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Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Byrne · August 19, 2023 9:26 AM
Learning more for our tamariki -
Teresa | Share your why
Posted by Teresa Tai · August 19, 2023 8:23 AM
I have been in Kōhanga reo with my children since my boy was 3 now he is 16 in a kura kaupapa Māori. -
Ria | Share your why
Posted by Ria Kaire · August 18, 2023 11:58 PM
I joined the Māori Language Movement because learning to speak te reo Māori helps us to understand the indigenous people of Aotearoa 🥰 -
Sarita | Share your why
Posted by Sarita Nightingale · August 18, 2023 11:57 PM
I feel connected to home when I speak. -
Lorna | Share your why
Posted by Lorna Ryland · August 18, 2023 6:34 PM
As an immigrant from Scotland I am a guest in Aotearoa - it's only polite that I learn the language of my hosts. -
Shae | Share your why
Posted by Shae Ronald · August 18, 2023 5:45 PM
Te Reo Māori is the indigenous language of Aotearoa. -
Moepera | Share your why
Posted by Moepera Wall · August 18, 2023 5:42 PM
Tuakiritanga! -
Jaimee | Share your why
Posted by Jaimee Pukeke · August 18, 2023 4:33 PM
My 5 children. -
Aymee | Share your why
Posted by Aymee Jones · August 18, 2023 4:07 PM
Tooku whaanau katoa -
Wai | Share your why
Posted by Wai . · August 18, 2023 2:23 PM
kia ora pai te reo Maori ki roto i ahau me taku whanau -
Huiarangi | Share your why
Posted by Huiarangi Smith · August 18, 2023 1:33 PM
yet to be taken -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Terynne Mills-Barber · August 18, 2023 1:29 PM
One of our tauira composed a waiata about what Matariki means to her. -
Claire | Share your why
Posted by Claire Kelly · August 18, 2023 12:29 PM
I want to speak te reo Māori to my mokopuna. -
Hugh | Share your why
Posted by Hugh McCafferty · August 18, 2023 12:04 PM
Have had so many goes at learning te reo Māori. -
Rebecca | Share your why
Posted by Rebecca Jacka · August 18, 2023 12:02 PM
Kei te ako au i te reo Māori. -
Abby | Share your why
Posted by Abby Damen · August 18, 2023 11:04 AM
Kia ora tātou, ko kaukau te maunga, ko te awa kairangi te awa, nō te whanganui-a-tara ahau, ko damen tōku whānau, ko Abby tōku ingoa. -
Denny | Share your why
Posted by Denny Amohanga · August 18, 2023 10:43 AM
I want to be a part of the 1 million strong because it's our time as Māori, to me it's on equal terms as The Million Man March they had in America! -
Angie | Share your why
Posted by Angie Rota · August 18, 2023 10:39 AM
My why is not only to educate myself in my te reo but to support and help take others on the journey of learning together. -
Rachel | Share your why
Posted by Rachel Hati · August 18, 2023 10:37 AM
Its important to me because it helps me to confirm my identity -
Ria | Share your why
Posted by Ria Millan · August 18, 2023 10:36 AM
Kia korero Māori i ngā wā katoa ki taku mahi, ki taku kainga, ki roto te motoka -
Kylie | Share your why
Posted by Kylie Turuwhenua-Tapsell · August 18, 2023 10:22 AM
Our workplace will be a daily vibe of waiata Māori anake -
Shannon | Share your why
Posted by Shannon Leilua · August 18, 2023 10:12 AM
To encourage te reo Māori to keep our reo alive. -
Shavana | Share your why
Posted by Shavana Ashford · August 18, 2023 10:08 AM
Although we use the reo māori daily, during this time we want to section a part of our day as a whānau to only kōrero. -
Mokomoko | Share your why
Posted by Mokomoko Danni · August 18, 2023 9:58 AM
Celebrate my children's passion and success for Kapa haka, and spend time with our whanau listening to the the amazing songs sung in Te reo from "long ago" -
Shan | Share your why
Posted by Shan Smith · August 18, 2023 9:57 AM
with my children being Ngati Maniapoto I will be reading all my te reo maori books and study guides I've collected over the years from te Wānanga Aotearoa gaining the knowledge and also speaking it to my children's teachers on the day both at preschool and primary school and continue at home also, it resonates strong with the heritage and being able to pass it on to my children truly means alot to me being pakeha and nz born having the connection is such a treasure -
Mark | Share your why
Posted by Mark Lawrence · August 18, 2023 9:34 AM
Koinei te kōrero a Paraone Gloyne “E ora ai te reo, kōrerotia” nō reira ka kōrero ahau i te reo rangatira ia rā ia rā. -
Stephanie | Share your why
Posted by Stephanie Lynch · August 18, 2023 9:32 AM
It's a part of me that has been lost in my whānau. -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Underdown · August 18, 2023 9:14 AM
Ka ako tetahi waiata hou me whakatikatika i te kemu patapatai mo tōku ākonga nō te kura. -
jane | Share your why
Posted by jane Holland · August 18, 2023 9:05 AM
Me and my whanau will be learning kupu and waiata -
Imogen | Share your why
Posted by Imogen Leenders · August 18, 2023 8:50 AM
Last semester at UC I was able to take a kapa haka paper and wow what an amazing opportunity! -
Gary | Share your why
Posted by Gary Sutcliffe · August 18, 2023 8:48 AM
I have submitted an EOI to join Tauiwi Tautoko training to learn how to assertively challenge racist remarks by friends, family and others that I may meet. -
Chris | Share your why
Posted by Chris Humphreys · August 18, 2023 8:39 AM
Just because it should be done. -
Akeasha | Share your why
Posted by Akeasha Smith · August 18, 2023 8:00 AM
E whakaarahia ana ahau te reo māori kei tōku kāinga, ki āku tāmariki hoki, mā te korero, mā ngā waiata, mā te whakaako hoki. -
Tinaka | Share your why
Posted by Tinaka Jopson · August 18, 2023 7:41 AM
My way is for my Moko, I want them to hear reo spoken around them as a normal everyday language. -
Rauhina | Share your why
Posted by Rauhina Cooper · August 18, 2023 6:26 AM
Ka kōrero ki aku tamariki me aku mokopuna -
Ardi | Share your why
Posted by Ardi Tawha · August 17, 2023 11:58 PM
He rahi nui tēnēi ki ahau, i te mea ai, he taonga ōku tūpuna me whānau ināianei me ngā whakatipuranga ka haere mai nei ki tēnēi ao ō ta tātou katoa! -
Wainohu | Share your why
Posted by Wainohu Shanon-Rae · August 17, 2023 11:55 PM
Since the knowledge of my hapūtanga with my twin boys my life has prioritised te reo māori and my commitment to te reo. -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Terynne Mills-Barber · August 17, 2023 10:23 PM
"Ko te reo te mauri o te mana māori. -
Josh | Share your why
Posted by Josh Keenan · August 17, 2023 10:08 PM
Support my whanau -
Terynne | Share your why
Posted by Terynne Mills-Barber · August 17, 2023 9:16 PM
"Ko te reo te mauri o te mana māori. -
Billie-Jean | Share your why
Posted by Billie-Jean James · August 17, 2023 8:58 PM
What is my why? I want to be able to advocate for our Māori people in Healthcare and so I will continue to learn Te Reo Māori while on my Nursing journey. -
wiremu | Share your why
Posted by wiremu tuirirangi-ratana · August 17, 2023 4:17 PM
id like to take part because my whanau for many years have been supressed from their own language -
Kiri | Share your why
Posted by Kiri Kara-Aramoana · August 17, 2023 12:52 PM
Kia ora . -
Lucy-Mei | Share your why
Posted by Lucy-Mei Evans · August 17, 2023 10:26 AM
I will listen and learn in my Māori class. -
Iri-Ani | Share your why
Posted by Iri-Ani Maaka · August 16, 2023 4:21 PM
Te reo Māori makes me feel alive and brings wellness into my space and that of my tamariki. -
Coralie | Share your why
Posted by Coralie Bodley · August 15, 2023 9:19 AM
He tino hīkaka ahau ki te kōrero i te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa. -
waati | Share your why
Posted by waati ormsby · August 15, 2023 7:45 AM
learn 2 learn. -
Glynn | Share your why
Posted by Glynn Rogers · August 14, 2023 10:55 PM
Ko te reo te hā o te Māori. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:58 AM
Our culture is important. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:35 AM
It is important for me to connect with where I come from and where I belong. -
Tovah | Share your why
Posted by Tovah O'Neill · August 14, 2023 11:35 AM
It is important for me to connect with where I come from and where I belong. -
Eli | Share your why
Posted by Eli Peters · August 13, 2023 7:35 PM
To increase the mana and the everyday use of all aspects of our culture -
Anthony | Share your why
Posted by Anthony de Thierry · August 13, 2023 7:34 PM
He ngakau taku ki Te Reo Maori me Te Pukapuka o Moromona, kei roto ra te tika o te reo me ana kounga. -
Holly | Share your why
Posted by Holly Aymes · August 13, 2023 2:27 PM
Kia ora e te whānau,. -
Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae | Share your why
Posted by Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae #keeping it reo · August 13, 2023 1:55 PM
Hei hakamana mātou i te reo Māori, i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa. -
Pip | Share your why
Posted by Pip Speedy · August 13, 2023 1:31 PM
Hei hakamana i te reo Māori! -
Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae | Share your why
Posted by Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae #keeping it reo · August 13, 2023 12:45 PM
Ka kōrero Māori ahau i ngā wā katoa i ngā wāhi kātoa. -
Peter | Share your why
Posted by Peter Joyce · August 12, 2023 1:04 PM
Tāku mokopuna is the reason I want him to speak Te Reo Māori. -
Hamish | Share your why
Posted by Hamish Cartwright · August 11, 2023 11:30 AM
Using everyday te reo to share culture. -
Shona | Share your why
Posted by Shona Brown · August 11, 2023 10:42 AM
I want to support my personal journey and also the mahi of Manapou ki te Ao -
Rodrick | Share your why
Posted by Rodrick Tahavalu · August 10, 2023 1:15 PM
as an immigrant to Aotearoa, I really want to learn. -
Te Aruhe | Share your why
Posted by Te Aruhe Tuakanakore · August 10, 2023 12:21 PM
Kei te ako tonu ahau i taku reo, he taonga tuku iho moku me aku tamariki. -
Rosanna | Share your why
Posted by Rosanna Alefaio · August 10, 2023 11:00 AM
Learning more Te Reo Maori, by listening -
Hunia | Share your why
Posted by Hunia Rogers · August 10, 2023 10:17 AM
Myself and Daughter Te Pumanawa o Toku Ate Rogers having some Father & Princess time. -
Christina | Share your why
Posted by Christina Fa'avae · August 10, 2023 8:49 AM
"A leai se gagana, ua leai se aganu'u. -
Christina | Share your why
Posted by Christina Fa'avae · August 10, 2023 8:39 AM
Recently I heard a quote by Brene Brown — a snippet from her book ‘Braving the Wilderness -
Tawhetakino Mahia | Share your why
Posted by Tawhetakino Mahia Williams · August 09, 2023 6:12 PM
This is a great question because their is alot we or I can say when it comes to the importance of preserving or safe keeping of our language or in better forms (who we are). -
Grayson | Share your why
Posted by Grayson Hayward · August 09, 2023 4:32 PM
I like how the connection between Maori and the land/ Papatuanuku is shown in the language, and how we can best implement Maori values into sustainability. -
Kayla ann | Share your why
Posted by Kayla Gibbons · August 09, 2023 3:46 PM
Whakawhanaungatanga . -
Virginia | Share your why
Posted by Virginia Smith · August 09, 2023 3:30 PM
My why? Reo helps me to understanding my tupuna and their teachings better, whilst the things I do and the associated kupu I use is the continuation of that connection. -
Julie | Share your why
Posted by Julie Roberts · August 09, 2023 2:27 PM
He panonitanga huanui: Nā te tautoko, nā te werowero ka hua ake tō ao. -
Katarina | Share your why
Posted by Katarina Allely · August 09, 2023 2:02 PM
My goal is to uplift, be an example and embrace my culture as a normal part of my everyday life -
Pam | Share your why
Posted by Pam White · August 09, 2023 1:21 PM
He kakano ahau. -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Macdonald · August 09, 2023 11:10 AM
I have been working on my pepeha. -
Keith | Share your why
Posted by Keith Hilson · August 09, 2023 10:01 AM
I will encourage our kaimahi to greet and acknowledge each in te reo Māori -
Napier Family Centre | Share your why
Posted by Gemma Rutland · August 09, 2023 9:54 AM
We want to be part of the Māori Language Moment to normalise te reo Māori. -
Jacqueline | Share your why
Posted by Jacqueline Rakatau · August 09, 2023 8:15 AM
Korero I te Reo Maori ki āku mokopuna, Ki Taku tane, Ki Taku whanau Ki te whakaki I tō mātou kete o te Reo rangatira. -
Crystal | Share your why
Posted by Crystal Hohaia · August 08, 2023 9:27 PM
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Kathleen | Share your why
Posted by Kathleen Blazek · August 08, 2023 8:27 PM
Ka kōrero au I roto I te reo mō kotahi hāora every day! -
Te Atawhai | Share your why
Posted by Te Atawhai Karauria · August 08, 2023 8:14 PM
I raro i te maru o Te Kura Maengenge, kei te ako mātou i te reo Māori. -
Pearl | Share your why
Posted by Pearl Taikapurua · August 08, 2023 6:56 PM
These are my whys my beautiful grandchildren -
Murray | Share your why
Posted by Murray Bradshaw · July 30, 2023 6:37 PM
I certainly enjoyed 'Maori Club' as it was called many moons ago at primary school and I want to share my enthusiasm with my class. -
Florrie | Share your why
Posted by Florrie Karini · July 30, 2023 8:02 AM
I will be starting my level 2 journey, looking forward to sharing what I have learnt so far -
Nare | Share your why
Posted by Nare Whittaker · July 29, 2023 7:09 AM
Ko ēnei āku tamariki me taku mokopuna. -
Farren | Share your why
Posted by Farren Riki · July 27, 2023 12:38 PM
Tamariki & kaiako enjoying our fortnightly kapa waiata with Mama Mate. -
Shivam | Share your why
Posted by Shivam Patel · July 20, 2023 6:34 PM
Ko Miramar Central mātou kura. -
Nikora | Share your why
Posted by Nikora Irimana · July 10, 2023 7:08 PM
Te Mihi mātahi o te tau hou māori. -
Kataraina | Share your why
Posted by Kataraina Callow · June 30, 2023 3:11 PM
Get creative, get passionate and have fun - Mānawatia a Matariki! -
Jazmon | Share your why
Posted by Jazmon Woods · June 25, 2023 2:16 AM
I would share to my whanau and friends. -
Pania | Share your why
Posted by Pania Old · June 22, 2023 8:57 PM
Being born and raised in Australia, I feel a certain degree of disconnection from my Maori culture. -
Nicole | Share your why
Posted by Nicole Robertson · June 21, 2023 1:15 PM
Change my perception through te teo -
Wirihana | Share your why
Posted by Wirihana Takuira · June 21, 2023 1:14 PM
I want to help normalise te reo in mainstream media. -
Rebecca | Share your why
Posted by Rebecca Cowman · June 21, 2023 1:14 PM
I believe it is important for me to be able to introduce myself and know more of the language in Te Reo as a sign of respect. -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Whitaker · June 20, 2023 7:25 PM
I live in NZ, I want to learn our language, full stop. -
Amber | Share your why
Posted by Amber Hughes · June 20, 2023 6:49 PM
It is important -
Tarani | Share your why
Posted by Tarani Tohu · June 20, 2023 11:27 AM
Ko te reo te mauri o te Mana Māori. -
te rangi | Share your why
Posted by te aute · June 16, 2023 1:59 PM
i want to learn to speak maori -
Eru | Share your why
Posted by Eru Paranihi · June 16, 2023 9:59 AM
I'm learning te reo Māori because my parents and grandparents weren't afforded the same opportunities so learn and speak the language. -
Tristan | Share your why
Posted by Tristan Little · June 16, 2023 12:54 AM
I have always had a passion for the reo maori I live it love and breath it -
Meisha | Share your why
Posted by Meisha O'Connor · June 15, 2023 11:25 AM
To reclaim my cultural identity and be a role model for my daughter