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Ngā Karere me Ngā Rauemi
News and Resources
Ngā Karere me Ngā Rauemi
News and Resources
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Te Rangaihi Reo Māori
The Movement
Te Rangaihi Reo Māori
The Movement
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Te Pae Kōrero
Our Community
Te Pae Kōrero
Our Community
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Huihuinga
Events
Huihuinga
Events
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Ngā Ara Ako
Learning Pathways
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Learning Pathways
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Laura | Share your why
Posted by Laura Doig · June 15, 2023 12:28 AM
I want to pass our heritage on to my daughter and son. -
Storm | Share your why
Posted by Storm Peters · June 15, 2023 12:21 AM
My why is because growing up in a colonized country I now struggle to learn my language which sould be my first language -
Jacqui | Share your why
Posted by Jacqui Ligthart · June 14, 2023 2:20 PM
I am keen to learn to speak Maori. -
Yahp | Share your why
Posted by Yahp Jasperse · June 14, 2023 8:53 AM
A brief audio from the day I'd been in Aotearoa 40 years, thanking my colleagues at Tohorā House in Whangārei Terenga Paraoa for helping me with learning te reo Māori at the daily office karakia sessions during the last year. -
Tainui | Share your why
Posted by Tainui Hau · June 13, 2023 9:24 PM
It is important to me to become a part of this movement because, I'm one of those maori that doesn't confidently know his pepeha, cannot speak maori confidently, and I feel like part of me is lost waiting to be found, and I want to find and reconnect with my maori heritage to better understand myself and the powerful line of chiefs I descend from, I feel this will better benefit me as a maori man, my tamariki, and the generations to come. -
Kerryn | Share your why
Posted by Kerryn Montgomerie · June 13, 2023 8:48 PM
Share our language and learn more to past on to next generations -
Cameron | Share your why
Posted by Cameron Heath · June 13, 2023 1:51 PM
Its culture, history, origin, spirituality, pride & unique. -
Sharna | Share your why
Posted by Sharna Davis · June 12, 2023 3:36 PM
I want to connect with with my language and revive that part of who I am -
Mia | Share your why
Posted by Mia Farlane · June 12, 2023 2:04 PM
I love learning languages - and te reo is beautiful. -
Wirihana | Share your why
Posted by Wirihana Takuira · June 12, 2023 2:01 PM
I want to help normalise te reo in mainstream media. -
Kristen | Share your why
Posted by Kristen Phillips · June 12, 2023 12:17 PM
Being brought up in Aotearoa in the 70s with such little teaching of Te Reo I am on a journey of rediscovery, of history, language and culture. -
Roger | Share your why
Posted by Roger Haenga · June 12, 2023 12:01 PM
Due to the impacts of the Native Schools act on my tupuna and papa - the Reo in my whānau diminished. -
Pauly | Share your why
Posted by Pauly Morris · June 12, 2023 11:46 AM
Completing the picture of self, that is needing my reo Māori. -
Talyn | Share your why
Posted by Talyn Williams · June 12, 2023 11:22 AM
I am learning because it is important as a Pasifika person to learn and understand the reo of the land on which I live and was born in. -
Katherine | Share your why
Posted by Katherine C'Ailceta · June 12, 2023 10:52 AM
Te reo is a taonga unique to our country, and I am proud to be able to learn and share it. -
Lesley | Share your why
Posted by Lesley Cuttle · June 09, 2023 8:56 PM
Keen to u d’état and Te Reo -
Nena | Share your why
Posted by Nena Tipene · June 09, 2023 9:30 AM
There's a feeling in the pit of my being telling me there is freedom in te Ao Maori that I cant partake of in te Ao tauiwi. -
Kelly | Share your why
Posted by Kelly Thomas · June 05, 2023 5:20 AM
Connection and be closer to my nan who passed away -
Tara | Share your why
Posted by Tara Wilkins · May 31, 2023 4:40 PM
I am a primary school teacher and passionate about sharing Te Reo with my kura. -
Simon | Share your why
Posted by Simon Carter · May 30, 2023 10:16 PM
Looking forward to the learning journey -
Elly | Share your why
Posted by Elly Lewis · May 26, 2023 10:14 AM
Without it, it feels like a part of me is missing. -
Nikkita | Share your why
Posted by Nikkita Tibble · May 25, 2023 6:19 PM
I was good te reo when I was around 5 then moved to my palangi side of my whanau and grew up with just English I wanna get back in to my reo side -
Faith | Share your why
Posted by Faith Kerekere · May 25, 2023 4:11 PM
I want to begin my journey with reconnecting with my whakapapa through learning Te reo Maaori. -
Elana | Share your why
Posted by Elana Rahui · May 24, 2023 7:42 PM
My 'why' is that I want to be able to acknowledge people with our taonga that is our reo. -
Brooke | Share your why
Posted by Brooke Sinclair-Heke · May 23, 2023 5:15 PM
Kia kaha te reo māori -
Maria | Share your why
Posted by Maria Reid · May 23, 2023 12:42 PM
I feel something is missing I need to learn te reo to make myself whole. -
Kylee | Share your why
Posted by Kylee Tawharu · May 22, 2023 7:14 AM
Connection and sense of belonging -
Tracey | Share your why
Posted by Tracey Peehikuru · May 21, 2023 4:25 PM
I felt there is always been something missing. Its my Reo. -
Raymond | Share your why
Posted by Raymond Jackson · May 20, 2023 8:38 PM
I feel a important Piece in my life missing. -
Barbara | Share your why
Posted by Barbara McGrath · May 20, 2023 3:51 PM
My why, is my baby girl. -
Rose | Share your why
Posted by Rose Dudley · May 19, 2023 12:31 PM
I have unsuccessfully tried several times to learn te reo but unsure why it didn't stick. -
Carleen | Share your why
Posted by Carleen Tomlinson · May 13, 2023 9:14 AM
Nga mihi -
Monette Lisa | Share your why
Posted by Monette Lisa Harron · May 11, 2023 10:28 PM
Keeping culture alive through te reo is exquisite. -
Renee | Share your why
Posted by Renee Barton · May 11, 2023 4:07 PM
The longing to speak the language of my tupana, the dream to korero with my whanau, a taonga to leave my children. -
Janine | Share your why
Posted by Janine Ihaka · May 11, 2023 12:23 PM
No Turanganuiakiwa au. -
Jess | Share your why
Posted by Jess Hippolite · May 11, 2023 12:20 PM
As a kaiako I believe it is crucial to be able to speak and teach te reo Māori to new generations. -
Matiaha | Share your why
Posted by Matiaha Hill · May 11, 2023 12:20 PM
My goal is to help Aotearoa understand the importance of our Reo! -
Angela | Share your why
Posted by Angela Romein · May 11, 2023 12:20 PM
Developing a deeper understanding of Tangata whenua and the process of decolonisation -
Apera | Share your why
Posted by Apera Toa · May 11, 2023 12:20 PM
Ko te reo rangatira tōku honohono ki te Atua me ōku tipuna me ngā mea katoa i roto i te ao Māori, He kaiako i te reo au, Ko te whainga mōku ki te whakatipu te reo i roto i ngā rangatahi kia kaha ai rātou, Kia mohio ai rātou kō wai rātou, Māmā. -
Su | Share your why
Posted by Su Coutts · May 11, 2023 12:20 PM
Driving the need for real usage of Maori - respecting Matauranga Maori when using it and reducing tokenism. -
Monique | Share your why
Posted by Monique Haami · May 11, 2023 12:19 PM
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Sharon | Share your why
Posted by Sharon Ellingford · May 08, 2023 2:42 PM
I grew up not knowing my whakapapa, my entire culture lost to me. -
Jasmine | Share your why
Posted by Jasmine Kaa · May 06, 2023 10:57 PM
He kaupapa nui tēnei ki ahau nā te mea, ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori. -
Peter | Share your why
Posted by Peter Druskovich · May 04, 2023 9:38 PM
Kia ora, I am a tarara,(Dalmation) I am Croatian. -
Ngahuia | Share your why
Posted by Ngahuia Harrison · May 04, 2023 7:19 AM
My why is for myself and my daughter, so that she doesn't go through the struggle that I am going through. -
Kerry | Share your why
Posted by Kerry Trevett · May 02, 2023 2:20 PM
Ko Kerry toku ingoa, Kia pai te ra! -
Zenaida | Share your why
Posted by Zenaida Beatson · April 28, 2023 1:04 PM
It's crucial to our identity. -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Aroha Singh · April 27, 2023 8:42 PM
Ko tāku reo tāku ohooho. -
Sophie | Share your why
Posted by Sophie Williams · April 27, 2023 1:22 PM
Piriponotia . -
gavin | Share your why
Posted by gavin ye · April 23, 2023 2:31 PM
这是一个关于自我介绍的视频,我讲了我的家里有几口人,家庭情况,和父母从事的工作。 -
Narise | Share your why
Posted by Narise Lloyd · April 23, 2023 8:24 AM
He taonga te reo. -
Rameka | Share your why
Posted by Rameka Nichols · April 22, 2023 12:41 PM
Kia Ora This is Rameka Nichols from Te Kura O Nooera( Nawton School). -
Te Hereikiha | Share your why
Posted by Te Hereikiha Moeke · April 21, 2023 6:30 PM
Ko taku tino whāinga kia whakatipu Aku tamariki i te ao Māori kia Māori ai to matou ao katoa -
Lizzy | Share your why
Posted by Lizzy Palmer-Smith · April 21, 2023 9:32 AM
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Chris | Share your why
Posted by Chris Donald · April 16, 2023 3:00 PM
My Moko will be around a lot of Reo so I want to be a model and to talk to her and her other side of the Whanau . -
Sean | Share your why
Posted by Sean Bristow · April 13, 2023 4:54 PM
To strengthen my reo alongside my son and whānau and to strengthen my personal identity as Māori. -
Larissa | Share your why
Posted by Larissa Lovell · April 12, 2023 6:05 PM
I’m on this journey for my children and my moko. -
Nicky | Share your why
Posted by Nicky Allen · April 05, 2023 11:21 PM
It is a language that is part of my Heritage and yet I dont speak it -
Lazarus | Share your why
Posted by Lazarus Maikana · April 05, 2023 6:57 AM
I have realized that it's important to learn a new language and understand the culture that comes with it -
jeulius | Share your why
Posted by jeulius awhitu · March 27, 2023 2:37 PM
te reo maori has been a big part of my life as it is surrounded, and it is involved with my average daily life. -
Kyssiah | Share your why
Posted by Kyssiah Collins · March 26, 2023 2:39 PM
I want to join the maori language movements to get to learn more -
Chris | Share your why
Posted by Chris Hughes · March 25, 2023 7:17 PM
I think it is important for New Zealanders to learn more Te Reo Maori. -
Margaret | Share your why
Posted by Margaret Lester · March 24, 2023 9:42 AM
🍃In January 2023 I went to my Mothers Homeland in Whirinaki for the first time. -
Te Ari | Share your why
Posted by Te Ari Taylor · March 17, 2023 11:33 PM
Proud to be maori. -
Alastair | Share your why
Posted by Alastair Murray · March 14, 2023 10:22 PM
It’s an incredibly beautiful and relevant language and it makes me feel more grounded and rooted in this whenua. -
Tyne | Share your why
Posted by Tyne Wilson · March 14, 2023 3:50 PM
I have always been drawn to Mātauranga Māori. -
Shaun | Share your why
Posted by Shaun Kingi · March 14, 2023 11:52 AM
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Tori | Share your why
Posted by Tori Turner · March 14, 2023 9:38 AM
My father was the only person who was passed down the tikanga and reo from his grandmother, all of the other whanau turned their back on te ao Māori because of the trauma they faced. -
Cheryl | Share your why
Posted by Cheryl Brown · March 10, 2023 3:08 PM
To be more confident in understanding and speaking te reo. -
Erica | Share your why
Posted by Erica Cameron · March 10, 2023 12:15 PM
Im passionate about te reo maori all my children have been brought up in kohanga reo an te kura kaupapa i would love to be able to speak fluently -
Tania | Share your why
Posted by Tania Karaitiana · March 09, 2023 8:53 PM
Kia Ora, . -
Te Rina | Share your why
Posted by Te Rina Absolum · March 09, 2023 9:48 AM
It is part of my heritage. -
Jen | Share your why
Posted by Jen Royal · March 08, 2023 8:33 PM
To make my whanau proud, to respect my ancestry and to teach my children and others te reo -
Peter Alexander | Share your why
Posted by Peter Dey · March 08, 2023 8:23 PM
I te wa ka kite ahau i tetahi kupu hou ki ahau i roto i te reo Maori ka tuhituhi i taua kupu i roto taku pukapuka. -
Ragihau | Share your why
Posted by Raŋe . · March 07, 2023 5:04 PM
He tangata Tāwhiti ahau ā i whakapakeke ahau i Aotearoa nei. -
Andrea | Share your why
Posted by Andrea Leadbetter · March 04, 2023 9:30 PM
Learning te Reo Māori is so rewarding. -
Bradley | Share your why
Posted by Bradley Drayton · February 25, 2023 9:32 AM
Kia kaha te reo Māori -
Noel | Share your why
Posted by Noel Yeldos · February 24, 2023 8:56 AM
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Katarina | Share your why
Posted by Katarina Beedles · February 24, 2023 1:22 AM
Very important to me being of Maori descent. -
Talatonu | Share your why
Posted by Talatonu Va'a Sila · February 23, 2023 8:12 PM
My home, Moera Whaiwhetu is all the same to the death. -
Maramena | Share your why
Posted by Maramena Ballantyne · February 23, 2023 8:02 PM
Te Reo Māori and tikanga Māori are doorways to Te Ao Māori, to learn our history, and whakapapa. -
Debi | Share your why
Posted by Debi Tatana · February 23, 2023 2:21 PM
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Mereana | Share your why
Posted by Mereana Su · February 23, 2023 2:10 PM
Korero Maori mai ahakoa tika ahakoa he. -
Yvonne | Share your why
Posted by Yvonne Rogers · February 23, 2023 2:05 PM
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Sheena | Share your why
Posted by Sheena Mareikura · February 23, 2023 2:01 PM
Ko te reo Māori te reo o tēnei whenua, hapai ake te reo, korerotia te reo mō ngā uri whakatipu -
Sonia | Share your why
Posted by Sonia Smith · February 23, 2023 1:48 PM
As a māori i feel i have a responsibility to myself to connect in every aspect of te ao māori but not just for me but for the future generations to come. -
Simone | Share your why
Posted by Simone Bahr · February 23, 2023 1:26 PM
Because I want to understand what my kids are saying 👀 -
Krysella | Share your why
Posted by Krysella Fraser · February 23, 2023 1:24 PM
Kia kaha te reo Maori -
Desmond | Share your why
Posted by Desmond Taitin · February 23, 2023 1:04 PM
Thank you -
Shannon | Share your why
Posted by Shannon Mainey · February 23, 2023 1:03 PM
I am excited to learn te reo Maori this year and share this journey with my whānau 😀 -
Phoebe | Share your why
Posted by Phoebe Fulton · February 23, 2023 12:56 PM
Kei te pirangi ahau ki te korero Maori ki aku tamariki na te mea e noho ana tatou kei Ōtautahi…Nga tangata pakeha. -
Hoera | Share your why
Posted by Hoera Farell-Moehurori · February 23, 2023 9:49 AM
He mea nui ki au te reo Māori, i tipu ake au ki Tāmaki koinei te wāhi anake te ako i te reo māku. -
Mere | Share your why
Posted by Mere Vercoe · February 23, 2023 9:09 AM
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Florette | Share your why
Posted by Florette Mulowayi · February 21, 2023 4:27 PM
I would like to become fluent in Te Reo. -
Sam | Share your why
Posted by Sam Elkington · February 16, 2023 2:32 PM
starting my Te Reo Maori journey again - #leshgooo :) -
Lisa | Share your why
Posted by Monette Lisa Harron · February 15, 2023 9:48 PM
Language and history through Reo -
Susan | Share your why
Posted by Susan Garrud · February 15, 2023 8:29 AM
As a kaiako, I want to ensure we are honoring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and protecting Te Ao Maaori as taonga that it is. -
Stephane | Share your why
Posted by stephane legeay · February 14, 2023 9:36 PM
I have started my te reo Māori journey because a better understanding of the Māori culture -
Jamie | Share your why
Posted by Jamie Watts · February 10, 2023 10:39 AM
My why for joining the Māori Language Movement is to learn for myself as a part of my identity and be able to support my whānau in their journey -
Rebecca | Share your why
Posted by Rebecca Wharton · February 09, 2023 5:11 PM
Kia ora