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Philomena - Tamaki Makaurau
Posted by Philomena Pai · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Nā te kōrero o āku akonga. -
Tina - Paraparaumu
Posted by Tina Christie · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
to reconnect with my whanau. -
Nic - Christchurch
Posted by Nic Hart · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Te reo Māori can only be revitalised by people! -
Julia - Christchurch
Posted by Julia Fettes · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Te reo is a beautiful language and a special part of the culture of Aotearoa. -
Atawhai - Gisborne
Posted by Atawhai Penetana Baker Tawhai · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Want to korero more, our reo is beautiful reo better then English . -
Helena - Toowoomba, Australia
Posted by Helena Maxwell · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
It’s important to me and my children because we are Maori and we all want to learn to speak fluent Te Reo Maori. -
Kim
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Our culture and heritage are a very importnant part of our learning at school and we want to come together to celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo. -
Jason
Posted by Jason Hedley- stevens · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
I am a Māori who was not fully immersed into the language or the culture as such. -
Apera - Tamaki Makaurau
Posted by Apera W · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Ki te maumahara tōku reo. -
Jamie
Posted by Jamie Shelford · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
My kids are fluent and are in Kura so I need to be able to keep up with them. -
Julie - Christchurch
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
I live in a bicultural society and I should be able to speak both languages. -
Freda - Auckland
Posted by Freda Amopiu · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
It is so important for all of us to take responsibility to pass the knowledge on. -
Brooke - Kaikohe
Posted by Brooke Witana · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Our Reo is so important to who we are as not only Maori but as our unique identity as New Zealanders. -
Jessica - Auckland
Posted by Jessica Nepia · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
I think we need to use our Maori language more , also me as a individual I want to embrace my culture. -
Michelle - Auckland
Posted by Michelle Sadgrove · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
I want to embed Te Reo into my every day life. -
Te Ngariki - Tauranga
Posted by Te Ngariki Kokiri · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
I am Maori. -
Rewi - Wellington
Posted by Rewi Newnham · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
“Ko te reo te taikura o te ao mārama”. -
Sophie - Porirua
Posted by Sophie Tukukino · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
Ko tō tātou reo Māori he reo tuku iho i o tātou mātua tūpuna, he reo kāmehameha, he reo rangatira. -
Larissa
Posted by Larissa Carlson · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
To truly understand oneself. -
Catherine - Wellington
Posted by Catherine Gardner · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
My Mother was Irish and her Father was fluent in Irish and taught the language. -
Janet - Gisborne
Posted by Janet Hughes · September 14, 2020 10:45 AM
To raise awareness to, celebrate and learn te reo Maori. -
Sandra - Fort Myers
Posted by Sandra Sarafian · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Sandra from Florida. -
Kerry - Auckland
Posted by Kerry Chalmers · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
My boys and parent Maori . -
Te Mihinga - Kirikiriroa
Posted by Te Mihinga · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Ao te pō, pō te ao ko tōku oranga, ko tōku whānau, ko tōku reo Māori. -
lilly - Waihi
Posted by lilly warren · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
I think we have a duty to help reestablish te reo Māori as a living language of Aotearoa New Zealand! -
Aaron - Hamilton
Posted by Aaron Woolley · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Te reo has given me a stronger relationship to Papatūānuku and better understanding of who I am. -
Maia - Blenheim
Posted by Maia Poynter · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Because I want to learn more about the maori culture and the language. -
Gayle - Kirikiriroa
Posted by Gayle Greening · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Kia ora, . -
Tanya - Hamilton
Posted by Tanya Sarsfield · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
It is important to me as part Maori and an Adult to learn at minimum the basics to pass on to my children. -
Nick - Auckland
Posted by Nick Morrison · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
New Zealand is a multi-cultural society but it's our Maori roots that are unique to the country. -
Ofeina - Auckland
Posted by Kristin Gillies · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
My why is for my son who is Māori-Tongan. -
Olwyn - Wellington
Posted by Olwyn Crutchley · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
It is a core part of what it mens to be a New Zealander - we need to keep Maori in use and a vital part of our society. -
Pōwhiri - Auckland
Posted by Powhiri Rika-Heke · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Tena koe,. -
Peter - Timaru duplicate
Posted by Peter Hodges · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Every year Te reo maori is increasing my understanding in the language . -
Te Ata - Hamilton
Posted by Te Ata Tuhimata · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Because Aotearoa is the only home of Te Reo Māori language - it has no other home. -
Amanda - Auckland duplicate
Posted by Amanda Carter · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
To redeem our culture heritage of New Zealand and to promote Te Reo in our school. -
Pippa - Wellington
Posted by Pippa Cubey · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Mā tātou katoa te mana e whakaora ai te reo - we all have a responsibility to preserve te reo Māori. -
Barbara - New Plymouth
Posted by Barbara Fakavamoeanga · September 14, 2020 10:44 AM
Its right. -
Nadine - Gisborne
Posted by Aorangi Porter · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Ki taku nei whakaaro, kāre i tua atu i tēnei kaupapa hei whakanui i te reo Māori me ōna tikanga. -
Sophie - Christchurch
Posted by Sophie Roberts · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Te reo Māori is on a journey to becoming normalized in Aotearoa as it should be - let us all get involved and give it the mana it deserves! -
Annette - Tamaki Makaurau
Posted by Annette Pomare · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
I'm definitely an older maaori woman, hearing our language from whaanau, mokopuna is soo beautiful, and ask them for interpretation. -
nancy - wellington
Posted by nancy fulford · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
celebrate our national language - honour the people who fought to keep it alive. -
Mark - Hamilton
Posted by Mark Gledhill · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Te Reo is part of who we are as Kiwi's, it's not separate or exclusive. -
Joanne Michelle
Posted by Joanne Clarke · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
It's very important for me and my husband more so my husband, as he says he feels that he can feel someone is telling him the time is right, so he decided to take up Te Reo courses which he is on his kete tuawha, so proud of him. -
shirley - Auckland
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
It is important to us to ako, to contribute to our wider community to share knowledge, understanding and a piece of our history and language with the world. -
Leo - Napier
Posted by Leo Van Lin · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Aotearoa needs more support to develop it's own, unique culture. -
Dianne - Christchurch
Posted by Dianne Robinson · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Those of us with te reo Māori ability, little experience to matatau and everything in between, need to speak te reo Māori as often as possible. -
Margaret - Perth Western Australia
Posted by Margaret Dargaville · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
I wish i had done this years ago as our father chose not to teach us as he had been punished for using Te Reo and he did not want that happening to his children. -
Tania - Lower Hutt, Wellington
Posted by Tania Penafiel · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
To ensure Te Reo is respected and valued. -
Ofeina - Auckland
Posted by Ofeina Manuel-Barbarich · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
My why is for my son who is Māori-Tongan. -
Rebecca - Cheviot
Posted by Rebecca Witham · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
It's one of 3 languages we use in NZ. -
Jenny - Auckland
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Te Reo is an important part of our ECE curriculum, something that we like to celebrate and implement daily with our tamariki and whanau. -
Ruth - Auckland
Posted by Ruth Gasston · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Te Reo is the language of my country. -
Marissa - Christchurch
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Growing up my culture wasn't celebrated or appreciated, so now that I'm older I have the responsibility of teaching, and educating myself on the things I missed out on. -
Mary - Christchurch
Posted by Mary Cavanagh · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Te reo Maori is an essential part of my identity as a Pakeha New Zealander. -
Janet - Hamilton
Posted by Janet Sukias · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Because if there are going to be one million te reo speakers by 2040, one million people have to start somewhere. -
Jason - Palmerston North
Posted by Jason Tahi · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
Ko taku hiahia kia kōrerorero i ngā wā katoa ki aku Tamariki. -
Helen - Porirua
Posted by Helen Kaveney · September 14, 2020 10:43 AM
I believe Te Reo is much like one of the few important creatures currently on our endangered species list. -
Iona - Palmerston North
Posted by Iona Inglis · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
To ensure our cultural heritage lives on. -
Jill - Wellington
Posted by Jill Trevelyan · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
He tino ataahua te reo Maori! -
Jenna - Christchurch
Posted by Jenna Blunden · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
To honour the taonga that is Te Reo, special to New Zealand and part of who we are as a people. -
Ohakune - Ohakune
Posted by Whaea Linda · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Kia ora we are a rural set kindergarten with kaiako of mixed cultural backgrounds. -
linda - Warkworth
Posted by linda van der hoek · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
my desire is to be one of the million reo speakers - always has been. -
Mathew - Auckland
Posted by Mathew O'Hagan · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
As a teacher, I really want to connect my students to te ao Māori me te reo Māori, hopefully helping them to develop a love, appreciation and understanding for Aotearoa's first language and culture. -
Aroha - Te Kuiti
Posted by Aroha Carnachan · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
I love my culture. -
Karen - Wellington
Posted by Karen Roberts · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Te reo should be our first language and taught in schools. -
Peter - Christchurch
Posted by Peter Dent · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Being adopted, and finding out when you're 26 that you're descended from Maori is quite a life-changing thing. -
Moana - Auckland
Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Te reo Maori is what connects me to people and place. -
Bex - Christchurch
Posted by Bex Young · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Because my children deserve to know more about where they came from and who they are as Maori. -
Susannah - Auckland
Posted by Susannah Connolly · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Kia ora tatou, Susannah here, I am longing to speak te reo Maori because I am of NgaPuhi descent and Irish, both have beautiful languages. -
Te Rangi
Posted by Te Rangi Allen · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Ko tenei Te Reo o oku tupuna ehara tetahi atu. -
Nicola - Wellington
Posted by Nicola Smith · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
Tōku reo tōku ohoho, tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea. -
frank - Mt Wellington, Auckland
Posted by frank haimona · September 14, 2020 10:42 AM
whakahihitia tou maoritanga. -
Paula - T`amaki Makaurau
Posted by Paula Pirihi · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
ko tenei waiata hei arahi i taku ako i te reo. -
Kerira - Tāmaki Makaurau
Posted by Kerira Tapene · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Kia whakapakari ai tō tātou reo rangatira. -
Greg - Auckland
Posted by Greg Wipani · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Te wiki o te reo Maori has become a long line of language weeks. -
Philippa - wellington
Posted by Pip Freeman · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Because it is a part of my own identity and the identity of all the students I teach in Aotearoa. -
izzy - Nelson
Posted by izzy Young · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
My family was whitewashed and kept from my maori heritage. -
Brian - Aotea
Posted by Brian Reed · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Hapai Te Reo Rangatira. -
Karolina - wellington
Posted by Karolina Murray · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
It became important when I moved to NZ. -
Ali - West Melton
Posted by Ali Stewart · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I am ready and inspired to help start creating our new normal in Aotearoa New Zealand. -
Losaline - Wellington
Posted by Losaline Hopoi · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Paying respect to tangata whenua and embracing their language and culture. -
Raphael - Tuakau
Posted by Raphael Brown-Rapana · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
We need to acknowledge our language as a country . -
Anita, Max, Mav - Gisborne
Posted by Anita Stewart · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Mostly as because I don’t see te reo as a different language in New Zealand, it’s all one to me and I really want my children to feel the same. -
Catrina
Posted by Catrina · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I was removed from my whanau at birth. -
Shelly - Warkworth
Posted by Shelly Freestone · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I'm a 7th generation NZer and Maori is part of my heritage. -
kaye - Auckland
Posted by kaye winger · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Its important because a being nzer, maori culture/language is so much a part of our heritage. -
Margie - Gisborne
Posted by Margie Rickard · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Kia ora. -
Taekata - Napier
Posted by Taekata Murray · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
To show my children our language is important . -
Dianne - Tauranga
Posted by Dianne Ericksen · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Tena koutou katoa. -
Ailsa - Ōtepoti
Posted by Ailsa Rose · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Kia ora. -
Stephen - Wellington
Posted by Stephen Rimene · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I am a kaimahi at TWOA and I want to do my all inside of class but also outside of class. -
Sue - Nelson
Posted by Sue Pryde · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
Ko te reo Māori te reo tūturu o tēnei whenua. -
Nadia - Kohukohu
Posted by Nadia Madin · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I want to take part because Māori is part of me but. -
Emere - Auckland
Posted by Emere McDonald · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I believe in the values of biculturalism; Toi te mana, Toi te whenua, Toi te Reo: Preserve the Prestige, Preserve the Land, Preserve the Language of the Tangata Whenua! -
Tracy - Tauranga
Posted by Tracy Whaiti · September 14, 2020 10:41 AM
I have been married to a wonderful man of Ngai Tahu/Ngati Kahungunu descent for 32 years. -
Omeka - Waikato
Posted by Omeka Taane · September 14, 2020 10:40 AM
Tena ra koutou katoa,. -
Denny - Te Awamutu
Posted by Denny Amohanga · September 14, 2020 10:40 AM
I think this is a great kaupapa because it promotes our language and encourages all people to korero or waiata regardless of the individuals level of knowledge , for people begging there Reo Māori journey its a great way to participate and those who are intermediate speakers its an awesome opportunity for them to test there knowledge and continue to grow with that knowledge. -
Bridget - Carterton
Posted by Bridget Percy · September 14, 2020 10:40 AM
Because the Maori language is a beautiful taonga that needs to be cherished and protected. -
Maira - Auckland
Posted by Mairatea Callaghan · September 14, 2020 10:40 AM
To keep the reo alive.
