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Holly | Share your why
Posted by Holly Aymes · September 06, 2023 12:38 PM
Ka tuhi au i tētahi pikitia me tētahi whakamāramatanga kātahi ka tukuna ki tāku whārangi IG. -
Sheena | Share your why
Posted by Sheena Sherratt-Smith · September 06, 2023 12:00 PM
Ia wiki ia wiki kai te kōrero au ki tāhaku whānau. -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Paige Townsley · September 06, 2023 11:08 AM
I love being in the Kapa Haka group -
isabella | Share your why
Posted by isabella todd · September 06, 2023 11:06 AM
i will sing a waiata with my school on Rapare the 14th. -
Hilary | Share your why
Posted by Hilary Bevin · September 06, 2023 11:01 AM
Champion to reo and get everyone more confident in using it and becoming a natural part of our conversations. -
Coralie | Share your why
Posted by Coralie Bodley · September 06, 2023 10:36 AM
He tino ataahua te reo Māori! -
lexane | Share your why
Posted by lexane perret · September 06, 2023 10:06 AM
to sing -
Lily | Share your why
Posted by Lily Chalmers · September 06, 2023 9:52 AM
My why are the mokopuna in our family, and showing them and my own children that Māori language and culture is a vital part of my world, and that our lives can only be enriched by taking part in this culture, embracing it and protecting it's importance for them. -
Cecilia | Share your why
Posted by Cecilia Tyne · September 06, 2023 9:45 AM
We often sing Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi in the NZ Experience classes I teach. -
haylee | Share your why
Posted by Haylee Scott · September 06, 2023 9:23 AM
Love maori songs -
Unuwai | Share your why
Posted by Danelle Unuwai · September 05, 2023 4:41 PM
At Te Kura o Otangarei we celebrate our Reo everyday through kōrero, waiata, karakia, mihi, tīkanga and we are encouraging our tamariki to be proud of their culture and heritage. -
Unuwai | Share your why
Posted by Danelle Unuwai · September 05, 2023 4:40 PM
At Te Kura o Otangarei we celebrate our Reo everyday through kōrero, waiata, karakia, mihi, tīkanga and we are encouraging our tamariki to be proud of their culture and heritage. -
Karaitiana | Share your why
Posted by Karaitiana Wilson · September 05, 2023 4:00 PM
As a Tūhoe living under the shelter of Te Ātiawa in Mawaihākona I will learn and share pūrākau connected to this whenua.
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Terri | Share your why
Posted by Terri Hughes · September 05, 2023 11:03 AM
E ai ki tāku moko "E reri ana ahau mo te mahi". -
Strive | Share your why
Posted by Strive Rehabilitation · September 05, 2023 9:42 AM
Tēnā koutou katoa. -
Hinemoa | Share your why
Posted by Hinemoa Reweti · September 05, 2023 9:13 AM
Wānanga Waiata ki Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi ❤️ -
Arohanoa | Share your why
Posted by Arohanoa Mathews · September 05, 2023 9:11 AM
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Tyela | Share your why
Posted by Tyela marie · September 05, 2023 9:01 AM
To tautoko te reo Maori I am in the process of completing my Poupou te huia Maori studies course. -
Emma | Share your why
Posted by Emma Webb · September 05, 2023 8:35 AM
I feel compelled to learn my reo because of my girls. -
Chelsea | Share your why
Posted by Chelsea Sullivan · September 05, 2023 7:09 AM
We are all on this waka of learning together for our future generations -
Judith | Share your why
Posted by Judith Vickerman · September 04, 2023 9:05 PM
To promote the language for my moko -
Hilary | Share your why
Posted by Hilary Bevin · September 04, 2023 8:52 PM
My why is keeping the reo alive for all New Zealanders and getting all tamariki involved in the beauty of our wonderful native reo -
Kristy | Share your why
Posted by Kristy Taurua-kite · September 04, 2023 7:18 PM
I'll be putting what I'm currently learning from my course into practice to strengthen my reo and share my knowledge with my whānau & colleagues. -
Lily | Share your why
Posted by Lily Chalmers · September 04, 2023 9:25 AM
I'm on a journey to bring awareness and curiosity of Te Ao Māori to my work and to my team. -
Eileen | Share your why
Posted by Eileen Wolland · September 04, 2023 2:52 AM
I want to strengthen my kōrero to support my two youngest tamariki to become fluent. -
Rodrigo | Share your why
Posted by Rodrigo Mendezkerr · September 02, 2023 1:11 PM
Kia kaha korokoro -
Stacie | Share your why
Posted by stacie swindon · September 02, 2023 11:36 AM
I'm taking part in the Māori language movement because it's a beautiful language, filled with so much depth and meaning hidden within seemingly simple kupu (words). -
Stacie | Share your why
Posted by stacie swindon · September 02, 2023 11:36 AM
I'm taking part in the Māori language movement because it's a beautiful language, filled with so much depth and meaning hidden within seemingly simple kupu (words). -
Jo | Share your why
Posted by Jo Lucas · September 02, 2023 10:30 AM
Strengthen self-identity and Kahungunutanga in our kura -
Emily | Share your why
Posted by Emily Cahill · September 02, 2023 8:28 AM
As tauiwi, I feel it's so important to uphold the values of Te Tiriti and ensure all our tamariki, young and old, understand and respect this. -
Megan | Share your why
Posted by Megan Grimwood · September 01, 2023 12:26 PM
I was drawn to Te Ara Taiohi Whakatapua Kia Ora Ai Youthline as an organization to mahi with as I felt their deep understanding of the importance inclusion and diversity plays in supporting positive outcomes for youth mental health and wellbeing. -
Katie | Share your why
Posted by Katie Hodson · September 01, 2023 12:10 PM
Learning to kōrero māori through Te Awa Māori and Waka Kotahi has been an exciting part of my year, we're so lucky to have amazing kaiako and many colleagues in support of our journey. -
Rosa | Share your why
Posted by Rosa Rongotaua · September 01, 2023 12:04 AM
I grew up not speaking Rarotongan or te reo Maori. -
Morgan | Share your why
Posted by Morgan Goodwin · August 31, 2023 3:16 PM
My why is to reclaim and celebrate the language that my nana was not allowed to speak. -
Lucille | Share your why
Posted by Lucille Neho · August 31, 2023 12:24 PM
Aotearoa is our Country and Te Reo Maori is our mother tongue. -
Joanne | Share your why
Posted by Joanne Donovan · August 31, 2023 11:13 AM
It is our first language as a nation and through te reo we can see te ao Māori with more clarity and distinction. -
Jayda | Share your why
Posted by Jayda Ormsby-Northcott · August 30, 2023 11:10 AM
My why is my Tamaiti, he starts Kohanga soon and I am nearly at the end of completing my Level 2 Te Reo Māori Certificate. -
Hatty | Share your why
Posted by Hatty Young · August 30, 2023 8:24 AM
New Zealand in my opinion is one of the best countries because of how free we are, and at Korokoro we are still given that feeling of 'free' to go and choose our path that we want to take. -
Debbie | Share your why
Posted by Debbie Keung · August 29, 2023 5:20 PM
I will use te reo in my class with my tamariki, at home with my whānau not just for the week but every day of the year. -
Shane | Share your why
Posted by Shane Allen · August 29, 2023 4:47 PM
My pākehā Nan learnt Te Reo after she retired from farming and bought some land off the late rangatira Monte Rereamoamo Ohia. -
Tawhiri | Share your why
Posted by Tawhiri Gilbert · August 29, 2023 3:13 PM
Ko tōku reo, tōku ohooho. -
Amy | Share your why
Posted by Amy Glover · August 29, 2023 11:08 AM
Kia kaha Korokoro! -
Gemma | Share your why
Posted by Gemma Guiney · August 29, 2023 8:12 AM
I want to continue my learning journey and speak more reo around the office. -
Kim | Share your why
Posted by Kim MacDonald · August 29, 2023 7:09 AM
Mō tātau, a, mō kā, uri ā muri, are nei. -
Shona | Share your why
Posted by Shona Brown · August 28, 2023 9:48 AM
I'm excited to support the Māori Language Movement and especially looking forward to the launch of the Manapou App! -
Maria | Share your why
Posted by Maria Graham · August 28, 2023 7:48 AM
Mā mātou e ako i ētehi waiata hou -
Carol | Share your why
Posted by Carol Wald · August 27, 2023 9:13 PM
I am making a commitment to increase my use of te reo in the workplace and out in the community. -
Flo | Share your why
Posted by Denise Kerr · August 27, 2023 6:46 PM
Kia Kaha Korokoro -
Rochelle | Share your why
Posted by Rochelle Salt · August 27, 2023 6:34 PM
Because it's important. -
Louie | Share your why
Posted by Louie Murphy · August 27, 2023 4:06 PM
I'm learning Te Reo Māori because I believe it will help cultivate a more inclusive New Zealand identity, where every Kiwi feels a sense of belonging. -
Jono | Share your why
Posted by Jono Nelson · August 27, 2023 12:27 PM
I have been on haerenga for two years now of learning te reo maori and I would love to hear it spoken more in public just not on the marae -
Roxanne | Share your why
Posted by Roxanne Taggart · August 25, 2023 4:37 PM
I started in Kohanga and as I grew up I stopped speaking the reo at home and slowly lost it. -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Thwaites · August 25, 2023 3:50 PM
To make the change for the future because of the past -
Alex | Share your why
Posted by Alex johnson · August 25, 2023 9:59 AM
I want to learn more so that I can be part of the change and help celebrate te ao māori -
Tracey | Share your why
Posted by Tracey K · August 24, 2023 7:39 PM
To make a difference. -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Aroha Whata · August 24, 2023 5:08 PM
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Fiona | Share your why
Posted by Fiona Waititi · August 24, 2023 5:05 PM
A new beginning, a new way of living. -
Kitty | Share your why
Posted by Kitty August · August 24, 2023 3:29 PM
I want to be part of a public service that walks the talk on valuing and supporting our country's unique culture and the people and language at the heart of that. -
Jacqui | Share your why
Posted by Jacqui Hunter · August 24, 2023 3:20 PM
Kia kaha on your te reo journey -
Leonie | Share your why
Posted by Leonie Fitzgerald · August 24, 2023 1:40 PM
My why is my children - I want them to grow up in a New Zealand where they can speak and understand te reo Maori because it's important to recognise that this is one of our official languages. -
Lori | Share your why
Posted by Lori Murray · August 24, 2023 10:25 AM
Kia Ora ngā Tangata ō ReoMāori! -
Mary | Share your why
Posted by Mary Richards · August 24, 2023 6:51 AM
I do kapa haka every wednesday and i do te reo as well and i really enjoy it! -
Angelicia | Share your why
Posted by Angelicia Anthony Thane · August 24, 2023 12:51 AM
I am a North Borneo native — Kadazan indigenous ❤ -
Charmaine | Share your why
Posted by CharChar Arkell · August 23, 2023 10:36 PM
This was my mum Batnana and I on our way back from another round of chemo 🤗 this is how my mum faced her fear - head on and with a smile 💕 Kia kaha te reo Māori 💕 -
Gemma | Share your why
Posted by Gemma Kelly · August 23, 2023 9:25 PM
As tangata tiriti and a mother of Māori children it is super important for me to learn, speak, normalise, and celebrate te reo Māori whenever I can. -
Hōhepa | Share your why
Posted by Hōhepa McGregor · August 23, 2023 9:03 PM
Ka whakaakoako tonu au tō tātou reo Māori, ka whakapakari ai, e tāku whaikōrero i runga i te paepae. -
Hugh | Share your why
Posted by Hugh Wong · August 23, 2023 8:10 PM
I am taking my Te ao Māori learning journey with Takatū, and it is exiting to learn a new culture and reo. -
Hōhepa | Share your why
Posted by Hōhepa McGregor · August 23, 2023 8:07 PM
To revitalise te reo Māori in our whānau, and in our kura tuatahi. -
Nicky | Share your why
Posted by Nicky Severinsen · August 23, 2023 8:07 PM
Te Ao Maori is rich with wisdom and customs that inspire me in my life. -
Ela | Share your why
Posted by Ela kupu · August 23, 2023 10:40 AM
i want to incoparate more maori in my every day life . -
Teriaki | Share your why
Posted by Teriaki Tamasese · August 23, 2023 10:03 AM
Ko te Reo Māori te mauri o te mana Māori. -
Tara | Share your why
Posted by Tara Lindsay · August 23, 2023 9:21 AM
i will be incorporating reo in my every day living, speaking it to my moko and encouraging my whanau to speak it to, I will also be relabeling items in my whare with reo -
Kaela | Share your why
Posted by Kaela Harrison · August 23, 2023 9:06 AM
My why is for my future mokopuna, in order for us to have them as fluent speakers it starts with us one day at a time, our language is a taonga and I want to restore it to my whānau -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Duff · August 23, 2023 12:22 AM
Because te reo Māori is a taonga, it’s an important part of our culture (Māori and Pākehā) and it’s part of what makes us who we are! -
Cassidy | Share your why
Posted by Cassidy Bernhardt · August 22, 2023 5:49 PM
I would like to take part because Māori is me and our language is Te Reo taking part in things that involve my culture are very important because this way I can learn more -
Chrystal | Share your why
Posted by Chrystal Te Keeti · August 22, 2023 2:29 PM
To reclaim our own identity as Māori through any medium. -
lois | Share your why
Posted by Lois Bryant · August 22, 2023 11:44 AM
In iimeera I will continue to extend te reo and have asked fluent speakers in my workplace to correct anything i get wrong as my intention is to draw attention to ngaa kupu Tangata Whenua and to enhance my knowledge through ma te mahi panui, kaore ma te waha anake -
anahera | Share your why
Posted by anahera west · August 22, 2023 10:47 AM
My daughter grew up around te reo with Kohanga and Kura however as we moved to a English speaking only school I feel I need to keep up her learning and mine. -
Danielle | Share your why
Posted by Danielle McCord · August 22, 2023 10:02 AM
Our ākonga have been practicing and working hard to ensure that their pronunciation and understanding of te kupu used within our kura, cultural narrative and in our waiata and haka are tika. -
Bailey | Share your why
Posted by Bailey Oldham · August 21, 2023 11:33 PM
My why is to encourage and promote the importance of our language! -
Lavinia | Share your why
Posted by Lavinia Tanirau · August 21, 2023 11:24 PM
I am going to restart my te reo journey not only for myself and my confidence but to be able to kōrerotia with my mokos i ngā wā katoa. -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Terynne Mills-Barber · August 21, 2023 8:33 PM
I kōrero au i te reo o ōku tūpuna hei mohio āku tamariki ko wai rātou. -
Bridget | Share your why
Posted by Bridget Gernhoefer · August 21, 2023 8:30 PM
The reason why is because I want to be confident to speak Te reo and also teach the tamariki in my class about Te reo Māori. -
Catherine | Share your why
Posted by Catherine Hapeta · August 21, 2023 6:51 PM
Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho -
Catherine | Share your why
Posted by Catherine Hapeta · August 21, 2023 6:48 PM
Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho 🤎 -
cici | Share your why
Posted by cici he · August 21, 2023 3:59 PM
I just want to support my classmate . -
Rory | Share your why
Posted by Rory O'Malley · August 21, 2023 3:27 PM
Traveled italy last week and lots of Italians asking me about my pounamu, our people and language and very interested when I explained -
Salena | Share your why
Posted by Salena Jakeman · August 21, 2023 1:22 PM
He aha ai?? Mo taku mokopuna -
Hinemoa | Share your why
Posted by Hinemoa Katene · August 21, 2023 12:32 PM
We are going to host an Online Session to introduce Kīwaha to staff. -
Sharleen | Share your why
Posted by Sharleen Peri · August 21, 2023 12:18 PM
Mā te kimi ka kite,. -
Angela | Share your why
Posted by Angela Gilberd · August 21, 2023 9:42 AM
Pride and identity; ensuring our rangatahi understand and feel connected to their culture -
Denise will Kōrero | Speak
Posted by Denise Lamb · August 21, 2023 9:27 AM
The six Library sites will all be taking part in celebrating Maaori Language Week 2023. -
waati | Share your why
Posted by waati ormsby · August 21, 2023 8:01 AM
use it b4 we lose it. -
Wayne | Share your why
Posted by Wayne Paaka · August 20, 2023 9:47 PM
We've lost too much and time is never on our side. -
Anne-Louise | Share your why
Posted by Anne-Louise Robertson · August 20, 2023 9:19 PM
Ka whakamātau au ki te kōrero i te reo Māori i te katoa o te marama o Māhuru. -
Maira | Share your why
Posted by Tomairangi Pahina · August 20, 2023 7:35 PM
Ko wāku tamariki têrā. -
Briar | Share your why
Posted by Briar Humphrey · August 20, 2023 5:51 PM
I will do my home play -
manaia | Share your why
Posted by manaia matekuare · August 20, 2023 2:09 PM
I am full maori and my parents would be so proud. -
Marama | Share your why
Posted by Marama Leonard · August 20, 2023 1:14 PM
Kia ora, kei te ako tau au ki te kōrero te reo Māori me waiata Maori -
Salome | Share your why
Posted by Salome Khandar · August 20, 2023 12:30 PM
I advocate for diversity and inclusion, and it is an honour to be a part of an organisation that embraces that.