Te reo Måori is beautiful! Matauranga Måori teaches us what the world needs more of, how to value and take care of Te Ao.

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I moved from Australia 8 years ago and am very respectful of how culture, the environment and people are all one thing, te reo Māori is a beautiful example of this is why I want to connect through language and culture in my home Aotearoa !

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My why is for the lost generation of māori .

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As a tauiwi, I am learning that anyone and everyone can be a part of the revitalisation of te reo Māori.

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I tōku whānau, karekau ngā tāngata e kōrero Māori.

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Simply put it is a language that has been suppressed for 150 years and is right now being rejuvenated

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I think its my duty as a Māori man to learn and encourage others to normalise Te Reo Māori and be a part of the great work being achieved by all involved .

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Ko wai au? Ko te reo he korero tuturu mo matou katoa.

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For me being on my learning journey, it makes me feel more at home.

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By learning Te Reo and appreciating things Maori, this will enrich the lives of all New Zealanders

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Tena Koutou When I as 7 years Utan our vegetable shop our Maori customer spoke Maori to us I replied to our customers exactly what they said, as I know we learn naughty words first Kaua e korero Pena me penei te tika We live in Aotearoa we should all be taught te reo Maori Te reo definitely has enhanced my career to advance our people’s matters Ka mihi ki oku whanau i poipoi nei ki aua Kia Ora Meng

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I know my reo is in my DNA, I wear the face of my Tupuna.

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It's my birthright.

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As an ex-ECE teacher I am well aware of the need to value our bicultural NZ history and to keep Te Reo Maori live so that this precious taonga is not lost.

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Te reo is an official language of this country.

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It is important to understand our shared history of Aotearoa and the incremental negative phases that took place during the Colonisation.

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I grew up in Christchurch in from the late 1960's and didn't learn te reo at home or school.

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It is important for me to be taking part in this awesome kaupapa as I want to be eventually in a space of talking fluently.

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Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.

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There are many reasons I'm learning Te Reo Māori, but the main reason for me is about being part of our beautiful and unique nation.

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It's like a part of my DNA is missing.

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Because i have seen the terrible inequality for our Maori people who were here before my ancestors and i feel that we all should be learning Te Reo , the whole history aswell in our classrooms, no different than learning English in the classroom.

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Because I love Te Reo and I want to make sure my tamariki and Mokopuna hear it in their home

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It's a recognised NZ language that ALL New Zealanders should embrace and learn .

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I am learning te reo Māori because te reo is a taonga.

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I lost touch with my reo when I left school 10 years ago and in my whanau at the time not a lot of them know any te reo the reason why I have started my journey again is because I have been feeling whakama about going to my Marae an not being able to korero with my kaumatua I hope to regain that knowledge an to go home and represent my whanau one day soon

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No Airangi ahau.

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So many reasons.

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Kia ora ko au ko te maunga ko te maunga ko au, I am one of many in my immediate whanau who has been learning the reo with it I have learnt my whakapapa on both side even thou I was bought up by just my father who past in 1996.

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At high school it was my passion it was my reason to go to be apart of something, I become a mother and used what I had with my older tamariki but I felt like I’d lost it over the years.

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Ānei ētahi kupu nā te waiata "Nei rā te kaupapa" e whakamārama pai ana i ōku whakaaro mō te reo.

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I am a Kiwi and Te Reo Māori is one of the national languages of my country: as a citizen I should know it.

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To uphold the Treaty of Waitangi.

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I am a 51 year old Pākehā wahine and I have been wanting to learn te reo for some time.

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To connect to my country and to support my daughters as they learn te reo as well.

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You cannot share what you do not have, so i want to share a lot to nga tamariki by learning a lot.

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It’s important to me because, I am Maori and proud to be.

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Because it’s important to keep this beautiful language alive, because I enjoy it, to connect with Maori culture and to be able to converse, mihi and sing.

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I’m learning te reo Māori because it makes me feel connected to the motu & helps give me a kōrero.

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To support my own ako and to tautoko my work environment.

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I owe it to my tupuna to carry on our Reo and our Māoritanga.

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I am learning Maori because it’s one of my cultures.

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It's who we are and it's ours the reo the tikanga the knowledge is beautiful and as Maori we need to embrace who we are not 4 ourselves but for our tamaiti

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It's who we are and it's ours the reo the tikanga the knowledge is beautiful and as Maori we need to embrace who we are not 4 ourselves but for our tamaiti

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Learning Te Reo Maori, Speaking Te Reo Maori, Thinking in Te Ao Maori gives me purposes and focus to all I do in my life!

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I am a Dutch born Kiwi, arriving to this incredible country when I was 4 - when we first arrived, we were forced to drop our mother tongue to learn English.

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I grew up learning different languages from other countries growing up in New Zealand.

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To support me in my mahi and my mokopuna .

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Ko Tōku Reo, Tōku Ohooho!

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The movement to refocus on Te Reo Maori is very important to me.

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I want to learn Maori as its the language of our country.

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First I started to learn haka and I realized that understanding the meanings behind Te Reo I'd understand myself, my motivations to study all about the Māoritanga and now I know: the more I speak Te Reo Māori the more connected I feel as one with friends of Aotearoa NZ.

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Going on 23 years ago my daughters’ dad, who is Rongowhakaata, enrolled her into Te Kohanga Reo & I was really against it because I believed that her being immersed in te reo Māori wouldn’t get her anywhere in life.

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As so much of our heritage has been hidden, so too was my knowledge of even being Maori.

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I want to find out mre about my ancestor's I want to know my Maori history where I'm from what it means and learn about my tribe

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Te Reo is a beautiful, melodic language belonging to a culture that has much to teach us all.

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Te Reo Maori language connect me to my roots, my culture and Identity.

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Perhaps to inspire, enlighten and encourage someone else

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Kei te Kura Kaupapa Māori tētahi o aku mokopuna, koira taku hiahia.

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i te tau o iwa tekau ma rua i hoki mai ki Aotearoa ano .

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Kia ora, It's lovely to have a language which is home grown.

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ko te aha te take i ako ahau i te reo maaori, naa te mea he tino taonga e kawe ake nei.

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Learning Te Reo is an issue of respect for me, it shows that I respect nga tangata and nga motu o Aotearoa New Zealand, and that I am grateful for my place here.

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My mother was from the generation who were strapped at school for speaking Maori so we were admonished from speaking any Maori learned from school at home.

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I identify as Maori and know I am Maori but feel incomplete and something missing until I am fluent in my own language.

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I attended Waikato University in 1973 and acquired my Diploma of Secondary Teaching with Honourds and started Teachining at Forest View H S for 8 years and then venturd onto Tokoroa HS - Hamilton GHS - Otaki College - Waiopehu College - in the year 2000 I wrote "Te Arataki Manu Korero for TWOA and became the Tutor covering Thames -Hauraki /Waikato /Maniapoto / Whaingaroa/ Taumarunui / Mokau / I passed my Translation Degree (Dept of Maori Affairs) I passed my Masters Degree at TWORaukawa and wrote my Thesis totally in Maori- I als passed my PH.

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Te reo Māori is such a beautiful language and I believe it should be used more and more here in Aotearoa.

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I started learning Te Reo to be included.

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Kei te ako ahau i korero maori.

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It’s important to me as it’s my husband’s heritage and the culture of our country.

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My biggest drive is absolutely my children, mokopuna and future generations.

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Because it's a beautiful language that makes Aotearoa unique.

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I am learning Te Reo because it connects me to my culture.

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I did it to save my wairua .

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Well I came from home where my mum and dad and their siblings all spoken te reo maori but when I was growing up it wasn't taught because for my folks it was not going to land that job or be used at school or buy that house so it wasn't spoken I can understand te reo learnt quickly when folks didn't want us to know lol now in my 50s I so wanna speak and be confident in everyway so my journey begins

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I didn't realise until I got older that I was missing part of the essence of my being māori ie; te reo māori.

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te reo Maori is so beautiful, it just cannot be lost, it is so important that it flourishes and needs to continue to be taught in all our schools, it is part of our heritage.

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I am a NZer who has recently returned home having lived in London for 24 years.

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I want to learn the language of the people of new Zealand I have many friends that have taken me in as part of their whanau and I will and I would like to learn the language and would like to know if there is anywhere in palmerston north that I could do a course in Maori language.

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Te Reo is a big part of my story and I want to actively tell my story in the language of my story.

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I was not born or raised in New Zealand but now that I am making a home here it is really important for me to learn about New Zealand and what makes it so unique.

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I want to learn the language of the people of new Zealand I have many friends that have taken me in as part of their whanau and I will and I would like to learn the language and would like to know if there is anywhere in palmerston north that I could do a course in Maori language.

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My why is my children.

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Whakapapa.

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First and foremost I enjoy it, simple.

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To show respect and receive respect.

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Learning to speak, understand & appreciate Te reo Māori is important to me because I have a daughter & I want to be able to help support, shape & guide her Te Reo Journey.

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Long story short: because I live in Aotearoa & I love it here.

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I joined the Maori language movement because I love my culture and wanted to keep it alive even more so because my father was not allowed to speak it when he was young.

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7months ago my small young family moved away from our hometown and families.

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Te reo Maori is impossible to separate from who & what I am.

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Being able to korero in Te Reo Maori helps to answer questions around the culture, customs, whakapapa links and give more understanding to what makes me who I am.

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Even as ngāti Pākeha o Aotearoa, te Ao Māori forms part of my being.

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I’ve always been incredibly interested in the culture and language itself! I’m currently doing a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Māori, so I feel it’s important to surround myself with it as much as possible! So I’m able to become more comfortable.

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For my Tamariki and future Mokopuna & a responsibility to Tupuna for their battles in leaving Te Reo Māori for us 🌀

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I am a proud daughter sister aunty mum and nan Maori wahinetoa who thru my heritage is my identity.

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I started Te reo Māori in 4th form when it was introduced as a subject at high school - I passed school C Māori but there wasn’t an opportunity to continue post school as most were English speakers only.

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Kia ora! I've wanted to learn te reo Maori for years, and on the day of the Covid lockdown I went out & bought Scotty Morrison's 8 'Maori Made Easy' books.

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Learning te reo Maori has been important for me since I moved here from England 14 years ago.

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