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Posted by Anonymous · May 05, 2021 9:01 PM
Ko Te Reo i te arero o aku tipuna. -
Kat | Waihi
Posted by Kat Maxwell · May 05, 2021 8:59 PM
For whanau and the wider community. -
Anna | Auckland
Posted by Anna Pryde · May 05, 2021 8:59 PM
It helps connect me to my whanau, whenua and too all who call themselves kiwis. -
Kaye | Auckland
Posted by Kaye Avery · May 05, 2021 8:59 PM
I love te reo as a language and see it is as a taonga we need to keep alive and thriving. -
Marjorie | Auckland
Posted by Marjorie Blaiklock · May 05, 2021 8:55 PM
As a Kiwi of colonial descent over the last 10 years I have been learning about our true history and listening to Tangata Whenua through words spoken and written. -
Janet | Palmerston North/Papaioea
Posted by Janet Mace · May 05, 2021 8:53 PM
Firstly, because it is a taonga - a very special and unique treasure in Aotearoa that has equal status to te reo Pakeha. -
Carley
Posted by Carley Isbister · May 05, 2021 8:49 PM
My why is I love the Māori way of life I love the connection to the land. -
Angus | Auckland
Posted by Angus Heke · May 05, 2021 8:49 PM
Ataahua kori. -
Vanessa
Posted by Vanessa Lee Miller · May 05, 2021 8:49 PM
Kia ora e te whānau nui o Te Reo. -
Sarah | Takaka
Posted by Sarah Thomas · May 05, 2021 8:47 PM
Because Te Reo Māori is the language of this land and it’s first people. -
Isabel
Posted by Isabel Katene · May 05, 2021 8:47 PM
My why in Maoridom is everything. -
Ct
Posted by Celine Donovan · May 05, 2021 8:46 PM
I am learning Te Reo because I want it to be a part of my every day language and I want to increase my understanding of it. -
Anna | Sydney
Posted by Anna Farncomb · May 05, 2021 8:43 PM
I live in Australia but I grew up in Panama Road, Otahuhu and attended Otahuhu College - 40+ years ago. -
Judy | Wellington
Posted by Judy Elliott · May 05, 2021 8:39 PM
I am raro and Māori. I need learn more about te reo Māori. -
Olivia | Northshore
Posted by Fuimaono Peterson · May 05, 2021 8:39 PM
Our reo helps define us, like in every culture. -
Georgie
Posted by Georgina Sekona · May 05, 2021 8:37 PM
I am Māori, Māori is me, I need to do this not just for me but for my tamariki, my moko & for the next generation to come after I have left the world of the living. -
Justin
Posted by Justin Hamilton · May 05, 2021 8:32 PM
I am learning Te Reo because as a teacher, I want to model to my students that learning their own language/identity and embracing others’ is important! As a NZ citizen, it’s part of our national identity. -
Marilyn
Posted by Marilyn Gilchrist · May 05, 2021 8:32 PM
Te Reo is the language of Aotearoa. -
Aroha | Porirua
Posted by Aroha Katipa-nepia · May 05, 2021 8:32 PM
Because I am of maori decent and I need/want to know my own culture. -
Geneva | Foxton
Posted by Geneva Paora · May 05, 2021 8:32 PM
Kia ora. -
Emily | Tāhuna
Posted by Emily C · May 05, 2021 8:31 PM
'Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria'. -
Abby | Christchurch
Posted by Abby W · May 05, 2021 8:31 PM
Taha wairua! Two wai combine to form my spirit, just as two people korero to make a connection. -
Ruth | Turanganui a Kiwa
Posted by Ruth Newton · May 05, 2021 8:31 PM
I grew up in Northland in the 1950s and 60s in a Pakeha family. -
Jane
Posted by Jane Muldowney · May 05, 2021 8:29 PM
Kia Ora . -
Lynette | Tuakau
Posted by Lynette Donohoe · May 05, 2021 8:27 PM
I'm learning Te Reo as it is the language of my country. -
Sam | Taupo
Posted by Sam Dalton · May 05, 2021 8:26 PM
I want to be part of the movement to make te reo Maori heard and understood as a normal part of living in New Zealand. -
Bronwyn | Whirinaki
Posted by Bronwyn Wikaira · May 05, 2021 8:26 PM
Tena koutou. -
Kim | Wellington
Posted by Kimberly Tapine · May 05, 2021 8:23 PM
It is important to me because it is a part of my identity, my whenua, my tūpuna, my tamariki and our future. -
Lucy | Nottingham
Posted by Lucy Ling · May 05, 2021 8:22 PM
I am not from New Zealand but I came 2 years ago and fell in love with place and and people. -
Rosemary
Posted by Rosemary Connell · May 05, 2021 8:22 PM
My parents emigrated here with me in the 80s. -
Nat | Auckland
Posted by Nat Churches · May 05, 2021 8:21 PM
As Rosie Remmerswaal said, "Kāore ōku toto Māori, engari ko Aotearoa te whenua i whakatipu mai i a au" - this is my home, this is where I belong, and I want Te Reo Māori to remain a part of my life for as long as I live it. -
Deb | Waikanae
Posted by Deb Burton · May 05, 2021 8:21 PM
I wrote this on a facebook site (about the Treaty and Bible which seeks to discuss and resolve issues): Been to two funerals in the last two days, of pakeha men. -
Laura | Whakatane
Posted by Laura Hindle · May 05, 2021 8:18 PM
I'm maori so want to learn my language to understand my tipuna and the history of aotearoa. -
Catherine | Gisborne
Posted by Catherine Chrisp · May 05, 2021 8:18 PM
It is fundamental to who we are -
Jacob | Auckland
Posted by Jacob Waitere · May 05, 2021 8:18 PM
I am bicultural Maori and European. -
Christine | Palmerston North
Posted by Christine Udy · May 05, 2021 8:17 PM
I really want to learn correct pronunciation and usage. -
Erin
Posted by Erin Dalton · May 05, 2021 8:15 PM
So I can share what my children are learning at school and daycare. -
Terijoy
Posted by Terijoy Wilton · May 05, 2021 8:15 PM
Whilst I don't think that I whakapapa Māori, by children do through their fathers. -
Olivia
Posted by Olivia Yates · May 05, 2021 8:14 PM
I take part because of my obligations for reconciliation under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. -
Deborah | Gisborne
Posted by Deborah Newman · May 05, 2021 8:14 PM
I think it is important for us all to have a basic understanding of Te Reo -
Jane
Posted by Jane Muldowney · May 05, 2021 8:14 PM
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Amanda | Auckland
Posted by Amanda Taylor · May 05, 2021 8:13 PM
My why is my whanau - I continue to try to include maori in my "everyday" as I feel it links me to where I have come from and my tipuna that have gone before me. -
Rima
Posted by Rima Wakarua · May 05, 2021 8:10 PM
I grew up in Auckland not surrounded by the reo. -
Beth
Posted by Beth Attrill · May 05, 2021 8:10 PM
Tēnā koutou, I whānau mai au i tēnei whenua. -
Anna | Nelson
Posted by Anna Hickman · May 05, 2021 8:08 PM
Te reo Māori is unique and precious and I love learning how to pronounce it as best I can with others in my class at NMIT in Nelson where our most amazing kaiako guides us. -
Gresha | Waitahanui
Posted by Gresha Wall · May 05, 2021 8:08 PM
It is important to me to learn Te Reo Māori because I would love to be able to understand it -
Nikki | Christchurch
Posted by Nikki Parsons · May 05, 2021 8:05 PM
Teaching and learning te reo Māori is important because our vision is that all children will grow up strong in their identity, language and culture. -
Kimihanga
Posted by Kimihanga Riri · May 05, 2021 8:04 PM
Kia ora, my answer is simple. -
Unknown
Posted by Marty Reynolds · May 05, 2021 8:03 PM
Kia ora. -
Geoff | Porirua
Posted by Geoff Holmes · May 05, 2021 8:00 PM
For me, being a New Zealander means knowing, understanding and respecting our past. -
Rose | Auckland
Posted by Rose Jenkin · May 05, 2021 7:59 PM
I think learning te reo is a positive step towards healing the harm that has occurred in our history. -
Jessica TeAroha | Christchurch
Posted by Jessica TeAroha Simmonds · May 05, 2021 7:59 PM
I want to learn more the REO Māori Language -
Adrienne | Wellington
Posted by Adrienne Thompson · May 05, 2021 7:58 PM
I started because I'd lived overseas and learned another language fluently and it seemed like a good idea to learn the language of Aotearoa too. -
Leanne
Posted by Leanne Pickering · May 05, 2021 7:57 PM
I started my reo journey so that when the time comes I will be able to teach my mokopuna -
Suzi | Auckland
Posted by Suzi Poupouare · May 05, 2021 7:56 PM
For myself and for my moko -
Judah | Nelson
Posted by Judah Ashton · May 05, 2021 7:55 PM
What drives me is living in Whakatu where there is very little Te Reo Māori spoken, and wanting to see it spoken within my whanau and friend groups, and eventually seeing Māori language become as easy to use for me as English. -
Leigh | Kerikeri
Posted by Leigh Rockell · May 05, 2021 7:54 PM
I wanted to learn Te Reo and Tikanga Māori so I can understand more about Māoti and pay my respect to the founders of Aotearoa and the first language of the country I was born in. -
Hayley | Te Karaka
Posted by Hayley Ward · May 05, 2021 7:53 PM
Its uniquely ours. -
Ben | Otautahi
Posted by Ben Stagg · May 05, 2021 7:52 PM
I work in ece, and have found majority of tamariki Māori are attending english-medium services. -
Pāpā Rāwiri David | Tā maki makaurau
Posted by David Tolich · May 05, 2021 7:52 PM
Tēnā koe. -
Anna
Posted by Anna Mowat · May 05, 2021 7:51 PM
It's our indigenous language (taonga) - good role modelling for my tamariki - I want to learn more. -
Catherine | Hamilton
Posted by Catherine Vovna · May 05, 2021 7:51 PM
I believe it is important to learn the indigenous Language and cultural practices of the land that we stand on 💚 -
Ruth | Huntsbury, Christchurch
Posted by Ruth Coapman · May 05, 2021 7:50 PM
I've been learning Te Reo for 4 years now - attending weekly classes with a bunch of like minded people - both Maori and Pakeha. -
Michael | Levin
Posted by Mikara Dally · May 05, 2021 7:50 PM
The world plays rugby football, goes to ballet, makes fine wine. -
Tiphaine | Wellington
Posted by Tiphaine B · May 05, 2021 7:46 PM
As a new migrant to this country (been there 3 years now), it's very important for me to discover and learn the tikanga and kawa of Te Ao Maori. -
Donna | Waikato North
Posted by Donna Pickard · May 05, 2021 7:43 PM
It is important for me because my tupuna had the reo taken from them and I want to learn it for them, especially my greatnana. -
Tanya | whangarei
Posted by Tanya Tautari · May 05, 2021 7:42 PM
It's a sense of belonging, part of who we are, it's a much calmer and peaceful way of doing everyday things, reo maori has whakapapa and purpose it has a higher understanding (kauae runga) where we action that purpose daily. -
Mary-Anne | Rotorua
Posted by Mary-Anne Cameron · May 05, 2021 7:37 PM
When I was young My grandfather spoke Te Reo, I thought all grandfathers spoke the reo. -
Micah | Auckland
Posted by Micah Nikora · May 05, 2021 7:35 PM
Because Māori is who I am. -
Julie | Dunedin
Posted by Julie Kearns · May 05, 2021 7:33 PM
I started a course at Polytech this year in Health and wellbeing. -
Vera Moana | Rotorua
Posted by Vera Moana Moana · May 05, 2021 7:32 PM
To increase my kete of knowledge. -
Jack | Auckland
Posted by Jack Potaka · May 05, 2021 7:32 PM
Kia tangata whenua anō ai te reo ki te arero! -
Eve | Tauranga
Posted by Eve Moore · May 05, 2021 7:30 PM
It is important to be part of the Maori movement as I missed out on learning te reo when I was growing up. -
Tracey
Posted by Tracey Iversen · May 05, 2021 7:30 PM
I am a Pākehā mother of Māori tāne. -
Nia | Kiri-kiri-roa
Posted by Nia Suez · May 05, 2021 7:26 PM
I believe that we as a people have a good understanding of what has happened to us unfairly and under a oppressive way done to us by identifying ourselves as something we are not by someone who is not us, government to farmer, immigrant to school child, we must embrace and reward our true identity as gangsta whenua. -
Jahmarley | Tokoroa
Posted by Jahmarley Phillips · May 05, 2021 7:26 PM
Last year I studied Tikanga level 3 with TWOA and this year I'm studying level 2 & 3 Te Reo fulltime. -
Toni
Posted by Toni Cooksey · May 05, 2021 7:25 PM
Kia ora I love the language, as I'm a Early Childhood teacher. -
Gina | Wellington
Posted by Gina Reiri · May 05, 2021 7:24 PM
I started my journey in 2011 & still on the journey, I love speaking & learning Te Reo & everything else that comes with that, starting L5 Te Reo course in July with TWOR and can’t wait 😝 -
Tash | Auckland
Posted by Tash Crosby · May 05, 2021 7:23 PM
To feel closer to my tipuna, to know myself. -
Miria | Auckland
Posted by Miria King · May 05, 2021 7:23 PM
It is important to me as it will empower me by giving me confidence in learning Te reo. -
Eseta
Posted by Eseta Lemanu · May 05, 2021 7:21 PM
He wāhine Hāmoa ahau. -
Penny | Christchurch
Posted by Penny Lancaster · May 05, 2021 7:20 PM
Kia Ora! I’m learning te reo vocabulary so I can share it with my international students in ESOL class. -
Karleen
Posted by Karleen Marshall · May 05, 2021 7:18 PM
I love te reo Māori, it is the language of my people and it is who I am. -
Mike | Christchurch
Posted by Michael Maslin · May 05, 2021 7:15 PM
I want to embrace the culture of my adoptive country. -
Marcia | Glenfield
Posted by Marcia O’Brien · May 05, 2021 7:13 PM
I’d often wished I had another language to share with my tamariki and there is and I just need to inspire them to appreciate te reo Māori too. -
Vanessa | Auckland
Posted by Vanessa Hancock · May 05, 2021 7:12 PM
For me it is about connecting to a perspective on life and learning that we know exists, but don't seem to make a lot of time for. -
Grant | Mangawhai
Posted by Grant Hayward · May 05, 2021 7:11 PM
In the 1970’s I was part of a group of educators (Maori and pakeha) who wanted to have Te reo introduced into the school curriculum. -
karen | Wellington
Posted by karen stevens · May 05, 2021 7:06 PM
As a New Zealander, I believe te reo Māori is important for all New Zealanders. -
Chloe | Whangarei
Posted by Chloe Peters · April 20, 2021 11:27 AM
It's what is right, what my heart wants to do. -
Dawn | Ratana
Posted by Dawn Rapana · March 20, 2021 4:22 PM
Nga mihi mahana kia koutou, I wanted to briefly share my appreciation for your kaupapa. -
Dawn | Ratana
Posted by Dawn Rapana · March 20, 2021 4:04 PM
For much of my early life especially, I was penalised for being Maori and successful. -
Lorraine | Wellington
Posted by Lorraine Paterson · March 10, 2021 5:10 PM
Kia Ora, my journey in Te Reo began 18yrs ago when my middle daughter attended a primary school that labeled the classrooms in Te Reo numbers. -
Rosemary
Posted by Rosemary Whale · March 08, 2021 7:46 PM
for myself as well as for my tamariki and mokopuna. -
Meri | Naenae Lower Hutt Wellington
Posted by Meri McCormack · March 08, 2021 10:10 AM
Because its my whakapapa my right to speak my language without any problems. -
Cherise | Auckland
Posted by Cherise Fa'asolo · March 06, 2021 1:39 PM
My Tamariki -
Kate | Christchurch
Posted by Kate Munro · March 05, 2021 4:11 PM
It is a love movement - let's love on our country and hear this precious gift being used -
Sharon | Whanganui
Posted by Sharon McAuley · March 04, 2021 2:40 PM
I have always wanted to korero fluently in Maori. -
Jessica | Whakatane
Posted by Jessica Boswell · March 04, 2021 1:18 PM
I would love to go back to my marae and be able to understand what is being said, as a teenager i had the opportunity to learn te reo in highschool but i was not interested, now i have children and i would love them to learn as well. -
Anna | Kura Tawhiti
Posted by Anna Keeling · March 04, 2021 8:43 AM
This is who we are and it's time to give our indigenous language a stronger voice. -
Rebecca | Taiamai
Posted by Rebecca Hereora · March 04, 2021 8:04 AM
Its my turangawaewae who I am and where and I'm from
