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vita - northcote

Posted by vita muna · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

kause.

Vishal - Te Whanganui-a-tara

Posted by Vishal Gurudutt · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Te reo should be used everywhere.

Virginia - Te Atatu Sth

Posted by Virginia Fordham · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

It's an important part of being a New Zealander.

Viki - Auckland

Posted by Viki Runnerstrum · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

It's important for me to take part because I live in NZ where Maori is an official language.

Victoria - Wellington

Posted by Victoria Simon · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

As a Maori in Aotearoa/NZ this is an important part of everyday life .

Victoria - Tauranga

Posted by Victoria Goldsbro · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I think the Maori language is beautiful and I think it's important that all children learn the basics at school, which I did and find very valuable and still remember even though I'm in my 40's!

Victoria - Christchurch

Posted by Victoria Gimblett · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To connect with the people, land and language of Aotearoas ancestors.

Vesi - Upper Hutt

Posted by Vesi Leilua-Toilolo · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I respect Maori people as tangata whenua of this land and the language as their identity and taonga just l.

Verbinia - Palmerston North

Posted by Verbinia Duncan · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I would love to speak te reo.

Vanessa - Martinborough

Posted by Vanessa Tipoki · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Because I am Māori and I work in the Māori freshwater space.

Vanessa - Auckland

Posted by Vanessa MacDonald · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Having pride in one of our official languages of Aoteoroa.

Valerio - Auckland

Posted by Valerio Malez · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Recognising that the Maori language is the language and culture of the Country I live in.

Val - Hamilton

Posted by · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

The Reo is a part of who I am, it is our history, it is the first language for our nation.

Ute - Papamoa

Posted by Ute Poelman · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I want to learn more te reo and really like this idea.

Ursula - Kaitaia

Posted by Ursula Walters-Price · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Because we need to enhance Te Reo Maori more in our country.

Uenukuterangihoka - Whakatāne

Posted by Uenukuterangihoka Jefferies · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Sir James Henare- the language is the core of our Māori culture and mana.

Tyler - Dunedin

Posted by Sally Medal · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I am taking part because I want to make a change.

Turuhira - Whanganui

Posted by Turuhira Hautapu · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Hei whakanuia i tōku reo, i tōku tuakiri .

Tupu - Auckland

Posted by Tupu Iese · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

WE want to encourage our tamariki to learn maori and be part of a movement.

Tui - Hamilton

Posted by Tui Makowharemahihi · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Because I was not brought up with the reo and am a grandmother,great grandmother and no longer want to feel whakama for not knowing or understanding when my mokopuna speak .

Trudy - Lower Hutt

Posted by Trudy L · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

The best way to preserve our beautiful indigenous languages is to learn it and use it, every day.

Trudy - Christchurch

Posted by Trudy Thomson · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To be apart of the kaupapa to celebrate our language .

Trudy

Posted by Trudy James · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Ki Te Ako tonu i Te reo maori.

Tristan - Mount Maunganui

Posted by Tristan Wiles · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

It's an important part of calling Aotearoa home and, as a Pakeha, it helps me to connect to, respect and appreciate Maori and their culture.

Trisha - dunedin

Posted by Trisha Inclino · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To help them celebrate maori.

Trish - Wellington

Posted by Trish Ranstead · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I've recently started to learn te reo and have only just realised how much this means to my sense of being a New Zealander.

trish - hastings

Posted by trish Neera · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

it is important to me to take part as i am of Maori decent and I have a passion for all tikanga and Kawa i roro i te ao Maori.

Trish - Gisborne

Posted by Trish Riki · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Te Reo Maori is a taonga and a beautiful gift to be honoured.

Trevor - Ngāmotu

Posted by Trevor Landers · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Me akona i te reo Māori i roto i Aotearoa!

Trcia - Wellington

Posted by Trcia Kyrke-Smith · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To actively participate in being a New Zealander .

Travis - Ōtaki

Posted by Travis Holton · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Just keen to learn.

Tracy - Tauranga

Posted by Tracy Burnskey · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Because I am Maori and we need to celebrate that every day not just one week of the year :).

Tracy - perth. Australia

Posted by Tracy Kawana · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To pass on my knowlegde to my son make sure hes grows up with the same guildlines and respect for his culture.

Tracey - Tauranga

Posted by Tracey Kain · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

I've very proud to be a New Zealander and learning about Māori culture (of which te reo is key) is an important part of understanding what it is to be a New Zealander.

Tracey - Ngaruawahia

Posted by Tracey Rata · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

This is important as it is part of.

Tracee - Christchurch

Posted by Tracee Sinnott · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Because as a Maori.

TOTally Kids Early Childhood Centre - Auckland

Posted by TOTally Kids Early Childhood Centre Kids Early Childhood Centre · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

We are in partnership with Te tiriti O Waitangi , it is important for it to be a art of our curriculum and show our Maori students who they are is important, their language is important.

Tosca - Whanganui-a-Tara

Posted by tosca waerea · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

To whakanui the reo.

Tori - Taamaki Makaurau

Posted by Tori Ngataki · September 14, 2020 7:36 PM

Doing my part to ensure our Ao survives for our mokopuna.

Tony - Maketu

Posted by Comrie Anthony Campbell · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I have the time now to learn.

Toni - Wellington

Posted by Toni Huata · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Kia whakanuia te Reo Māori!

Toni - Waikanae

Posted by Toni Mcglynn · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I am maori women working in a cultural whanau worker role.

Toni - Waiheke Island

Posted by Toni Myers · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I believe that learning te reo Māori is the most important way that pākehā and other ethnicities can build deep understanding and respect for te ao Māori and address institutional and casual racism.

Toni - Auckland

Posted by Toni van Tonder · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Kia kaha te reo!

Tom - Morrinsville

Posted by Tom Hornsey · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

So that I can learn the National language of New Zealand.

Tokowha - Manukau

Posted by Tokowha Rihari · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Ki te pupuritia tonu tenei taonga o taatou.

Toby - Hamilton

Posted by Toby McIntyre · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

So I can help show my children that it can be easy to use some Reo in everyday life.

Tirita

Posted by Tirita Aumata-Heke · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Our whanau list our identity.

Tinaka - Napier

Posted by Tinaka Stewart · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Efforts to keep Te Reo growing.

Tina - Hamilton

Posted by Tina Fraser · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Have a basic grasp of the language.

Tina - Christchurch

Posted by Tina Kiingi · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I would like to see te reo Maori be more widely accepted and used in NZ - as our national language I feel it is important for it to be recognised.

Tina - Auckland

Posted by · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Have been waiting for this to come since the mid 1980s when I first learned te reo.

Tim - Te Whanganui a Tara

Posted by Tim Civil · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

New Zealand is a unique place with a unique culture.

Tim - Te Papa-i-Oea

Posted by Tim Love · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I want to show respect to our founding culture and the best way I can do that is learn more Te Reo.

Tim - Hamilton

Posted by Tim Hodgson · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I'd love for Te Reo to become more of a staple of NZ's everyday dialect.

Tim - Auckland

Posted by Tim Angeli-Gordon · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te Reo Māori is a national taonga, and I want to actively participate in the celebration of te reo Māori.

Tilomai - Wellington

Posted by Tilomai O'Hara · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I've always wanted to speak Te Reo fluently.

Tiere - Auckland

Posted by Tiere Maoate · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te Ao Maori is woven into the cultural fabric of who we are and everything we do.

Tianna - Auckland

Posted by Tianna Auvae · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

To keep Te Reo Māori alive & to appreciate the culture indigenous to this land.

Tia - Hamilton

Posted by Tia Goes · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

To learn more about my whakapapa.

Thomas - Otaki

Posted by Thomas Read · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te Ao Māori is beautiful and as a Pākehā we have done a lot of damage to it.

Theresa - Auckland

Posted by Theresa Drake · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I am a Niuean born in Aotearoa and I feel so connected to the people, to the land, the love and the waiatas, the language of the Maori.

Theo - Rolleston

Posted by Theo Alp · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Because my teacher made me, i mean told me this was happening.

Tessa - Blenheim

Posted by Tessa Power · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

When you learn a language, you also learn about the culture of that language—it's important to preserve our te reo Māori and culture, because it's what makes New Zealand the way it is.

Tess - Christchurch

Posted by Tess M · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Because te reo Māori is a living language and we need to be using it as much as possible, especially in educational settings.

Terrence - Whakatāne

Posted by Terrence Monaghan · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Awhi tamariki .

Teringamau Angel - Tauranga

Posted by Mau Tane · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

No te mea ka whai mokopuna ahau.

Teresa - Ashhurst

Posted by Teresa Watson · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

We love using Maori in our daily language and learning about Papatunuku.

Terence - Auckland

Posted by Terence Hibbert · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

to help build our movement for Reo inclusion for our entire society.

Terangianiwaniwa - Hawkes Bay

Posted by Terangianiwaniwa Hare-Moeahu · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Because I had no choice.

Teone - Hastings

Posted by Teone Te Rangi · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

To nurture our reo so that it may flourish for many generations to come.

Teneti

Posted by Teneti Ririnui · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te Reo is our national language and I need to learn more .

Teina - Auckland

Posted by Teina McLean · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Always keen to Tautoko Kaupapa Maori, Tu Maori Mai 👀.

Ted - Hamilton

Posted by Ted Pogai · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

#Samestorydifferentva'a.

Te Runui - Tokoroa

Posted by Te Runui Ahomiro · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

BECAUSE.

Te Rauhui - Patea

Posted by Te Rauhui Gawler · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Soak in all the knowledge .

Te Rangimarie - Taumarunui

Posted by Te Rangimarie Pakau · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

It's who I am, a King Country born and breed, Tapu Toa Wahine!

Te Rangi - Kaikohe

Posted by Te Rangi Doull · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te reo is our language & we should all learn it.

Te Puni - Wellington

Posted by Te Puni K≈çkiri · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Te Puni Kōkiri is a proud partner in the Maihi Karauna.

Te Mahara - Wellington

Posted by Te Mahara Swanson Hall · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

because we owe it to our ancestors and to our future generations to learn!

Te Kowhai - Hamilton

Posted by Te Kowhai Ohia · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Ko te reo te mauri o te Mana Māori.

Te Kanawa - Ōtorohanga

Posted by Te Kanawa Hub · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

We would like to learn everday Te Reo words that we can use at the workshop.

Te Kōrari - Tāmaki Makaurau

Posted by Te Kōrari Pohe · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

To learn, teach and pass on Te Reo Māori to everyone in Aotearoa and beyond.

Te Ata - Hamilton

Posted by Te Ata Wharawhara · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

My children.

Te Aroa - Te Kuiti

Posted by Te Aroa Pou · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Kia haapai i te oranga tonutanga o too taatou reo.

Te Aniwa - Auckland

Posted by Te Aniwa Tutara · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

The language will be lost if we wait too long andmy mokos will need it, more than I do, I have the memories.

Taylah - Papamoa

Posted by Taylah Sykes-Martin · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Na taku aroha ki tōku reo te take!

Tayla - Melbourne

Posted by Tayla Paraha · September 14, 2020 7:35 PM

I want to discover my sense of identity, and feel closer to my ancestry, my whanau.

Tawhai - Wellington

Posted by Rhonda Tawhai Maindonald · September 14, 2020 7:34 PM

Te reo Māori is a national language of Aotearoa and every person in this country should be able to speak reo Māori as fluently as English.

Tanya - Wellington

Posted by Tanya Cook · September 14, 2020 7:34 PM

It's important for me to take part and actively engage and promote the use of reo Māori in the workplace to honour one of NZ's national languages.

Tanya - Christchurch

Posted by Tanya Utting · September 14, 2020 7:34 PM

To celebrate and experience joy through using one of our national languages, a language that is connected to our people, land, and who we are as a nation.