Share your why

Ness - Manukau

Posted by Ness Savage · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

To honour our Tūpuna by keeping our Reo alive forever.

Kelly - Nuhaka

Posted by Kelly Doyle · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

To make the most of having a nation wide network to inspire and use Reo and waiata to learn and teach.

Bryony - Auckland

Posted by Bryony Hardy · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I think te reo maori is beautiful and as New Zealanders it’s part of our uniqueness and heritage.

Jonnelle - Whakatane

Posted by Jonnelle Main · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I think what made taking part was that we want Te Reo Maori to be our new normal in our whare.

Normie - Ngatea

Posted by normie anderson · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

If I don't take action then I am doing injustice to my language and to my people.

Natahlia - Gold coast

Posted by Natahlia Potaka · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I want to help keep our language, our culture alive for our kids :).

Megan - Tuakau

Posted by Megan Jenkins · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Kei te ako ahau i te reo Māori ki te Wānanga o Aotearoa, ka haere tonu ahau ki tōku haerenga ia wiki ia wiki, ia rā ia rā.

Merlin - Napier

Posted by Merlin Wright · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I am learning to speak my native younger as my mother's side of the family is twelve generations of maori and I want to be able to reo to my ancestors and thank the different iwis for letting me walk on their land when I do .

Megan - Ōtautahi

Posted by Megan Blakie · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Language defines us.

Precious - waikato

Posted by Precious Bassett · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

It is important to take part as a way of embracing my culture and te ao maori making it a normality for my babies.

Maxine - Whakaoriori

Posted by Maxine Smith · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I've always wanted to learn Te Reo.

Lisa - Tauranga

Posted by Lisa Ioane · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

It is important to learn and understand our language and our culture as New Zealanders.

paula - Tauranga

Posted by Paula Beilby · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

E pupiri ana ahau te whakaaro nei, he tāonga tuku iho mā tātou tūpuna.

Theo - Kororareka/Russell

Posted by Theo Klee · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Since I have arrived in Aotearoa / New Zealand from Germany I have been very much intrigued/ fascinated by Maoridom and Te Reo.

Patricia - Kaeo

Posted by Pat Tauroa · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I was born into a bilingual home; I know that my reo Pakeha became dominant, because that is what we were told to use and forced to use at school.

Gloria - Auckland

Posted by Gloria Prasad · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Kia ora, I'd love to learn more of our reo I was one of those who's mama and papa who never spoke in front of us when we were young.

Jane - Wellington

Posted by Jane Lester · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I work in an area that is on a voyage to be more culturally aware, safe, responsible.

Ruth - Huntsbury, Christchurch

Posted by Ruth Coapman · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I am passionate about learning Te Reo Maori.

Anna - Auckland

Posted by Anna Bayliss · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I was lucky enough to have te reo Māori as part of school and having returned from UK I am so excited that it is becoming part of the mainstream.

Kate - Blenheim

Posted by Kate Faith · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

It is important for me to take part because I moved here 5 years ago from Canada to study teaching.

Pauline - Auckland

Posted by Pauline Leota · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

To lead by example.

Heather

Posted by Heather Hapeta · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

It's one of our official languages and as its the indigenous one I want to be part of the solution.

Karen - Hamilton

Posted by Karen Tangaere · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I have a new mokopuna and I choose to only speak to her in Te Reo.

Haami

Posted by Haami lindsay · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

its about stepping up to do the best I can , as an example for the wahine I work with.

Louise - Auckland

Posted by Louise Lavulo · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Because it is a beautiful language and is fun to learn.

Raihania - Wanaka

Posted by Raihania Chadwick · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

Ko tōku reo, tōku ohooho; tōku reo, tōku mapihi maurea; tōku reo, tōku whakakai marihi.

Sabien - Nelson

Posted by Sabien Blazek · September 14, 2020 10:35 AM

I feel it is important for me to increase my skills in Te Reo Maori.

Peter - Auckland

Posted by Peter Murgatroyd · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Embracing Te Reo Maaori is part of a shared journey that enriches all of our lives and our communities.

Suzi - Ohakune

Posted by Suzi Couch · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It is important to raise awareness and learn about our culture, history and language.

Lisa - Whanganui-a-Tara

Posted by Lisa Baker · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I think I should be one 'in five million' speaking te reo in this country.

Leonie Ngahuia - Fremantle

Posted by Leonie Ngahuia Mansbridge · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

To acknowledge who I am.

Marion - Eastbourne

Posted by Marion Hair · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Te Reo is our heritage.

Katie - Hamilton

Posted by Katie Houchen · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It's important to me to take part, and encourage the ākonga and Kaiako in my centre to do so as well, because I think everyone living in New Zealand should have the opportunity and confidence to kōrero in te reo Māori.

Becky - Christchurch

Posted by Becky Wilson · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It's important because te reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand.

Hirini - Opononi

Posted by Hirini Wikaira · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Ko toku reo, no te kainga e ngaro haere ana te mita o taku turangawaewae.

Yvonne

Posted by Yvonne Healey · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I want to promote and encourage others to learn and use Te Reo.

Karen - Waterview

Posted by Karen Henke · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Watching BLM and doing some of my own work on being white made me realise I need to take more action at home in Aotearoa New Zealand to uphold the Te Tiriti o Waitangi and become a strong ally .

Ellen - Tauranga

Posted by Ellen Fisher · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I'm Maori and can't speak enough te reo Maori.

Roz - Tauranga

Posted by Roz Salter · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It is our language, it is us.

Therese - Wellington

Posted by Therese Fatu · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I feel the revival has been a progressive but slow burn.

Louise - Christchurch

Posted by Louise Rhodes-Oskam · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I’m an early childhood teacher and I think this is so incredibly important and awesome.

susan - Wellington

Posted by susan kliffen · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It is important to value Te Reo Maori - New Zealand is the only country in the world that can maintain the language.

Peita - Wellington

Posted by Peita Tawhara · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It's important to embrace the Maori culture, since moving back to NZ I think it's time to get back to my roots.

Angharad - Auckland

Posted by Angharad Cavanagh · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I have just moved to Auckland as a Primary Teacher and work in a school which has taught me so much already about the importance of the Maori heritage and language.

Carrie - Christchurch

Posted by Carrie Martin · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It's important because I wish to have a better understanding of the culture and tongue.

Terry - Auckland

Posted by Terry King · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

te reo Maori to me.

Sonia - Auckland

Posted by Sonia Munro · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It is important to take part because we need to treasure our languages.

Gina - Blenheim

Posted by Gina Saunders · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Because te reo should be heard and spoken in new zealand everyday.

Emily - Hastings

Posted by Emily Mackie · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Fostering the culture and learning about ourselves and others.

Sue

Posted by · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Because Te Reo is a taonga that must not be lost and as Kiwis I would love to see in the future us all be bi -lingual.

Sue - Napier

Posted by Sue Sauia · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

It's important to be a part of keeping Te Reo alive in its country and to champion diversity and inclusion.

Raewyn - Whangarei

Posted by Raewyn Lindsay · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Because I am New Zealand European and of Ngāi Tahu descent, and am on a journey of discovering my identity, and knowing about my whakapapa and ancestry.

sapphire - Te Awamutu

Posted by sapphire Heke · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Kia Ora whānau,.

Lyvania - Lower Hutt

Posted by Lyvania Stothers · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

As part of being and Early Childhood Teacher we use Maori in our daily practice.

Nicola - Wellington

Posted by Nicola Marshall · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

Hei tautoko i te kaupapa kia rere ai te reo i ngā wāhi katoa o te motu.

Saphrone - Auckland

Posted by Saphrone Burling · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I believe and support the goals that Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori are aiming to achieve and I want to be able to learn more about my culture and who I am, as well as, helping, encouraging and supporting others through their journey as well.

Saeni - Auckland

Posted by Saeni Pita · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

As highlighted te reo Maori is unique.

Miss Dee - Palmerston North

Posted by Miss Dee Reynolds · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I'm not a crowd person - but this is an exceptional situation.

Jaemie - Tokoroa

Posted by Jaemie Sheck · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

As a Māori (by nurture) and a New Zealander, I believe that it is important that we acknowledge our first National language.

Russell - Turangi

Posted by Russell Woodhouse · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

As a white Australian, with English/Irish/Scottish/German ancestry, it's very important for me living in this country of Aotearoa to tautoko the tangata whenua by acknowledging them and the whenua through using te reo.

Georgia - Wellington

Posted by Georgia Mackay · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

As a speaker of Scots Gaelic, I understand the importance of the connection between language and land.

Shirlz - Matauri Bay

Posted by Shirley Epiha · September 14, 2020 10:34 AM

I plan to play this Playlist in my classroom so my tamariki can learn these waiata and sing along.

Kimberly - Coopers Beach

Posted by Kimberly Tait · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

Ko wai a Ranginui?.

Aroha - Tauranga

Posted by Aroha Heemi · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

Learning much later in life that you still are looking for a true sense of belonging, only realising it was in front of you all your life.

Treena - Wellington

Posted by Treena Daly · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

I am a proud New Zealander and I want to contribute to keeping the language alive.

Simone - Wairarapa

Posted by Simone Baker · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

This is my why, my Mokopuna whose first language is Te Reo Maaori and I am learning to try to understand and support them on our journey together.

Michelle - Wellington

Posted by Michelle Foster · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

He waka tohorā tōkī waka.

Moana - Tokoroa duplicate

Posted by Moana Tiaki · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

I am a kiwi, I was born and bred here in Aotearoa.

Rosalie - Tauranga Duplicate

Posted by Rosalie Dann · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

I believe Te Reo is vital in Aotearoa.

Mel - Dunedin

Posted by Sandy Rasmussen · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

Keep the reo alive!

Mereana - Kaeo

Posted by Mereana Tua · September 14, 2020 10:33 AM

I’ve always said I will call in and spend a day or so with mokopuna I can’t invite others because they may have the parents along b too many only a small place.