Share your why

Kevin | Share your why

Posted by Kevin Hague · June 01, 2024 4:39 PM

Aotearoa is a Māori place.

Elizabeth Jones | Share your why

Posted by Elizabeth Jones Jones · May 31, 2024 10:31 AM

I am teaching Te Reo.

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by sally hall · May 30, 2024 12:00 PM

Maori is beautiful in language and its customs.

Frankie | Share your why

Posted by Kay Ashford · May 30, 2024 11:58 AM

New to New Zealand as an immigrant, I am inspired by the culture and wish to learn Te Reo to have a positive impact and respect the culture in this wonderful country.

Ali | Share your why

Posted by Ali Brown · May 30, 2024 8:30 AM

I would like to upskill so that I can use te reo in my workplace.

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by Tiare Tumai · May 29, 2024 6:33 PM

I wish to begin my journey to acquire my native language.

Maia | Share your why

Posted by Tee Bird · May 29, 2024 10:46 AM

I never had whanau around me to teach me from a young age - my grandparents spoke te reo but they never taught my dad and his siblings - therefore there was no pressure from my parents to learn it.

Amaia | Share your why

Posted by Tuleiesea Faatali · May 27, 2024 8:39 PM

Throughout my childhood, I never had the chance to learn about our own culture, I want to change that for my tamariki and whanau so we can learn and be proud about who we are and where we come from, through their whakapapa, reo & tikanga.

Frankie | Share your why

Posted by Frankie Stewart · May 27, 2024 3:51 PM

To treasure the language for future generations.

Bev | Share your why

Posted by Bev Thatcher · May 27, 2024 12:14 PM

To speak.

Manawa | Share your why

Posted by Sim Mosley · May 24, 2024 11:15 AM

My why for starting my journey in te reo is for me personally to connect to my whanau more

Genna | Share your why

Posted by Genna Hollows · May 23, 2024 8:32 PM

My daughter has Māori ancestry.

Anna | Share your why

Posted by Anna Li · May 22, 2024 9:04 PM

To connect with, understand and honor the first peoples of this whenua and to show my tamariki how we can all grow together.

Bruce | Share your why

Posted by Bruce George · May 22, 2024 1:41 PM

Te Reo Māori is the 1st language of Aotearoa.

Riana | Share your why

Posted by Riana Tahere · May 22, 2024 9:32 AM

Kia Ora,.

edison | Share your why

Posted by edison Raki-Noanoa · May 21, 2024 9:39 AM

kia ora .

Hera | Share your why

Posted by Hera Tumai · May 19, 2024 7:59 PM

My aspiration is to be able to Karanga, have conversations with others i te reo maori and to fulfil my obligations on the Marae,

Lawrence S T | Share your why

Posted by Lawrence S T Hohaia · May 18, 2024 5:04 AM

Time is unfortunately coming to an end for my kaumatua in my whanau,, and it's time for my generation to step up , to be the kaikorero to be the kaikaranga etc.

paul | Share your why

Posted by paul marii · May 18, 2024 2:46 AM

I want to speak on my marae, and wherever possible

Sara | Share your why

Posted by Milly Smith · May 17, 2024 3:55 PM

I grew up in a family that had hidden their whakapapa out of shame.

Sheree | Share your why

Posted by Sheree Ryan · May 16, 2024 6:15 AM

Kora | Share your why

Posted by Nadine Stuart · May 15, 2024 9:31 AM

Growing up as a fair looking Māori and disconnected from my Māori heritage on my mother's side had a real impact on how I felt within our world and how I saw myself.

Rangi-Maria | Share your why

Posted by Rangimaria Mullen · May 15, 2024 8:06 AM

I am at the young age of 59 and have been on my Te reo hareanga for about 3 years.

Manawa | Share your why

Posted by Elana Tutaki · May 14, 2024 9:35 PM

I'm an Early Childcare Kaiako and I would love to incorporate more Te Reo into my learning journey as well as my centre.

Abraham | Share your why

Posted by Abraham Mahuika · May 12, 2024 12:30 PM

I want the language of my tipuna spoken in my home so my moko can grow up speaking it and pass it on to the next generation

Kora | Share your why

Posted by Irene Hoani · May 10, 2024 9:39 PM

My why is to feel whole.

TePaea | Share your why

Posted by TePaea Paterson · May 10, 2024 7:53 AM

Tipu mai awau i Rangitukia, I taua wa kaore nei koe i rongo i te reo Pakeha, me haere ki te Kura, ki te toa ranei rongo ai taua reo.

Aurora | Share your why

Posted by Sue Francis · May 09, 2024 8:37 PM

I am a kiwi who left NZ 30 years ago.

Rātā | Share your why

Posted by Rātā Cornell · May 08, 2024 5:54 PM

Over the years i have started, dropped off and then restarted again my reo journey.

Jeff | Share your why

Posted by Jeff Taylor · May 04, 2024 6:51 PM

For a better understanding of what it means to be Maori.

Fiafia | Share your why

Posted by Taylor Lee · May 02, 2024 2:12 PM

The land and the earth is directly connected to the feet we walk on.

Matthew | Share your why

Posted by Matthew Morton · May 01, 2024 8:53 PM

I would like to learn Te Reo Maori to connect me to the land of my birth.

Atamai | Share your why

Posted by Atawhai Manuel · April 30, 2024 6:13 AM

To bring back the Reo in my whanau and for my unborn mokopuna.

Karen | Share your why

Posted by Karen Holder · April 23, 2024 11:01 AM

I'm an educator, and I am on a journey.

Eugenia | Share your why

Posted by Eugenia Ngeru · April 21, 2024 12:14 AM

Speaking my native tongue is more than just words; it's a connection to my roots, to my ancestors who paved the way before me.

Ana | Share your why

Posted by Sharron Peters · April 19, 2024 12:41 PM

To better understand the Māori heritage of this land I call home

Aroha | Share your why

Posted by Hiria Rolleston · April 19, 2024 8:25 AM

Ko au te reo, ko te reo ko au.

Anamaria | Share your why

Posted by Anamaria Clarke · April 18, 2024 9:44 PM

Ko oku tupuna, ko aku tamariki, ko tatou tenei te tino take nei.

John | Share your why

Posted by John Heynen · April 18, 2024 4:22 PM

I have lived in this (my new) country since 1960 - time to learn the language.

Oriwa | Share your why

Posted by Oriwa Va'asili · April 17, 2024 7:15 PM

My journey started when I asked my hubby how is he so grounded in who he is.

Bayley | Share your why

Posted by Bayley Cressey-Reed · April 16, 2024 5:02 PM

I can think of so many 'whys' that it's better to just say why not?

Lachy | Share your why

Posted by Lachy Paterson · April 12, 2024 10:56 AM

Ko te reo Māori te reo ake o Aotearoa, ā, ki a au nei he reo rangataira, he reo ātaahua.

Jayney | Share your why

Posted by Jayney Brodrick · April 12, 2024 9:39 AM

Language and culture are deeply intertwined, reflecting our connection to the land and our distinct identity within Aotearoa.

Margaret | Share your why

Posted by Margaret Guldborg · April 12, 2024 7:53 AM

As an immigrant to New Zealand, and as a teacher, I feel it is important to understand te ao and te reo Maori.

Ali | Share your why

Posted by Alexandra O'Brien · April 10, 2024 3:31 PM

To bring the reo back to our whānau.

Kapareira | Share your why

Posted by Kapareira Lummis · April 10, 2024 2:10 PM

For my Tamariki and Mokopuna

Charley | Share your why

Posted by Charley Koteka · April 06, 2024 7:09 PM

Mō tōku whānau!

Tori | Share your why

Posted by Tuhikura Erceg · April 05, 2024 9:15 PM

Get back to my roots to understand who we are and where we come from.

Violetta | Share your why

Posted by Violetta Horsford · April 04, 2024 9:40 AM

To connect to my ancestors and express my feelings in my own language

Rebecca | Share your why

Posted by Rebecca Kelly · April 02, 2024 9:13 PM

Kia ora!

Phoebe | Share your why

Posted by Phoebe Tio · April 01, 2024 1:49 PM

Aotearoa is my kāinga now.

Joyce | Share your why

Posted by Joyce Heywood · April 01, 2024 8:37 AM

I am learning to be unapologetically Māori, embracing who I am.

John | Share your why

Posted by Hone Martin · March 27, 2024 6:33 PM

I am 76 years old, the mātāmua and tuākana of thirteen siblings and with the shortage of kaumātua to sit on the taumata of our marae, I feel right now the need to fullfil my resposibility as the Mātāmua, as the Tuākana and kaumatua to learn te reo me ōna tikanga so that I can give back to our marae and community .

Ez | Share your why

Posted by Ez Pene · March 26, 2024 9:06 AM

To find ME and love everything about how i become, so i can be the best version of me and pass it down to my kids

Archie | Share your why

Posted by Bronwyn Graham · March 22, 2024 9:36 AM

For me and my children - te reo Māori is a gift for every New Zealander - and it is a beautiful language.

Kirstin | Share your why

Posted by Kirstin Pitiroi · March 21, 2024 10:17 PM

Te Reo Māori is one of many beautiful languages in the World.

Ariana | Share your why

Posted by Ariana Ormsby · March 21, 2024 12:43 PM

I want to hold on to the legacy left by our tuupuna to give a legacy to my uri.

Nick | Share your why

Posted by Nick Stewart · March 21, 2024 12:35 PM

Tangohia mai te taura I taku ka kī kia a waiata au I taku waiata

Max | Share your why

Posted by Max Barrett · March 21, 2024 12:27 PM

Ki te haeretahi ki paeraawhiti raa

Zoe | Share your why

Posted by Zoe Christall · March 21, 2024 12:13 PM

To connect with my whakapapa

India | Share your why

Posted by India Keelan · March 21, 2024 11:44 AM

Kei te ako au mō āku Tamariki

Paulette | Share your why

Posted by Paulette Doctor · March 21, 2024 11:18 AM

Aaliyah | Share your why

Posted by Aaliyah Little · March 21, 2024 11:18 AM

Kia Ora , ko wai tēnei e Tū take nei , he uri no Ngati Porou , Tauranga Moana.

Amara | Share your why

Posted by Aroha Patene · March 21, 2024 11:17 AM

What is my why?.

Tūirirangi | Share your why

Posted by Tūirirangi Renau · March 21, 2024 10:37 AM

Learning journey is ongoing.

Wanda Lee | Share your why

Posted by Wanda Lee Abraham · March 20, 2024 8:48 PM

Kia ora.

Christyanna | Share your why

Posted by Christyanna Saufoi · March 20, 2024 11:09 AM

I believe Te Reo is important because when one thrives we all thrive

Poppy | Share your why

Posted by Rowena Benge · March 19, 2024 9:06 PM

It’s important for me to learn and to be able to teach my children

Miriam | Share your why

Posted by Miriam Denney · March 18, 2024 3:06 PM

work in a school with great Tamariki, paddle Waka Ama

Fiona | Share your why

Posted by Fiona Newdome · March 18, 2024 7:11 AM

I am a 53 yr old and growing up with a very European NZ up bringing but connected through marriage ancestry to Rapaki Marae always had me wanting to know more.

Shai | Share your why

Posted by Sharon Hutson · March 18, 2024 4:42 AM

As a kiwi living away from Aotearoa, continuing my journey with Te Reo is important to me.

Albert | Share your why

Posted by Albert McIlroy · March 17, 2024 10:35 PM

I grew up in an time where the general consensus was "what use is your Maoritanga and your language, how will it help in this modern world?" My grandparents and elders spoke Maori only.

Darcy | Share your why

Posted by maree Carleton · March 16, 2024 3:25 PM

As a kaiako I need to be able to embrace te ao Māori

Patricia | Share your why

Posted by Rii Auky · March 15, 2024 1:41 PM

As a primary school teacher, the significance of the Maori language resonates profoundly with me.

Carol | Share your why

Posted by Carol van Kerkhoff · March 15, 2024 12:16 AM

I NEED to do this for my myself and whānau.

Gabrielle | Share your why

Posted by Gabrielle Ebsworth · March 14, 2024 3:04 PM

Because language is the oldest method of storytelling, connection, friendship, humour and love.

Ali | Share your why

Posted by Ali Steven-Riley · March 14, 2024 11:16 AM

My personal journey has given me a sense of belonging to my whakapapa and so I can pass this down to my son when he is ready to go on his journey I will be able to give him some guidance and to make him feel proud of who he is.

Zahra | Share your why

Posted by Rachael Walters · March 13, 2024 5:17 PM

I need to try and learn this as i feel on the outer as a NZ’der talking to others

Joan | Share your why

Posted by Joan Maxwell · March 11, 2024 5:41 PM

My “Why” will definitely be my Whānau and future generations to come.

Samantha | Share your why

Posted by Samantha Schmidt · March 08, 2024 11:39 AM

I fell in love with the beautiful country of New Zealand when we came on our honeymoon 5 years ago.

Victoria | Share your why

Posted by Victoria Maus · March 08, 2024 9:27 AM

I’m from England and have chosen to make Aotearoa my family’s home.

Trish | Share your why

Posted by Trish Elliott · March 06, 2024 4:06 PM

I am working as a nurse in an Aged Care facility - also as an educator.

Louis | Share your why

Posted by Louis Te Mete · March 05, 2024 5:23 PM

Tini whetu ki te rangi.

Rebecca | Share your why

Posted by Rebecca Travers · March 05, 2024 2:05 PM

Learning Tikanga and Reo Māori is my way of participating in Te Tiriti o te Waitangi.

Tayla | Share your why

Posted by Tayla Eketone · March 05, 2024 2:05 AM

Iv lived in Australia since I was 9, I am now 20 years old and being so far from Aotearoa, Iv grown to be so proud and very interested in learning about my culture.