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

Whangarei Primary School. Room 3 sang our National Anthem

Hone

We started with a karakia, waiata and then moved onto all things crispy, oily and delicious. Fry bread! For some of us it was our first time making it. We ate lunch together, te reo was spoken or just listened to by some and we celebrated being in Aotearoa together

Mishal

Whangarei Primary School. Room 2 played ti rakau to celebrate the reo

Hone

Kei te kōrero ahau - kia ora te whānau o Aotearoa.

Christina

Whangarei Primary School. Room 21 did a haka to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

Hone

I began making my website bilingual! ❤️

Sarah

Ko ngā tamariki me ngā kaiako mā no te Kura Tuatahi o Morningside kei Whangārei. Because of Covid restrictions for gathering, we could not participate as a whole school in the same place at the same time. However, we all set our alarms and got the phones ready to record our simultaneous moment in our classrooms. We spent the whole hour celebrating te reo! Our tamariki love Te Reo Māori and this wero was an exciting one for us that we were ALL happy to do! I mahi ai mātou ki te waiata, ki te pānui, ki te whakarongo, ki te kanikani, ki te kōrero, ki te ako, ki te whakarongo hoki! Kua rawe te wero o tenei tau na te mea kua mahi ai mātou ngā ngohe momo i taea e aua mātou katoa! Engari, i whakanui ai mātou i tenei wiki katoa. I ako mātou he "kianga o te ra", he ngohe momo Māori ia rā ia rā, me nga hī taonga ia rā ia rā mo te mahi kōrero i te reo! He wiki miharo tenei! ! Kia Kaha te Reo Māori

Marama

For my Māori language moment I watched the "Kia kaha te reo Māori! " video . . I'm also greeting and farewelling everyone (incl. email) in te reo Māori for all of Mahuru.

Angela

Learning Te reo Māori is a journey, we are learning as a Māozzie (Māori / Ozzie) whānau. We hope to do our part to embed it into Aotearoa society. This waiata is the start of our Pepeha…. this is the rest… Ko Tuperiri te tangata Ko Pateoro Maihi tōku tipuna Ko Te Hoa tōku māmā Ko Alan tōku papa Ko Tui-kay ahau Ko Arāni, ko Kaea, ko Xade ngā tamariki

Tui-kay

Haere ki te moe. Pomarie

Cushla Ngarewai

My cat Scooter's expression when I sang two waiata - E Hara and Whakataka Te Hau. He now understands "e noho", just pretends not to.

Linda

I sang a waiata in the forest

sue

Kia ora Tena koutou katoa! . This is my 7years old daughter Mercy. She's a Samoan born in NZ. She try hard to learn the Pepeha and Karakia in Maori language. She really want to share to everyone. Sorry if she pronounce the word wrong please. He pai ki a matou te ako i te reo Maori. Ka whakaute hoki matou ki tena. Kia Ora Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori kia tatou katoa. Nga mihi nui, Regards Ana

Ana

My Pepeha

Pius

Learnt this song a few years back so watched a YouTube in the actions!

Kei a koe te mana whanau in tamaki makaurau

Clinton

One of many waiata i learnt in 2021 and the major bonus is its sung my Stan Walker

Clinton

As we were in lockdown our whole year 3 and 4 syndicate met on zoom at 12:00 on Tuesday and sang Ra whanau kia koe to one of our teachers who was turning 30 then we all sang Pakeke Mai and did the actions.

carolyn

Morena e te whanau from Ria Maikera Bolger

Tui

These are my children who are half tongan half maori learning their pepeha for the first time and actually appreciating their Maori whakapapa. Im proud of them for trying but also being intentional in learning more about who they are and where they are from. They are now confident to introduce themselves and are proud to be Maori.

rose

Kia ora koutou, Ko mātou ko Nga Kaitiaki o Te Pūawaitanga o Te Reo Māori o Te Kura o Otangarei. I waiata mātou he waiata e pa ana ki mātou tūpuna ko Rahiri. He tūpuna o Ngāpuhi.

Terynne

We stopped in the midst of stacking wood He rawe to mahi ! I said to him.

Marie

Massey University Library chose to do a 'whakarongo' activity for our Māori Language Moment, We came together via Zoom across 3 campuses and shared waiata Māori both old and new with the rest of the staff that logged on. It was a great activity some of the waiata reminded staff of those who were no longer within the library whānau. It was also a great way to sing and dance along to waiata while being muted.

Sheeanda

using more te reo in greetings. Spent time learning new greetings and goodbyes

Jeff

My Pepeha

Pius

I spoke te reo with the students I work with. We used Māori greetings and asked "kei te pehea koe?" and responded with "kei te pai/hiamoe/hōhā. . . ahau. " Ngā mihi Shelly

Shelly

My five year olds learnt "ko Amanda au" "ko Bob koe" and "ko Tane ia"

Amanda

We had fun

Corinne

We (whole whanau, 4 of us) were travelling Wellsford to Puhoi after being vaccinated and sang along with the awesome Waiata that was playing on George fm at this time ❤️

Cleo

We met on zoom around the country and across our sites to do the Te Reo Kahoot quiz!

Stephanie

As a Year 7/8 class, we completed online Te Reo quizzes on Kahoot! My class loved it, loved being part of a nationwide activity and we are doing more Te Reo Kahoots throughout the week.

Murray

My son and I sang and danced to waiata. We both loved it 🥰

Joanna

My daughter and I were travelling to Wellington and stopped on the way to ensure we participated in the Te Reo moment. We listened to and sang Waiata, sent a Kia pai o koutou ra message to our whānau and friends, posted a Facebook message and acknowledged the Kaimahi I te reo Māori who served us our kai.

Christina

Waiata children's songs and stories

Tanya

Proudly showcasing Te Reo Māori in our Cafe.

Hineora

Kyahnu Ruaumoko Tongia, 7 years old helping me sing Hoki Mai e Tama ma ❤️🖤🤍

Faith

We had the whole department at 12pm come together over teams to sing 'Tutira mai nga iwi' and it was wonderfully glorious

Sabine

Had a korero with team during a meeting and included a karakia.

Nikola

This is our multicultural connect with coffee group. We had a fun day learning happy birthday in maori too! All our people celebrate all of our cultures but acknowledge the tangata whenua! Tau ke!

Amanda

Starts from Karakia, welcome song and waiata song. My kids love to practice these Maori songs.

Maave

I whakarite ahau i tētahi kiriata ki te taha o ōku mātua. He kiriata e whakamārama ana i te motuhaketanga o te reo Māori i roto i taku tipuranga. Eraihia Nepe

Eraihia

This is my Ako class SWPJ. This is a video of my Ako class putting actions to the waiata Sheree Waitia wrote for our girls. All it needed were the actions to go with the waiata. Still in the touching up stages but I couldn't be more proud. So here they are. Te Kura Tuarua Kõhine o Avonside singing Ka tipu Ka rea. #kiakahatereomāori Nā Heeni Waipouri

Jenny

Kai karakia Nau mai ngā hua o te wao O te ngãkina o te wai tai O te māori na tāne koe Nā Rongo koe Nā maru koe Nā haumie koe Nā Tangaroa koe Ko Ranginui e tū iho nei Ko Papatūanuku e takato nei Whano Kia tina haumi e hui e taiki e āmene 🙏

Julie

Reading with my 6 year old Niamh We learn and practice together Kaye

Kaye

I was able to be in 2 classes at our kura this week, where I shared the koorero about Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. The two items were chosen by the classes and recorded on Tuesday & Wednesday. The tamariki loved being part of the bigger picture of bringing back our Reo to our mainstream kura!

Kim

I recently moved back to Czech Republic, my home country. Nobody here really knows anything about the Maori culture and I am happy to talk about it a lot. My dad asked me if I learned any words in Maori and I was so proud to tell him and teach him what I know. So that day I taught him what whanau, mahi, wharepaku, kuri, korero and ka pai means. My little Maori Language moment from the other side of the world. Miss you Aotearoa!

Eva

Ka waiata mātou, ko taku tamāhine, ko au, ko ngā tauira o Te Herenga Waka. We joined a zoom hui and sang E Minaka Ana. Kia kaha tātou ki te kōrero Māori!

Robyn

He mihi poto, hei whakanuia i Te wiki o Te Reo Rangatira. Mauri Ora😊🙏

Tamara

Learning about the impacts of colonisation since studying (midwifery) has been a massive wake up call for me and has pushed me to learn more about myself and my whakapapa and Māori Language Week is just icing on the cake. I’m feeling so much more grounded already. Here we go!

Courtney

I joined with work colleagues on Zoom and in real life to listen to a kaumatua kōrero about the arrival of the Mātātua waka. I also used Te Reo for greetings and on all emails

Jane

Aku tamariki no Te Kura Whakapumau I te Reo Tuturu ki Waitaha

Barbara

Waiata with the whanau- Ka Pioioi

Shontayne

Kia Ora I am an independent planning commissioner. We make decisions on resource consent applications on behalf of local councils. I chaired a hearing on Wednesday where the first and last statement was in te reo Maori. The pronunciation was not perfect and I was nervous as hell but I’m glad I did it and will add these statements at the beginning and end of each hearing I hold from now on. It’s a start and I hope build on it as my vocabulary and confidence grows. Ka mau te wehi! Opening Morena. Tēnā koutou i tēnei, Ko Robert tōku ingoa, nau mai ki tēnei hui Good morning, hello everyone. My name is Robert, welcome to this hearing Closing Tēnā koutou katoa e te hunga whai wāhi i tēnei rā. Hoki pai atu ki te kāinga Thank you to all the people/participants today and safe travels home. Robert

Robert

We sang a call and response waiata called Tena Koutou. Niall Kane led us all on the mic.

Sue

This whakatauki reminds me so much about our club. Everyone working together to provide pathways and opportunities for any and all players to participate in an amazing sport. Together we work hard, play hard and have lots of fun.

Jackie

I learned and practised a new karakia: Mai i te tohi rangi Ki te tohi nuku Tiaho i roto Marama i roto Tupu mauri ora Ki te whai ao Ki te ao marama Huiee Taiki ee Bev

Bev

HE AROHA WHAKATŌ, HE AROHA PUTA MAI ❤ If kindness is sown, Then kindness iyou shall receive ❤

Barbara

I am a teacher in Tāmaki Makaurau currently in lockdown. I zoomed my class of year 5s at 11. 50 and we sung waiata until 12. 20. We sang Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi, He aha te tae? Te Aroha, Tarakihi and more. The internet made us all out of time but it was beautiful <3 The tamariki loved it!

Anneliese

Afew of our pasifika students at Fraser High saying Kia kaha Te reo Maori ! !

Oliva

This is my pepeha.

Teri

Kia Ora, I used Maori greetings in my emails to our teaching staff, Tena Koutou Katoa. Also signed my emails with Nga mihi Mahana. Put up a map of Aotearoa with all the place names in Maori. Displayed the Treaty of Waitangi for our akonga. Made korowai pattern bookmarks for our akonga. Put a map of the world all in Te Reo Maori for our students to learn the worlds place names in Maori.

Kathleen

At 12pm I began singing waiata and playing ukulele which I learned to play recently through a wonderful series of workshops run by Maria Sydney from Educational Leadership Project. In 3 x 2 hour sessions I learned enough chords to be able to sing and play 10 waiata in early childhood settings. And have been able to fo this every day before lockdown kicked in. After a few days tamariki began requesting their favourites!

Helen

I challenged my new entrants students to create a video of them yelling "Kia kaha" for our wā tuku iho.

Carol

I downloaded the Maori keyboard and now, at last, I can put macrons on the vowels! ! !

Maureen

These videos are from our class over the week including te reo Māori into our learning every day. Here are some more from our class blogs. https://gtssionev. blogspot. com/2021/09/sione-hail-mary-karakia. html https://spxmoniquenk. blogspot. com/2021/09/taniela-and-josaia-toka-pepa-kuti. html

Monique

I wrote this today as part of my writing portfolio for an environmental management paper I'm studying at Lincoln. I wanted to frame my writing with thinking and language to celebrate te ao Maori and keeping the reo alive and increasing its footprint. Plus, some concepts don't translate into English!

Mayme

I learnt a new karakia whakatuwhera! Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Carol

My daughters and I love this book

Rose

Much like many other schools around Aotearoa, our GSNZ community participated in the national Te Reo Maori Moment at midday. Learners spent this time engaging in many moments including waiata, Kī-o-rahi, rakau and kōrero.

Diana

Learnt some new words in Te reo

Liz

Members of CCHL, including Citycare Property, celebrated with lots of waiata, led by Tahu Stirling and the team from LPC.

Hana

My class continued their te reo learning with a new online game-based quiz called Blooket. They were totally engaged and loved showcasing their knowledge of te reo while battling against their mates. Students enjoyed it so much we've played again the last two days!

Rachel

My class did lots of different things in our moment. Some of us created kahoots or books on chromebooks. Some listened to music and sang. Some of us drew pictures and labelled them with the words. And some of us researched into our own histories/whakapapa. It was lots of fun!

Jenni

My class did lots of different things in our moment. Some of us created kahoots or books on chromebooks. Some listened to music and sang. Some of us drew pictures and labelled them with the words. And some of us researched into our own histories/whakapapa. It was lots of fun!

Jenni

Reading 'Where the wild things are' in te reo Māori with my 5month old and 4year old.

Jilena

I live on the Gold Coast and this is how I keep my connection to my culture. I love to Taaniko and whatu contemporary Kakahu. My te reo is very basic.

Desiree

Kia Ora, Ruma toru tekau ma wha practised and read their Pepeha and shared these with their whānau through Seesaw. We also played and sang along to the song Pepeha by Six60.

Hayley

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori O Te Aotearoa💜🧜🏽‍♀️

Jade

I loved being part of the Māori language moment :-) I love the language so much, and wish we heard/saw/experienced Te Reo Māori everyday as much as we do during Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori. I did a few different things, I listened to waiata both modern and traditional on a spotify playlist. I also chose to play/learn by doing the quizz as well. (I may have danced a little too :-) ) The video I made was to share with the Tamariki at my centre.

Jessica

Arohatia te reo Māori, naku nōa Dee taua no Bear Manley

Dee

Photo myself

Haylee

After having a shared video call with out Playcentre, where we shared our own piece of te reo or te ao Māori, my tamariki and I listened to some waiata then went to the end of the driveway to remind others in Tāmaki Makaurau to kia kaha.

Marcia

"Ko te reo te kai o te rangatira". Huia, Huia Huia, Huia Te tangi o te manu tapu manu Ariki, Kua ngaro koe, Kua ngaro koe. Tena koutou e aku rangatira i tenei wa poto whakahirahira ki te whakamana to tatou Reo Rangatira. "Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori, Ko te kupu te mauri o te reo Maori". Koinei te korero mai to tatou papa Ta Hemi Henare. Kia ahau nei, E rere ana te reo, kei te ora tonu tatou te iwi Maori. Kia kaha tonu koutou e nga tangata katoa ki te ako to tatou Reo Rangatira i nga wa katoa. Koira taaku koha kia koutou. Mauriora!

Huia

I practiced my pronunciation out loud and read the vocabulary list using this game (in the picture) that we got given at Matariki. I also went onto the govt connected website and switched the language to Te Reo at 12pm and had a look.

Rebecca

Over MS teams our team did a karakia together.

Nina

I am starting to learn this Karakia, so i sat in my car and said it. “ Whakataka te hau ki te uru, Whakataka te hau ki te tonga. Kia mākinakina ki uta, Kia mātaratara ki tai. E hī ake ana te atākura he tio, he huka, he hauhunga. Haumi e! Hui e! Tāiki e! ”

Megan

In PE this week, our ākonga were able to click on the links to our activities. Some of the activities involved whakarongotia to the 'Haere Mai' waiata, panuitia with the pukapuka 'Te Pāmu o Koro Meketānara' and then the tamariki could try out whakapakari tinana with kararehe movements from Te Pāmu, Hikitia te Hā yoga, and even upoko, pakihiwi waiata trying to be as tere as possible. Level 4 Lockdown has definitely not restricted the learning and enjoyment at Milford Kura for Te Wiki ō Te Reo Māori!

Louise

I hikoi au ki te papa i waho o Paremata ka karakia ahau, he tohu whakamaumahara ki te hunga i pakanga mo tō tātou reo. My Māori Language Moment … I walked to the grounds outside Parliament and said a karakia in remembrance of those who fought for our language.

Claire

I learned a new Te reo Maori sentence and practiced saying it with my family.

Mandeep

Set my eldest daughter up for her Te Reo Moment with her class and learnt the Days of the week song (Ngā rā o te wiki) with my youngest :)

Julia

I had created a template for everyone to participate in on Instagram and Facebook. I as a non Maori cant fluently speak Te Reo but i do know my whakapapa inside out so why not do a Pepeha template for everyone to share who they are but at the same time learn the Reo and be involved in te wiki o te reo Māori.

Nooroa

From 12-1230, our whole syndicate of year 7-8 students played quiz games to identify words in reo! My class came in 2nd place! Our daily reo, kupu, and karakia paid off well. Tino pai! !

Natalie

We encouraged the use of Te Reo in our clinic for the staff and the patients

Ereana

Over MS teams our team did a karakia together.

Nina

Tenei tōku pepeha mō te wiki o te reo Māori! Tihei mauriora!

Rua

He kaiako au mo ngā tamariki nohinohi ki te kura tuatahi o Tauhara i Taupō. Kei te pānui pukapuka āhau i tēnei rangi.

Beth

MOJ Māori Network joining via zoom for TWOTRM and The Māori Language Moment

Eruera

I tried to get to know the Karakia that my children do at their Kura.

Helen

Our first scrabble game using te reo! Time for someone to produce a special te reo Scrabble set and drop all those unnecessary consonents amd give us a few more vowels. All proceeds could go to keeping te reo alive.

Helen

Encouraging the use of Te Reo Māori in our clinic for Staffa bf patients

Ereana

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Maori Language Moment 2021

Encouraging the use of Te Reo Māori in our clinic for Staffa bf patients