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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2023

Hosting the National Tournament some 21 years since our last. . Exciting to be near capacity of 300 players. . Register your interest thru NZ Golf

Tom

“Me kii pēnei ki a koutou katoa: Kia kaha. Kia maia. Kia ū tātou. Continue to be strong.

Luke

We had the official opening of our small Area School which the first one to be opened by our Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. We performed Waiata and Haka.

Amie

I will korero with my workmates I roto I te reo maori

Tara

Ka kōrero au ki ngā tauira i te reo māori.

Libby

I txt at least one te reo sentence to someone every day and it became a very natural thing to do. I continue to do it and use te reo whenever I know the word or phrase, both written and particularly, orally

Sylvia

E kai ana māua te tiakarete ki whakanuia te wīki o te reo māori. Ko Miraka Kirīmi te ingoa o te tiakarete nā Whittakers.

Christine

Tēnā koutou katoa. He Pou Manaaki ki Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough taku mahi. I joined in with some kaimahi from the Māori Mental Health team at our hōhipera to share waiata. We did this outside the café for staff, patients, and their whānau. It was choice to do this alongside colleagues from another department and to bring some lightness and smiles to those within the hōhipera. I also took some kaimahi from another organisation with me as we were doing a training day together. Good feels!

Lani

Set up a display in our reception area. We also had a hangi lunch for all staff

Issa

Suzanne Manning, President of NCWNZ, requested that I start including whakataukī in each issue of our newsletter. This is an example of one sent out along with President Manning's opening article urging members to participate in Māori Language Week.

Randolph

My whole school had different activities on different days of the week and since I'm in Roopu Rangatahi (Māori Kids Group) we got to go around into classes teaching other kids.

Isla

I ako ahau i te reo Māori i Te Wānanga o Raukawa. I kōrero ahau i te reo Māori i te kuru. I greeted everyone using only te reo Māori and asked more regularly "Kei te pēhea koe?"

Shriya

I ako ahau i te reo Māori i Te Wānanga o Raukawa. I kōrero ahau i te reo Māori i te kuru. I greeted everyone using only te reo Māori and asked more regularly "Kei te pēhea koe?"

Shriya

We all sang a waiata over the speaker system at our kura!

Sarah

For Mahuru Māori we had a different patai each week where you could find a place on the map of the motu that was significant to you and learn to say something about it in te reo Māori.

Nikki

Kia ora me tēnā koutou katoa, ngā kaimahi mā o te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga kei te waiata tautoko, 'Toku reo toku ohooho' i te wiki o te reo.

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Te Wiki 2023

Kia ora me tēnā koutou katoa, ngā kaimahi mā o te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga kei te waiata tautoko, 'Toku reo toku ohooho' i te wiki o te reo.

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