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Ngā Karere me Ngā Rauemi
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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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Learning Pathways
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Learning Pathways
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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 -
Marcus | Share your why
Posted by Marcus Taupo · January 23, 2023 1:38 PM
This photo represents a portion of my why “whaanau” -
Alex | Share your why
Posted by Alex Hirini · January 21, 2023 6:01 AM
E whai ai te tirohanga Māori, e mau ai i tētahi tuapapa o tōku tuakiri, ka whai arero Māori. -
Hina | Share your why
Posted by Hina Waitere-Tutaki · January 20, 2023 6:25 PM
Te-Atihaunui-A-Paparangi/Waikato/Maniapoto -
Munish | Share your why
Posted by Munish Kumar · January 19, 2023 10:20 AM
I wanted to know about the Maori culture . -
Grace | Share your why
Posted by Grace Elford · January 16, 2023 9:28 AM
"Just as in you are what you eat, it is even more precise to say you are what you say, what you read, and what you write. -
Zanna | Share your why
Posted by Zanna Dunn · January 15, 2023 6:17 PM
so looking forward to learning te reo -
Karroll | Share your why
Posted by Karroll Pere-veale · January 13, 2023 11:23 AM
My Why is because i love my connection to my tupuna and want to reclaim that what was taken away from my family line. -
Kristin | Share your why
Posted by Kristin Gillies · January 12, 2023 4:35 PM
Test test -
Taniora | Share your why
Posted by Dan Taitoko · January 10, 2023 2:09 PM
Taku tama at Taranaki kapa haka regionals -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Ellis · January 10, 2023 10:40 AM
I have recently moved to New Zealand from the UK and would like to immerse myself in the culture and language of the land. -
Lucinda | Share your why
Posted by Lucinda Brown · January 09, 2023 10:46 AM
kia ora koutou e te whanau, . -
Amanda | Share your why
Posted by Amanda Ridgway · January 09, 2023 9:57 AM
Excited to immerse myself in culture as I move to NZ for the second time. -
Puhi | Share your why
Posted by Puhi Kereama · January 09, 2023 6:33 AM
Kia ora. -
Sade | Share your why
Posted by Sade Maketoni · January 08, 2023 4:39 PM
I think it's very important to learn as it's not taught in schools adequately and I believe it will help to keep the language living -
Glendith | Share your why
Posted by Glendith Samson · January 07, 2023 9:28 PM
My moko took this photo as it was required for my census application. -
Eve | Share your why
Posted by Eve McSoriley · January 07, 2023 4:05 PM
It’s a taonga that all Kiwis should uphold -
Tania | Share your why
Posted by Tania Kingi · January 05, 2023 3:44 PM
Tēnā koutou katoa what drives me to learn is that I am now in my fifty's and want to ensure that my tamariki and my mokopuna know the language of their tunpuna. -
Sue | Share your why
Posted by Sue Perkins · January 01, 2023 7:23 AM
I love our country and seeing visitors enjoy the wonderful scenery. -
carla | Share your why
Posted by carla Moore · December 29, 2022 5:13 PM
Because Te āo Māori is the nicest way to be - if we could all follow the kaupapa of te āo Māori, our communities would be stronger, more connected and therefore a safer, sweeter place to live love and grow in. -
Leilana | Share your why
Posted by Leilana Kemp · December 29, 2022 12:41 PM
I am finding out who I am and have just researched my DNA and found my Dad and siblings! -
Monique | Share your why
Posted by Monique Haami · December 27, 2022 2:24 AM
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Sam | Share your why
Posted by Sam Ormond · December 26, 2022 10:55 PM
I want to teach/learn te real with my mokos -
Janette | Share your why
Posted by Janette Osborne · December 26, 2022 3:04 PM
I want to understand more within our blended community -
Maudie | Share your why
Posted by Maudie Chan · December 26, 2022 11:14 AM
I have always wanted to learn te reo Maori. -
Tarnea | Share your why
Posted by Tarnea Leslie · December 25, 2022 8:45 AM
Meri Kirihimete -
Lanessa | Share your why
Posted by Lanessa Roberts · December 24, 2022 6:31 PM
I think for me it was so hard to understand why I couldn’t speak as fluent as those around me. -
Donna Maraea | Share your why
Posted by Donna Maraea Te Tai · December 24, 2022 10:17 AM
Meri Kirihimete, nga whanau -
Manu | Share your why
Posted by Manu Shields · December 22, 2022 10:03 AM
kei te ako tonu au - I am only learning -
Ruth | Share your why
Posted by Ruth Tolise · December 22, 2022 9:11 AM
As a woman of pasifika descent, language forms a big part of my identity and anchors me in my culture. -
Angelina | Share your why
Posted by Angelina Nepe Apatu · December 18, 2022 3:07 PM
No longer should one feel lost and lonely when you know who you are... -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Gordon-Church · December 15, 2022 3:27 PM
In solidarity with our brothers and sisters whose language and culture are the foundation of a nation. -
Stanford | Share your why
Posted by Stanford Mitchell · December 12, 2022 3:47 AM
I was born in Auckland in 1963, went to school in Christchurch, have lived in England for 42years since 1980. -
Dave | Share your why
Posted by Dave Cooper · December 10, 2022 7:04 AM
As it has always been a treasured taonga of mine . -
Eulalia | Share your why
Posted by Eulalia Macabeo · December 06, 2022 11:59 PM
For a long time i had felt disconnected from my culture and embarrassed at the fact that i am unable to Kōrero Māori. -
Morgan | Share your why
Posted by Morgan Clayton · December 06, 2022 12:55 PM
I want to learn te reo so that I can uphold the mana of te reo Maaori and create space for te reo and te ao Maaori to flourish in Aotearoa. -
Manoj | Share your why
Posted by Manoj Patel · December 03, 2022 10:05 AM
Knowing and speaking Māori will make me fully understand , value and enjoy this rich culture of my country New Zealand that I am citizen of and call this my home -
Julie | Share your why
Posted by Julie Edwards · November 30, 2022 8:41 AM
I am learning To honour my Tīpuna and my Tamariki. -
Niki | Share your why
Posted by Niki Ash · November 26, 2022 2:11 PM
To participate fully in te ao Māori. -
Raylyn | Share your why
Posted by Raylyn Christian · November 23, 2022 1:21 PM
I wish to uphold the mana of my tupuna as I learn to speak Te Reo. -
Christine | Share your why
Posted by Christine McLeod · November 22, 2022 8:48 PM
To bebable to have a conversation in te reo maori -
Katina | Share your why
Posted by Katina Hughes · November 19, 2022 3:05 PM
As a current kaiako pitomata I very am excited to begin teaching in my own akomanga next year.
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Kenyon | Share your why
Posted by Kenyon Radich · November 17, 2022 5:27 PM
At Manurewa Central School, we celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori by performing our school haka - Ko Putahi O Manurewa. -
Graham | Share your why
Posted by Graham Reihana · November 16, 2022 6:22 PM
Te Reo is an Awakening for me and I shall enjoy the path I have chosen! -
Corrine | Share your why
Posted by Corrine Broughton · November 08, 2022 1:37 PM
I want to take part in this movement for my tamariki and to make sure my culture is recognised, not just on this day but every day. -
Cait | Share your why
Posted by Cait Tomlinson · November 08, 2022 9:30 AM
Since beginning my te reo Māori journey at the start of 2022, I have gained so much more than learning to speak another language. -
Jeronimo | Share your why
Posted by Jeronimo Panopio · September 18, 2022 1:18 PM
To be my best for my Māori partner and community -
Teresa | Share your why
Posted by Teresa Higham · September 14, 2022 1:30 PM
Our tupuna hear us when we korero i nga wa katoa 🖤🤍♥️ -
Sonia | Share your why
Posted by Sonia Balbinotti · September 13, 2022 10:01 AM
Te tangata, te tangata, te tangata -
Min | Share your why
Posted by Min Iles · September 12, 2022 1:55 PM
Kokako Mt Bruce, Aotearoa Native Bird, only one in captivity. -
Jill | Share your why
Posted by Jill Harvey · September 12, 2022 1:52 PM
I'm learning te reo to help myself and my tamariki to grow in small steps , we are playing games and introducing more words every week to extend ourselves -
Matt | Share your why
Posted by Matthew Renata · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Kia ora, 2 years ago my wife and I started learning (level 1) te Reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. -
Alyx | Share your why
Posted by Alyx Buckland · September 12, 2022 10:45 AM
He pai ake te iti i te kore - A little is better than none :) -
Dee-Jay | Share your why
Posted by Dee Jay Gray · September 12, 2022 9:30 AM
I want to be part of the movement that normalises and practices Te Ao Māori on a daily basis. -
Mike | Share your why
Posted by Mike Loveman · September 12, 2022 8:23 AM
I want to be part of making Te Reo Māori so normal that anyone can relax under its korowai. -
Cherie | Share your why
Posted by Cherie Jaeger · September 12, 2022 7:55 AM
Seeking a sense of belonging for myself and my students through the learning of te reo Maori, kaupapa Maori and our connection to the whenua. -
Muriel | Share your why
Posted by Muriel Tunoho · September 11, 2022 10:07 PM
I attended a six week immersion Reo Maori course at Te Kuratini in Wellington in 1981 and have been a second language learner off and on since. -
Ana | Share your why
Posted by Ana Devery · September 11, 2022 8:29 PM
Why? Because it never should’ve been taken in the first place and we must ensure it is never in jeopardy of being lost again. -
Lucy | Share your why
Posted by Lucy Tomlinson · September 11, 2022 12:59 PM
Use Te Reo more, . -
Krystal | Share your why
Posted by Krystal Hawkins · September 11, 2022 10:13 AM
Kia ora kautou . -
haylee | Share your why
Posted by Haylee Scott · September 10, 2022 7:55 PM
I like to write about kia kaha te Reo Māori I love to korero Māori wa . -
haylee | Share your why
Posted by Haylee Scott · September 10, 2022 7:36 PM
This is my moko kauae this means that all about Kia kaha te reo Māori I nga wa Katoa me to waiata moteatea -
Katy | Share your why
Posted by Katy Grant · September 10, 2022 5:22 PM
I have been humbled by mana wahine throughout my life learning journey within tikanga me te reo Māori. -
Courtney | Share your why
Posted by Courtney Kete · September 09, 2022 12:30 PM
To share our beautiful reo, to learn our beautiful reo, to normalise our beautiful reo. -
Patena | Share your why
Posted by Patena Tupe · September 08, 2022 7:24 PM
The inspiration of this piece came from the old pictures 50 years ago with our people holding a banner saying AKONA TE REO MAORI the use of the Tino Rangatiratanga haki adds to the sacredness of our language -
Patena | Share your why
Posted by Patena Tupe · September 08, 2022 6:36 PM
This art piece depicts sacredness of each vowel which originates from our Atua Maori to our Tupuna to us the use of the Tino Rangatiratanga haki strengthens our hikoi of rejuvenation of Te Reo Maori -
Pearl | Share your why
Posted by Pearl · September 08, 2022 2:26 PM
Continue to speak te reo and learn it alongside my pepi and mokos. -
Linda | Share your why
Posted by Linda Woodfield · September 08, 2022 6:42 AM
It is imperative that I learn to speak this beautiful language♥️Love what I have managed to grasp so far but I want more - oh to be fluent♥️♥️ -
Tia | Share your why
Posted by Tia Tuhou · September 07, 2022 9:25 PM
In my line of mahi, I greet people everyday by using the phrase “Kia Ora” -
Logan | Share your why
Posted by Logan Nickles · September 07, 2022 12:28 PM
To learn and integrate Te Reo into daily life -
Janet | Share your why
Posted by Janet Holt · September 06, 2022 4:39 PM
With my beautiful grandaughter immersed in her culture, I too want to be a part of her journey it has given her so much essence and love -
Danielle | Share your why
Posted by Danielle Tolson · September 06, 2022 1:20 PM
This is my favourite week of the year! -
Kurt | Share your why
Posted by Kurt Dorset · September 06, 2022 12:09 PM
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James | Share your why
Posted by James Higgins · September 05, 2022 4:36 PM
I have been learning for 7 1/2 years now and I am now the teacher of Te Ao Māori and Kapa Haka at Morrinsville Intermediate and can do the basics of whaikorero and speak intermediate level. -
gracey | Share your why
Posted by gracey ahsei · September 05, 2022 1:01 PM
kia ora whanau, ko grace ingoa -
Jadene | Share your why
Posted by Jadene Wilde · September 05, 2022 9:01 AM
Every year my goal is to learn more, know more, speak more than I did the year before. -
Sheree | Share your why
Posted by Sheree Bennett · September 04, 2022 2:54 PM
For my tama Tamati and the moko Emmit and Wolf who are Ngapuhi strong. -
Sheree | Share your why
Posted by Sheree Bennett · September 04, 2022 2:48 PM
Tame Iti and his Mahi for this exhibition reminds us that our tipuna were punished for speaking the reo. -
Miriama | Share your why
Posted by Miriama Mason · September 03, 2022 11:52 AM
Ma te ako ka mohio, ma te mohio ka marama, ma te marama ka matau. -
April | Share your why
Posted by April O'Brien · September 02, 2022 8:00 PM
This is my why! -
Halen | Share your why
Posted by Halen Karena · September 02, 2022 12:20 PM
He aha au e hiahia nei ki te ako i te reo Māori?. -
Patena | Share your why
Posted by Patena Tupe · September 01, 2022 6:25 PM
The inspiration for the art piece evolved from the pictures of the hikoi to parliament Akona te reo Maori . -
Miquelle | Share your why
Posted by Miquelle Blake · September 01, 2022 12:16 PM
My one is to ensure our language stays alive and flourishing, within my whanau hapu and iwi. -
Rosemary | Share your why
Posted by Rosemary Keay · September 01, 2022 3:57 AM
It's important to me as I've always felt like a piece of me is missing & Im so jealous of those that can speak te Reo as I was never taught it & I grew up not being able to form my own thoughts. -
Jordana | Share your why
Posted by Jordana Ngaruhe · August 31, 2022 7:13 PM
I Am The Epitome of Maori, But in The Pit of Me There's A bit of Me That Wishes I Was. -
Andrew | Share your why
Posted by Andrew Chapman · August 31, 2022 1:08 PM
Kia mahi tahi tatou katoa ki te poipoi i te kotahitanga mo te ahurea o Aotearoa -
Shaun | Share your why
Posted by Shaun Thomson · August 29, 2022 3:07 PM
IT is a language and culture, that should be treasured -
thornton | Share your why
Posted by thornton mcdade · August 29, 2022 2:51 PM
Diversity is paramount to greater engagement -
Dallas | Share your why
Posted by Dallas Hauraki · August 29, 2022 2:18 PM
Ko mātou ngā uri whakatipu o ngā iwi o Muriwhenua -
Tapaita | Share your why
Posted by Tapaita Matekuolava · August 29, 2022 12:05 PM
I need to learn Te Reo Maori, because it is the language of the native people of the land that I choose to spend the rest of my life at. -
Felicity | Share your why
Posted by Felicity Williden · August 29, 2022 10:06 AM
I want to honour my nga tupuna and connect with my heritage by learning more te reo Māori, and encouraging others around me to do the same. -
Micah | Share your why
Posted by Micah Butt · August 29, 2022 8:21 AM
I will work with my team to share the resources on this site and uplift te reo Māori in our workplace. -
Natasha | Share your why
Posted by Natasha Teinakore · August 28, 2022 7:27 PM
Te reo Māori is a taonga of Aotearoa that needs to be treasured and protected. -
Abigail | Share your why
Posted by Abigail Robinson · August 28, 2022 7:11 PM
I learn te reo Māori to be a better part of my community and get back in touch with my lost link to my tipuna -
Jan | Share your why
Posted by Jan Morison · August 28, 2022 4:28 PM
It’s important to be one in a million to ensure this lovely language stays alive and is familiar to - and used by - all people in Aotearoa New Zealand. -
Charmaine | Share your why
Posted by Charmaine Carlaw · August 28, 2022 2:30 PM
As a school, we want to provide as many opportunities for our ākonga to learn about and experience every aspect of te ao Māori. -
Jacinda | Share your why
Posted by Jacinda Chisholm · August 28, 2022 11:18 AM
I am learning because of the beauty of this language.