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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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Events
Huihuinga
Events
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Ngā Ara Ako
Learning Pathways
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Learning Pathways
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Jodeci | Share your why
Posted by Jodeci Matthews Pulman · August 27, 2022 2:14 PM
Te Ao Maori is the reason I am the young woman I am today and the reason I'm able to be an amazing mama to my tama. -
Jasmine | Share your why
Posted by Jasmine Martin · August 27, 2022 1:53 PM
Mō aku tamariki te take e whakaako tonu ana ahau i toku reo rangatira. -
Douglas | Share your why
Posted by Douglas Turgeon · August 27, 2022 10:28 AM
I am Interested in, supportive of and wish to learn as much about indigenous cultures wherever I travel. -
John | Share your why
Posted by John Merritt · August 27, 2022 8:27 AM
I have tried to learn reo and get involved in the culture but in the end it didn't really hold my interest, but I support anyone that wants to give it a go. -
Natasha | Share your why
Posted by Natasha Ochkas · August 27, 2022 5:33 AM
My own identity -
Victoria | Share your why
Posted by Victoria Andrews · August 26, 2022 11:22 PM
I want to speak to my Māori friends in their own language. -
Lucy | Share your why
Posted by Lucy Bould · August 26, 2022 10:29 PM
One of the best parts about my job is being able to teach a new generation of kids about our precious culture and reo. -
Julie | Share your why
Posted by Julie Williams · August 26, 2022 4:29 PM
I have recognised that I need to find out who I am, my identity and my culture. -
Aidan | Share your why
Posted by Aidan Messenger · August 26, 2022 2:16 PM
I'm participating in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in the hopes that one day the beauty of Te Reo Māori can be heard and used every single day. -
John | Share your why
Posted by John Ellen · August 25, 2022 10:01 PM
It is important to spread the culture of the original inhabitants of Aotearoa. -
Lee | Share your why
Posted by Lee Gardiner · August 25, 2022 12:34 PM
I love Te Reo Māori for its beauty and how it connects me to me tipuna. -
Christopher | Share your why
Posted by Christopher Longhurst · August 25, 2022 5:04 AM
Because learning about Te Ao Māori, Te Reo Māori, and Mātauranga is not just for Māori. -
Courtney | Share your why
Posted by Courtney Bignell · August 24, 2022 11:15 PM
I am an early childhood kaiako and I think it’s important that we keep this language alive x -
Tania | Share your why
Posted by Tania Collingwood · August 24, 2022 9:10 PM
It all begins with tamariki, I will work alongside tamariki and whanau to ensure that their language culture and identity survives. -
Abbey | Share your why
Posted by Abbey Neho-Marsh · August 23, 2022 11:12 PM
For my Tipuna, my Tamariki, future Mokopuna and to stand tall in the revitalisation of our Reo! -
Josy | Share your why
Posted by Josy Jansonius · August 23, 2022 4:20 PM
For my niece! -
Paul | Share your why
Posted by Paul Hopkins · August 23, 2022 11:51 AM
I am a part of Aotearoa and as a part I want to be involved in all the cultures :) -
Kate | Share your why
Posted by Kate Davies · August 23, 2022 10:49 AM
To be more connected to our culture and become more proficient in our beautiful language :) -
David | Share your why
Posted by David Gould · August 22, 2022 5:41 PM
Learning te reo Māori has not been part of my education as a youth due to living overseas during my primary and secondary schooling. -
Teresa | Share your why
Posted by Teresa Harris · August 22, 2022 10:04 AM
I have lived in NZ for over 30 years. -
Trevor | Share your why
Posted by Trevor Maru · August 21, 2022 8:45 PM
Ko te reo tōku oranga ko te reo taku hononga ki tōku ao Māori. -
Pam | Share your why
Posted by Pam Kupa · August 21, 2022 7:24 AM
Our Kaunihera Te Reo group at Nga Ara Tipuna story telling journeys in Waipukurau. -
kiaia | Share your why
Posted by kiaia kiaia · August 20, 2022 3:30 PM
I want to learn more about my maori side -
Andrew | Share your why
Posted by Andrew Bell · August 19, 2022 10:32 AM
Learning Te Reo Māori has helped me see new perspectives and ways of understanding the natural world and people around me, and connecting with them in a different way. -
Kosha-Joy | Share your why
Posted by Kosha-Joy Brady · August 18, 2022 4:00 PM
Kei te ako a Rangi! -
Paul | Share your why
Posted by Paul Graham · August 18, 2022 2:42 PM
It is my responsibility to show respect and take up the challenge -
jason | Share your why
Posted by jason brown · August 17, 2022 3:27 PM
kia ora,. -
Tamaterangi | Share your why
Posted by Tamaterangi Andrew · August 17, 2022 2:21 PM
"He ao te rangi ka uhia, a, ma te huruhuru te manu ka rere". -
Lizzie | Share your why
Posted by Lizzie Chee · August 17, 2022 2:07 PM
As a primary school teacher from a very racist pakeha family other than a marae trip when I was 10 my exposure to our deep rich Maori heritage, was limited. -
Rebekah | Share your why
Posted by Rebekah Aalders · August 17, 2022 12:34 PM
As an ece teacher I feel it's important for our tamariki to see and hear te reo māori -
Tania | Share your why
Posted by Tania Robertson · August 17, 2022 12:34 PM
I work in Health -
Francis | Share your why
Posted by Francis Trubuhovich · August 17, 2022 10:11 AM
One of my biggest regrets is not learning my whanau language when I was younger. -
Marcia | Share your why
Posted by Marcia Walker · August 17, 2022 9:46 AM
My whānau is on the journey to rediscovering their Reo and I want to continue to improve my use and understanding of the language to continue to connect with my whānau and my heritage. -
Tipene | Share your why
Posted by Tipene Ngāpaki · August 16, 2022 8:37 PM
My why is to one day whaikōrero fluently, to honour my tūpuna. -
Julie | Share your why
Posted by Julie Sandbrook · August 16, 2022 7:08 PM
I am inspired to ensure that myself, and my tamariki become fluent in te reo Maori, and te ao Maori, as we are part of the future of Aotearoa. -
Kylie | Share your why
Posted by Kylie Salanoa · August 16, 2022 4:45 PM
Raising my tamariki has inspired me to learn my language. -
Larissa | Share your why
Posted by Larissa Scott · August 16, 2022 1:40 PM
I am wanting to be apart of keeping te reo Māori alive because it is a beautiful language and I want to be able to teach my young son the importance of Māori in Aotearoa. -
Ann-Maria | Share your why
Posted by Ann-Maria Vine · August 16, 2022 10:08 AM
When hearing others speak Te Reo I am envious and would love to be able to korero as they do. -
Anaru | Share your why
Posted by Anaru Wilson · August 15, 2022 8:10 PM
I’m Kiwi, not iwi, however i’m proud of who we are as a nation. -
Maree | Share your why
Posted by Maree Thomas · August 10, 2022 6:04 PM
I want to be one in a million for my children and my whanau. -
Aroha | Share your why
Posted by Aroha Whata · June 27, 2022 11:44 AM
My name is ArohA -
Nick | Share your why
Posted by Nick Jones · May 12, 2022 9:08 PM
I'm learning reo Māori to support my tama as he's in his second year at kura kaupapa, and I want to support him to grow and develop as a fluent reo speaker with a strong connection to his whakapapa and whenua. -
daniel | Share your why
Posted by daniel hohepa · May 11, 2022 4:55 PM
i teeraka atu wiki i whakaritengia e ngaa taamariki o Te Arapeta Koohanga reo,. -
Claire | Share your why
Posted by Claire A · May 04, 2022 3:04 PM
I want to be part of the movement that helps keep te reo alive and thriving and growing. -
Chanelle | Share your why
Posted by Chanelle Cowan · March 21, 2022 2:10 PM
I want to part of the movement that normalises and practices Te Ao Māori on a daily basis; I want to help destigmatize the use of Reo in a workplace; I want to encourage my whānau to rediscover and reconnect with their roots, heritage and right as a Māori; I want to learn more and pave a path for future generations -
Aketainga | Share your why
Posted by Aketainga O'Kinga · March 17, 2022 11:09 AM
My Nana said they used to get the cane everyday at school for speaking Mа̄ori. -
Anthony Comrie | Share your why
Posted by Anthony Comrie Campbell · March 16, 2022 7:29 AM
I remember when I was 9 years old, and the idot Goverment at the time stopped Te Reo Māori being spoken and no more Carving or weaving was allowed. -
Sariah Abish | Share your why
Posted by Sariah Abish Timu · March 15, 2022 10:28 PM
My dream is to kōrero māori i ngā wa katoa. -
Tania | Share your why
Posted by Tania Crawford · March 10, 2022 10:40 AM
It is important to me to learn to speak my language, learn my culture and share what i am learning with my whānau. -
Mark | New Zealand
Posted by Mark Lawrence · February 11, 2022 11:30 AM
My why is to embrace and re-ignite what was lost and discover and express the beauty of te ao Māori and taonga o te reo now and in the future -
Michelle | Napier
Posted by Michelle Maggin · November 06, 2021 12:14 PM
To learn this beautiful language and understand the culture, i did one year at Te Wananga learning but i feel I've only touched the surface of both the language and the culture. -
Harsh Singh | Taupiri, Waikato
Posted by Harsh Singh Garcha · November 03, 2021 2:45 PM
My why is to learn Te Reo and pass it on to our future generations. -
Ngahina | Wellington
Posted by Ngahina Haronga · November 03, 2021 10:11 AM
I have reconnected with my language to tautoko my Husband and daughter and connect with there whakapapa. -
Diana | Christchurch
Posted by Diana Law · November 03, 2021 9:40 AM
Because language is fundamental to culture and if Te Reo thrives Māori will thrive - that is good for all of us. -
Kaya | New Zealand
Posted by Kaya Williams Cash Waipouri · November 03, 2021 12:06 AM
Kia ora, . -
Barbara | Waihi
Posted by Barbara Saies · November 02, 2021 10:06 PM
my son is Maori and grew up in Hokianga. -
Pete | Te Awa Kairangi
Posted by Pete Zwart · September 28, 2021 6:31 PM
I want to be part of this because te reo is rich and beautiful, because it carries and imprints the history and cultures of Aotearoa including within the reo names of the landscape, and because I feel the inability to operate in te reo as a kind of disability. -
Sue | Paraparaumu
Posted by Sue Boyde · September 18, 2021 1:51 PM
o me te reo Māori is a precious native species that must not go extinct. -
Mel | Te Awa Kairangi
Posted by Mel Hamon · September 17, 2021 5:16 PM
Kia whakapikia te hauora ai o taku whānau -
Belinda | New Zealand
Posted by Belinda Sydenham · September 17, 2021 9:27 AM
If we can understand a language, we can also understand a culture. -
Ropata | New Zealand
Posted by Ropata Maxwell · September 17, 2021 8:59 AM
Mā tōku reo e mōhiotia atu ai e te ao ko wai ahau, nō whea ahau -
Etha | New Zealand
Posted by Etha Ngabito · September 15, 2021 10:07 PM
I love to learn a new language -
Manish | New Zealand
Posted by Manish Tanna · September 15, 2021 9:58 PM
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Tanya | New Zealand
Posted by Tanya Glengarry · September 15, 2021 9:06 AM
I am a teacher who tries her best to teach basic Te Reo to my students. -
Kura | New Zealand
Posted by Kura Tuhura · September 14, 2021 6:29 PM
Ko toku reo, te pou e whakaatu ana i te mata o toku ngakau. -
Lois | Auckland
Posted by Lois McIver · September 14, 2021 6:11 PM
Arahoe Team Teina are paddling our waka under the banner of our school whakataukī 'He waka eke noa' to support the movement to normalise Te Reo in Aotearoa. -
Sophie | Wellington
Posted by Sophie Bishop · September 14, 2021 4:40 PM
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Ruth | New Zealand
Posted by Ruth Scott · September 14, 2021 4:20 PM
Te Reo is an important part of who we are and the value it places on the Maori people is key to their identity. -
Debbie | New Zealand
Posted by Debbie Waller · September 14, 2021 3:49 PM
Te reo Māori was the first language spoken in our country. -
Lee | Wellington
Posted by Lee Muir · September 14, 2021 3:43 PM
I love languages and words. -
Maia | New Zealand
Posted by Maia Kelburn · September 14, 2021 2:39 PM
We want to take part to celebrate the beautiful indigenous language of New Zealand. -
Noel | New Zealand
Posted by Noel Woods · September 14, 2021 2:12 PM
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Noel | New Zealand
Posted by Noel Woods · September 14, 2021 2:12 PM
We are committed to te reo Māori and kaupapa and have just employed a Director - Ngā Toi Māori to help guide us as an organisation with all our festivals such as CubaDupa and Fringe Festival. -
Taiarahia | New Zealand
Posted by Taiarahia Melbourne · September 14, 2021 2:06 PM
Ahakoa he iti he pounamu -
Whatumairangi | New Zealand
Posted by Whatumairangi Hapeta · September 14, 2021 2:01 PM
Kia ūkaipō te reo Māori ki ngā kāinga, kia tupu te hiahia me te ngākau nui a Aotearoa whānui ki tō tātou reo Māori. -
Kylie | New Zealand
Posted by Kylie Bellis · September 14, 2021 1:49 PM
Encouraging my students to share their learning of te reo Maori, to normalise te reo Māori, to be the change that they want. -
Michelle | New Zealand
Posted by Michelle Ironside · September 14, 2021 1:48 PM
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Taiarahia | New Zealand
Posted by Taiarahia Melbourne · September 14, 2021 1:45 PM
Hei whakakoakoa i te reo mo nga reanga katoa -
Turiana | New Zealand
Posted by Turiana Waititi · September 14, 2021 1:42 PM
Ko te reo maori te reo o aku tipuna no Aotearoa. -
Noel | New Zealand
Posted by Noel Woods · September 14, 2021 1:40 PM
We are committed to te reo Māori and kaupapa and have just employed a Director - Ngā Toi Māori to help guide us as an organisation with all our festivals such as CubaDupa and Fringe Festival. -
Rowena | New Zealand
Posted by Rowena Ferguson · September 14, 2021 1:36 PM
We are always striving to develop our te reo Māori and as a school feel that the more we integrate it into everyday language the better and more knowledgable our Tamariki will be. -
Trudy | Pūkorokoro
Posted by Trudy Lane · September 14, 2021 1:35 PM
Na te mea Te Tiriti me tōku arohanui mo te tangata o te whenua. -
Taiarahia | New Zealand
Posted by Taiarahia Melbourne · September 14, 2021 1:30 PM
Ki te whakamana i te reo Maori hei reo mo nga reanga katoa -
Palvi | Auckalnd
Posted by Divijaa Sharma · September 14, 2021 1:26 PM
I love to learn Te Reo Maori. -
Gretta | New Zealand
Posted by Gretta Walter · September 14, 2021 1:21 PM
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Belinda | New Zealand
Posted by Belinda Carter · September 14, 2021 1:19 PM
Kia ora koutou katoa. -
Emily | New Zealand
Posted by Emily Auva'a · September 14, 2021 1:16 PM
It is important to me to learn Te Reo Māori because I believe that in doing this is pay respect to Tangata Whenua and their indigenous connection to Aotearoa. -
Charlie | Hamilton
Posted by Charlie Poihipi · September 14, 2021 1:03 PM
Te reo Maori is a taonga, that helps to revitalise the identity for Maori people, my humble appreciation goes to those who have past and those who are present for the selfless sacrifices made to lead and re-establish our reo, te reo Maori, te reo o te Iwi whenua o Aotearoa, kia kaha! -
Senolee | New Zealand
Posted by Senolee Vithana · September 14, 2021 1:00 PM
Te Reo is important to us Kiwis and Speaking Te Reo is important everywhere so I think everyone should speak Te Reo! -
William | New Zealand
Posted by William Albertsma · September 14, 2021 12:55 PM
We celebrated as a team by asking each other how we were feeling in te reo Māori before playing a kahoot together which looked at kupu we knew. -
Makere | New Zealand
Posted by Makere Derbyshire · September 14, 2021 12:54 PM
I think it is what makes Aotearoa (NZ) unique. -
Al | New Zealand
Posted by Alice Doig · September 14, 2021 12:54 PM
Kotahitanga -
Christina | Tauranga
Posted by Christina Fitzgerald · September 14, 2021 12:52 PM
I love Te Reo Maori it is my passion I have done level 2 and level 4 Te Ara Reo Maori The reason why I want to be part of the Maori Language Movement it is part of my wairua -
Asha | Mangatawhiri
Posted by Asha Tupou Vea · September 14, 2021 12:51 PM
Important as our identity as people and future generations of Aotearoa. -
Tamzin | New Zealand
Posted by Tamzin Tihema · September 14, 2021 12:44 PM
It ultimately fills my wairua cup reconnecting with our culture and people. -
Te Rahera | New Zealand
Posted by Te Rahera Hibbs · September 14, 2021 12:40 PM
Ko te AROHA, te matapono o Foxton Primary School, Te Kura o Te Awahou. -
Bethany | New Zealand
Posted by Bethany Keyte · September 14, 2021 12:39 PM
As a kindy whanau we treasure te reo Maori and include it in our day to day interactions and Waiata. -
Allanah | New Zealand
Posted by Allanah Johnston · September 14, 2021 12:36 PM
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Sharon | New Zealand
Posted by Sharon Jensen · September 14, 2021 12:34 PM
To help ensure our language continues to grow. -
Kaitlyn | New Zealand
Posted by Kaitlyn Wylie · September 14, 2021 12:33 PM
Language is a tāonga!