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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020 | Your Moments

One Million Moments

On 14 September at 12pm over 1 million of you took part in the Māori Language Moment. In joining our Māori Language Moment, you became part of a movement that began a generation ago. Check out some of the awesome moments from across the motu and share your favourites to inspire others to join the movement.

Honour our past, celebrate the present, and join together for our future.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Kia kaha Aotearoa!

2024 2023 2022 2021

Morena, we sang Ngaa Atua, a waiata about many of our Atua in Aoteraroa. We feel privaledged to be part of this moment.

Rachelle

Joining VLN Primary for our Zoom online rumaki at 12 pm on 14th Mahuru were approximately 4000 tamariki from 77 kura, all connecting to celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori. Tauira from Whataroa School (Te Tai Poutini/West Coast), Pauatahanui School (Te Whanga-nui-a-tara), Ngamatapouri & Taoroa Schools (Manawatu/Whanganui), Piripiri School (Waikato) & The Gardens (Tāmaki-makau-rau) led and recorded karanga, karakia, kōrero and waiata for other akonga from across Aotearoa. The tamariki pictured were panelists in our webinar and led the session for all the other schools attending. A resource - including the recording, along with more karakia, waiata, kōrero and kupu - was created and shared with schools to use during the week and throughout the year.

Rachel

Tuakana are at the front with our Teina in the back for our morning Waiata we learnt the actions this week ❤️

rachel

Kia ora koutou. As a family, who emigrated from England to New Zealand in 2007, we have recognised the importance of learning the Maori language, culture and traditions, for our children and their children’s children. Our granddaughter is due in 4 days, and her Maori identity will be shared with English, Scottish and Irish heritages - joined as one under an umbrella of cultures and traditions. The importance of learning Maori, will be shared with her and encouraged as she grows. We believe it is our responsibility to teach our children and grandchildren the importance of knowing where they come from, their languages, their cultures and heritages. Before, and in celebration of Maori language week, we have shared greetings in Maori, sang songs and played games. Our youngest daughter also attends weekly Maori lessons at school and converses with the teacher and students, and our oldest daughter sings and speaks Maori freely in our home, encouraging and supporting family members, who are trying to learn the language. We also encourage others and hope that the language and history, will be taught thoroughly in schools in the future. Nga mihi nui The Taylor Family

Lyttelton Port Company's Waiata Group performed our own Waiata, called KOTAHI TE RA, written by our Māori Development Advisor Tahu.

I te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2020 ka mīharo au i te titonga waiata hou a ngā tamariki o te akomanga Pā Harakeke Tēina o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi ki Whanganui. Nā rātou, nā ngā Tau 5, Tau 6 o te Kura i tito ngā kupu ki te whakaahua i tō rātou aroha ki te reo, mō te reo, ki te ako hoki i te reo. Nā tō rātou pouako nā Rama Ashford rātou i ārahi, engari nā ngā tamariki ngā kupu, te rangi me ngā whakamārama. Tangi ana te ngākau engari ihiihi ana. E mihi ana ki ngā rangatira mō te āpōpō.

Petina

For te wiki o te reo Maori, we had kai and kemu in our "Korero Klub". We decided to korero in te reo during kai and played Settlers of Catan, our favourite kemu in te reo Maori hoki. It was both challenging and fun.

Peniel

Ki te Hereworth te kura. Waru akomanga (Year 8) ngā tane (boys) have completed their personally meaningful te reo Māori wellbeing whakataukī (proverb)

Paula

Daddy and Lily speak Maori everyday. It makes us both very happy.

Hawaiiki

I panui au i te reo Māori kei roto i te Kanoni- Pukapuka (FB), me I korero au ki e toru nga tangata i te reo Māori

Patricia

Ōtaki

I purchased some prints from Hoha and popped them in frames and added them to my words wall. I made a vid of them and posted on fb with Stan Walkers te Reo Aotearoa song. I'm a teacher aide at school so during the week we listened to waiata and made Whakatuki posters and popped them up on our hallway wall st school. Wherever we could, remembered we used the te Reo we knew, it was reallly rewarding and fun.

Olivia

The National Commission Secretariat, together with our Te Ara Kaimanawa – Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga colleagues, was proud to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. We sang Tihei Winiwini as our Māori Language Moment.

Zuleika

OUR SCHOOL SANG HE KAKANO AHAU TO STATE TE REO MAORI GIVES US STRENGTH AND IS OUR IDENTITY.

Noa

This wasn’t Monday so I’m not sure if it applies? It was Wed night, me trying to put my moko to sleep 🙄😅

Ninakaye

Karakia & Waiata outside at Whaiora Medical in Masterton

Nikki

Projection on Te Papa

Nicky

The Nature School tauira decided to sing Tutira Mai nga Iwi, and then played some Māori games.

Leo

Nicola

After a brief introduction in Te Reo, in my (shared) high school classroom, we "blasted" NZ waiata from my UE Boom while the tamariki did their worksheets about the human heart! Playlist was based around Hinewehi Mohi's 'Waiata/Anthems' various artists album, with some of my own fave's like Stan Walker's 'Aotearoa' and Te Rautini's 'Tai Nui' <3 Kia Kaha! Let's build on and be brighter next year! ! !

Nathan

Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust loves what you're doing to keep te reo Māori alive! https://www. family-start. org. nz/

Nate

This is Flat Bush School forming a Matau - hook shape. We did a waiata and got the builder to take a photo from up on his crane. We also put on a Maori expo in the hall with interactive activities for the kids to do. . . . Poi making, rakau sticks, tititorea, fried bread making moko kauae stenciling, marae building and labeling, kowhaiwhai making, etc I have attached our video link as I was unable to download it - https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=59aJzqymU8Q

Natasha

Natalie

I just listened to a waiata the read a chapter from Tikanga Maori.

Murray

Ako kupu from my tamariki

Monika

I hakaina e mātou te haka o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kaikohe

Moko

We are a general stream class with only 2 fluent speakers of te reo. On any given day it takes a lot for our class to actually sing, they have come a long way compared to where they were, Tutira is such the perfect song bringing everyone together and sharing our beautiful reo. Our class felt privileged to be a apart of history! Mauriora!

Moana

We hoisted our Haki with a karanga and Haka powhiri as a kura, sang waiata and said karakia.

Moana

This is the Kāpiti College participation in the Māori Language moment on Monday! https://www. facebook. com/watch/?v=354031625967802&extid=5CO2vd3JKmA4j37A

Miriama

I whakatangitangi ahau I te waiata ‘Korerotia te reo Māori’ nā Grove Roots ā ka kaha au I te waiata nā!

Miriama

Kei te whakaako au I ngā tamariki ki te waiata ‘E toru ngā mea’

Miriam

BestStart Montessori the Gardens (Ōtepoti) learnt new kupu, started creating individual pepeha and sang many waiata. We are on the journey together. This photo is of our Infant House tamariki and pēpi listening to a pukapuka about te kanohi.

Michelle

I pānui pukapuka ahau ki tāku pēpi Waerea.

Mihiata

Monday's moment was the start of a five day te reo course that Trade Aid ran at lunchtimes for staff and volunteers. We loved it and learnt how to greet each other and ask how each other and our relatives were doing, choosing different emotions in our responses and then saying good bye. Baby steps but useful reo we'll take into the following days and weeks.

Michelia

Kei te ako ahau i Te Reo Māori 💜 #zoom

Merenia

It was great to see people everywhere having a go at Te Reo Maori and I feel this should be part of our daily lives and not a yearly event for only 1 week. Trying new words and phrases each day and to see this presence within shops and on TV made me feel proud to be a Kiwi.

Meredith

One of our kaiako taught the cup song to our rangatahi to the waiata Tutira mai. We practised it all week to be ready for Monday. We decided that after our cup song we would sing our school song as well. We held a special school assembly in which our bilingual class, Te Kāhui Tamariki, delivered the assembly entirely in Te Reo Māori as well as using sign language to acknowledge Te wiki o te reo Rotarota for the following week. That was our Māori Language Moment for 2020 and we are so glad to be a part of this historical event. Nga mihi to you everyone who made it all possible! ! !

Mereana

One of our junior school music classes after singing a waiata

mereana

i noticed alot of people were sharing their pepeha on fb, so i shared a lil korero of my rohe. Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Ngāti Pukeko ki te whenua. Ko Ngai Tamapare, Ko Ngāti Ue, Ko Rangatāua, Ko Te Patutahora e tau nei. Ko Korakotea te okiokinga o oku tīpuna Ko Te Rewatu maunga mau tonu ra Hoki ki te putake ki te Tokotoru-a-Paewhiti ki Ue-imua. Kemo mai oku karu ki te whenua pūtoto a Te Kooti. Aue Rauporoa, Aue Awanuiarangi e! Kei hea a Rarawhati, kei hea a Rangimarie, te whanau a Tariao Tapuke e Huri tonu atu ra ki Te Pahou, te nohonga o Rangataua. Whakawhiti atu ra ki te Toki ò Kiwa, rere atu rere mai ki nga manga e rua, toro atu ki Ohinemataroa. Hotuhotu ana ā Awanui, mokemoke e Tapapa ana ki Poroporo Ko Ngati Pukeko poke kai e - #ReoMaori

Merania

Our Māori language moment from our kāinga - Te Pua

Mel

We are the lucky whānau who live on Kamau Taurua in the Otago Harbour. We took the opportunity to share some relevant kupu with our community regarding the island. Here's one we shared of how the kids do their commute to school - on our waka Te Whai!

Meghan

Tadpoles ECE loved being a part of the Māori Language Moment! We had different things going on in each of our three rooms. Waiata, tākaro, playing te reo Māori music for our sleeping tamariki, and a quiz for kaiako on their wā

Megan

McKenzie

Matilde

All staff got together at 12pm on Monday 14th September 2020 to go through our waiata. We talked through the words ensuring correct pronunciation and meaning. We then sang through several times. Will now open team meetings with this waiata. Staff have also used maori greetings and salutation verbally and written this week. Some staff have also indicated they would like to learn more te reo, so this is being looked into as a team initiative.

Mary

Reading Māori version of one of our favourite stories

Mary-Rose

Te reo is the foundation of our ability to express our ideas, knowledge and the world. Te reo has the capacity to create ideas, express our feelings and understanding of complexity of the seen and unseen worlds. Te reo provides healing through kōrero, karakia and links us to ngā atua. Ko tōku taonga, ko tōku reo, ko tōku reo, ko tōku taonga! # Kia kaha te kōrero Māori

Mark

He pepe takimanawa tēnei mai i ngā pouako o Te Kura o Kokohuia ki Whanganui.

Marie

Using the days of the week, greetings and learning a new word a day over the next month.

Margaret

Waiata Mahuru me korero Maori

Maria

Waiaita Reo Māori on Spotify :)

Malcolm

Te Puna Reo o Whitianga (certificated bilingual playgroup) in cojunction with the Mercury Bay Library hosted a "Puna in the park". Our whānau of māmā me ona pēpi got to meet new faces and share to the community what we do passionately alongside our tamariki-karakia, kōrero, waiata and ofcourse play. Pictured are Noah Oriom, Lacey Lupton and Ashton Amohia enjoying their hikoi haere. #kiakahatereomāori

Madeline

Te Pou Maori Theatre have been doing Front Yard Festival for Kaumatua - Kuia in lockdown. They come and sing, do sketches and generally make the day brighter for people who are isolated. That's me in my mask, peeping through the heart. ou can probably see the poster in my window to tautoko Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.

Lynda

I prayed the angelus with the Vicar for Maori Manuel Beazley via live streaming on the Katorika Maori facebook page

Lourdes

We have 568 ākonga at our kura and all of them sang the Māori National Anthem with the Haka at midday, followed by a kōrero with the person beside them and then immersed themselves for the afternoon and the remainder of the week in Te Reo Māori rauemi that I had put together. There was the Waiata Anthems played during lunch eating time and then a reading of Ngā Wīra o Te Pahi (The wheels on the bus) in our whare pukapuka (Library). All students for PE this week have tried some traditional Māori kēmu such as Kia Tekau, Don't stop the poi & Mauī/Matau. We have been loving Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori at Milford Kura!

Louise

Louana

I used te reo in all my emails this week (and will continue to do so)

Lou

We sang and prayed in Māori. We used ngā pukapuka iti (that some people are holding in the photo) and everyone had a turn at reading some verses from the Bible.

Liz

We began with a karakia As a socially distanced school we were organised into our Roto o Tainui Whānau Groups. These are based on local purakau We sang Waiata We played kemu We shared karakia mo te kai Then had a pikiniki together Ngā mihi

Lisa

My two daughters and I shared our Māori language moment by listening and singing along to Ngā Tae o te Uenuku by Anika Moa.

Lisa

Nga mihi nui ( We are Tamaki Budgeting celebrating Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori we have list of tasks that we wish to accomplish during the week Monday we set up our office with a display table with all sorts of Maori items on Tuesday we dressed up in Piopio and made a Tik tok on Wednesday we made Rewana bread and ate it all. Today we had photos taken with our clients and gave out plants to grow e. g Lettuce and silverbeet etc. Our last day we will attempt to do a tiktok poi poi puritia haha!

Linda

Proud to wear this taonga to promote Te Reo in our country 👌🏾💯🙏🏽

Letecia

Churchill Park nestled in the heart of Glendowie, Ngāti Paoa is mana whēnua and we are a Green/Gold Environmental School. Churchill Park School tauira love understanding and putting into practice Mātauranga Māori with help from all the Kaiako.

Leigh

Lee-Ann

Te Omanga Hospice joined in waiata on Monday at 12pm to celebrate te reo Māori.

Leanna

Ko Te Kura o Pukeroa Oruawhata tenei, e tautoko ana I Te wiki o Te Reo Måori.

Layla

Listening to waita live and emailing and speaking in Te Reo with our akonga and with other kaiako.

Larissa

Celebrating Today 18. 9. 18 receiving my Kauae @ Waipapa Marae -Tamaki makaurau. Graham Tipene - Ngati Whatua- Nga mihi Kia Koe Tuakana! Etched In - Ink My Story

Kyleigh Jane

Westown Kindergarten Taranaki sang Tutira Mai

Kyla

Pānui pukapuka

Krystle

I signed up but then at the time all the staff at work that day joined in, speaking what te reo Māori they knew together for the MLM

Kristin

The tamariki at our Early Learning Centre have practised the National Anthem in te reo for a while and we joined hands in a circle to sing it for the Māori Language Moment.

Lynnette

Kim

I regularly upload videos to our school facebook page of me reading pukapuka (it started during Level 4 lockdown) and so I have challenged myself this week with a Bilingual book. Also when I registered I wasn't able to say it is our whole kura involved so a total of 192 people not just me :-)

Kim

Our entire school, 800+ students, stopped at 12pm to sing E papa waiari. Here is a video of a few classes across the school singing.

Kim

Dad passed away in July this year, he wasn’t allowed to speak te reo Maori in school and his parents stopped speaking it at home so their kids would fit in

Keri

Completed a Te Reo Quiz every day in class. Lots of games, korero, waiata, whakarongo. Changed class timetable into Māori

Kelly

All week my whanau and I have been learning a new waiata called " E Minaka Ana" in celebration of Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori. My husband even sat down to learn it also which was AWESOME! Hes way too shy so doesn't feature in the video. Haha. This was also my daughter's first time learning waiata and actions as well she totally LOVED it! We had fun and will continue to keep our culture alive in my family.

Kayla

I te poupoutanga o te rā, i te 14 Mahuru, i pātuhi atu ahau i te reo Māori ki tētahi o ōku hoa. Ka tuhi ahau, ‘Ki te pānui koe i tēnei karere ināianei, he wāhanga koe o te “Māori Language Moment”. ’ Ka whakautu ia i taua wā tonu, ā, ka kōrerorero māua i te reo Māori mā pātuhi. He tino iti te mahi nei, engari he whai tikanga ki a au.

Kay

Together as a business with 50+ Team members on. Zoom watching the story of Te ika a Maui. It was wonderful.

Katrina

Kindergarten Taranaki office. Senior Teachers and Pou Arahi practicing waiata as we often do during the week. Ka rawe! ! for this awesome day.

Lois

Kia ora NGA totara o Te wa NUI a Tane.

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Sport Waitākere staff both at work and at home sang the waiata "Puke Totara". We chose to sing as it was something we could all do together at the same time whereever we were.

Kate

Our school joined together at 12 o'clock on Monday. We had a korero about keeping the beautiful te reo alive. We sang 3 waiata including the National Anthem.

karen

Celebrating te reo maori

Karamea

As a school, we joined the moment by opening with our school haka, and waiata as a whole school from Year 1 to Year 8. A very proud moment to stand with many others and share our moment.

Kalomoana

I have started labelling my sewing studio - the first things I did are my button jars with all the names in Te Reo :)

Justine

Justine

Sharing greeting, karakia and Māori phrase of the day "in te reo Māori" over school intercom

Justine

Our team of kaiako spent the week practicing new waiata, reading pukapuka, acting out stories, practicing verbalising new phrases. As individuals each kaiako is at different levels of confidence and ability; they all had to select something that was new for them to teach to the tamariki. We have built on our current knowledge and with the whole team being empowered we are focused on continued practice and strengthening our centre culture within te reo Maori.

Julieanne

My neighbour and I sang along to several waiata and then had a brief korero in Te Reo

Julie

My moment was me singing a very simply yet beautiful waiata that I've loved from the very first time I heard it: 2 years ago (2018) sang by my then 4 year old son and all the tamariki from kindy.

Julia

Teaching the juniors at my kura our school waiata.

Jordyn

As an Early Childhood teacher, being able to teach my children Te Reo is my biggest flex. Educating them at a young age about why learning Maori is important, will help them develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it truly means to be a New Zealander.

Jodeci

I was on the bus to Auckland from Palmerston North after l had visited my son, a victim of schizophrenia. v

Joaquín

KIA KAHA TE REO MAAORI Our children see, feel and hear Te Reo me ona tikanga Ia ra ( everyday)

Jo

Don't be whakamā to kōrero Māori! Or waiata! Karawhiua, Give it a go! So here goes. . . Singing Purea nei, playing the Kōauau (Māori flute) at Castlepoint beach. #tereo #tewikiotereomāori #māori #ReoMāori

Jessica

Tisbury sung E Minaka Ana together. We are proud to korero Māori.

Jessica

We played tekau-ma-tahi (21) as our maths warm up in class!

Jessa

Even though it took a long time for Te Reo Maori to be recognised and taught in Schools. I feel like it can grow even more and as the years progress, I hope that Maori-dom becomes even more emphasised in the near future and is taught to the generations to come. But overall, it is good to see our country and my community really connecting with our culture and our language which was beautiful to see.

jaylee

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Even though it took a long time for Te Reo Maori to be recognised and taught in Schools. I feel like it can grow even more and as the years progress, I hope that Maori-dom becomes even more emphasised in the near future and is taught to the generations to come. But overall, it is good to see our country and my community really connecting with our culture and our language which was beautiful to see.