Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 | Your Moments

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The class have written stories to share with the juniors in Te reo, made stop motion videos with simple sentence structure and then played Quizlet live to practice classroom vocabulary in teams.

Jacinda

The photo is Takoro a matching vocabulary game The video is my daughter and grandson Rebecca and Mack

Ali

Kia ora koutou Us whanau who live in Tamaki Makaurau who still in Lockdown Level 4 came up with a whakaaro to connect with our whanau around the motu and Aussie. So we threw a wero ki a ta matou whanau Nepe- Apatu wero Tik Tok Kahao #35 . Matua Rob Ruha and Kahao Whanau rawe a ratou waiata hou. Ka nui te mihi nui. Even my kura at Nga Kohine o Kerehana have also picked up the wero also. It’s mean miharo how our whanau and kura have picked up the wero and their creativity is shown in our video’s Mauri ora Log In or Sign Up to View See posts, photos and more on Facebook. Log In or Sign Up to View See posts, photos and more on Facebook. Log In or Sign Up to View See posts, photos and more on Facebook.

Parehuia

Our tamariki in an auraki class (17 akonga) played a Te Reo Kahoot at exactly 12am on Tuesday. They had to match 50 English words to kupu Maori. They loved it and did really well. During the day, we started with a kura zui, where the leading akomanga did karakia, himene, pepeha and mihi. All 4 kaiako (2 in the rumaki akomanga and 2 in the auraki akomanga) addressed the kura in Te Reo. In our auraki akomanga, the students practiced extending on their basic pepeha, by adding their grandparents, as well as practiced kiiwaha, whakatauki and waiata.

Annabelle

I am an early childhood teacher. I produced this for te wiki o te reo Maori. It has a focus on toi Maori.

Nishi

My backdrop for my virtual classroom: the Māori I learned in the Māori Language Moment with its respective Hindi counterparts as both languages share the same week of celebrations globally #KiaKahaTeReoMāori

Sima

Learning kupu playing Takaaro

Aloma

I completed 10 minutes of learning on the drops - te reo app I'm enjoying learning words and phrases I can use in every day life. The first words I learnt were food related which is awesome as my job as a cook

Kirsty

Ngā tamariki o Te Kura o Waatea e mahi ana i te waiata ā runga ‘E noho Tuheitia’

Awaroa

today we have Charlies Kōrerorero today is: you’re the best! ! ! kei runga noa atu koe! ! !

alicia

Here are some of Marian's tauira about to start Tuku Reo 2021. Some of the school competed in a kahoot https://create. kahoot. it/details/42790065-f3cd-46ed-8c78-a300695762e7 and others listened to waiata or practised phrases for kōrero. Marian is super pumped to be involved in this event again! Whakanuia te reo!

Ryan

Maia whanau Renwick school Blenheim

Amanda

Tamariki playing Taakaro… devolping kupu

Aloma

my whanau love to read pukapuka together, We love ‘Where the Wild Things are’ and have it both in English and Te Reo. Today my three year old chose ‘Kei Reira Ngā Weriweri‘ for quiet time, which became our Maori Language Moment.

Nastasja

Yoobee Colleges South Seas Film Campus ran a remote 'all campus' Kahoot for ākonga and kaitiaki.

Wanda

Finally found some time to log into Toku Reo website and begin toku reo journey. So grateful for the chance to do the mahi and embrace this stunning language.

Michelle

We are a small rural school north of Tamaki Makaurau and currently in Level 4. This didn't stop us meeting virtually doing karakia, pepeha, challenges and a te reo book. Our locals joined in too. Tu meke whanau. Kia kaha Te Reo Maori! Pakiri School

Nigel

My sons and I learning te reo through waiata. He honore- All honor to God!

Lucille

I waiata au!

Ro

Repeating words phrases on TV 1 and reading the reo and waiata in the kete I've collected over early childhood workshops

Jackie

I worked at translating Paipera Tapu, Matiu 11. 28-30

MargaretAnne

I tākaro ā mātou tīma i tētahi kēmu patapatai. The team really embraced it, i ako rātou i ngā mea hou.

Penny

Our class sang Six60 Pepeha as we have been learning our own pepeha this term.

Brenda

We had these signs printed a few years back to put outside our open homes during Māori Language Week, but then just decided to use them all the time. Welcome, Please Remove Your Shoes.

Charlotte

Used Te Reo to greet each person I met during the day. Farewelled each in Te Reo. At mid day, the moment, I was just leaving the Gym and farewelled in Te Reo and the coach responded in Te Reo too! !

June

Moving the kunekune piglets to a different part of the park was a great opportunity to kōrero māori

Sam

I worked at translating Paipera Tapu, Matiu 11. 28-30.

MargaretAnne

I read Akoako o te Rangi with French subtitles for my French Whānau. I didn't sing it because I'm not too good at it and I thought It sounded like a poem too. I hope my accent is not too bad! ! ! ! So grateful to be able to take part in the celebration of beautiful Te Reo Māori! Blandine

Blandine

This year 4 class was enjoying doing the Matariki Macarena.

Nina

Practiced my mihimihi followed by karakia

Nicolette

Ella and Samuel’s entry into a Whanau baking competition at my work. Sam practiced his reo all day 💕

Amy

These children were enjoying one of their favourite waiata. . . Aotearoa by Stan Walker.

Nina

I worked with a class of 7 and 8 year olds using online whiteboard to answer questions about Te Reo Māori numbers, finish number patterns using Te Reo Māori, and answer an equation in Te Reo Māori. We also counted together in Te Reo Māori. Students all participated online and had fun! !

Kim

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 quiz as well. (I may have danced a little too 🙂 ) The video I made was to share with the Tamariki at my centre.

Jessica

A Year 3 classes enjoying the wero of a Kahoot! The focus was on Classroom objects in te reo Māori.

Nina

Ia rā ka tukuna he momo whakatauki ki taku whārangi pukamata, ana ka tuhi hoki i roto o te reo Māori snake. Mauri Ora!

Awaroa

We sung a waiata.

Tracey

I had to chair a meeting in the evening and I opened the meeting with a Maori greeting and a karakia that I have been learning.

Colleen

We developed and launched a rautaki reo for our tīma at work. We have goals for how we want to grow the reo in our team over the next year kia ora ai te reo Māori hei reo o ia rā, ia rā.

Mattie

I did a waiata a ringa wth my work colleagues. We videoed it and uploaded it to this site 🌺

Aroha

I w'akaako au ki oku Tamariki Te Reo o nga matua tupuna I runga rawa me te Mahi raranga ki te taha o toku whanau.

Yeates

I taught my tamariki this song as online mat time! ❤️

Susanna

I changed my email signature to te reo at work and I encouraged my colleagues to speak, learn and celebrate te reo!

Kylie

We had a wonderful kōrero in a small group all of course enjoying our Te Reo Maōri journey! 💚

Lineke

Tik tok is where it’s at right now for our tamariki! ! So of course we had to get amongst it…. Even me! !

Robyn

I did a Kahoot by myself and it is about te reo Maori.

Angel

I listened to song in Te reo and did the kahoot

Amelia

Matua Rangi was unable to come into school to take us for Kapa Haka so we did a Zoom Hui with him. There were lots of technological hitches but we just kept singing. We love Kapa Haka with Matua!

Vanessa

My class and I had a go at playing Kia Tekau during maths.

Sophia

Kia Ora, This is my 10 year old daughter, Lucia singing Hareruia. We have been practicing the waiata together. We love learning Māori through waiata. Na mihi Mahana Malina

Malina

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

We took part in ‘The project NZ’.

Aimee

Along with using more Reo, I’ve been doing a quiz each day with my team te Reo & kaupapa Māori themed. It’s been great, nice way to introduce not only Reo, but history too!

Karlene

Tēnā koutou, I am continuing my journey with Te Reo by taking a Māori 101 course through the University of Hawaii. I’m in Hawaii right now. Amelia Butler is my kaiako, we’ve already made a lot of progress and I feel very connected with Te Reo, its tangata and culture. My whāinga, and it has been for a long time, is to connect with other peoples and languages of Te Moananui a Kiwa and to seek similarities through dedicated learning and bonding. Ngā mihi nui.

Vanessa

We played a Kahoot with our friends from Te Rākau Ture and other groups around law school.

Reilly

Zoom Fun In our zoom meeting we sang, danced, lip synced and did a kupu quiz. We had a lot of fun.

michelle

I'm a high school teacher. At noon my year 10 class took a break from maths and listened to one of Lorde's songs in te reo.

Kimberley

Koinei taku tama a Hawaiki-Soul, nā tāna papakupu hou i ako te reo Māori.

Te Wakahuia

Here we are as a team having a go with poi

Kim

I sang the waiata " He Honore, He Kororia ". . with my husband as my witness. I learnt this when I attended Te Reo Language classes in 2018 - 2020.

Susan

I sang the beautiful waiata Te Aroha. I didn’t record it because my singing voice would make everyone wince.

Lynley

He pai te whakawhiti korerorero ma runga Pukumata. Tu Tangata!

Justin

For 2021, our call to action was to invite Te Reo Māori expert Kiri Key from NoA (Nurturing one Another) to work with our Walk Together crew on sharing the why, how and what of Pēpehā. We were privileged to learn more about each other's ancestral pathways and connections from; Oxford England, Kahungunu-ki Wairoa, Luzon-Philippines, and Moaata-Samoa. We enjoyed spending time acknowledging Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by acknowledging the importance and beauty of Pepeha and the process of sharing where you are from. Ngā mihi ki a koe e te rangatira, kai karakia, kaioko mō re rā, taku tino hoa, ko Kiri Key, me ngā mihi aroha ki te tīma Walk Together NZ for wanting to learn how to do Pepeha, Māori Styles. By sharing our culture, we learn so much more about other cultures. We find common ground and from there, anything is possible. Mauri Ora. Arama

Arama

Gave our church whanau the opportunity to karakia the Lord's Prayer in Te Reo.

Penny

My class and I sang songs in te reo and also some with actions. We were doing maths so we tried to find songs with counting. They loved it!

Judy

Our class tried to memorise a karakia learnt for the first time. We then proceeded to listen to Māori hit songs on Youtube. The students enjoyed the experience and even requested that we should do it more often.

Delia

I am counting from 1 to 10 in Maaori

Fe

During Lockdown Level 4 the new waiata Pepeha by Six60 inspired kaiako to adapt this waiata to include our kindergarten's Pepeha. The tamariki were very eager and quick to learn this.

Gayle

I listened to the song Aotearoa and watched the video. I love it.

Olivia

My one and only tattoo Whanau mana pono ❤️

Fe

We recorded a whānau video of our pepeha to join the Māori Language Moment.

Louisa

Listened to Hemi Kelly's podcast on Everyday Māori, the episode teaches us some basic conversational expression - Kei te aha? Kei te pai. \gcd

Ronnel

Tokanui School’s tamariki and kaiaka took part in a variety of learning experiences and waiata.

Julianne

Here are the names of how you can be feeling in te reo Maori

Angel

Chelsea House Levin, the 4 year olds in Kauri room learn waiata and games to increase their knowledge and use of Te Reo. We appreciate all the wonderful resources and support on the internet. He mihi nui kia koutou katoa

wendy

We learnt the song by Six60 the Pepeha Song. The students love that song and have asked to sing it again, day after day.

Pam

Kua Kōrero me waiata mo oku hoa mahi 🤩🤩 At 12pm we celebrated with waiata socially distanced at Te Ope Whakaora Southern Division with 10 others today 🤩 We have had pepeha, mihi and karakia and thanks to the team for giving it a go! Kia kaha te reo Māori 🤩 #reomāori

Christine

I te hikoi, oma hoki haere au i te ngahere, i te wā whakahirahira. Kua whakarite tētahi atu mahi mā mātou ko āku kōtiro, engari, te taea te tutuki. Anei ahau e werawera atu ana. I was out on my walk/run at the reo moment. I'd organised something else with my girls, but wasn't at home to do it. So here is me sweaty and outta breathe.

Luella

This is Vienna's pepeha.

Amanda

This is Dinique's pepeha

Amanda

This is Luther's pepeha.

Amanda

Ko te hapori o Cohaus tēnei i kanikani tahi ki te whakanui I te wiki o te reo Māori.

Raukura

Played a game of banana gram with whanau

Mike

This is Samay's pepeha.

Amanda

Kia ora, my class made poi and at 12 noon on Tuesday myseld and my students did a short poi action song

Brady

This is Eva's Pepeha.

Amanda

I have learnt some Maori Vocabulary Bed: Moenga Bicycle: Pahikara Book: Pukapuka Bottle: Pounamu Bridge: Piriti Candle: Kanara Car: Motuka City: Taone Nui Clock: Karaka Coffee: Kawhai Fish: Ika Flower: Putiputi House: Whare Key: Ki Newspaper: Nupepa Pencil: Pene Rakau

Angel

I taaki karakia.

Timoti

Celebrating the reo, Te ra and te ao

Robina

This is my pepeha

Amanda

Ko Keila tōku ingoa My name is Keila Nō Te Whanagnui-a-Tara me Piripīni ōku tūpuna My ancestors are from Wellington and Philippines Kei te noho au ki Wainuiomata I live in Wainuiomata #mymihi

Keila

Fun with a class game

Dianne

Kia ora e hoa ma. I mihi ahau ki tõku Pāpā i te Wiki o te Reo Maori. I kõrero ahau i tāku pepeha me tāku pūrākau. Ko Tawhitirahi te maunga Ko Māmari te waka Ko Te Aupõuri te iwi Ko Piripi Kapa tõku Pāpā Ko Raninikura tõku ingoa. He whakatauki tēnei " Kaua e mate wheke, e mate ururoa" Tihei mauri ora!

Raninikura

My wero was to learn the song Purea Nei (Hirini Melbourne) off by heart and sing it on Tuesday. . I am not a reo speaker normally but I’m learning… still.

Jan

Learning body parts in te reo and challenging their listening skills

Kahurangi

I created a Te Reo Classroom Objects Pingo game to help familiarise my students and myself with te reo translations. My students love shouting 'pingo' when they've got a full house! I've also created a Te Reo Classroom Objects Quizziz online quiz to help us practice and reinforce our learning. We all enjoy playing both daily and I also like playing this at home with my kids.

Michelle

Ka mau te wehi Te Reo Maori 😍

Heather

Kia ora, Ko tenei te wero o ngā tauira tuarua ki Te Whanganui-ā-Tara a Te Rito Maioha ECNZ. Te ingoa o te wero, ko Pepeha a Six60. Kia kaha te reo Māori koutou mā. As part of our "Te Wiki o te reo Māori" celebrations and due to Covid19, we had to take our Noho Marae online. Here is my Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Stage 2 students from Te Rito Maioha ECNZ doing Six60's waiata Pepeha in sign language. Ngā mihi maioha, Stacey Bird

Stacey

Although the kaimahi are working from home during Level 2 restrictions most of them came together to celebrate Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 in practicing and learning their pepeha

Catherine

He mihi poto mai i te taha o tōku pāpā.

Claire

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