Nō te mea ko tēnei taku tuakiritanga.

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It's our language, and we shall all be part of making it our everyday language.

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My drive to participate and to learn, grow and share more ye reo Māori is to help normalize out national language.

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I have been learning te reo Maori for 4 years and am growing in confidence and would love others to have a chance for a similar journey .

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I’m part Maori and even though I’m white skinned I feel a connection to Maori along with wanting my children to.

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Te reo Māori is one of NZ languages it would be nice to hear the language spoken everyday.

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I have always struggled to learn the reo.

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I love learning Te reo and taught it at school while I was teaching before having my pēpi a week ago - I enjoyed celebrating Te wiki o Te reo Māori at school and will now celebrate with my wee one at home!

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Keeping the reo alive, especially for my tamariki.

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I want to show my support for ensuring that we keep Te Reo alive and beyond that, the use of Te Reo begins to thrive.

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The best way to understand a people is to understand their language.

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It's our official language and it is important to ensure that the language becomes a part of our everyday life and who we are as a nation.

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I am committed to bringing Te Reo Māori into our every day lives - it starts with one simple step :).

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Te reo māori is a taonga, we need to NOT lose it.

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Te Reo should be a national language and this is how I can participate.

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To keep the importance of our language going.

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Hearing myself and others speak Te Reo makes my day brighter!

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Te Reo Maori is the original language of our country.

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I am the only Māori nurse in ICU that can speak some te reo and a huge number of our patients are Māori.

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To be part of an import part of NZ culture and learn more about the history & meaning of the language.

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Love the Maori language and culture behind it.

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Te reo maori is an official language of New Zealand.

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My mum recently passed and te reo maori was important to her.

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To encourage myself and others to pursue learning the language and culture.

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Imagine if someone visiting from over seas had to learn some Te Reo Maori to get by in our country.

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because I'm maori and I want our language and our kaupapa for all kiwis to know, this is our land our tupuna gave to us and u think everyone should know this and understand this .

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To appreciate a beatiful and vital reo for aotearoa.

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I have had several attempts to learn Maori but need to continually commit to this journey.

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I think it is cool to be bi-lingual and this makes us a kiwi's unique.

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My 6yo grandson is part Maori.

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E tu au te turangawaewae .

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I have Māori great grandchildren and want to learn te reo so I can speak the language with them.

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Maori are Tangata Whenua.

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I want to improve my ability to contribute to reducing inequity.

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It's important because as a pakeha NZer, acknowledging our dual heritage gives status to 'things Maori' and ensures that language and culture become willingly embedded in our identity.

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I am a first generation kiwi and recognise that te reo as a taonga of the land of my birth and therefore is a part of my identity.

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We should embrace all the elements that make us uniquely kiwi, and Maori language and culture is such an important part of our Aotearoa/NZ identity.

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It's important for our country.

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As a Pākehā, helping Aotearoa with sustaining te reo Māori, matauranga Māori, and te Ao Māori, is one of the more important things I can do for our country.

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To show respect to other languages and cultures.

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It’s important to me to honour the mana of this language as a carrier of the culture of maori.

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Good to learn different languages and plus Te Reo is NZ first language so I need to know some basics.

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Its important to me because our language is our connection to our tipuna.

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I am newly returned to New Zealand, and I feel it important to do my part in acknowledging the value of Maori history, and learning Te Reo.

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All of us need to act with cultural competency.

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Being united.

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Keeping our indigenous language alive to thrive is vitally important for this generation and those who will follow.

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Te Reo sounds beautiful- it is part of being a New Zealander.

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I believe in protecting and cultivating indigenous culture including its languages.

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Reaffirm commitment to improve and grow in te reo confidence.

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It’s important working as a Māori Registered Nurse in a hospital setting to set an example to others, that’s why I am taking part.

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I am a Kiwi (by citizenship) and it is a privelege to learn the language of your country.

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I believe that every body in Aotearoa has the responsibility and the obligation to help to preserve Te reo Māori.

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Being one small part of the million is contribution to the more important part of maintaining our culture, tikanga and te reo Māori.

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It is important that students become familiar with te reo as it is part of our Aotearoa history.

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Want to be part of fostering a collective commitment to the preservation and use of te reo.

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Language and culture and identity are inextricably linked.

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I am of Maori heritage, and feel te reo Maori should be more mainstream.

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Kia ora.

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Sharing te reo with sll.

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I keep saying that this is the year I learn Te Reo and I never do anything about it.

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I want to die knowing that I was a part of something truly significant for our people.

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I would like to reconnect with Te Reo through my workplace because learning as a group makes the commitment stronger.

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As a Principal it is our responsibility to ensure that our students understand the importance that the Maori have in our history and to promote Te Reo in our community and programmes of work.

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Because I'm Māori and it's in my blood.

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Te Reo is a language that needs to be heard.

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Because I am proud to be maori.

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66% or our school is Maori and language is the 'breath' of culture.

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I am Ngati Awa and Ngai Tahu, but I was brought up with no knowledge or understanding of how important it is.

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Te Reo Maori is fundamental to the history & present of Aotearoa.

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I missed out in our Reo and sent my son's thru the Maori Education and now I have grand children and great grandchildren going thru that same journey.

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It's important to recognise the importance of te reo maori in this country for all New Zealanders.

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E hiahia ana ahau ki te tautoko i te kaupapa whakahirahira nei.

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Te reo Māori is our indigenous language and Aotearoa is my whenua whāngai.

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I'm enjoying learning te Reo Māori but my journey keeps getting interrupted.

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Te Takinga o Te Reo Oranga .

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To encourage those around me to korero.

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I whakapapa to Ngati Porou.

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Ko tōku pēpi te tino pūtake o tāku haerenga reo Māori.

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Because its good to know where you come from and the culture behind things.

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Because its part of who I am and helps to strengthen my identity as a wahine toa .

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Me whakatairanga tātou i te kaupapa nei, kia whai pūtake, kia whai mana tō tātou nei reo, mā a tātou tamariki, mokopuna.

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Our language is our strength an ornament of grace.

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I am of Maori decent and want to be a part of the revitalisation of te reo Maori.

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Te reo Māori is a taonga, rich with life and knowledge - we as New Zealanders should be actively engaging with it in our everyday lives and treating it with the respect a taonga deserves♡.

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It's important to me to act publicly to be a better Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner.

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It's in our whakapapa and in our toto.

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Acknowledging our identity and normalising our reo!

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To show respect and to be included in the transformation towards, and full integration of, Te Reo in Aotearoa.

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To celebrate being a New Zealander we share our languages to understand each other.

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I live here, this is my country, I should be able to speak the language of my own country.

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Because change starts with an individual decision to learn.

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I am a primary school teacher.

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I educate my kids at home and it is important for me that they learn a language.

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So the language does not die.

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Living and working abroad, especially in the chaos of recent times, te reo Māori provides comfort and connection back to our homeland.

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Te reo is part of our country's history, people, culture, identity.

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I have always admired members of my whanau who have embraced our language and culture and would like to follow the great example they have been to me.

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As its part of our heritage.

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