki te ako i te reo māori, nā te mea, he te reo o tēnei whenua, ā, kei te hiahia au ki te tautoko tēnei reo rangatira. -
Julie | Share your why
Posted by julie king · August 19, 2023 10:49 AM
The stronger the interconnections of te reo, whanau ties and cultural identity , the stronger the positive self, our children and tamariki will have. -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Byrne · August 19, 2023 9:26 AM
Learning more for our tamariki -
Teresa | Share your why
Posted by Teresa Tai · August 19, 2023 8:23 AM
I have been in Kōhanga reo with my children since my boy was 3 now he is 16 in a kura kaupapa Māori. -
Ria | Share your why
Posted by Ria Kaire · August 18, 2023 11:58 PM
I joined the Māori Language Movement because learning to speak te reo Māori helps us to understand the indigenous people of Aotearoa 🥰 -
Sarita | Share your why
Posted by Sarita Nightingale · August 18, 2023 11:57 PM
I feel connected to home when I speak. -
Lorna | Share your why
Posted by Lorna Ryland · August 18, 2023 6:34 PM
As an immigrant from Scotland I am a guest in Aotearoa - it's only polite that I learn the language of my hosts. -
Shae | Share your why
Posted by Shae Ronald · August 18, 2023 5:45 PM
Te Reo Māori is the indigenous language of Aotearoa. -
Moepera | Share your why
Posted by Moepera Wall · August 18, 2023 5:42 PM
Tuakiritanga! -
Jaimee | Share your why
Posted by Jaimee Pukeke · August 18, 2023 4:33 PM
My 5 children. -
Aymee | Share your why
Posted by Aymee Jones · August 18, 2023 4:07 PM
Tooku whaanau katoa -
Wai | Share your why
Posted by Wai . · August 18, 2023 2:23 PM
kia ora pai te reo Maori ki roto i ahau me taku whanau -
Huiarangi | Share your why
Posted by Huiarangi Smith · August 18, 2023 1:33 PM
yet to be taken -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Terynne Mills-Barber · August 18, 2023 1:29 PM
One of our tauira composed a waiata about what Matariki means to her. -
Claire | Share your why
Posted by Claire Kelly · August 18, 2023 12:29 PM
I want to speak te reo Māori to my mokopuna. -
Hugh | Share your why
Posted by Hugh McCafferty · August 18, 2023 12:04 PM
Have had so many goes at learning te reo Māori. -
Rebecca | Share your why
Posted by Rebecca Jacka · August 18, 2023 12:02 PM
Kei te ako au i te reo Māori. -
Abby | Share your why
Posted by Abby Damen · August 18, 2023 11:04 AM
Kia ora tātou, ko kaukau te maunga, ko te awa kairangi te awa, nō te whanganui-a-tara ahau, ko damen tōku whānau, ko Abby tōku ingoa. -
Denny | Share your why
Posted by Denny Amohanga · August 18, 2023 10:43 AM
I want to be a part of the 1 million strong because it's our time as Māori, to me it's on equal terms as The Million Man March they had in America! -
Angie | Share your why
Posted by Angie Rota · August 18, 2023 10:39 AM
My why is not only to educate myself in my te reo but to support and help take others on the journey of learning together. -
Rachel | Share your why
Posted by Rachel Hati · August 18, 2023 10:37 AM
Its important to me because it helps me to confirm my identity -
Ria | Share your why
Posted by Ria Millan · August 18, 2023 10:36 AM
Kia korero Māori i ngā wā katoa ki taku mahi, ki taku kainga, ki roto te motoka -
Kylie | Share your why
Posted by Kylie Turuwhenua-Tapsell · August 18, 2023 10:22 AM
Our workplace will be a daily vibe of waiata Māori anake -
Shannon | Share your why
Posted by Shannon Leilua · August 18, 2023 10:12 AM
To encourage te reo Māori to keep our reo alive. -
Shavana | Share your why
Posted by Shavana Ashford · August 18, 2023 10:08 AM
Although we use the reo māori daily, during this time we want to section a part of our day as a whānau to only kōrero. -
Mokomoko | Share your why
Posted by Mokomoko Danni · August 18, 2023 9:58 AM
Celebrate my children's passion and success for Kapa haka, and spend time with our whanau listening to the the amazing songs sung in Te reo from "long ago" -
Shan | Share your why
Posted by Shan Smith · August 18, 2023 9:57 AM
with my children being Ngati Maniapoto I will be reading all my te reo maori books and study guides I've collected over the years from te Wānanga Aotearoa gaining the knowledge and also speaking it to my children's teachers on the day both at preschool and primary school and continue at home also, it resonates strong with the heritage and being able to pass it on to my children truly means alot to me being pakeha and nz born having the connection is such a treasure -
Mark | Share your why
Posted by Mark Lawrence · August 18, 2023 9:34 AM
Koinei te kōrero a Paraone Gloyne “E ora ai te reo, kōrerotia” nō reira ka kōrero ahau i te reo rangatira ia rā ia rā. -
Stephanie | Share your why
Posted by Stephanie Lynch · August 18, 2023 9:32 AM
It's a part of me that has been lost in my whānau. -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Underdown · August 18, 2023 9:14 AM
Ka ako tetahi waiata hou me whakatikatika i te kemu patapatai mo tōku ākonga nō te kura. -
jane | Share your why
Posted by jane Holland · August 18, 2023 9:05 AM
Me and my whanau will be learning kupu and waiata -
Imogen | Share your why
Posted by Imogen Leenders · August 18, 2023 8:50 AM
Last semester at UC I was able to take a kapa haka paper and wow what an amazing opportunity! -
Gary | Share your why
Posted by Gary Sutcliffe · August 18, 2023 8:48 AM
I have submitted an EOI to join Tauiwi Tautoko training to learn how to assertively challenge racist remarks by friends, family and others that I may meet. -
Chris | Share your why
Posted by Chris Humphreys · August 18, 2023 8:39 AM
Just because it should be done. -
Akeasha | Share your why
Posted by Akeasha Smith · August 18, 2023 8:00 AM
E whakaarahia ana ahau te reo māori kei tōku kāinga, ki āku tāmariki hoki, mā te korero, mā ngā waiata, mā te whakaako hoki. -
Tinaka | Share your why
Posted by Tinaka Jopson · August 18, 2023 7:41 AM
My way is for my Moko, I want them to hear reo spoken around them as a normal everyday language. -
Rauhina | Share your why
Posted by Rauhina Cooper · August 18, 2023 6:26 AM
Ka kōrero ki aku tamariki me aku mokopuna -
Ardi | Share your why
Posted by Ardi Tawha · August 17, 2023 11:58 PM
He rahi nui tēnēi ki ahau, i te mea ai, he taonga ōku tūpuna me whānau ināianei me ngā whakatipuranga ka haere mai nei ki tēnēi ao ō ta tātou katoa! -
Wainohu | Share your why
Posted by Wainohu Shanon-Rae · August 17, 2023 11:55 PM
Since the knowledge of my hapūtanga with my twin boys my life has prioritised te reo māori and my commitment to te reo. -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Teahiaaria Mills-Barber · August 17, 2023 10:23 PM
"Ko te reo te mauri o te mana māori. -
Josh | Share your why
Posted by Josh Keenan · August 17, 2023 10:08 PM
Support my whanau -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Teahiaaria Mills-Barber · August 17, 2023 9:16 PM
"Ko te reo te mauri o te mana māori. -
Billie-Jean | Share your why
Posted by Billie-Jean James · August 17, 2023 8:58 PM
What is my why? I want to be able to advocate for our Māori people in Healthcare and so I will continue to learn Te Reo Māori while on my Nursing journey. -
wiremu | Share your why
Posted by wiremu tuirirangi-ratana · August 17, 2023 4:17 PM
id like to take part because my whanau for many years have been supressed from their own language -
Kiri | Share your why
Posted by Kiri Kara-Aramoana · August 17, 2023 12:52 PM
Kia ora . -
Lucy-Mei | Share your why
Posted by Lucy-Mei Evans · August 17, 2023 10:26 AM
I will listen and learn in my Māori class. -
Iri-Ani | Share your why
Posted by Iri-ani Maaka · August 16, 2023 4:21 PM
Te reo Māori makes me feel alive and brings wellness into my space and that of my tamariki. -
Coralie | Share your why
Posted by Coralie Bodley · August 15, 2023 9:19 AM
He tino hīkaka ahau ki te kōrero i te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa. -
waati | Share your why
Posted by waati ormsby · August 15, 2023 7:45 AM
learn 2 learn. -
Glynn | Share your why
Posted by Glynn Rogers · August 14, 2023 10:55 PM
Ko te reo te hā o te Māori. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:58 AM
Our culture is important. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:35 AM
It is important for me to connect with where I come from and where I belong. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:35 AM
It is important for me to connect with where I come from and where I belong. -
Eli | Share your why
Posted by Eli Peters · August 13, 2023 7:35 PM
To increase the mana and the everyday use of all aspects of our culture -
Anthony | Share your why
Posted by Anthony de Thierry · August 13, 2023 7:34 PM
He ngakau taku ki Te Reo Maori me Te Pukapuka o Moromona, kei roto ra te tika o te reo me ana kounga. -
Holly | Share your why
Posted by Holly Aymes · August 13, 2023 2:27 PM
Kia ora e te whānau,. -
Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae | Share your why
Posted by Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae #keeping it reo · August 13, 2023 1:55 PM
Hei hakamana mātou i te reo Māori, i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa. -
Pip | Share your why
Posted by Pip Speedy · August 13, 2023 1:31 PM
Hei hakamana i te reo Māori! -
Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae | Share your why
Posted by Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae #keeping it reo · August 13, 2023 12:45 PM
Ka kōrero Māori ahau i ngā wā katoa i ngā wāhi kātoa. -
Peter | Share your why
Posted by Peter Joyce · August 12, 2023 1:04 PM
Tāku mokopuna is the reason I want him to speak Te Reo Māori. -
Hamish | Share your why
Posted by Hamish Cartwright · August 11, 2023 11:30 AM
Using everyday te reo to share culture. -
Shona | Share your why
Posted by Shona Brown · August 11, 2023 10:42 AM
I want to support my personal journey and also the mahi of Manapou ki te Ao -
Rodrick | Share your why
Posted by Rodrick Tahavalu · August 10, 2023 1:15 PM
as an immigrant to Aotearoa, I really want to learn. -
Te Aruhe | Share your why
Posted by Te Aruhe Tuakanakore · August 10, 2023 12:21 PM
Kei te ako tonu ahau i taku reo, he taonga tuku iho moku me aku tamariki. -
Rosanna | Share your why
Posted by Rosanna Alefaio · August 10, 2023 11:00 AM
Learning more Te Reo Maori, by listening -
Hunia | Share your why
Posted by Hunia Rogers · August 10, 2023 10:17 AM
Myself and Daughter Te Pumanawa o Toku Ate Rogers having some Father & Princess time. -
Christina | Share your why
Posted by Christina Fa'avae · August 10, 2023 8:49 AM
"A leai se gagana, ua leai se aganu'u. -
Christina | Share your why
Posted by Christina Fa'avae · August 10, 2023 8:39 AM
Recently I heard a quote by Brene Brown — a snippet from her book ‘Braving the Wilderness -
Tawhetakino Mahia | Share your why
Posted by Tawhetakino Mahia Williams · August 09, 2023 6:12 PM
This is a great question because their is alot we or I can say when it comes to the importance of preserving or safe keeping of our language or in better forms (who we are). -
Grayson | Share your why
Posted by Grayson Hayward · August 09, 2023 4:32 PM
I like how the connection between Maori and the land/ Papatuanuku is shown in the language, and how we can best implement Maori values into sustainability.
