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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!

2023 2022 2021

Our Kura each did activities in our classes. There was a mix of korero, whakarongo, takaro happening. My own class did a Kahoot quiz on kupu/kiwaha that we have been learning this term, then we moved our tinana to 'Korero Kori' dance on You Tube.

Toni

All classes have te Reo lessons weekly. This week we have been making sure we use te Reo more frequently in our conversations. This is our Year 1-2 class reciting a new karakia they learnt.

Emma

Ko te hiahia ki te whakanui i te hunga aumangea i kaha nei te poipoi i a mātou ki te reo me ngā tikanga. Ka oti ko tēnei waiata e kī ana kia tutungia te hatete o te reo.

Te kura Kaupapa mƒÅori o Te Kotuku

I ako matau i tetahi pao, i kanikani, a, i kaitahi matau

Te Kura Kaupapa MƒÅori o NgƒÅ Mokopuna

Te Pouahi bi-lingual Māori Medium classes along with kaiako me Whaea Tarn and Matua Ryan from Nelson Voice Collective and the rest of Nelson Central School by zui, performed Ngā iwi e, Rona me te haka o Te Pouahi for our tautoko o te Māori Moment me te wiki o te reo Māori :-)

Tarnz

Our tamariki coming together to sing a waiata!

Steve

Our Wiri campus did the Welding School and He honore waiata :)

Stella

Manawatū District Council held our Māori Language Moment in our Council chambers. It's great that the team here at MDC were able to contribute to the occasion with a rendition of Hoki Mai, followed by a hangi for kai. This is just a snippet of how we opened our moment together.

Sonya

Health Hawke's Bay in Hastings has been on a journey of learning Waiata and actions for the past year. When we had the opportunity to be part of this amazing experience we could not pass it up. The video is a bit slack but the vocals are there. Kia Kaha Aotearoa, never stop striving to acheive

Sheldon

Radio tainui team

Sharon

Room 24 sang and performed actions for a new waiata. We also learned how to say 3-digit numbers in the reo Māori.

Sharon

The kaimahi of Mokai Patea Services came together with Reo Maori students from Taihape Area School to sing a Waiata together for our moment.

Shari

Upper Hutt Kura performing underneath our rākau to celebrate Māori Language Moment. Our tuakana taught our juniors the waiata and haka in preparation for this event. They had even sacrificed many of their lunchtimes to tautoko their peers.

Shanice

Margaret

Our school of 270 students all got together at 12 and did some kapa haka. It was so cool to be all together for the Māori Language Moment.

Sarah

Matua School (all 530 students and teachers and support staff) walked to the Otumoetai Pa where we had a Powhiri and then heard about some of the history of our pa as told by our local Kaumatua. We then stood on the edge of the pa facing out to the Tauranga Harbour and our much loved maunga, Mauao, and sang our school song.

Sarah

Ko te pepeha o Mangapapa

Roschelle

Making Rakau

Room 6

Some of our tamariki playing Hare in the Whare!

Ronald

We had lots of fun with this. It was fun an educating immersing ourselves in the culture by doing various activites like waiata's, games and just doing some korero.

Ronal

Robyn

GHA Rotorua celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori this week with kēmu after our 9:00am karakia and waiata, every week we have Te Reo classes however this week we held a whānau kai tahi to enjoy kai together to celebrate a special week

Rikkilee

Our ECE centee ran several activities in Te Reo Maori at 12 noon on Monday so tamariki had a choice of what to take part in. From korero kai, to the story 'In the begining', waiata in the sun and some of our youngest falling asleep listening to the spotify playlist every single person at the centre was involved somehow.

Rebecca

Rimu Hub at Parkvale School sung waiata including E Minaka Ana which celebrates te reo Maori.

Rebecca

Rosina

Kaimahi of Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki gathered together at 12 noon for our Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori moment. Some kaimahi were in the room and many others joined in via Zoom from locations all across the motu. We were led by our CEO Riana Manuel, and sang a waiata written by Dr Korohere Ngapo, 'Akau o Te Aroha'.

Riana

Kete Akoranga - Rauemi grab bags available at the Tauranga City Libraries during Te wiki o te reo Māori

WallyandJess

My class and I enjoyed some action songs, some waiata and we finished making our Maori Creation story mural. Ka pai Rewarewa class!

Rachel

Kia ora. Our whole kura had a waiata assembly from 11. 50 - 12. 30. We would all normally meet in the school hall but because we were in level 2, we meet in our teams of about one hundred. We have about 420 tamariki and 30 adults! So that is how our kura spent the Māori Language Moment!

Rachel

We decided to sing or school song together as a whole school for the first time since lock down. It is a representation of our strength as a collective with all our uniqueness, diversity and unity.

Rachel

Our team of workers decided to say the karakia mo te kai for the taangata whaiora we support at our vocational day base for the intellectually and physically disabled adults for our Maaori Language Moment, Monday 14 September 2020. We are glad we were part of this very significant event in the history of Aotearoa, ka rawa atu tatou katoa! ! ! !

Penny

Women of Kapa Haka Incorporated ran a quiz on our facebook page encouraging our followers to translate some Australian icons i te reo. Some awesome responses were received in the comments of our post.

Paula

For our Māori Language Moment we decided to korero me waiata Māori. Here is a video of our 20 attendees learning the himene He Hōnore, we also had 40 staff dial in to participate from all over Aotearoa.

Paul

I’m representing Sepsis Trust NZ. We know that public information in Te reo is really important to increase awareness of sepsis, . Just Ask, “Could it be Sepsis?” - me paatai noa, “ko te mate whakataaoke raanei teenei?”

Paul

Tena koutou, we came together and celebrated through our languages of Aotearoa.

Whaea

I had my class (and half of another class) enjoying a te reo Māori Kahoot quiz.

Nina

Celebrated my wā with kupu, waiata me Ngā toi Māori

Nerys

aroha from Nelson Bays

Sara

We had the whole academy join in to do their version of how they felt comfortable speaking te Reo Māori

Nastasja

Kia ora. Ko Whaea Molly (Kutia) tēnei. No te Rumaki Māori o Sutton Park. Ko te mahi nei ko te 'Whiua te kete' Kei te whakamahi ōku tamariki i tēnei mahi hei tauira mo ngā kaiako, kaiawhina, tamariki o te kura. E rua ngā wero kei roto i tō mātou kura mo ngā kaiako, kaiawhina, tamariki. Ko te wero. Whiua te kete ki ou tamariki, te kaiako hoki. Whakamahia he kiwaha Māori- korerotia, waiatatia, haka mai rānei. Ka whiua te kete ki tētahi atu. Ko te kaupapa i roto i tō mātou kura no ngā mahi kua taka ki runga i a mātou o Tamakimakaurau- te ngā nara a mate korona. No reira, Whakanuia te reo Māori. Whakanuia i a Mangere.

Molly

Russell School in Cannons Creek Porirua preforming a Haka for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori Māori Language Moment.

Mike

Singing waiata at White Heron Learning Centre

Michelle

Exactly 100 people on the school field for Upoko-Pakihiwi-Puku-Hope-Waewae!

Meagan

Caritas joined over a million others participating in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, Māori language moment. Those of us who were in the office shared a karakia (E to mātou Mātua) followed by our organisation's waiata "Me he wai", written and composed for us by Pā Hona Black from Hato Paora College, while others working from home had taken part in their own way.

Martin

Kia ora koutou, our moment is two of our classes from Year's 1 - 6 at Cannons Creek School. We start everyday with a school karakia and a class karakia. This karakia is our karakia mo te ata for one of our Year 4, 5, 6 classes. Tutira mai nga iwi is sung by our tino ataahua tauira in one of our Year 1, 2, 3 classes. We are committed to learning and celebrating te reo Maori as a taonga, and a language to be cherished and used everyday. We loved being a part of this moment! Mauri ora, na te ruma ono me te ruma whitu ki te Cannons Creek School

Marina

At Darfield High School we had all students in Year 7-10 listen and sing along to Aotearoa by Stan Walker. We also had our senior students on Leadership Camp sing this song and Te Aroha.

Louise

At our kura we sang waiata. We had 3 different hubs singing in different spaces but at the same time, using our kapa haka tutor and some of our tamariki to play the guitar.

Lorraine

Our office learnt Kia kaha tātou ki te kōrero Māori - Karawhiua

Louana

We chose to jump on Facebook LIVE and teach people the importance of learning and mastering their vowels in order to better pronounce ngā kupu māori. We then sang A ha ka ma :) So much fun! ! !

Loopy

Aoraki Explorers in Timaru!

Lisa

Our waiata, sadly video failed at the end but love the opportunity to celebrate Te Reo Máori.

Victoria

This is our organisation, Sport Waikato’s waiata written by our Roopu - we're pretty proud of it! We're singing it at our Monday morning karakia and at 12pm we played Maaori games.

Lisa

My son Koroniria Ngarimu and I went to Rewanui Early Learning Centre in Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa (where I work and he attends) to participate in the te reo Māori moment for te wiki o te reo Māori. At 12pm a group of tamariki and kaiako sung Tutira mai nga iwi. It was empowering knowing that we were part of this moment in time where 1 million + people in Aotearoa were sharing in something that means so much to us all. Here is Koroniria doing his haka moves in front of our kapa haka waiata we are learning for the Tūranganui cultural festival in November. Kia kaha te reo Māori.

Lianne

A chance for the Wonderlab team to practice and celebrate Te Reo Māori together.

Leyla

Tēnā koutou e rau rangatira mā kua rarangahia ngā kaupapa hei whakarauora tō tātou reo tūpuna. Ko māua ko taku hoa rangatira a Ariana Williams e mihi nei. Ānei a māua tauira kaikanikani ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōwairaka e whakanuia ana i te wā tuku reo Māori. Ahakoa i a wiki kia whakanuia mātou, kōinei tētahi whakaata e hāngai ana ki te mahi o te rā nei. Ko te mea nui tā māua, ko te “whaka-cool-ngia te reo Māori”. Mauri Ora

Letitia Teiaro

Here at Target Road School in Totara Vale, Tāmaki Makaurau we are on a journey to see, hear and feel Te Reo Māori in our kura every single day. We chose to sing the beautiful waiata "E minaka" as the message was so fitting for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori and the purpose behind it which is Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori. Tauira and kaiako took up the challenge of learning this new waiata in little over a week - we are so proud to have this waiata as one of the ones we cherish here at Target Road School to share and sing for years to come 😊

Krysta

This was our first time singing together as a family like this! It was fitting to sing “Thank You” by Stan Walker as we really appreciated the opportunity to be a small part of Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020 celebrating te reo and promoting its revitalisation. My grandparents were part of the generation scared off using and valuing te reo, so they never passed te reo on. Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020 has been a tāonga nunui for us - a celebration of te reo, courage to kōrero te reo, a time of whakawhanaungatanga with our tamariki, and an opportunity to bring our voices together in waiata. Tēnā rā Te Reo Māori! Kia kaha tātou ki te kōrero Māori!

Kristelle

The whole kura sang a waiata together but in their classrooms for safe distancing reasons. We then had te reo activities out in the playground for tamariki to engage in organised by our Roopu Rangatahi. A very successful day, and the beginning of a tino pai rawe wiki o te reo Māori

Kirsty

Nuhaka School kapa Baka shown you my year 5/6 class

Kirby

He uiui whakangahau kai te haere ki te tari o Rotoiti 15 Trust

Kerri

We are so passionate about promoting and living Te Reo and Te Ao Māori in our centre. We are a 3-5 year old class called Ngahiraka and we love singing waiata and saying our karakia before each kai. Every mat time we ask eachother how we are feeling , Kei Te pea hea koe? Then we reply in Te reo also. We are very proud of our efforts. Thanks for giving us the chance to share our passion. Kelly Delamare.

Kelly

All employees at nib health insurance nz have been undertaking a Maori language and culture course for the past 5 weeks, with another 5 weeks to go. The course is facilitated by Ngati Whatua Orakei and created especially for nib. For the Maori Language Moment, we asked our team to share some of the things that stood out for them so far in the learning, and this was shared on our internal communication platform, Workplace by Facebook. We also created a video displaying some of our leaders speaking te reo.

Kelly

Our work team did their very first waiata! ! ! Most of us were pretty nervous, but very happy with result!

Keith

"Ma whero ma pango ka oti te mahi"- "Through the co-operation of red and black the work will be done" here is our 650 students doing something special to embrace #TeReoMāori and create a #TeReoMāoriMoment @RowandaleSchool Te Wiki o te Reo Māori https://youtu. be/yPWHQ78K8T0

Kelly

Our kapa haka group lead our kura, Grey Main School, in our Maori Language Moment. We sang Tutira Mai and E Minaka Ana together.

Katie

We loved having Te Wiki o te reo Māori Spotify playlist livening up our Pāpāmoa playcentre Monday morning. A big hit with nga māmā and nga pēpē.

Kate

Mauri tū Mauri Ora The tamariki at karanga mai passionate learners of te reo Måori!

Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre

Taught students in my class to play Takaro. The game is a lot of fun and learnt new words along the way.

Julie

We're practising Purea Nei over zoom as a team :-)

Julie

Ka haere ngatahi ngā te reo Māori me ònā kawenga tinirau. Kei te ako tonu ēnei tauira i ngā mahi o Nehe, kia kore e ngaro pērā i te Moa, engari tonu he mahi hauora, he mahi tikanga, he mahi hakinakina. Ahakoa tònã iti he mapihi pounamu

Jo

Our Junior school joined together and sang Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi. The kids loved it and some jumped up and started doing the actions.

Jody

Jessica

We gathered as a school (socially distant around the courts! ) and sang E toru nga mea. Seniors leading, rest of school on the repeat. We did it several times. . . . the clip does not show the best unfortunately! Thanks for organising - it really inspired us to learn new kupu!

Jessica

This is our daily school karakia. It encompasses our school vision of Manaaki tangata, manaaki whenua, Haere whakamua.

Vogeltown

We sing a waiata each day before lunch the children love it

Jenny

Pūkana

Jemma

Ko te tae o the ãniwaniwa 😀

Janet

Our two year old Tamariki sharing a special moment in the playground at Angels Childcare Centre in New Lynn Auckland. Ke mau te wehi tamariki! !

Jeanette Manu

We shared a game of Pukana! Our students loved it even though half of them lost their voices! The mana and force shared through this game is great and is awesome to see all our cultures come and join in and not be whakamā!

Jacob

He mea whakahirahira ki a mātou ki te tautoko tēnei kaupapa. Ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō hea, ko te tūmanako me whakakotahi ai tåtou ki te whakanui o tātou reo Rangatira. Nō reira e te iwi, mai Puketāpapa ki a koutou katoa, he mihi mahana, he mihi kau ake hoki. #KIAKAHATEKŌRERO

Jackie-Jade

IPA Aotearoa NZ played whai - string game. We had a lot of fun with this tākaro. Check out our website here, how we support tākaro and the child's right to play: https://playaotearoa. org. nz

Ipa

The tamariki at kahurangi all day kindergarten picked a waiata at mat time earlier that we all sung at 12pm.

Holly

Helen

Playing a games of Tapu ae for Māori language moment with Year 9 PE class at Te iringa o kahukura (Cashmere High School).

Hayden

The Orchard Business and Event Hub proudly took part in the Māori Language Moment to celebrate te reo Māori, along with thousands of New Zealanders on Monday 12 September! For our wā (moment) we will be hosted an office te reo Māori quiz and we brought the Orchardist together to share a hangi lunch from Kiwi Kai on Tuesday. We encourage our visitors to The Orchard for all of Maori Language Month to use te reo.

Grace

We shared karakia and a kai speaking in as much te reo as we could for half an hour. Ended with waiata a ringa 'tūtira mai ngā iwi'.

Gemma

K26 at Kedgley Intermediate celebrated our moment learning about Maori Atua and singing different Waiata while we created our posters.

Faafua

A mat time at our Kindergarten with tamariki enjoying singing a variety of different waiata.

Newtown

We Day Programme Support Workers and our Kaumatua wanted to give back and share for the start of Maori week decided to sing a Maori waiata, one we all knew well, Pokarekare ana-they believed to be an anthem at one time. Anyway we had a couple of practices at 11. 30am to the Prince Tui teka version then at 11. 58am we were on the countdown to 12pm start time. It was marvelous. They were so proud of each other for being a part of history. The Day Programme kaumatua and none of them are Maori descent, have enjoyed Maori week so much it was an honour to be with them to share Maori week. Kia kaha tatou ki te korero Maori!

Enliven Hillcrest Day Programme

This is Greytown School performing the Wairarapa haka - Kō Wairarapa. We are a full primary Y1 - Y8 . . . . everyone, staff and students participated!

Mackenzie

Nelson womens refuge sang te waiata E Tonu Nga Mea

Diane

Contribution by the Education Review Office celebrating te reo Māori in the Māori Language Moment

Deborah

We are a cafe with visitors from all over the country and some from overseas who have been lucky enough to be stuck in Aotearoa before the lock down. . we have our coffee menu in maori and played the te wiki playlist throughout the day. It was amazing and heartwarming to hear our visitors singing along and taking a shot at ordering their coffee in maori.

Dawson Falls

When the karana went out to get together at 12pm for Te Wiki o te Reo our Kaimahi were all in! Kia kaha ki te reo!

Danette

We sang Te Aroha and we are also greeting our clients in Te Reo and encouraging everyone to say one Maori word everyday. Nga Mihi

Liz

Our whole school participated in a performance of our local haka Tika Tonu.

Cris

We are Mercury came together and sung a Waiata across several sites using MS Teams. So much fun!

Claudia

The primary school gathered together for a karakia and waiata in our beautiful grounds on the slopes of Te Pahure o te Rangipohika

Clare

The team at Great South Southlands Regional Development Agency, based in Invercargill, have been learning Te Reo me ona Tikanga Maori at weekly professional development sessions since returning to mahi in May. This has involved learning Waiata, karakia and being able to Mihimihi to our manuhiri when we have hui in our whare or online zui. We are also learning more about Maori world views and our history because you cant korero i Te Reo Maori without understanding some of the tikanga related to kupu, particularly old kupu. We decided that as part of the 1 million people speaking Te Reo Maori at 12. 00pm on Monday 14th Sept 2020 we would "flash mob" in the middle of our shared office space and Waiata Maori and do all our "repertoire" in our song books. I have shared just the 12. 00pm moment, in that time of coming together, to show how our organisation is supporting staff to be the very best people we can be in supporting every single Southlander in our journey of "Even better lives through sustainable development". Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, Ki te kapuia e kore e whati | Alone we can be broken. Standing together, we are invincible.

jan

Students at Greenmedows Intermediate sining Six60- Kia May Ki To Ukaipo

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