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Lily | Share your why
Posted by Lily Engelbrecht · September 13, 2023 12:06 PM
I love to learn the history of Aotearoa and te Reo o Māori. -
Rosie | Share your why
Posted by Rosie Underwood · September 13, 2023 10:47 AM
I'll sing to keep this culture alive and known. -
Ashley | Share your why
Posted by Helen Crawford · September 13, 2023 10:29 AM
For me, it's about gaining knowledge and strengthening our shared understanding of Te Ao Māori. -
Jen | Share your why
Posted by Jen Griffiths · September 13, 2023 10:23 AM
I want to learn and understand more as an integral piece of our history and future. -
Yosef | Share your why
Posted by Kay Petchell · September 13, 2023 10:05 AM
Because Maaori reo is a taonga. -
Diane | Share your why
Posted by Diane Pakai · September 13, 2023 9:40 AM
My mother was of the generation where they were punished for speaking te reo māori in the playgrounds. -
Kerryn | Share your why
Posted by Kerryn Ferneyhough · September 13, 2023 9:24 AM
Our class has been proudly learning how to sing E Minaka Ana and discussing the importance of the lyrics. -
Gabrielle | Share your why
Posted by Gabrielle Duggan · September 13, 2023 9:20 AM
E mihi ana ki ngā taonga o Aotearoa e noho nei au. -
Tini | Share your why
Posted by Tini Winiata · September 13, 2023 8:49 AM
I graduated Toi Toi Māori Leadership 2022 and I am striving to uplift Te Reo and the beautiful world of Te Ao Maori within Kiwirail Ōtautahi. -
Lauren | Share your why
Posted by Lauren Delaney · September 13, 2023 8:38 AM
Growing up in the South Island in the eighties I received no education or exposure to te reo. -
Vicki | Share your why
Posted by Vicki Fowke · September 13, 2023 8:02 AM
We are the only country that speaks te reo. -
Caroline | Share your why
Posted by Caroline Ogilvie · September 13, 2023 6:52 AM
I would like to learn more waiata -
Faye | Share your why
Posted by F Molen · September 13, 2023 2:06 AM
We will help whaanau to access Māori language resources wherever possible -
Erena | Share your why
Posted by Erena Watson · September 12, 2023 11:45 PM
My whānau, my kāinga, my hapū, my future tamariki and te ao o te mate are all my WHY. -
Penny | Share your why
Posted by Penny Orbell · September 12, 2023 11:00 PM
I want to continue the learning journey of this beautiful language! -
Katherine | Share your why
Posted by Katherine Hamilton · September 12, 2023 10:23 PM
My wero for myself is to be able to tick that I can speak te reo Māori conversationally on the next census. -
Katharine | Share your why
Posted by Katharine Good · September 12, 2023 10:19 PM
Te reo is a beautiful language and I enjoy singing and speaking it -
NicholaHera | Share your why
Posted by NicholaHera Edwards · September 12, 2023 9:45 PM
I love doing my volunteer pest control for te ngahere o Ōtanewainuku. -
Michelle | Share your why
Posted by Michelle Hayward · September 12, 2023 9:34 PM
For my girls to be proud of their tipuna -
Gayle | Share your why
Posted by Gayle Roberts · September 12, 2023 8:41 PM
To learn the reo for my boys who are Māori and to walk beside them as they embrace their whakapapa. -
Jack | Share your why
Posted by Hamish Armstrong · September 12, 2023 8:34 PM
Learn more of the reo that is native to Aotearoa. -
Joanne | Share your why
Posted by Joanne Neilson · September 12, 2023 7:25 PM
He nèhi ahau. -
Xavier | Share your why
Posted by Xavier Adsett · September 12, 2023 6:47 PM
Te Reo Māori is fun! -
Jamie | Share your why
Posted by Jamie Power · September 12, 2023 5:39 PM
I want to feel confident in speaking te reo! -
Amaia | Share your why
Posted by Vanessa Brown · September 12, 2023 4:57 PM
For me and my future generations to come -
Carmen | Share your why
Posted by Carmen McDonald · September 12, 2023 4:41 PM
Kapa haka has given me an extended whanau ever since I was a new child immigrant from Africa. -
Ashlee | Share your why
Posted by Ashlee Campbell-Boyce · September 12, 2023 4:40 PM
Tena koutou I timata taku haerenga mo to au me aku tamariki. -
Lyn | Share your why
Posted by Lyn Ness · September 12, 2023 3:08 PM
I think it is important to acknowledge the Māori language and to be able to pronounce the words properly. -
Strive Rehabilitation Manawatū | Share your why
Posted by Strive Rehabilitation Manawatū Rehabilitation Manawatu · September 12, 2023 2:40 PM
We are a community-based brain injury rehabilitation service in Te Papaioea, Palmerston North. -
Ruth | Share your why
Posted by Ruth Ann Herd · September 12, 2023 2:35 PM
Our team are learning Te Reo Māori every day for an hour this week, including learning a karakia and shared kai to observe the Māori Language Moment on September 14. -
Shanell | Share your why
Posted by Shanell Kelly · September 12, 2023 1:08 PM
Preparing the Harakeke -
Dot | Share your why
Posted by Dot Dalziell · September 12, 2023 12:50 PM
Ko te reo o tēnei whenua - ko tō tātou Reo Rangatira -
Laurence | Share your why
Posted by Laurence Sherriff · September 12, 2023 12:42 PM
Ko Laurence toku ingoa. -
Grace | Share your why
Posted by Grace Duncan · September 12, 2023 12:17 PM
For te reo Māori to be spoken, understood and used everyday across ngā motu! -
Jennifer | Share your why
Posted by Jennifer Hanson · September 12, 2023 12:09 PM
I will be reflecting on my Te Reo journey and making an extra effort to incorporate it into my conversations. -
Tamsyn | Share your why
Posted by Tamsyn Parry · September 12, 2023 11:32 AM
My daughter and I are learning Te Iwi e so we can sing it together. -
Te Ao | Share your why
Posted by Nicola Price-Johnson · September 12, 2023 10:03 AM
In Aotearoa's land of green and gold,. -
Karen | Share your why
Posted by Karen Allnutt-Steelman · September 12, 2023 10:02 AM
As an immigrant with North American Indian ancestry (below the US government's recognised percentage), I can relate to the impacts of colonisation upon Māori. -
Taila | Share your why
Posted by Taila Roth · September 12, 2023 9:49 AM
To let go of my whakama of not growing up with my reo and continue to grow. -
Susanna | Share your why
Posted by Susanna Morton · September 12, 2023 9:10 AM
Te Reo is a beautiful language and it is not celebrated enough in Aotearoa. -
Lara | Share your why
Posted by Lara Signal · September 12, 2023 9:07 AM
For me it’s about learning and becoming stronger in our understanding of Te Ao Māori together. -
Jane | Share your why
Posted by Jane Gama · September 12, 2023 9:02 AM
It is great to see the tide turning and Te Reo becoming an official language in practice. -
Shaheeda | Share your why
Posted by Shaheeda Koya · September 12, 2023 8:58 AM
I keep the korero alive with my tamariki so that we can learn Te Reo together. -
Charlotte | Share your why
Posted by Charlotte Gee · September 12, 2023 8:47 AM
I am wanting to learn Te Reo Māori because I think it is a beautiful language and part of who we are as Aotearoa. -
Kara | Share your why
Posted by Karen McGuire · September 12, 2023 8:45 AM
Kia ora koutou, I want to understand and kōrero te reo Māori as it is a taonga. -
Sheryl | Share your why
Posted by Sheryl Maafu · September 12, 2023 8:38 AM
I want to share our kai here in Kakanui, South Island. -
Lynda | Share your why
Posted by Lynda Haua-Morice · September 11, 2023 11:53 PM
My WHY is because of my whānau. -
Maureen | Share your why
Posted by Moengaroa Tana · September 11, 2023 10:30 PM
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Mel | Share your why
Posted by Mel Pol · September 11, 2023 9:31 PM
Why, because in all my life I have never felt more at home as I do when I step into a marae. -
Koa | Share your why
Posted by Stacey Morrison · September 11, 2023 8:47 PM
Kia māhorahora te reo ki ngā wāhi katoa, me ngā kura katoa o te motu, pēnei i tō tātou Kāreti, ka kīia he kura Pākehā engari e hāpai nei i tō tātou reo rangatira -
Bronie | Share your why
Posted by Bronie Ford · September 11, 2023 8:02 PM
I want to learn and grow my knowledge and skills to help educate the generations to come. -
Juanita | Share your why
Posted by Juanita Corbett · September 11, 2023 7:29 PM
My mokopuna (when they come') are my "why" and the changes I would like for them. -
Simone | Share your why
Posted by Simone Haywood · September 11, 2023 6:47 PM
I do it for my tamariki and whānau who are Māori. -
Nare | Share your why
Posted by Nare Whittaker · September 11, 2023 6:06 PM
Whakarongorua te maunga. -
Lisa | Share your why
Posted by Lisa Thompson · September 11, 2023 5:41 PM
As a Kaiako at our kura, it is important to acknowledge our Maori heritage and teach our tamariki the reo, waiata, stories and tikanga. -
Hui | Share your why
Posted by Hui Tipene · September 11, 2023 4:22 PM
Mauri Ora ki te Mana Maori x -
Lisa | Share your why
Posted by Lisa Sengelow · September 11, 2023 3:31 PM
Ko tāku hiahia, ko te ako i te reo Māori au ia rā ia rā, nā te mea, he tino ātaahua te reo! -
Tessa | Share your why
Posted by Tessa Montgomerie · September 11, 2023 3:12 PM
To honor my Tupuna and create a legacy for my children -
Amy | Share your why
Posted by Amy McLaughlin · September 11, 2023 1:19 PM
To inspire the next generation to see te reo as the taonga it is! -
Terri | Share your why
Posted by Terri Hughes · September 11, 2023 1:09 PM
Kia whai wāhi ngā tangata katoa ki te ako . -
Terri | Share your why
Posted by Terri Hughes · September 11, 2023 12:55 PM
Hari ki Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori koutou. -
Angelicia | Share your why
Posted by Angelicia Anthony Thane · September 11, 2023 12:52 PM
To remain in touch with my indigenous identity and roots albeit being away from my whenua <3 -
Sam | Share your why
Posted by B Lilley · September 11, 2023 12:45 PM
Help the next generation coming through learn te reo Maori -
Oliver | Share your why
Posted by Miss Lilley · September 11, 2023 12:38 PM
We are so lucky to have this taonga in Aotearoa, this week is a great chance to celebrate that by giving it a try! -
Richard | Share your why
Posted by Richard Kupenga · September 11, 2023 12:00 PM
This is my why. -
Rachel | Share your why
Posted by Rachel Mackay · September 11, 2023 11:38 AM
It's likely that some of my ancestors were part of the orchestrated move to eradicate Te Reo Māori. -
Anne | Share your why
Posted by Anne Sloan · September 11, 2023 11:36 AM
My daughter and I are learning Te Reo. -
Juniper | Share your why
Posted by Justina Fariu · September 11, 2023 11:35 AM
I will be using TeReo in my emails/correspondence and with my daughter :) -
Tracey | Share your why
Posted by Tracey Robertson · September 11, 2023 11:12 AM
Te reo is a treasure that needs protecting. -
Sarah | Share your why
Posted by Sarah Gray · September 11, 2023 11:07 AM
Kia ora e hoa mā! -
Yvonne | Share your why
Posted by Yvonne Gemmell · September 11, 2023 11:05 AM
My tamāhine and I are learning te Reo Māori in the hope that one day we are able to speak it as our primary language at home. -
Daedae | Share your why
Posted by Daedae Tekoronga-Waka · September 11, 2023 11:01 AM
No reira e kore rawa e mate taku reo, engari ka tipu mo nga tau e haere ake nei. -
Gabrielle | Share your why
Posted by Gabrielle Walker · September 11, 2023 11:01 AM
My Country, My Culture, My Blood. -
Anastasia | Share your why
Posted by Anastasia Vdovina · September 11, 2023 10:43 AM
As Kaitiaki of early development of our tamariki we believe It is important that te reo Māori is valued and used in all ECE settings. -
Missy | Share your why
Posted by Missy Hokai · September 11, 2023 10:41 AM
Celebrate together as a strong community who embrace Te reo Māori! -
Rosângela | Share your why
Posted by Rosângela Martins dos Santos · September 11, 2023 10:22 AM
I love the Polynesian people especially Aotearoa because my son lives in Kerikeri. -
Daniele | Share your why
Posted by Daniele Savage · September 11, 2023 9:59 AM
Speaking te reo is a useful tohu for my keti open so many avenues it’s beautiful to know other languages -
Chelsea | Share your why
Posted by Chelsea McGaw · September 11, 2023 9:58 AM
I am working on my reo to increase my use and recall of phrases, to memorise more karakia and waiata and to connect deeper with Te Ao Māori -
Ariel | Share your why
Posted by Jenny Cutting · September 11, 2023 9:45 AM
The Glenfield Library team will sing 3 waiata together with the community present in the library for the Māori Moment on Thursday. -
Viki | Share your why
Posted by Viki Runnerstrum · September 11, 2023 9:44 AM
Our Inquiry is driven by strong Whakatauki. -
Zion | Share your why
Posted by keeley livingstone · September 11, 2023 9:24 AM
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Lyla | Share your why
Posted by Lyla Turner · September 11, 2023 9:21 AM
Ko ngā pae tawhiti, whaia kia tata. -
Lucy | Share your why
Posted by Lucy Rive · September 11, 2023 9:20 AM
Ko te mutunga oranga, he timatatanga kaha -
Kahli | Share your why
Posted by Kelly Rose · September 11, 2023 8:55 AM
To honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi -
Pippa | Share your why
Posted by Pippa Cubey · September 11, 2023 8:12 AM
He Pākehā ahau. -
Pikitia | Share your why
Posted by Pikitia Harawira · September 11, 2023 8:06 AM
I am learning more Reo Māori through waiata, moteatea, Reo Māori classes and whakapapa. -
Sam | Share your why
Posted by Sam deMello · September 11, 2023 7:50 AM
I want to learn more Te Reo Māori because we are a bicultural country and i think it is our responsibility to acknowledge that. -
Peter | Share your why
Posted by Peter Norman · September 11, 2023 7:47 AM
To use Te Reo Māori everyday especially in the workplace. -
Kelly | Share your why
Posted by Kelly Lambert · September 11, 2023 7:34 AM
Te reo Māori is so important for New Zealand’s history and recognition of our bicultural country. -
Pearl | Share your why
Posted by Pearl Hanify · September 11, 2023 7:30 AM
Because I live in Aotearoa, for my Tūpuna who spoke reo Māori, and so that my pēpi will be able to kōrero Māori -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Aroha Whata · September 11, 2023 7:25 AM
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Tanea | Share your why
Posted by Tania Morgan · September 10, 2023 7:17 PM
I feel connected to this country of my birth and Māori and want to embrace and respect the treaty. -
Tala | Share your why
Posted by Tala Kalauni · September 10, 2023 6:13 PM
Building better understanding & relations with my learners, add another level of fun in our space & sharing with others who are interested. -
Toby | Share your why
Posted by Toby Brown · September 10, 2023 12:00 PM
He waka eke noa. -
Katharina | Share your why
Posted by Katharina Kiefer · September 10, 2023 11:34 AM
We will gather together as one and sing! -
Denise | Share your why
Posted by Denise Kerr · September 10, 2023 9:17 AM
Keep the Reo alive ! -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Payton Taplin Payton Taplin · September 09, 2023 11:20 AM
I'm taking part because I'm proud to be Māori and love our culture. -
Karen | Share your why
Posted by Karen Muir · September 08, 2023 4:27 PM
I'm scared of getting it wrong so I want to feel more confident starting with some basic te reo. -
Elizabeth | Share your why
Posted by Elizabeth Kim · September 08, 2023 4:25 PM
Ki a au nei, e hirahira ana kia mōhio tātou ko te reo Māori he reo o tēnei whenua.
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Siobhan | Share your why
Posted by Siobhan Lenehan · September 08, 2023 12:15 PM
Learning about the world around us and how to be kaitiaki of our environment
