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Jess - Hamilton
Posted by Jess Summers · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To grow in confidence to be who I am - my whakapapa. -
Jess - Christchurch
Posted by Jess Findsen · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
because its the right thing to . -
Jess - Christchurch
Posted by Jess Manao · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Because the Maori language just like all languages celebrated in NZ is a gift that we should cherish because its our countrys history and legacy. -
Jess - Auckland
Posted by Jess Campbell · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
It’s important because it’s our taonga to protect and to carry with any way we can. -
Jess - Auckland
Posted by Jess Carew · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To be able to speak more Maori to my children . -
Jerica - Christchurch
Posted by Jerica Heath · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Because of growing up and feel ashamed of being Maori due to pakeha being nasty if you sed I’m Maori I want to learn to show my children be proud of who you are. -
Jenny - Hawkes Bay
Posted by Jenny Nelson-Smith · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
This is a journey about nationhood. -
Jenny - Auckland
Posted by Jenny Mullane · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
For me, Maori culture and traditions mean connection to the whole: connection to self, connection to others, connection to nature and the universe. -
Jenny - Auckland
Posted by Jenny Harris · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
It is important for the well being of the people who live in our country to know some Te Reo. -
Jennifer - Waitara
Posted by Kay Crofskey · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
The Maori language is beautiful, it is who we are as New Zealanders. -
Jennie - Auckalnd
Posted by Jennie Clark · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I have enrolled in a Te Reo course through Te Wānanga o Aotearoa with my husband as we wanted to begin to learn Te Reo. -
Jenni - Nelson
Posted by Jenni Komarovsky · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Show support for te reo in schools and normalise speaking of te reo Maori . -
Jenna - Winton
Posted by Jenna Halder · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
It is important! -
Jen - Tauranga
Posted by Jen Spence · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Humans are awesome (mostly - I mean some humans are a bit out there, but you know), and I love getting to know us in all our awesomeness. -
Jeannette - Kirikiriroa
Posted by Jeannette Shennan · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
It's about time, te reo is fundamental to knowing we are all in the waka together. -
Jeannette - Hamilton
Posted by Jeannette Hogg · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
The sense of pride that I see in my students in being able to share their culture with others is a valuable gift. -
Jeanne - Manukau
Posted by Jeanne McLeod · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Ko tēnei te reo taketake o tēnei whenua taurikura. -
Jean - Napier
Posted by Jean Tidy · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To honour my committment as Tangata Tiriti, working in Partnership participation and protection of Te Reo . -
Jayne - Auckland
Posted by Jayne Bennett · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To celebrate Maori culture and share it with future generations . -
Jayde - Manurewa
Posted by Jayde Mitai · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
There are so many reasons it is important to take part! -
Jay - Whakatane
Posted by Jay Haydon-Howard · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
As a teacher, it is important for me that te reo Maori is seen, heard and celebrated in all Kura in New Zealand. -
Jason - Upper Hutt
Posted by Jason Remfrey · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I feel Te Reo Maori is something everyone can benefit from. -
Jason - Dunedin
Posted by Jason Hodge · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I think it is a beautiful language as well as how important it is for us to honour culture in New Zealand. -
Jasmine - Queenstown
Posted by Jasmine Singer · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Because Te Ao Māori is what makes New Zealand, New Zealand. -
Jase - Wellington
Posted by Jase Te Patu · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Te Reo Māori gives me a connection to a lineage that I was connected to growing up then diconnected from when I moved overseas for 11 years. -
Jaron - Dannevirke
Posted by Jaron Vince · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Working towards one of my long-term goals - to learn Te Reo Maori! -
Jared - Otautahi
Posted by Jared Riwai-Couch · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
My colleagues, my tamariki. -
Jared - Auckland
Posted by Jared Murdoch · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
together we can breathe life into our language. -
Janna - Ōtautahi
Posted by Janna Russo · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I work in Wāhi Pātōtō (Fingertip Library) at Christchurch City Libraries. -
Janine - Oamaru
Posted by Janine Di Luca · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I think it's important for all New Zealanders to learn about Maori Culture and history. -
Janine - Napier
Posted by Janine Cooper · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Notimea ka puta mai i Aotearoa. -
Janie - Otara
Posted by Janie Wilson · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Because iam maori. -
Janie - Auckland
Posted by Janie Paul · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To become confident to speak Maori and to learn the basics for now. -
Janice - Christchurch
Posted by Janice Scott · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Because our language is a taonga. -
Janey - Mt Wellington
Posted by Janey Clark · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Ko aku tamariki me taku whanau katoa. -
Jane - Rawene
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I am trying to learn more about Maori culture and to speak Te Reo. -
Jane - Palmerston North
Posted by Jane Want-Sibley · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Te Reo is a Taonga, unique to Aotearoa. -
Jane - Nelson
Posted by Jane Bosecke · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Ki whakarongo au te Reo o tātou tipuna ia rā ia rā mō tāku mokopuna . -
Jane - Auckland
Posted by Jane Worboys · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I think being a teacher it is important that I am making Maori language alive and an every day normal for the tamariki in my care. -
Jan - Rotorua
Posted by Jan Hammond · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
To encourage maori language to our younger generation before its lost. -
Jan - Christchurch.
Posted by Jan Wikaira · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
I want to see us reach a point where the use of Te Reo, even to a small extent on some people's part, become normalised in Aotearoa. -
James - Auckland
Posted by James Clark · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Te Reo Maori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand! -
James - Auckland
Posted by James Ratahi · September 14, 2020 2:47 PM
Every Kiwi should be proudly bilingual in our two official languages. -
Jamea - Christchurch
Posted by Jamea Dawson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
i was invited to take part, i didn't know the event was happening but im glad to be taking part. -
Jake - Hamilton
Posted by Jake Morgan · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Because everyone needs to learn about it and not let it die off . -
Jaime - Dunedin
Posted by Jaime Barltrop · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To connect, show respect and feel confident to use it. -
Jae - Nelson
Posted by Jae Major · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It's symbolic but represents my respect for te reo Maori and its importance in Aotearoa. -
Jada - Auckland
Posted by Jada MacFie · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I’m Māori - Te Reo was beaten out of my whānau and I want that undone. -
Jacqui - Wellington
Posted by Jacqui Binnie · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It is so important that we acknowledge the cultural heritage of New Zealand. -
Jacqui - Masterton
Posted by Jacqui Rowlands · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To make a commitment to join in with making a better future for Aotearoa. -
Jacqui - Auckland
Posted by Jacqui Miles · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Te Reo is a rich language and should be spoken . -
Jackie - Auckland
Posted by Jackie Pihama · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Motivation. -
Jack - Tauranga
Posted by Jack Te Moana · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I am a kaiako Maori, and I have been doing this for 30years. -
Jacinta - Hamilton
Posted by Jacinta James · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It is important to me that the Māori culture, my culture, isn’t lost in this country and my children grow up in an Aotearoa that embraces our dual heritage more than it did when I was growing up. -
Jacinda - Waikato
Posted by Jacinda Nagel · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
As an Early Childhood teacher I am still learning a lot about Te Ao Māori the world and also implementing Te Reo Māori in my every day practice. -
Jaana - Napier
Posted by Jaana Fels-Henderson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It's important to keep the Māori Culture, Tikanga, and language alive! -
Isobel - Te kuiti
Posted by Isobel Needham · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
We are the luckiest country who hard to use te reo maori as party of our life! -
Isobel - Tauranga
Posted by isobel malbon · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
A commitment to Nz and myself. -
Isabella - Auckland
Posted by Isabella Seton · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It is important for me as a non Maori to show respect for Maori. -
Isaac - Flatbush
Posted by Isaac Etimani · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Aotearoa is becoming a very diverse place. -
Iri - Taupo
Posted by Iri Frearson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To share te reo with the tamariki and kaiako throughout the centre, educating those around with Maori language. -
Indi-Rose - Auckland
Posted by Charlotte Hudson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
My mum is learning to speak te reo and teaching us because she doesnt want us to grows up like her with our te reo in her life. -
Ian - Ngamotu
Posted by Ian Miller · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I am taking up the plethora of opportunities available In these recent times that were never available in my callow youth. -
Ian - Huntly
Posted by Ian Stewart · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It's part of being a kiwi. -
Ian - Gisborne
Posted by Ian Hunter · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
As a pakeha New Zealander it adds balance to the way I see myself in this land. -
Ian - auckland
Posted by Ian Henderson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It's an essential part of a vision to be a truly bi-cultural society. -
Ian - Auckland
Posted by Ian Morrison · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
While I am an immigrant to New Zealand I am proud to be a Kiwi and passionate about the Māori language and culture. -
Ian - Auckland
Posted by Christian Rapana · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I have only been living in Aotearoa for 14 years, but LOVE being part of a bicultural nation and recognise how important it is for our country to make sure te reo Māori is thriving! -
Hyrum - Auckland
Posted by Hyrum Elkington · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Well I just think that my culture is a big part of who I am. -
Hunter Park - Chb
Posted by Jo Harris · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Its valuable and essential to support te reo. -
Hula - Whakatane
Posted by Hula Mahaki · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I would love to be fluent in my own launguage, the Mana it would give me just knowing I can and teach my kids. -
Holly - Mount Maunganui
Posted by Holly Harwood · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To bring awareness, and to support a movement that is all for moving forward and learning. -
Hinera - Turangi
Posted by H Biddle · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
kei te tautoko au te kaupapa hei whakanui ake te reo Maori i Aotearoa me te so katoa. -
Hinemoa - Dunedin City
Posted by Hinemoa Tichborne · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It's my culture, and I care greatly about its strength and I love it wholeheartedly. -
Hine - Auckland
Posted by Josephine Cullen · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It is part of my identity, my roots. -
Hilary - Wellington
Posted by Hilary Gardner · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Te reo Māori is unique and special to everyone who lives in Aotearoa. -
Herena - Auckland
Posted by Herena Wood · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Ko te reo Maori te reo Rangatira! -
Hera - Whanganui
Posted by Hera Monaghan · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Whakanuia te reo Māori! -
Hera - Upper Hutt
Posted by Hera Pahau · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Father recently passed away and didn't take the opportunity when he was alive. -
Hera - Lower Hutt
Posted by Hera Smith · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Iti te kupu nui te korero - every little bit helps to keep te reo māori alive. -
Hera - Carterton
Posted by Sarah Taylor · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
My tamahine, so that their reo will not only survive but thrive! -
Henderson South School - Auckland
Posted by Henderson South School Rangi · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho. -
Helen - Nelson
Posted by Helen Durbridge · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Te Reo Māori is a taonga tuku iho. -
Helen - Hastings
Posted by Helen Jamieson · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Te Reo Māori is really important, and I want to help look after it. -
Helen - Hamilton
Posted by Helen Paora · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I have lost me. -
Helen - Christchurch
Posted by Helen Fitt · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Maori people, language and culture have been marginalised for long enough. -
Helen - Auckland
Posted by Helen Fletcher · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
I want to understand more than simple greetings in this beautiful language. -
Heleena - Auckland
Posted by Heleena Carroll · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori, mei kore ake ko te reo kia rere ka mate te iwi Maori, ara tatou nei nga tangata whenua. -
Heidi - Rotorua
Posted by Heidi Paignton · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
In Corrections we work closely with Maori every day and its important to be able to speak some Te Reo and have more knowledge of Tikanga in order to minimise causing offence to our Paihere. -
Heeni - Auckland
Posted by Heeni Rihari · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Maori is my culture, Maori is me. -
Heavenleigh - kapiti collage
Posted by Heavenleigh graywatt · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To support my caulture . -
Heather - Oakura
Posted by Heather Webb · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Because learning te reo Maori is a great way to connect to where I live, its history and peoples. -
Heather - Gisborne
Posted by Heather Tipene-Richards · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
It where I come from, a part of me. -
Heather - Auckland
Posted by Heather Neill · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
Personally, as a pakeha with nearly 200 years of whakapapa here in Aotearoa NZ (since 1823), I feel an affinity for Te Ao Māori, having wanted to speak Te Reo as a child. -
Heath - Auckland
Posted by Heath Ingelton · September 14, 2020 2:46 PM
To introduce Maori language and its culture to those willing to learn and participate. -
Health Hub Project - Palmerston North
Posted by TeAo Pritchard · September 14, 2020 2:45 PM
to do more than just acknowledge te reo māori, to value and legitimise te reo māori as one of our official languages of Aotearoa. -
Hayley - Thames
Posted by Hayley Fenton · September 14, 2020 2:45 PM
Because te reo Maaori is the language of Aotearoa. -
Hayley - Christchurch
Posted by hayley russell · September 14, 2020 2:45 PM
I studied Te Reo Māori language last year at Te Wananga O Aotearoa and it was just a amazing experience, I learnt so much and now I am passing my knowledge and experiences onto the other staff at preschool. -
Haylee - Bluff
Posted by Haylee Simeon · September 14, 2020 2:45 PM
I use Te Reo everyday in my home with my tamariki as I learnt Te Reo in school and believe it’s important for my tamariki to know as it’s apart of their culture . -
Harriet - Wellington
Posted by Harriet Varney · September 14, 2020 2:45 PM
Educate the younger generation about the importance of the language so going forward they can be better than we are in respecting and upholding Te ao Māori within society .
