To keep our language alive.

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My wife and Children are Maori and speaking the language is a way to help them identify with their heritage.

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I want my 3 year old daughter to be able to speak her native language .

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He aha ai?.

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Learning and been part of that learning experience in te reo.

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I have been wanting to for a long time.

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Te Reo will only thrive if it is spoken.

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Shared land, shared language.

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Because it’s cool to korero😜😜.

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To promote and collaborate with others the use of te reo Māori in Aotearoa and to learn and gain more confidence in using te reo in my everyday life an in my teaching.

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Te reo is the language of the tangata whenua we should all be confident and proud to use te reo!

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As a nurse I would love to be able to converse with my Maori patients and be able to feel confident doing so.

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We need to decolonise the moment.

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Because it is a beautiful language and who I am.

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I'm embarrassed that I have called Aotearoa home for so long but still haven't learned its beautiful language properly, and I'm finally going to do something about that and find a class.

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I was born and grew up in Melbourne, Australia.

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Participation in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is a no-brainer for any school committed to an authentic bi-cultural journey.

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Te reo lives in being spoken and I want to join in and celebrate that life by speaking te reo Māori.

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I've seen how much learning te reo has helped my mātua kēkē on his journey, and I am inspired to do the same now.

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To grow my confidence in speaking Te Reo Māori, to teach it to my tamariki (I’m still on my Te Reo learning journey), & improve my kupu knowledge.

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Whanau Legacy of Te Reo .

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Our reo connects us - to each other, to our whakapapa, to our whenua.

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I always encourage everyone to speak te reo Maaori as it is an indigenous language and an ataahua one at that, that should be celebrated everywhere.

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To keep the language alive and to discover my identity!

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I am Pakeha and a beginner te reo student.

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Kia ora, I am studying to become a teacher and am committed to improving my te reo Māori, to ensure that I am a culturally responsive teacher, have the confidence to support the development of our official language, and provide learning opportunities that respect the history of our country.

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We are a kura who value and wish to acknowledge the taonga that is Te Reo Maori.

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To promote te reo Maori among the next generation.

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Mö ngā uri whakaheke!

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Im maori.

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my tamarki are ngati kahangungu.

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It's important for me to take part because generations of my tupuna fought for this to happen in different ways because they wanted our reo to survive, and it has.

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Te Reo Maori is a taonga and it helps us to connect to our whenua, our whanau, our wairua and our cultural identity.

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He taonga tuku iho mō ngā uri whakatupu.

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ko te reo te mea nui i roto i taku koiora i tenei wa me te hiahia ki te oko tonu.

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To be a part of the movement to continue to uplift and support te reo rangatira for future generations.

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When my Nanny went to school, she was punnished for not speaking english and consequently didn't pass te reo on to her children.

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I am an older pakeha New Zealander, but love Te Reo and how we are embracing its use as a normal part of our daily life.

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Made a promise to myself to increase my te reo Māori this year, am doing online course with Te Wananga o Raukawa and thought this is cool too.

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I came from Ireland and Aotearoa has given me a home I am very proud to live in.

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I have been living in Australia most of my life, and I feel I needed to reconnect with my culture and heritage more.

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I have never learnt a second language.

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Te Reo Māori is a vibrant, poetic language.

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Te reo is important to me because it gives me and my whanau a way to connect with our tūpuna.

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I have lived in Australia most my life.

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Te reo Māori was not offered to me in my schools.

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I want to be a great Te Reo speaker and successfully teach my whanau.

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Because it allows me to embrace my own culture that I have not really been comfortable or allowed to express/acknowledge/explore while growing up in a bi-racial family.

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Te reo Maori is a recognized language in this country.

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As a young(ish) Māori teacher I want to encourage my students to embrace the rich cultural heritage our country has.

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As a New Zealander and a primary school teacher it is my responsibility to embrace the culture of where I live.

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Okay where do I start it’s important to me to learn te reo and everything Maori and more so a path of education health and wellbeing.

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Ko te moemoeā, kia rongo ai tō tātau Reo Māori e kōrerotia kei ngā moka katoa o Te Tairāwhiti, otirā te motu whānui.

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I am learning and engaging with te reo Māori to better understand and communicate with tangata whenua.

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As a 'blow in' from the UK I feel a responsibility to honour the culture of the place I've chosen to call home and raise my children.

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I want to feel more connected to the land and to do this I feel I need to be more connected with the mana whenau.

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Language revitalisation has been a hard fought effort, and one that requires on-going support but one that we all benefit from, as a community, a people and a nation.

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Because this is my culture, and Matua told me to.

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Nöku te haepapatanga ki te whakamana, ki te körero I to tātou reo.

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Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.

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I have a deep respect for Maori and their language and I have been learning about that for 4 years now .

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I have a little Kapa Haka me Pasifika group of 150-200 tamariki, who are in our roopu by their own choice.

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Te reo is part of our culture and our heritage, I want to celebrate that.

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Our why is to create awareness within our organisation.

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Our recognition of te reo Māori as an official language of New Zealand is a critical part of how we recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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New Zealanders are Kind and the diversity in culture really make a difference.

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Because I want my children to know their mother tongue.

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learning any culture is cool and learning the culture of the country you live in is super cool.

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I have been in New Zealand 17 years, I know some Maori words, although pronunciation is not always the best I would like to improve and learn more so I can be a good role model for students.

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We should ALL foster te reo Māori in NZ.

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Nō te mea, ko te reo Māori te reo rangatira!

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For me It is important to keep the language alive for my tamariki.

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I was born and raised in Australia, all I knew was that I was part Māori.

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As a teacher I want to do my bit to improve my knowledge and understanding of Te Reo Maori.

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To be part od the community.

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For me as tauiwi and a multilingual person I've always been fascinated by the languages and I understand the importance of being able to use your own language as well as taken the effort of understanding someone else's language.

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The history of our country .

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It's important to me because we need to keep the reo strong and living and the only way to do that is to encourage as many people as possible to embrace it, and love it as much as we do.

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Important to understand Te Reo and Maori culture.

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Ko tōku moemoea ki te kite i te rere ō tō tātou nei reo.

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I am of Ngai Tahu and Te Aitanga Mahaki, my whakapapa is important to me and my whanau, We are proud of our whanau and particularly the very strong wahine who made a difference for all wahine both Maori and pakeha.

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Sharing te reo with those around me keeps me connected to my tupuna, particularly my Dad, my marae and iwi.

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to learn to pronounce words correctly.

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I lived in a Maori community when I was small, and have attended a lot of Maori classes, although my Reo Maori has become rusty with disuse.

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It is important that te reo is revitalised in NZ - it shows respect and honour for the tangata whenu and helps with understanding culture.

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Hei tautoko te reo tūturu o Aotearoa!

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To use te reo Māori more.

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I started learning te reo because it is the indigenous language of this country, and an official language of this country.

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I would like to 'role model' the use of te reo Maori - as I am Maori and I am passionate about my Maori culture and speaking in te reo (although I am still learning).

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Te Reo Maori te Reo motuhake o Aotearoa, kare kooatu, kare koomai.

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Be nice if we could speak some maori in aotearoa.

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It's very important to me that we preserve the beautiful language of tangata whenua.

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The essence of our reo is the wairua.

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For the mana of the reo, for my tamariki, for my tipuna, for myself, and to role model for the rest of Aotearoa.

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I started learning Te Reo a number of years ago, but haven't been actively learning for a while, so I would like to make a conscious effort to continue my learning.

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If we can show our respect to the land & it's people by making the effort to learn the language then why not!

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I have started an intro to Te Reo and would like to start normalising by bringing it more in to my everyday vocabulary.

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Mō aku mokopuna te take.

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