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Kalani | Share your why

Posted by Alicia Rathod · July 14, 2025 2:21 PM

I continued with learning te reo at school because it was a fun class and was surrounded by lots of supportive people.

fernanda | Share your why

Posted by fernanda renner · July 14, 2025 2:21 PM

The reason why I never gave up te reo is my mum, she always talks about how it only took 1 generation to lose our reo and 3 to get it back.

ruhi | Share your why

Posted by ruhi powdrell · July 14, 2025 2:20 PM

I am māori but until college I never really announced it as my culture.

Ana | Share your why

Posted by Manaia Tararo-Ngatai · July 14, 2025 2:19 PM

To continue learning about my culture

Olioli | Share your why

Posted by Yasmeen parbhu · July 14, 2025 2:18 PM

Because it is important to know the national language of Aotearoa, and because it is my culture.

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by Mahlee Hakaraia-Brunt · July 14, 2025 2:17 PM

I started learning Te Reo Maori to learn more about my culture, and to continue the Te Reo language for future generations to come.

scarlett | Share your why

Posted by scarlett grant · July 14, 2025 2:17 PM

I began learning te reo maori to learn about my culture and my ancestors as well as to connect with my culture and ancestors.

Carla | Share your why

Posted by Carla Hyland · July 10, 2025 12:06 PM

During Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024, we learnt waiata-ā-ringa (a Māori action song) with Enliven Disability Community Services and a Kaiako (teacher).

Carla | Share your why

Posted by Carla Hyland · July 10, 2025 11:53 AM

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Carla | Share your why

Posted by Carla Hyland · July 10, 2025 11:52 AM

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Carla | Share your why

Posted by Carla Hyland · July 10, 2025 11:49 AM

During Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2023 we introduced a new sign to our boardroom.

Tracy | Share your why

Posted by Tracy Kenyon · July 09, 2025 2:19 PM

Ehara i te mea mō taku whānau anake, engari mō ā rātou uri kei te heke mai.

Deborah | Share your why

Posted by Deborah Fainsan · July 08, 2025 9:19 PM

“Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori”.

Richard | Share your why

Posted by Richard Williams · July 03, 2025 10:28 AM

Tēnā koutou, i am thrilled to be starting my Te Reo Journey, i have recently left the Navy after 35yrs service in uniform.

Andrea | Share your why

Posted by Andrea Bubendorfer · June 23, 2025 5:27 PM

Kei te akau ahau te reo Māori kia pai ake tangata

Wilson | Share your why

Posted by Wilson Justan · June 23, 2025 4:41 PM

Te Reo is my pathway to pursuing my full potential.

Sam | Share your why

Posted by Samantha Cains · June 19, 2025 3:50 PM

The sense of belonging and confidence I get from using my reo is unlike anything else.

Heather | Share your why

Posted by Heather Powrie · June 19, 2025 3:42 PM

To connect me to the place I've chosen to call home.

Simone | Share your why

Posted by Simone Haywood · June 18, 2025 9:23 PM

He Māmā me Kaiako ahau.

Jazz | Share your why

Posted by Jazz Kimi · June 18, 2025 11:09 AM

Hei whaangai tooku wairua✨️

Rosalind | Share your why

Posted by Rosalind Dibley · June 17, 2025 3:31 PM

Ko te reo Māori te reo rangatira o Aotearoa.

Gail | Share your why

Posted by Gail Hosken · June 16, 2025 2:03 PM

I believe as a kuia it is beholden to me to Immerse myself in te reo Maaori and te ao Maaori on behalf of my tupuna and my tamariki, my moko to retain their heritage of language and tikanga.

Rangi | Share your why

Posted by Rangi Faneva · June 11, 2025 2:28 AM

Aspirations of doing the Mahi needed to secure inherited Mâori Whenua from my Tūpuna for all beneficiaries in my immediate Whānau.

Aisha | Share your why

Posted by Aisha Andrews-Cheung Tau · June 10, 2025 8:21 PM

My beloved mum tried extremely hard to encourage myself and my siblings to learn te reo Maori.

Ella | Share your why

Posted by Ella Feisst · May 26, 2025 10:38 AM

I started learning the reo Maori when I first started high school.

Tori | Share your why

Posted by Tori Clark · May 15, 2025 5:24 PM

To find myself, for my daughter for my whanau.

Tony | Share your why

Posted by Tony Porima · May 11, 2025 10:46 AM

My Why is If I don’t then my children & there children possibly may not but now that I’ve signed up my children & there children will see me actively living my & our Why speaking & living our Native Tongue

Celine | Share your why

Posted by Becky Sees · May 09, 2025 1:34 PM

To be a good faith Tiriti partner and an ally in ensuring the long life of Māori culture and language.

Carol | Share your why

Posted by Carol Buchanan · April 30, 2025 10:09 AM

Kei tōku manawa tōku reo.

Aria | Share your why

Posted by Xiaodan Chen · April 27, 2025 12:01 PM

As someone with a deep appreciation for language, history, and indigenous cultures, I have always been fascinated by Te Ao Māori.

Hine | Share your why

Posted by Hine Herangi · April 17, 2025 11:02 PM

I’m PROUD to be Māori.

Tatiana | Share your why

Posted by Tatiana Brennan · April 17, 2025 7:02 PM

Kia Ora… Aotearoa has become my home.

Jordan | Share your why

Posted by Jordan Nash · April 15, 2025 9:52 AM

Being Maori is a huge part of my identity.

Robin | Share your why

Posted by Robin Thomson · April 14, 2025 10:10 AM

Kia Ora ki a koutou katoa' .

Manpreet | Share your why

Posted by Manpreet Kler · March 27, 2025 8:19 PM

I love Aotearoa.

Tanea | Share your why

Posted by Tania Milner · March 02, 2025 6:22 PM

Since the age of 8 I have been surrounded by our culture, however I could never fully grasp our language.

Ngawhariki | Share your why

Posted by Ngawhariki Jacobs · March 02, 2025 3:12 PM

Te Reo Maori is a huge part of my cultural identity and my heritage to claim!

Kathy | Share your why

Posted by Kathy Walker · March 02, 2025 1:54 PM

My biggest regret is not knowing my own beautiful language.

Ali | Share your why

Posted by Ali Caldwell · March 02, 2025 1:46 PM

Shared language creates connection and understanding.

Erana | Share your why

Posted by Erana Herewini · March 02, 2025 1:40 PM

Learning te reo maori has been a massive journey.

Tinaka | Share your why

Posted by Tinaka Kohey · March 02, 2025 6:31 AM · 2 reactions

Mo aku mokopuna

Keesha | Share your why

Posted by Keesha Tana · March 01, 2025 9:32 PM

Learning, utilizing, and excelling in Te Reo Māori adds a sense of real belonging to who we are as tangata whenua.

Emilie | Share your why

Posted by Emilie Neubauer · March 01, 2025 12:35 PM

He Kaiako ahau, as a teacher I want to be part of a movement to make reo compulsory in kura our tamariki are the future and they should be speaking the language of our whenua

Teina | Share your why

Posted by Teina Aue · March 01, 2025 12:18 PM

Mō āku mokopuna.

Louise | Share your why

Posted by Louise Eru · March 01, 2025 11:37 AM

Toitu Te Tiriti, I am Maori Proud to be Maori.

Anahera | Share your why

Posted by Anahera Autagavaia · March 01, 2025 8:38 AM

Mō ngā mokopuna o te ao āpōpō.

Nicole | Share your why

Posted by Nicole Bristowe · March 01, 2025 8:31 AM

I want to ensure my children and also each generation have the knowledge to blossom and learn their roots.

Sharon | Share your why

Posted by Sharon Pihama · March 01, 2025 6:29 AM

My whanau 🍃

Kiri | Share your why

Posted by Robyn Hansen · February 28, 2025 11:36 PM

As a wahine that whakapapa's Maori and who works with Whanau Maori, I want to uphold and enhance their mana while also increasing my kupu.

Sarah | Share your why

Posted by Sarah Hjertquist · February 28, 2025 8:14 PM

He aha ai e ako ana au i te reo Māori?.

Dell | Share your why

Posted by Dell McCaskill · February 28, 2025 7:41 PM

Tooku Mokopuna

Pania | Share your why

Posted by [email protected] Taylor · February 28, 2025 6:48 PM

I know who I am where I'm from I know my mum an my dad's whakapapa I want to understand maori when listening or hear korero some words I know but wanting to learn more

Aleisha | Share your why

Posted by Aleisha Maindonald · February 28, 2025 6:46 PM

I am an education support worker working alongside Kaiako at multiple Centers.

Hinetoko | Share your why

Posted by Hinetoko Kaipainoa · February 28, 2025 6:06 PM

I grew up not connected to my Māoritanga, and now I take every opportunity to whakapiki tōku reo i roto i te ao Māori.

Camelia | Share your why

Posted by Camelia Vaipo Muraahi · February 28, 2025 5:50 PM

I am starting my journey for my pepi, our next generation.

Renee | Share your why

Posted by Renee Baldwin · February 28, 2025 5:36 PM

I am learning Te Reo to strengthen my own knowledge, and then to encourage and strengthen my children's knowledge so they can be unapologetically maori.

L | Share your why

Posted by L Motu · February 28, 2025 4:04 PM

Ko te reo māori he rongoa mo te iwi māori

Tanja | Share your why

Posted by Tanja Schwalm · February 28, 2025 3:28 PM

He manuheke, he Tangata Tiriti ahau.

Blake | Share your why

Posted by Hireinia Lou Maehe · February 28, 2025 3:26 PM

its my turn.

Kita | Share your why

Posted by Kita Ruatara · February 28, 2025 1:54 PM

Ko te mea nui ki au nei, ko nga Purākau mai nga wā o mua te whakapapa ō nga whakapapa, hei whakakotahi tātou i roto i te ao nei, ehara nga mahara rangirua.

Te Awatea | Share your why

Posted by Te Awatea Rangiuaia-Carter · February 28, 2025 1:10 PM

For not only my tamariki and mokopuna but for all iwi māori 💜

Pania | Share your why

Posted by Pania Wiki · February 28, 2025 12:56 PM

Te Reo is important to me but I wasn't taught as a child.

Delwyn | Share your why

Posted by delwyn fraser · February 28, 2025 12:43 PM

It is our heritage😊😊

Renata | Share your why

Posted by Renata Neilson · February 28, 2025 12:28 PM

Te Reo Māori is important to me because it makes us unique and gives us identity.

Leanne | Share your why

Posted by Leanne Frazer · February 28, 2025 12:21 PM

I am Pakeha and have a Maori partner and children.

Ruahine | Share your why

Posted by Ruahine Hemara · February 28, 2025 12:19 PM

I was denied te reo when my parents were beaten for speaking te reo.

Koa | Share your why

Posted by Patricia Ngahuia Tawera · February 28, 2025 12:02 PM

Tënei te mihi.

Hera | Share your why

Posted by Hera Wikitera · February 28, 2025 11:53 AM

Ko aku tamariki mokopuna te take 😜

Sheryl | Share your why

Posted by Sheryl Fleming · February 28, 2025 11:32 AM

My reo journey - learning the language, my whakapapa, connecting with the land, and learning more about my iwi.

Debbie | Share your why

Posted by Debbie Ker · February 28, 2025 11:28 AM

I started my reo journey late in life and my biggest block was myself, those pronouns and verbs got me all up in my head.

Tina | Share your why

Posted by Tina Renata · February 28, 2025 10:10 AM

Ko te reo te tino taonga mō tātou te iwi Māori.

Ali | Share your why

Posted by Alison Montaperto Wells · February 28, 2025 9:58 AM

Te Reo Māori is a beautiful language and needs our mahi to build and strengthen the korero in our community to support and build up the Tangata Whenua.

Christina | Share your why

Posted by Christina Tay · February 28, 2025 9:30 AM

For past, present and future generations.

Brenda | Share your why

Posted by Brenda Sherman · February 28, 2025 9:19 AM

Ka ū tōnu ahau ki te Reo o ōku tūpuna, nō te mea kua ngaro te Reo ki tōku whakapapa nō te tau kōtahi mano, waru rau, rua tekau mā rua.

Alana | Share your why

Posted by Alana Chandler-Reti · February 28, 2025 9:17 AM

I am learning te reo Māori for two reasons - to tautoko my tamariki who are Māori - and as a kaiako, honouring our guiding principles in Te Whāriki (the early childhood curriculum) to support tamariki.

Marleena | Share your why

Posted by Marleena Biddle · February 28, 2025 9:06 AM

To keep our reo alive and for the next generations, our tamariki and mokopuna.

Toni | Share your why

Posted by Toni Hutchings · February 28, 2025 9:06 AM

Ki te whakatenatena i nga tangata katoa kia pai ki te korero Māori.

Kyra | Share your why

Posted by Kyra Ngaronoa · February 28, 2025 8:57 AM

I would be truly honored to receive a package from Reo Māori, as it would symbolize both a deep personal connection to the language and a meaningful step in my Te Reo journey.

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by Aroha Gillespie · February 28, 2025 8:46 AM

For my babies 💛

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by Aroha Patene · February 28, 2025 8:41 AM

A question I get asked alot.

Lavinia | Share your why

Posted by Lavinia Kanara · February 16, 2025 11:16 AM

Kia Ora whānue tokū e hoa.

Harry | Share your why

Posted by Harry Wheoki · January 28, 2025 10:01 AM

Just want to speak maori

Rameka | Share your why

Posted by Rameka Nichols · January 19, 2025 10:20 AM

Kia ora!

Mamun | Share your why

Posted by Mamun Akter · January 09, 2025 12:22 AM

Ariel André Junior | Share your why

Posted by Ariel Matanda · December 16, 2024 7:14 PM

Kia ora koutou, Ko Ariel tōku ingoa me Nō Kamerūna ahau!

Jesselyn | Share your why

Posted by Jesselyn Perez · November 08, 2024 12:08 AM

As a gesture of deep gratitude, I wish to learn the Maori language and because once I will have the skills to speak and write the language then I can also teach others to do the same.

dan | Share your why

Posted by dan dainty · November 06, 2024 4:32 PM

Growing up I always knew I had Māori whakapapa but my parents always dismissed and swept it under the rug, whakapapa māori was kind of like a myth or a joke to us.

Archie | Share your why

Posted by Barry Wayne Neha · November 05, 2024 7:29 AM

I want to learn MY language because I am 62 years old.

Cindy | Share your why

Posted by Cindy Jarvis · October 23, 2024 5:37 AM

I've come to a point in my 60 + year journey where I need to learn Te Reo not only for my own self but as part of my obligation as Tangata Tiriti to uphold, protect and nurture Te Tiriti and the promises made to Tangata Whenua.

Archie | Share your why

Posted by Ross Minty · October 08, 2024 2:25 PM

I am Pakiha, and a Father and grandad , my children and grand children are all Maori on their mums side of the Family.

Joy | Share your why

Posted by Joy Smith · September 26, 2024 8:30 PM

At Beststart Russell Street, Palmerston North, the Tamariki practiced tu tira mai on monday, and tuesday and produced a performance for all our whanau on Wednesday!