Share your why

Frank - Ōtautahi

Posted by Frank Goorhuis · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I only moved to Aotearoa last year.

Ruth - Wellington

Posted by Ruth Martin · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

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Tania - Otaki

Posted by Tania Ropata Panui · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Mo a tātou tamariki mokopuna te take x.

Ashleigh - Tauranga

Posted by Ashleigh Cleaver · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Te Reo should be spoken in New Zealand as much as English.

Krystel - Wellington

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I'm taking part because!

Krystel - Wellington

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I'm taking part because!

Krystel - Wellington

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I'm taking part because!

Cathy - Taupo

Posted by Cathy Bateup · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I think it is important that we recognise and our tamariki recognise the value in speaking te reo maori.

Cindy - Wellington

Posted by Cindy Tan · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I believe that there is a part of me that is connected to Maori.

Debbie - Auckland

Posted by Debbie Peters · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Te reo Maori is us, all of us.

Karen - Lower Hutt

Posted by Karen Espersen · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Because Te Reo Māori is part of being a New Zealander, part of this land, part of the people.

Krystel - Wellington

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I'm taking part because!

Paea - Whangarei

Posted by Paea Slade · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Because as a young rangatahi our language is dying and we need to try and keep it living on for our future generation .

Krystel - Wellington

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I'm taking part because!

Sharon - Tauranga

Posted by Sharon Manssen · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Although I am pākeha, my nephew is Māori, and I want to do my part in ensuring te Ao Māori becomes embedded in the NZ culture.

Odette - Raetihi

Posted by odette edmonds · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

The importance of my participation in this kaupapa is ensuring our reo stays alive.

briar - hauraki plains

Posted by briar horswell · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Te Reo is our language and we all need to get behind keeping the language alive.

Tori - Rotorua

Posted by Tori Dahlenburg · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Working with rangatahi maori, we embed culture in everything that we do and recognise the importance of Te Reo as well as the missing connection present for many of our rangatahi.

Ben

Posted by Ben Stagg · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I grew up knowing that I had some connection to the Māori culture but didn’t know how deep.

Miriam - Wellington

Posted by Miriam Ross · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

I have been in Aotearoa for almost 10 years.

Sian - Wellington

Posted by Sian Reardon · September 14, 2020 10:53 AM

Part of our history, present, and future.

Matekino - Corio

Posted by Matekino Olsen · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Morena,.

Jacquie - Auckland

Posted by Jacquie Crozier · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

I want to know more, I want to be part of the culture of this nation as a bi-cultural kiwi.

Ami - Pahiatua

Posted by Ami-Jayne Robin · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

To show that you don’t have to be whakama about learning the language.

Michelle - Tamaki Makaurau

Posted by Michelle Lane · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

As a pakeha kaiako I value and recognise the importance of building a passion for Te reo Maori with our learners.

Meng - Gisborne

Posted by Meng Foon · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Tena koutou Maori language learning and speaking has my full support my message is in English because I would like to encourage non speakers of Te Reo to learn .

Alicia - Wellington

Posted by Alicia Clark · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Heritage, tradition, pride and so we don't allow the language to be lost for future generations.

Hugh

Posted by Hugh Munro · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Very simply.

Marcel - Tauranga

Posted by Marcel Currin · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

My journey with te reo Māori is helping me understand my own identity as Pākehā.

Delwynne - Whangarei

Posted by Delwynne Simon · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Empowering whanaungatanga, whanau and tamariki, making connections with whakapapa through manaakitanga and Ako.

Jamie - Dunedin

Posted by Jamie Macdonald · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Te reo Māori is the language of our whenua.

Kath - Wellington

Posted by Kath Read · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

I am a new resident of Aotearoa (from Australia) and I believe that it's my responsibility to learn the original language of the nation.

Nick - Kirikiriroa

Posted by Nick Goodhew · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

I want to be able to raise my children to be bilingual but mainly to pass down the stories of our whakapapa and culture.

Rory - Ōtautahi

Posted by Rory Clifford · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

I want to be part of the reo revitalization as it is one of our many sacred taonga .

Noelene - Auckland

Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

To be able to effectively communicate with my patients.

Helen - Wellington

Posted by Helen Hamilton · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Because we cannot afford to lose te reo - otherwise who are we without it? We all have to play our part in scaffolding around success.

Steph - Hamilton

Posted by Steph Mildon · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Learning more about Te Reo is good for all of us - to understand and to honour.

Troy - Hastings

Posted by Troy Gardiner · September 14, 2020 10:52 AM

Te Reo Māori is the indigenous language of Aotearoa and it is our responsibility to maintain this as a taonga tuku iho.

Deborah - Christchurch

Posted by Deborah Jarrett · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

As a 4th generation Pakeha, I have finally reached a place where I feel as if our Māori heritage IS my heritage to an extent also.

Michelle - Whangarei

Posted by Michelle Petricevich · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

To practice and encourage others to give it a go.

Janet - Auckland

Posted by Janet Chen · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

Because we are part of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Cara - Christchurch

Posted by Cara Butler · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

I believe Te reo Māori is what connects people to the land and environment like nothing else - if we can reconnect with our land in a deeper way maybe we can begin to reverse the damage that has already occurred to our country.

Arapera - Palmerston North

Posted by Arapera Taiapa-Johnson · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

1.

Marie - Auckland

Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

I can express myself freely in English - by learning Te Reo, I can allow others to do the same in the language close to their hearts.

Kiaana - Tūranga

Posted by Kiaana Briggs · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

I love my culture, my Māoritanga and all we stand for .

Ants - Lower hutt

Posted by Ants Puki · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

So our Whanau can actively use our Reo at home therefore our beautiful Language isn't lost.

A - Kirikiriroa

Posted by Tuiata Tarapata · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

In support of this kaupapa 100%.

Grant - Mangawhai

Posted by Grant Hayward · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

In 1970’s l was part of a teachers group at Waikato University which was wanting to introduce Te Reno into primary schools.

Samuel - Hamilton

Posted by Samuel O'Flaherty · September 14, 2020 10:51 AM

To give non-Māori New Zealanders a strategic position and role in the country's future.

Marie - Whanganui

Posted by Marie Denton · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Because we should have done this years ago, we need to acknowledge the history of the Maori people and bring te reo into the mainstream, people need to attempt Maori words correctly.

Ashley - Te Aroha

Posted by Ashley Johnston · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Here at BestStart Te Aroha we are always striving to upheld a bicultural environment for our tamariki.

Natalie - Auckland

Posted by Natalie Iogha · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

I believe it is important for all New Zealanders to learn and understand as much te reo Māori as they can.

Tamara - Christchurch

Posted by Tamara Ash · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Wanting to be able to speak Māori to teach it to my children.

Sonia - Christchurch

Posted by Sonia Walker · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

So all of us on Site can take part and learn.

Amanda - Invercargill

Posted by Amanda Noblett · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Kia whakarauika i te tangata kia ākona, kia kōrerotia i tō tātou reo rangatira, hei whāinga mō ngā uri whakaheke/ ngā rangatira mō te āpōpō.

Paula - Tamaki Makaurau

Posted by Paula Hall · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

I began learning Te Reo 18 months ago at the Waitemata DHB, who have provided weekly classes for free.

Joleen - Auckland

Posted by Joleen Redden · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

I grew up with my parents not speaking the reo.

Therese - Whangarei

Posted by Therese Bourne · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

As a Māori I have always have a yearning to identify more strongly with our people, being able to speak te reo.

Michelle - Auckland

Posted by Michelle Timoti-Hohaia · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

We acknowledge that Te Reo Maori is an official language of Aotearoa and we are excited to be part of this event with millions of others, helping to promote Te Reo Maori!

Taneisha - Whangarei

Posted by Taneisha Katoa · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

I am of Maori descent and want to take part in all kaupapa to do with promoting Te Reo Maori!

Marama - Wellington

Posted by Marama Mita-Waata · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

My aroha for my culture and how beautiful it is even though I lack it all.

Christopher - London

Posted by Christopher Stickle · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

I've lived in Rānana for the last decade - A place of many languages.

Te Ariki - Whatawhata

Posted by Te Ariki Pihama · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Demonstrate there are many ways to keep our language alive.

Hector - Ōtautahi

Posted by Hector Matthews · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Kia whakamana te reo rangatira ki taku wāhi mahi.

Lagi - Wellington

Posted by Lagi Moananu · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

We would like to support the kaupapa and help to provide a platform for our community to access and take part in celebrating our beautiful language of Te Reo Māori.

Dean - Auckland

Posted by Dean Emmerson · September 14, 2020 10:50 AM

Because Te Reo and Maori are the first people of the land and have been held down by racist narratives for two hundred years.

Peter - Wellington

Posted by Peter Nichols · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Linguistics/'foreign' languages are highly perishable unless they are kept alive and practiced … ergo!

Hinetara - Kirikiriroa

Posted by Hinetara Engelen · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Reconnect and reestablish myself into my culture.

Lisa - Invercargill

Posted by Lisa Johnston · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Our kura is based in the bottom of Te Waipounamu.

Hilda-Rose - Auckland

Posted by Hilda-Rose Strickland · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Mo to tātou mana motuhake!

Chris - Kerikeri

Posted by Chris Bell · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

E hira ake ana i te Reo Māori ki te wairua me te whakawhanaungatanga ō nga tāngata tuarua ō te motu nei.

kellie - Te Puke

Posted by Kellie Hinton · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Te Reo Maori is miharo!

Loops - Otautahi

Posted by Loops Asi · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

To embrace and acknowledge Te Reo for future generations for all who live here in Aotearoa.

Tyler - Auckland

Posted by Tyler Wilson-Voyce · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Because it’s my culture .

Robyn

Posted by Robyn Bishop · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.

Katherine - Wellington

Posted by Katherine stokes · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

To teach our students a karakia kai which we can implement in our lessons.

Kahurangi - Te Whanganui a Tara

Posted by Kahurangi Graham · September 14, 2020 10:49 AM

It is important to whakanui nga mea iti, to help revitalise and whakamaori te reo, to reduce the whakamā of not knowing our reo me ōna tikanga, to mitigate that feeling we should know more than we do - it's okay to do a little, learn a little, reclaim a little of ourselves, ia rā ia rā.