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Haki | Share your why

Posted by Haki Wilson · September 14, 2023 7:56 PM

Mooku ake, ko ooku tuupuna e kore i whaiwaahi atu ki te ako me te kooreo i too taatou reo me aku uri whakatupu te tino puutaketanga o tooku reo rangatira!

Ruruhira | Share your why

Posted by Ruruhira Newbery · September 14, 2023 7:34 PM

Kei te pānui māua ko māmā

Mandy | Share your why

Posted by Mandy Down · September 14, 2023 5:35 PM

It’s time to be part of the reclamation movement.

Anne | Share your why

Posted by Anne Barclay · September 14, 2023 5:29 PM

Living in Aotearoa I am surrounded by a rich and unique history experienced by the peoples of this land and to hear and understand Te Reo Māori provides another perspective and learning that I hope to share and speak with my moko one day.

Tina | Share your why

Posted by Tina Renata · September 14, 2023 4:53 PM

I te poupoutanaga o te rā, Ka timata mātou ko ōku hoa mahi i tō mātou wā tuku reo i te mātakitaki i te whakaaturanga Ko Speak No Māori.

Sophie | Share your why

Posted by Sophie Manuel · September 14, 2023 4:50 PM

Learning Te Reo is long time coming.

Marlia | Share your why

Posted by Marlia Morris · September 14, 2023 4:40 PM

It is a privilege to reside in this country, to be able to utilise and understand Te Reo Māori is one way to be able to respect that privilege.

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 4:34 PM

Putting the mihi in there Haka ka mau te weehi koutou.

Kiriona | Share your why

Posted by Kiriona Hapeta · September 14, 2023 4:28 PM

Spot prizes at Reds Cafe for customers that ordered in te reo.

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 4:26 PM

Whaea Rosalie Nathan and whaea Teahoraurangi Pakinga at Paeroa College.

Cheryl | Share your why

Posted by Cheryl Silich · September 14, 2023 4:26 PM

Pippa our Kerikeri High School volunteer teaching our residents and also led by one of our lovely Kuia - Kerikeri Retirement Village

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 4:23 PM

Whanau watching Haka Wars.

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 4:21 PM

Whanau night at Paeroa College

Sarah | Share your why

Posted by Sarah McMillan · September 14, 2023 4:21 PM

I want to increase my matauranga and te reo maori to be part of keeping the culture alive

Kiriona | Share your why

Posted by Kiriona Hapeta · September 14, 2023 4:18 PM

We also had our corner dairy happy to join our initiative!

Kristi | Share your why

Posted by Kristi Field · September 14, 2023 4:10 PM

I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of Te Reo so I can better connect with my tamariki.

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 4:04 PM

This is how we celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Maaori during assembly at Paeroa College.

Kiriona | Share your why

Posted by Kiriona Hapeta · September 14, 2023 3:57 PM

Ballentynes were on board with our community initiative.

Paeroa | Share your why

Posted by Melba Pakinga · September 14, 2023 3:57 PM

Ngaa mihi to Paeroa College rendition of Kura Te Winiwini a local Hauraki paatere, kia ora koutou.

Terynne | Share your why

Posted by Teahiaaria Mills-Barber · September 14, 2023 2:57 PM

E ngā reo.

Kate | Share your why

Posted by Kate Akers · September 14, 2023 1:11 PM

I love learning about traditional Māori knowledge, history and wisdom through the joyful medium of waiata :)

Stephanie | Share your why

Posted by Stephanie Kane · September 14, 2023 1:06 PM

Mo toku tamariki.

Shantel | Share your why

Posted by Shantel Barrett · September 14, 2023 1:03 PM

Nau mai haere mai

Sonia | Share your why

Posted by Sonia Tibble · September 14, 2023 1:00 PM

Learning more about Te Reo Māori and Tikanga lets me approach work and life in a different, and better, way

samantha | Share your why

Posted by Samantha Higgs · September 14, 2023 12:59 PM

Ko te reo te mouri o te Māoritanga, heoi ka kōrero Māori au i i rā, i ia pō kia whakarauora mai i te reo rangatira.

Hayden | Share your why

Posted by Hayden Barr · September 14, 2023 12:59 PM

Some members of our school gathered together for the National Event to perform our school haka and sing some waiata such as Te Taukea and Waitaha e.

Jason | Share your why

Posted by Jason Tuhaka · September 14, 2023 12:59 PM

KIa ora tātou.

Sara | Share your why

Posted by Sara-Anne Raea · September 14, 2023 12:47 PM

I want my tamariki to be proud of their culture and heritage and be able to move, connect, communicate and participate between te āo māori, te āo kukī āirani and te āo pakeha.

Andrew | Share your why

Posted by Andrew Ford · September 14, 2023 12:47 PM

Learn my pepeha by heart and incorporate te reo phrases into everyday usgae

Meremaihi | Share Your Why

Posted by meremaihi Gray · September 14, 2023 12:47 PM

I ako ēnei tamariki i tētahi karakia kai.

Louana | Share your why

Posted by louana fruean · September 14, 2023 12:44 PM

Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty | Share your why

Posted by Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty · September 14, 2023 12:43 PM

More than 20 staff and guests at the Cancer Society's Lions Lodge joined in to sing Te Aroha and E Minaka Ana.

Tiffany | Share your why

Posted by Tiffany Bartlett · September 14, 2023 12:22 PM

I'm sharing this on behalf of Crescendo and my colleague Paki.

Charise | Share your why

Posted by Charise Walter · September 14, 2023 12:17 PM

Our team are learning te reo maori as a group and we are using it in our work environment.

Vanessa | Share your why

Posted by Vanessa Scholes · September 14, 2023 12:17 PM

Te reo Māori is distinctively woven through Aotearoa New Zealand's past, present and future.

Nicola | Share your why

Posted by Nicola Carroll · September 14, 2023 12:16 PM

I love the whakatauki 'Ka mua, ka muri' - walk backwards into the future.

Lucille | Share your why

Posted by Lucille Neho · September 14, 2023 12:15 PM

At BLENNZ we try our hardest to keep up tikanga and Reo Maori as much as we can.

Mel | Share your why

Posted by Mel Pera · September 14, 2023 12:13 PM

Our whanau here at Mōkai Pātea Services, busting out our new waiata.

Fiona | Share your why

Posted by Fiona Kingsford · September 14, 2023 12:11 PM

Te Reo Māori is Aotearoa, it is a Taonga

Lilo | Share your why

Posted by Jonathen Tuiketei · September 14, 2023 12:09 PM

The language, the music and the traditions kept us grounded and always stays within us & the next generation.

Lilo | Share your why

Posted by Kim Mackintosh · September 14, 2023 12:06 PM

Whanau having a practice of a kupu each day and a new one for each day.

Neralie | Share your why

Posted by Neralie McConnell · September 14, 2023 12:05 PM

I am teacher and I want to improve my knowledge and understanding of te reo and make as many connections with my aakonga as possible.

Rob | Share your why

Posted by Rob Thorne · September 14, 2023 12:04 PM

Te reo Māori is my heritage language.

Hori | Share your why

Posted by Hori Chapman · September 14, 2023 11:57 AM

Ko Te Reo Maori, Te Reo Rangatira, te kaikawe i te honohutanga o te whakaaro Maori, whakaaro Rangatira.

Andre | Share your why

Posted by Andre Kanara · September 14, 2023 11:57 AM

I decide to acknowledge Te Reo Maori because as I grew up, My whanau would always tell me how they used to get the shitere beat out of them just for saying hello in Maori.

April | Share your why

Posted by April Te Awa · September 14, 2023 11:56 AM

He aha ai ki au?.

Lii | Share your why

Posted by Lii Finai · September 14, 2023 11:39 AM

My tamahine is in the kapahaka group at kura and she is leading a couple of their waiata's.

Aditi | Share your why

Posted by Jo Bentley · September 14, 2023 11:01 AM

To increase my knowledge in Te Reo

Jodie | Share your why

Posted by Jodie Chapell · September 14, 2023 10:57 AM

As an immigrant, I understand the value of manaakitanga

Lauren | Share your why

Posted by Lauren Schick · September 14, 2023 10:45 AM

Te Reo Maori is a beautiful language and I love learning more about it.

Si'i | Share your why

Posted by Si'i Teisi · September 14, 2023 10:27 AM

Provides empowering social and economic benefits, as well as our common interests, helps unite and educate us.

Harley | Share your why

Posted by Gausia Faivaai · September 14, 2023 10:22 AM · 1 reaction

My Why: is God, Family and Church

Inger | Share your why

Posted by Inger Perkins · September 14, 2023 10:16 AM

To better understand, to better connect

Sandra | Share your why

Posted by Sandra Humphry · September 14, 2023 10:12 AM

Our tamariki are so proud to live in Aotearoa and celebrate the fact there is no other place in the world that you can embrace the language and culture of Te Ao Māori.

Ruth | Share your why

Posted by Ruth Ann Herd · September 14, 2023 10:10 AM

Remembering on this day 51 years ago, Aunty Hana Te Hemara Jackson carried the Māori language petition up the steps of Parliament in 1972 to present to Matiu Rata and the other Māori MPs.

Eseta | Share your why

Posted by Eseta Latu · September 14, 2023 10:01 AM

My sister-inlove is Māori and I will love to be able to not only understand Te Reo but also speak Te Reo Māori with her and my nieces and nephews ❤ That is my why!

Maia | Share your why

Posted by Leatrice Thomas · September 14, 2023 9:50 AM

Tōku reo tōku ohooho!

Clare | Share your why

Posted by Clare McLennan-Kissel · September 14, 2023 9:26 AM

Learning Te Reo Māori is an important part of being a partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and respecting mana whenua and tangata whenua of Aotearoa.

Paige | Share your why

Posted by Paige Wylie · September 14, 2023 9:21 AM

Aotearoa is my home land and celebrating Te Reo Maori language week makes me feel more connected with my people, whanau and our tangata whenua

Levon | Share your why

Posted by Sapphire Stanley · September 14, 2023 9:20 AM

Our Why.

paddy (Patricia) | Share your why

Posted by paddy (Patricia) Mark · September 14, 2023 9:11 AM

I am so keen to learn maori language -I am married to a maori - my children and our mokopunas are part maori - I want to be able to speak two languages

Hemi | Share your why

Posted by Hemi Pinfold-Whanga · September 14, 2023 9:10 AM

Te Reo Māori is a real taonga that we have here in Aotearoa.

Rachel | Share your why

Posted by Rachel Thompson · September 14, 2023 9:07 AM

Aotearoa New Zealand is fortunate to have a rich cultural history.

Justine | Share your why

Posted by Justine Tuhaka · September 14, 2023 9:02 AM

I have recently become a Grandmother and my desire is for my mokopuna (my Putiputi) to learn her reo!

Imogen | Share your why

Posted by Imogen Wara · September 14, 2023 9:01 AM

Kia ora koutou!

Nicky | Share your why

Posted by Nicky Charalambous · September 14, 2023 9:00 AM

Kamaria | Share your why

Posted by Kamaria Tutara · September 14, 2023 8:59 AM

After 56 Years of denying my beautiful language, culture, traditions and of her I am.

Tama | Share your why

Posted by Tama Paki · September 14, 2023 8:56 AM

Kōrerotia tō tātou reo.

Vanessa | Share your why

Posted by Vanessa Pratley · September 14, 2023 8:54 AM

Kia ora koutou, ko Vanessa tōku ingoa.

Sheree | Share your why

Posted by Sheree smith · September 14, 2023 8:43 AM

I'm excited to learn more about New Zealand's culture in my workplace!

Xavier | Share your why

Posted by Xavier Adsett · September 14, 2023 7:47 AM

I want to help keep te Reo Māori alive!

David | Share your why

Posted by David Kopa · September 14, 2023 7:34 AM

Tēnā tātou.

Frankie | Share your why

Posted by Frankie Winiata · September 14, 2023 7:10 AM

Not only to reconnect with my tipuna but also to be an example to my tamariki.

Donna | Share your why

Posted by Donna Whitiwhiti · September 14, 2023 5:23 AM

Hai ako i tō tātau reo rangatira, hoki ki te kāinga korero ai.

Mel | Share your why

Posted by Mel Robinson · September 14, 2023 2:26 AM

To Celebrate Te Reo Māori as “Our Reo” Mō tātou katoa!

Emma | Share your why

Posted by Emma Wyeth · September 13, 2023 11:13 PM

Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei.

Anita | Share your why

Posted by Anita Nossiter · September 13, 2023 9:46 PM

I love te reo Māori and all that emcompasses the culture.

Hilary | Share your why

Posted by Hilary Bevin · September 13, 2023 8:51 PM

Te Reo is the most important and beautiful language of our country to cherish and to teach our tamariki so it can continue to grow and flourish as it should have and is meant to .