Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 | Your Moments

From schools, to workplaces to whānau and friends. Thousands of New Zealanders stopped to share in a moment of unity for our people and our language. In joining our Māori Language Moment, you became part of a movement that began a generation ago.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Kia kaha Aotearoa!

2023 2022 2020

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, we have introduced our handover meetings in Te Reo, learned a new waiata with our work group and Manaaki Mana kaikōkiri, and shared videos of waiata recorded in the past.

Kathryn

I listened to Waiata Reo Māori, downloaded and used the Te Aka and Kupu apps, added te reo Māori greetings and signatures in emails - which I will continue to do. I have enabled the Māori keyboard on my computer. I took part in a beginners reo Māori course on Wednesday.

Lou

Kia Ora my work whanau are currently working from home throughout level 2. We shared our moment via Teams. We shared karakia and whakatauki. Aroha Mai Aroha Atu.

Kiri

I announced to the world I am learning Te Reo Māori. I took the time to share a song in Te Reo Māori every day on our work social fb group I participated in a bilingual yoga class and I went to Te Reo class Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori

Jennie

I sung along to Wairua Tapu by Edge Kingsland.

Annemarie

I sung along to Wairua Tapu by Edge Kingsland.

Annemarie

We were in a hui, which we paused just before 12. We all stood and said a karakia (Tuia i runga) and talked about its meaning. When we restarted the meeting, we had a renewed sense of all being in the same waka, it was quite lovely.

Jessica

I listen to Six60 Pepeha and Waiata Anthems to begin my learning in te reo thru music.

Deb

In Team Kotare we played bingo using kupu and pikitia related to our akomanga.

carolyn

I broke my chemistry lesson wroth a te reo kahoot quiz.

Liz

Played and sang waiata on my ukelele.

Jeanette

Kia ora. I am on a journey to learn te reo Maaori. One for myself but also as I am a ECE kaiako it is important I teach my peepee and tamariki. I have been koorero te reo more and more with ngaa tamariki and a great way for that is to practice waiata. This week we have been learning the waiata 'A haka mana' which is really helping with my pronunciation as well as Tutiri mai ngaa iwi (ngaa tamariki favourite). We also reintroduced ngaa peepee to "In the Begining" pukapuka followed up with Rangi and Papa waiata. We say karakia at the beginning of the day and again in the afternoon as well as before kai and use te reo throughout the day with basic commands, but I am wanting to further my te reo usage. I am a 51 year old pakeha and still feel a little awkward with my pronunciation but I am starting to use basic greetings outside my daycare centre and have had positive reactions so I will continue in my waka. Ngaa mihi Donna

Donna

My daughter and I were listening to and singing waiata at work!

Tammy

Kia ora, for Maori Language moment I listened to a songs in te reo play list on Spotify and greeted the team for the meeting that started at midday in te reo.

Kelley

Playing Takaro

Emily

Sharing a bit of love

Carolina

Every morning in huitahi working from home a Maori staff member would share korero in relation to te wiki o te reo Maori. It was my turn on Rahina and I used purakau from our Tainui Iwi. It was applauded. I love our indigenous language and it's curse-free kupu. Im so proud to be of Maori descent, we have the best culture o te ao. Nga mihi 🙂🥰

Turina

Over two days my whanau and i indulged in a marathon of Ahikaroa, we watched all four seasons of this awesome bilingual drama series. . . Loved it, very addicted

Jessica Lee

Kia ora koutou katoa. I devoted my whole 30 minute live Radio Pharmacist show on OAR 105. 4FM te reo. You can listen to the podcast at oar. org. nz by typing in Radio Pharmacist on the podcast search bar or via my website www. radiopharmacist. co. nz

Peter

Room 12, Nga Iwi School children singing their favourite song called Matariki.

Lavinia

Nga Iwi School singing waiata.

Lavinia

4 workmates attended a lunchtime kōrero where we shared reo and asked questions about kupu or phrases that we wanted to try. Went over basic pronunciation. In the morning, during a team meeting with 3 others, we went over - au, koe, ia…. koutou, tatau, matau, ratau. In a management meeting with 10 others- did a mihi and encouraged others to use te reo and where to go for help. Many started and finished there updates with small amounts of te reo.

Sonia

Nga Iwi School learning Te Reo Maori pronunciation for Fruits.

Lavinia

I saw this sound trending during te wiki and knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase a tiny bit of our Māori culture and mana through a modern platform. I saw other creators inspire and move people all around the world with the song and choreo and thought it was pretty special to be sharing my own twist among other awesome Māori as well as many non-Māori tāngata embracing the trend which is always awesome.

Jasmine

Kia ora koutou e te iwi My Te Reo Māori moment is I teach 3 different groups of my whānau every week. Which we have done for the past year. Because of our journey and other external factors other whānau have asked to join into our weekly classes. This has been a boost for my confidence interms of we are on the right track for our te reo me ngā tikanga classes. Harikoa taku ngakau tā rātou whanake i roto i te kaha, te puawai hoki o te reo Māori me ngā tikanga o ngā mātua tūpuna. Nō reira Mauri tau Mauri tū tihei mauri ora! Nā Rōpata Puru Kia haumaru te noho

Ropata

Ko te kanikani parekareka ki ngā tamariki o Te Whata Tau o Pūtauaki. He mihi mahana nei ki te kaitito, ki ngā waiata me ngā kaikanikani matua.

kaareen

Kia Ora! I did a simple mihi that I recorded and uploaded on educa to share with my colleagues, our tamariki and whanau in our centres at Little Pearls Mt. Roskill and Mt. Albert. Our team exchanges activities to AKO together to collaboratively explore the beautiful and rich culture of Te Reo Maori. Mihi means greeting in Maori Let us practice Mihi Tēnā koutou katoa (greetings) Ko ___ toku ingoa (my name) Ko _ ahau (place where I live) Ko _____ toku kura (my school) Nō reira (Thank you, I have completed) Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa (thank you very much)

Maria Cielito

Sharing my first Reo Waiata that is officially released this week. Ko WHAKARONGO MAI te waiata! This song is a calling! Ānei te karanga mai Ngā tūpuna, mai te Runga Rawa… whakarongo mai ki te karanga i roto I a koutou, me tū, me ārahi mai te aroha o te Atua! Ngā mihi aroha Whānau!

Soulsista

Ka tohaina e mātou wā mātou mahi ki a koutou. Nō reira, mātakitaki mai :)

Tiepa

This waiata by Hirini Melbourne says that it is time to work in the garden to plant the seeds, lest later we are asked "where were you?" We all need to contribute to make our world better, whether we grow love for others, support for Te Reo, or whatever we see as our loving support for others given who we are and where we are in our community. I learnt this waiata many years ago, and I have loved it ever since. But my ability to speak Maori is very rusty now, because I've been living outside of Aotearoa/New Zealand for so long.

Gwenda

My husband is learning to speak Maori and part of that learning is to teach our son. This is my sons pretend cafe and hubby trying to order a coffee

My simple Mihi know thee are errors but it was great to try,

Allan

My simple Mihi know thee are errors but it was great to try,

Allan

It is my school logo

Hikitia

We have been introducing a new kupu for nga tamariki. Introduced new Waiata-ā-ringa for nga tamariki and kaiako of the centre Suggested Māori games titi tore Te Reo Color Scavenger hunt Kaiako have been challenging themselves to use more Te Reo Māori

Kylie

I whakatau au ki te whakaputa pānui mō te ako i te reo Māori, mā te whakamahi i tētehi o āhaku tino waiata Tihini hai waka. ā ē ī ō ū! ! !

Kahuraki

Ko Tess tōku ingoa, kei te noho au ki Ahetereiria. Kei te mau ahau tōku pounamu taonga ki tōku koroua

Tess

I downloaded Drops the language learning app

Kimi

My tamariki love kapa haka most of the time its only for the Pukana 👀 Son Heath & Daughter Anahera

Miriama

Taku pepeha

Liza

Veda learnt Pepeha and she has enjoyed doing this video for Maori language Week

Veda

Celebrating Te Reo Maori, I learnt some new vocabulary, spent some time listening to Maori songs and I extended my knowledge by trying some beginner sentences as I am improving! :) This wall is such an awesome concept!

Jess

Te iwi e! We heard the calling to celebrate Te Reo Māori together with all friends from Aotearoa. Aroha!

Wagner

Ivory is singing Awhi ki te whenua

Olya

We zoomed together as two classes, we said our karakia, sang our waiata and played te reo kēmu.

Nicola

The children who learnt their Mihi and tried to teach us.

Sarah

We had fun celebrating by doing some class kanikani and waiata. Check out our meke video!

Leah

Since I’m a Radio Announcer for our small community Radio Station Manawa FM in Murupara and since it was 12pm told everyone to get their lunch ready and my moment was for me to do their Karakia for them over the airways

Che

I was part of an online Google chat meet up with my Early childhood centre teaching colleagues and approx. 15 of our centre children. We sang some of the waiata we had been focussing on all year. And introduced a new one. We have one focus waiata each month and practice repeatedly until we know it very well. My centre teaching team have been working on our pronunciation and learning new kupu.

Tracy

I made a video for the year 1 students I work with to go on our class site teaching the how to make a coaster out of an old CD and paint pouring using colours in te reo Maori.

Heather

My youngest son Levi 6yrs old ( who is in the māori bilingual class at St Leonards Road School, West Auckland) leads my older son & I in a waiata) Levi Parker & Gedalya Parker 11yrs old

Inoke

I used the te reo hack on my phone so it autocorrects certain kupu to te reo Māori. We also bought two books from Hemi Kelly - Māori words & Māori sentences. We bought a whiteboard so we can write kupu hou each week to tautoko our learning.

Ngareta

We grooved to Waiata Reo Maori and joined with our Wellington division to record a kiwaha

Donna

My husband, our oldest son and I sang some waiata. I am a teacher so I had the words already written out for them and I played along on the guitar. We sang Pokarekare Ana with harmonies, which brought back memories of my daughter's wedding in London. Two of my sisters and their kids were there and a lot of the guests were Kiwis and they joined in too. Three part harmony and echo! It made everyone a bit teary-eyed actually. My son-in-law is in a band and the venue's sound mixing guy loved it. He was Jamaican and said it was like his family who all sing together too. Thanks for giving us inspiration to repeat our performance even in a Level 4 Lockdown. Some of the family in England are ill with Covid at the moment. Thank goodness they are vaccinated otherwise they would have been hospitalised. We really miss our whanau so far away.

Joanie

Zui (zoom + hui) with our Lollipops Browns Bay whanau. Kaimahi shared panui in te reo Maori and new kupu hou for whanau to learn. We ended our Hui with a ropū PUKANA! Ka rawe!

Lollipops

I always loved this precious waiata. When Maori students sang it harmonised, it gave megoosebumps. Arohanui Theo

Theo

Performance by Room 2 Kaitaia Primary School New Entrants. “E Rere taku Poi”.

Reremoana

Impromptu chat Te Reo with a wahine while waiting for a vaccination at Balmoral

Tee Seang

Kia Ora Intermediate Students were reo acting the Quiz game called Chase. There were questions of Te reo and two students who answered the question correctly won. There were two teams. Lots of organisational skills by our mana whenua tauira. Lots of fun.

Katy

I was working from home (on my own) but I wanted to support the Māori Language Moment kaupapa, so I listened (and tried to sing along - badly! ha ha) to a couple of waiata anthems online. Che Fu 'Fade Away'/E Kore E Motu was my favourite.

Jude

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand celebrated with an online hui where we played a video of staff sharing te reo Māori kupu that they loved or had learned recently. Over 100 people tuned in to watch live, and we've shared the video internally so people who missed out or had other plans can watch it, and everyone who wants to grow their vocab can go back and rewatch.

Kate

Waists Tawhirimatea is a school favorite 🤩

Bu

Nau mai haere mai ki te Hata Meri Hōhepa - te kura Katorika o Papamoa. For our Te Reo Moment we chose to sing the waiata 'With Our Mother Suzanne' which is a song written by Father Chris Skinner about the patron of our school, Meri Hōhepa (Suzanne Aubert). Suzanne Aubert was a Catholic French nun who came to Aotearoa in 1860 and showed compassion and mercy to those in need. She cared for the sick, suffering, homeless, unemployed and orphaned children. Meri Hōhepa had a great love for the Māori people and became fluent in Te Reo. She also had great knowledge of herbal medicines and developed her own rongoā to heal those who were unwell. Suzanne established the Sisters of Compassion who are still serving our community in need today, right across New Zealand. We hope you enjoy our waiata! 'Whakamoemititia, te Ariki mo nga manaakitanga' Suzanne Aubert

Anthony

Our youth ropū sung Te Aroha on Teams. I love to sing waiata! ♥️

Joanne

Tangaroa 5 singing "Pepeha" (Level 2 style) with Six60 at 12pm on 14th September. Waimea Intermediate School, Nelson.

Jane

Our centre is located in Revesby in Sydney. During this pandemic we have only 3 children present this week. Kaeden has been brought up in Australia however he expressed his goal is "To talk Maori like he talks normal english! "he said All week he has practiced his mihi and his learning has influenced the two other children in wanting to learn too. Here they are proud with their moko! Xylee in the middle is his sister, Kate is of chinese descent and said "i want to say it too" "If you want to go far go together! " Ko te ara tika ki angitu, ko te ara mahana!

Ata

As a team of 60 we played a Khoot game and had a kanikani to the new Rob Ruha waiata. We enjoyed the challange and strengthen our knowledge. It was a fun afternoon.

Miriana

My daughter and I practising what she learnt at school this term. Ka pai!

Abbie

Kei te korero taku mihi ma taku pepeha

Susan

This class was learning a waiata

Renee

Since the 1st of September I have been greeting everyone in Te Reo Maori, I have also implemented more Reo into my regular daily korero. . Although I am just a beginner its getting easier. .

Tash

Here's a video of some of our student's signing Six60 newest tracks 'Pepeha', it was a great way to endorse all languages of Aotearoa.

Barry

We are the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, singing our waiata "Tu mai ra Toi Aotearoa" especially composed by one of our members Kura Moeahu. He waiata tino ataahua!

Caren

We are a proud Māori family, wanting to share our precious taonga, our native dialect with our tamariki. Neither myself nor my husband grew up immersed in our Māori culture, both having runaway fathers, who in their defense are just part of the long legacy of stolen souls and oppressed identities. Both losing their way in life, of course dealing with the trauma of colonization. We are on a journey to reclaim our Reo, what was stolen from our fathers, and our fathers fathers but not us.

Liana

I'm a firefighter based at Balmoral Station, Auckland. Our rōpū decided to all record something as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. I love this kaupapa!

Rene

We have been learning our numbers in Maori so decided to test the tamariki out and played a bit of bingo. It was great fun.

Katie

Every class at Rimu School participated in the Māori Language Moment.

Kate

Wero o te Ra - Each day this week the classes at Berkley Normal Middle School have been invited to submit entries to our week of challenges competition. Wero 1 - Cover something in kupu - we covered people, cars, windows and whiteboards with so many kupu. Wero 2 - Creative kupu was an art competition with artistic word art. Wero 3 - Creating a class korowai incorporating elements of your pepeha. Wero 4 - Kanikani - Every class was invited to dance to a waiata and submit their video. It has been great fun choosing songs, choreographing, practising and watching each others videos. Wero 5 - Tuhithui - writing about a time when you have spoken or heard Te Reo Maori. We are loving this week of celebrating Te Reo Maori, which also includes Ki o Rahi at lunchtimes, and learning a new tongue twister each day.

Annalise

Kia Ora Whanau Im writing 2 use all because Im Proud of my Culture and being Maori is so important 2 me So Thank u very much 4 giving the Opportunity of a Lifetime! I ♥️❤♥️❤ Being Maori Tena Koutou Katoa Whanau Nga Mihi Aroha Kia Koutou xxxxxxxxxxxxx Naku Noa Na Ruka

Ruka

I welcomed all into my house with "Nau mai, haere mai. " Some reacted with surprise! Then, I asked how they were and taught them to say "Ka pai" or "Tino pai" All seemed pleased to be able to respond with such a simple phrase. Getting people comfortable with the language is rewarding!

Helen

While we are in Level 4 in Tāmaki Makaurau we thought we’d share our ako with our neighbors

Jeanette

Waiata - Tutira mai nga iwi Kia kaha o te reo Maori!

Paula

This is part of Rūma Rima daily routine. My tamariki pick a waiata of their choice and belt it out with their beautiful voices and actions 🙌😍.

Rangi

Kia kaha o te reo Maori!

Paula

Pikitia, He kaiako kohunghunga ahau ki te puna o Unitec Early Learning Centre i Tamaki Makaurau. Hei whakanui, hei tautoko hoki i nga kaiako kia korero, ako i te reo Maori. I whakatungia tetahi wero i waenga nui i a matou, kia tango whakaahu me tetahi taputapu i te kainga me te ingoa ki te reo Maori, ki te reo Pakeha hoki. Ka puta ko te pikitia na. Rikoata, I tukuna e Rawiri Waititi raua ko Debbie Packer i tetahi wero #saymyname #kiatikara He wero tenei hei tautoko i te hunga whakarongo, matakitaki ranei kia tika te whakahua i to ake ingoa. Ka noho tata tenei wero ki toku wairua, no te mea he raru nui tenei moku. Ko te reo kia tika, ko te reo kia rere, ko te reo kia Maori Mauri ora tatou.

Tewaiehu

My boys Mason 3. 7 years and Nikau 11 months love music and singing. We are always learning new songs and Mason especially loves singing songs in Te reo. So here we are singing some waiata!

Sigourney

Kia Ora from Tainui Full Primary School. Rūma Rima had a Kahoot challenge where the tamariki were tested on their knowledge in counting in Te reo Maori. Example “E hia ngā kuri?” It was lit 🔥 🔥🔥.

Rangi

We did kanikani to https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=5BrNYtoX3zs&ab_channel=HiMama%21

Stephanie

My siblings and I only greeted each other in te reo maori this week. We also did a phrase a day from hemi Kelly’s book, then we tried to incorporate it into our day.

Lupe

I have learned how to sing this song Tirama , Tirana, nga whetu for the Maori language week.

Nan

Ka ataahua tenei motu Taputeranga.

Celia

Tena koutou. Ko Waiheke Murray tōku ingoa he uri ahau nō Ngāti Manawa me Ngāti. Awa, Kai Murupara au e noho Kai Toi Te Ora (Public Health-BOPDHB) au e mahi ana hai Kaiwhakawhanake Hauora. Ko māua ko te pou oranga anake ngā Māori ki konei, ã, ko te toenga he pãkeha he tauiwi. Ko te nuinga o ngā kaimahi e ngakaunui ana ki te Reo me ōna tikanga, ā i puta te whakaaro me pēhea te tautoko I a rātou ki te whakanuia I “te wiki o te reo māori. ” Nō reira I whakarite au nga mahi mo te wiki hai ako mā rātou mā te īmera, ia rā I tukuna e au tētahi kiwaha o te rå, tētahi Kupu o te rā, tētahi whakatauki/ whakatauaki o te rā e hãngai ana ki tō mātou nei mahi, waihoki I hono mātou ki te huitopa ia poupoutanga o te rā ki te whakarongo ki ngā kauhau ngā pūrakau o te rohe o te Waiariki, nā ngā kaumatua o tēnei waahi e tohaina ki a mātou. Hai apopo kua whakaritea e au he wāhanga Kahoot hai whakamatauria I wā rātou mōhiotanga mō ngā mahi kua ākonga e rātou mo tēnei wiki :) inaianei ko te êtahi o ngā hua kua puta mai, kei te hiahia rātou ki te haere tonu I ngā akona Reo :)

Waiheke

I karakia au i te tīmatanga o tāku hui a tekau-mā-rua karaka. I opened my 1200 meeting with a karakia. "Tukua te wairua Kia rere ki ngā taumata Hai arahi i ā tātou mahi Me ā tātou whai I ngā tikanga ā rātou mā Kia mau, kia ita Kia kore ai e ngaro Kia pūpuri Kia whakamaua Kia tina TINA Haumi e, hui e, taiki e"

Harley

I made more of an effort to use Māori phrases throughout my work day at a Preschool. Examples: "Horoi ou ringaringa" for children to wash their hands before kai time. "E noho" and "e tu" when encouraging children to sit down or stand up. "Morena" when greeting people. "Haere mai" when asking children to come to me. "Tino pai" and "ka pai" when praising children. I was proud to be using te reo Māori as it is not my first language and am not always confident to speak it.

Louise

Rūma Rima at Tainui Full Primary School in Tokoroa did a Kahoot challenge, where we tested the tamariki and their knowledge in counting in Te reo Maori. Example: E hia ngā kuri? Etc. 😉

Rangi

This is my pepeha

Taine

This is a Maori song which includes different animals and their names in Maori.

Susan

Together with my partner we learnt the days of the week and revised the numbers 1-10 in te Reo, we made sure we understood the phrases in the Stuff quiz and we sang the wiata "Te Aroha . . . " Kia kaha! Peter

Reading a bilingual pukapuka to my pēpē Oaklee Rarua (1 year old). She loves these books and already responds to many kupu - Māori words! We are learning our reo together ❤

Keri

We ran a virtual Te Reo basics workshop with 10 awesome people at Airways.

Lisa

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Maori Language Moment 2021

We ran a virtual Te Reo basics workshop with 10 awesome people at Airways.