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

I shared a short pepeha on my Facebook to encourage people to use Te reo māori.

Joseph Tavita

This is Rauamoko !

Joseph

I had a wonderful time sharing memories of New Zealand (indelable, even though they were from my months spent in Christchurch in 1973). I had the great pleasure of working with three wonderful Maori men. They taught me Maori words and we laughed endlessly at my attempts to use their words back at them. Thank you for sending me "100 must-learn Maori words. " Some I remember, many I am learning, thanks to your outreach. Language, art and music are such important windows into world cultures. I speak five languages, . Oh how I wish I had studied Maori before visiting your beautiful country all those years ago. My heartfelt congratulations to you for reviving the use and awareness of Maori, the language and the astonishingly rich culture. Thanks for including me in your celebrations, Joe Goodrich.

Joseph

Myself and my kids giving it a go :)

Jonnelle

We had our opening for Te Aroha Kai and clothing in Taita a shop to serve out community, local mayor and councillors attended along with our ataahua community whanau and those who were still around at 12 participated in our te wiki o te reo maori movement waiata.

Joni

I joined Riverhead School in singing waita and performing a haka. Au Kaha, Kia Kaha!

Joanne

I met with my two friends Gavin and Ian who are also studying te Reo Māori, and we went to a cafe, ordered our food in Māori and then had an hours kōrero in te Reo Māori only. Awesome to be able to support the kaupapa!

John

Me and my whanau are learning to speak te reo for our tamariki. Kia kaha ki te korero maori e te iwi mauri ora

Joey Manahi

Dancing to Poi E! 12pm Monday 14/9/20 at Tararua College (my school)

Joel

My daughter getting ready for pre-school.

Joe

Tãku Karani Pāpā ki te taha matsu, a Reihana Kaiawe rāua ko tãna teina a Aperahama Parangi. Ka Tino Nui te mamae i te wā i hinga rāua. Arohanui ki a Kōrua āku pāpā 😔💖💕

Rachel

Here I am teaching my work whanau how to make kete

Jodie

Ko aku pepeha tenei

Joanne

Sung and danced with my toddler and practiced our colors and numbers. Then watched Takaro Tribe for an extra hour.

Jo

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Māori Language week Today at 12pm we were part of more than one million people involved in a Māori Language Moment. This was the largest single celebration of te reo Māori in our history. A very special moment to remember! We sung Tutira mai nga iwi which we thought was appropriate translating . . . . Line up together people, all of us, all of us. . . Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Jo

This is the card our son created for father's Day. No prompt, he attends a mainstream school but because of the change in our society he was able to write the card to his dad in te Reo Māori. In the language of his people for his dad who grew up when his language was not honoured in NZeducation.

Joanne

This year I had the opportunity to learn Te Reo Maori and Kapa Haka with this awesome Roopu called Hiwa. It has been an amazing journey learning my culture, tikanga and reconnecting to my whakapapa Kia Kaha, Kia Maia, Kia Manwanui.

Jo

Uploaded this to the work fb account and then it was shared to the main work page

John

Tena koutou katoa e hoa ma. Together with my husband David I watched from 12 midday on Maori tv several native speakers talking about te reo and then a wonderful collage of singers singing in te reo. Ka pai.

Jillian

At Western Heights Kura we held a special live streamed Whānau Time with all 700 tauira me kaimahi, singing waiata with rākau. We also did a Te reo language Kahoot quiz with 150 senior school students i te ahiahi.

Jessie

I sung a waiata (e hara) and watched people speaking in te reo on fb (sharing their moments). I started toku reo later that day.

Jenny

I shared a Te Reo quiz with my whanau via our family chat group. The quiz was from Te Papa.

Jennifer

Trying out some Maori in Melbourne

Jenna

I am really quite a beginner and find it very hard to retain new words. So I decided to stay simple and learn the days of the week in Te Reo. And each day so far I make sure I can still say the days in order up until the current day.

Jeannie

This is my husband and I sailing down the east coast of our beautiful Country over summer 2020

Jeanette

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, I have decided to do a waiata that I learned recently. Pokarekare Ana is a beautiful song based on the love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. Jazz Vidamo ( also known as the Opera princess) 11 years old, year 7 student from Matamata Christian School

Jazz

I tākaro mātou ki te kemu Kupu reo! I taurite mātou ki te Kupu reo me kupu pākehā.

Jayde

He tamaiti I tenei ra. . . . . He rangatira apopo

Janine

Practusing Ordering my coffee in Maori . Greeting friends in aft or morning in Maori

Janice

Our team at Humanly sang the waiata Te Aroha and talked about how aroha/love, whakapono/faith and rangimarie/peace are principles in our mahi💚

Janelle

My son julian making new friendships at daycare with his friends he is just learning to interact with them.

Jane

The seeds were gifted to me from my workmates at Te Koopuku School when I left last year. It was a perfect moment to plant them.

Jan

Matariki dawn paddle. Encompassing waiata karakia and tikanga all in one morning

Jan

As a part of Te Roopū Māori (University of Otago Māori Student Association) Gala that was held on Monday for Te Wiki o Te Reo, we performed a bracket for our Tauira of the uni. It was great fun!

Jade

I tried to incorporate as many Māori words as I could into my interactions between 12. 00 to 12. 30. I need to keep at it - Haere tonu! !

Jan

Tēnā Koutou, Tēnei ata, I waiata mātou, Hareruia ❤️, no reira, kia pai tō po 🤗.

Jacqueline

Unfortunately i was out doing a clinic but my lovely team of health professionals celebrated Te Reo Māori by hosting a morning tea after te reo class. . . practising how to ask what someone would like to eat and reply in te reo and also putting te reo name cards on the different foods. They were kind enough to save me a couple of pihikete for when i returned to the office. Ka Rawe Tūhonohono ! !

Jackie

Sent some love to all my whanau Via Facebook was very nervous that I may have got it wrong what others may say if I did but found that I got it right and was supported by many friends and family. As a Maori I’m very shy when it comes to giving it ago I front of others even my own whanau and friends but I love our culture and really wanted to contribute to this moment that I could say one day I was apart of that 🖤❤️

Isaac

Te Reo Māori is a taonga to be cherished by all who call Aotearoa home. I love its rich wisdom, advice for day to day living and beautiful poetic language- in waiata, karakia, whakataukī and ways of describing things. I shared this to honour the past, appreciate the present and commit to future learning.

Imogen

Waiata Māori - a favourite in our whare!

Huanoa

My team at mahi. Maori Pathways at Hawkes Bay Regional Prison.

Hone

I ako waiata ngā kaimahi o Woodward Chrisp Lawyers. Nāku rātou i whakaako. Ko te waiata ko “Te aroha, te whakapono, me te Rangimarie tātou tātou e”.

Hiria

There are quite a few Māori living in the Northern Hemisphere. In Berlin we run a group called 'Māori in Berlin'. Because of the time difference, we chose 12pm our time, and every day this week we are running a Mahuru Māori Zui. Anyone can join and kōrero, waiata, ask questions or just tell the story of their reo Māori journey. This pic is from our first Zui on Monday 14 September.

Hinemoana

I te rānui o Rāhina 14 Mahuru, i pūrei mātou ngā kaimahi o LDHB (Māori Health, Kia Ora Hauora, Te Aka Matua, Dental) te kēmu wharewhare i te reo māori.

Hinemarie

Helping others learn our beautiful language, counting in māori

Hinekawa

Our moko Luka who is 8 months old

Heni

I had a wonderful moment listening to the Waiata Reo Māori and found I was enjoying it so much that I continued to listen for the rest of the afternoon. Kia Ora!

Helen

Apart from daily karakia, waiata and activities, today we had a whole school celebration, with everyone joining in a karakia, two waiata and then a performance from our kapa Haka group. This encouraged other students to join and we doubled the number of students in our kapa Haka group. A great day.

Helen

I hanga au he kemu patapatai reo maori. I takaro matau ko aku hoamahi te kemu. Kua korero tahi ai, kua katakata tahi ai matau. :-)

Hazel

Reading with my little kōtiro

Hayley

If a Turbaned Sikh Immigrant Boy can speak Māori reciting Waikato District Council Waiata then anyone can! Please join us to create our future.

In the office we're displaying kupu o te ra that directly relates to our work. Yesterday's was Kaiwhakamahere = Planner

Hannah

I was working and am in retail so couldn't take any photos! I do the sales pages when I am at work, and usually for Māori language week I just introduce some new kupu when doing these pages, and explain what these kupu mean. For my Māori Language Moment I did an entire page in te reo then explained what I'd said in English. It was probably not grammatically perfect, but I tried my best. I was very anxious, but all of the wonderful ladies in my workplace were very supportive.

Hannah

We stopped our senior Classics lesson and did selected questions from the national reo Māori quiz. This evolved into some really hearty conversation about the history, sociology and government strategy for revitalisationof te reo Māori. And of course, some fart jokes and stories about certain shape-shifting demigods seeking immortality.

Hannah

Shared Kai and I said the Karakia with 9 other team members in the middle of a full and busy work cafeteria. Proud moment!

Hana

Ko tēnei tōku Whare, Ko Te Tikanga te ingoa, ko Tokorangi tōku tūrangawaewae, ko TeReureu te Whenua, ko Gina Melody-Roore tōku ingoa. Arohatia te Reo Māori

Gina

I wanted to learn to introduce myself in te Reo Maori because I am also a native speaker of Scots Gaelic, another language that needs protecting. I understand how connected the land and the language are, and wanted to show my respect for the mana of te Reo by learning and speaking it, so I can in turn show my respect to Aotearoa for welcoming me and making me feel so at home here.

Georgia

Mau taiaha ki Otautahi

Geoff

Kia ora our moment brings together some of our library reo learning support group, ‘ngā Pīwakawaka o Mahurangi’ who gather at Mahurangi East Library. We wanted to help our Hāpori to take an interest in having a go at saying our local street names & places correctly. We put the verses together last Te Wīki o te Reo Māori to go with this reo learners ‘foundation waiata’ and we’re going to get the tamariki to sing but we couldn’t get it together fast enough. So this year we pulled it back out again, had a couple of practices at about 11:45am then we did our moment. . . It might not be pretty, but we are all about a ‘something’s better than nothing’ approach, and it’s working slowly. With many enquirers this week to join in with the rōpū and a school keen to make the waiata their own. Tumeke e te whānau. Mana Māori. Mana motuhake. Mauri ora!

Fleur

There is a group of us in Queenstown studying with SIT/TWoA doing level 5 Te Reo Maori we have been working towards this for years the outcome will not just be language it is whanaungatanga I have found my people.

Fiona

This is one of our year 8 classes at Heaton Normal Intermediate School, Christchurch just after all singing Aoraki.

Fiona

I did my shopping in Te reo māori!

Fi

Ruma Waru o Te Kura Koromatua

Fenella

My Digitech class and I sang Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi

Ethan

This is a moment when I had the opportunity to paddle a wake tangata

Eve

Our English language college had a Kiwi culture afternoon, and learnt some Te Reo and kapa haka. The video is of them trying Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, they did and awesome job! Chinese, Colombians, Koreans, Brazilians, Russians. . . all together 😊

Erin

At midday our youth advocates at the Electoral commission came to sing a waiata.

Erin

St. Joseph’s Hawera enjoying waiata together.

Erica

Emma

This is my display at my mahi where it is at the front office entrance with all things that embrace te ao Māori and my special Ngāti whātua iwi taonga

Elizabeth

Having korero with my moko arana ake

Elizabeth

My Daughter, Skylah Anahera Ferris-Cilliers who graduated from kohanga to Te Kura Kaupapa.

Tejo

Courtesy of RNZ we sang along with our favourites Troy Kingi & Tami Neilson. They blend so well.

Ebeth

Ko Tamaihu Sylvestor Balwin-Wikotu ahau, ko Eddie raua ko Tauaroha taku Tipuna. Anei taku Ao ! Taku Mokoboy!

Eddie

I listened to waiata on atiawa toa FM while I worked quietly at my desk!

Duncan

Introducing the PM with a Karakia and promising to continue pronouncing the name of our Taieri electorate correctly.

Ingrid

Was just perfect to be moving into our new office space at the start of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Being part of the whakawaiata/blessing of our new whare-mahi was really special, as was enjoying a cup of kawhe and some kai to whakanoa the process. Grateful!

Duncan

We said a karakia with other staff in lunch room before eating our lunch together.

Jaci

A group of ACC staff in Dunedin gathered on the front lawn of the historic First Church to sing waiata on a lovely warm day. Some of us knew the words, others were still learning, all of us were enjoying the moment. This was just one of the many efforts made by ACC staff in Dunedin in celebration of Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, which has been promoted internally from senior management through to front-line staff. And while this moment was eagerly captured, the emphasis remains on the longer hikoi of filling our kete mātauranga and as an organisation becoming ever more adept in the ways of Te Ao Māori.

Duane

No video but we sung Tutira Mai. . . twice 💕 😉

Doreen

We asked our team to upload videos of themselves speaking in te Reo. Our team across stores, support offices and warehouses sent in their videos to share with Aotearoa.

Dominika

My Graduation from levels 1 + 2 Ako Te Reo Maori at 70 years of age.

Dianne

KAHOOTs with 70 others from “Kotahi Mano Kāika” (Ngāi Tahu Language revitalisation strategy)

Dianne

Devashna

We were working on the sentence structure in class for saying what our favourite things are. We will publish them with the photos of the tamariki doing pukana which was a challenge.

Denise

Reading some Te Reo junior school readers together

Denise

I used Te Reo in my work place, when greeting other staff, on emails and in answering ph. I sung in The Reo at midday. Im using Te Reo in text to friends this week

Dellwyn

Practicing my te reo using the Drops app

Dee

‘Scuse the singing etc but I couldn’t find this online anywhere with the Māori version! I want to teach it to my house church group tomorrow! We have been enjoying Tuhia as well. These are the words I remember, hopefully accurately, although it is not a direct translation. . . D Arohanui ki te Atua A7 ko Ihu e te aronga o te ao [x 2] Love is the key to everything we do And Jesus is the source of it all [x2] Arohanui ki te Atua ko Ihu e te aronga o te ao ko Ihu e te aronga o te ao

Deb

Rm 13, 2 and 3 sing E Minaka Ana

Deanne

Moment . . mostly continual moments as am often learning te reo as much as possible. . respect and encourage Maori language. .

Deanna Dawn

Me and my work colleagues sat in circle and while holding a taonga we introduced ourselves in Te Reo and named a Māori kupu which is important to us and explained why. I chose ‘tautoko’

Davide

Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori

David

Working through numbers in te reo with New Entrants

Darren

Titiro waipoua Kauri

Daniel

Our Tipu Ora PTE team had fun playing a kēmu of Charades I roto I te reo Māori. Pick a card, guess the kupu and act it out🤣🤣 The video was too dark to post, engari we managed to get some pics. Tino hātekēhi tēnei kēmu, maha ngā katakana, harikoa ana a mātou ngākau. 🥰🥰🥰

Daile

We continued as we usually do at Hikutaia School with our whole school Waists. Te Reo is a normal part of our daily life at Hikutaia.

Crue

I'm British and now happily live in New Zealand. I've always been nervous about trying to learn and speak te reo, but pushed myself and even posted some attempts online! ! We all have to start somewhere! I've found everyone has been super supportive!

Courtney

Trying to incorporate Te Reo in our everyday lives and also started lessons together as a whanau. Enjoying every part of our journey and feeling so excited and humble. So fortunate with all the resources out there now! Kaua e mate wheke! No more being whakama and if we make mistakes along the way we appreciate anyone’s help to get it right! ! Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori Haenga Whanau

Claudine

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Trying to incorporate Te Reo in our everyday lives and also started lessons together as a whanau. Enjoying every part of our journey and feeling so excited and humble. So fortunate with all the resources out there now! Kaua e mate wheke! No more being whakama and if we make mistakes along the way we appreciate anyone’s help to get it right!! Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori Haenga Whanau

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020 | Your Moments

One Million Moments

I shared a short pepeha on my Facebook to encourage people to use Te reo māori.

Joseph Tavita

This is Rauamoko !

Joseph

Joseph

Myself and my kids giving it a go :)

Jonnelle

We had our opening for Te Aroha Kai and clothing in Taita a shop to serve out community, local mayor and councillors attended along with our ataahua community whanau and those who were still around at 12 participated in our te wiki o te reo maori movement waiata.

Joni

I joined Riverhead School in singing waita and performing a haka. Au Kaha, Kia Kaha!

Joanne

I met with my two friends Gavin and Ian who are also studying te Reo Māori, and we went to a cafe, ordered our food in Māori and then had an hours kōrero in te Reo Māori only. Awesome to be able to support the kaupapa!

John

Me and my whanau are learning to speak te reo for our tamariki. Kia kaha ki te korero maori e te iwi mauri ora

Joey Manahi

Dancing to Poi E! 12pm Monday 14/9/20 at Tararua College (my school)

Joel

My daughter getting ready for pre-school.

Joe

Tãku Karani Pāpā ki te taha matsu, a Reihana Kaiawe rāua ko tãna teina a Aperahama Parangi. Ka Tino Nui te mamae i te wā i hinga rāua. Arohanui ki a Kōrua āku pāpā 😔💖💕

Rachel

Here I am teaching my work whanau how to make kete

Jodie

Ko aku pepeha tenei

Joanne

Sung and danced with my toddler and practiced our colors and numbers. Then watched Takaro Tribe for an extra hour.

Jo

Jo

This is the card our son created for father's Day. No prompt, he attends a mainstream school but because of the change in our society he was able to write the card to his dad in te Reo Māori. In the language of his people for his dad who grew up when his language was not honoured in NZeducation.

Joanne

This year I had the opportunity to learn Te Reo Maori and Kapa Haka with this awesome Roopu called Hiwa. It has been an amazing journey learning my culture, tikanga and reconnecting to my whakapapa Kia Kaha, Kia Maia, Kia Manwanui.

Jo

Uploaded this to the work fb account and then it was shared to the main work page

John

Tena koutou katoa e hoa ma. Together with my husband David I watched from 12 midday on Maori tv several native speakers talking about te reo and then a wonderful collage of singers singing in te reo. Ka pai.

Jillian

At Western Heights Kura we held a special live streamed Whānau Time with all 700 tauira me kaimahi, singing waiata with rākau. We also did a Te reo language Kahoot quiz with 150 senior school students i te ahiahi.

Jessie

I sung a waiata (e hara) and watched people speaking in te reo on fb (sharing their moments). I started toku reo later that day.

Jenny

I shared a Te Reo quiz with my whanau via our family chat group. The quiz was from Te Papa.

Jennifer

Trying out some Maori in Melbourne

Jenna

I am really quite a beginner and find it very hard to retain new words. So I decided to stay simple and learn the days of the week in Te Reo. And each day so far I make sure I can still say the days in order up until the current day.

Jeannie

This is my husband and I sailing down the east coast of our beautiful Country over summer 2020

Jeanette

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, I have decided to do a waiata that I learned recently. Pokarekare Ana is a beautiful song based on the love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. Jazz Vidamo ( also known as the Opera princess) 11 years old, year 7 student from Matamata Christian School

Jazz

I tākaro mātou ki te kemu Kupu reo! I taurite mātou ki te Kupu reo me kupu pākehā.

Jayde

He tamaiti I tenei ra. . . . . He rangatira apopo

Janine

Practusing Ordering my coffee in Maori . Greeting friends in aft or morning in Maori

Janice

Our team at Humanly sang the waiata Te Aroha and talked about how aroha/love, whakapono/faith and rangimarie/peace are principles in our mahi💚

Janelle

My son julian making new friendships at daycare with his friends he is just learning to interact with them.

Jane

The seeds were gifted to me from my workmates at Te Koopuku School when I left last year. It was a perfect moment to plant them.

Jan

Matariki dawn paddle. Encompassing waiata karakia and tikanga all in one morning

Jan