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!

2024 2023 2022 2020

A few years ago my wife and I visited Waitangi and I was asked to lead the visitors on to the marae. When it came my time to speak I froze. I was so scared of making a mistake that I couldn't speak at all. I'd previously spoken on a marae and should have been able to do so again but my brain wouldn't let me. Since then I've practiced what I should have said over and over and, if the chance ever comes again, I'll be very keen to speak properly. Tino whakama ahau.

Rory

We posted a FB video from the Christchurch City Council fitness studio linking fitness and Te Reo and received 1100 views, (some may be partial views. )

Jenny

Using Hemi Kelly's book " A Maori phrase a day' the students selected phrases which they wanted to learn. The purpose was to create a visual display in my Year 6 classroom that could be referred to easily.

Erin

Please follow this link to view a recording of our FHS Māori language moment.

Aaron

Kia ora koutou, For Māori Language Moment, I joined my partner to sing a waiata as part of a 15 minute Zoom celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori done by her work. Tino pai!

Robert

We circulated links to all staff in our team so that they could choose on the day something that fitted best for them. I listened to Waiata Anthems online and really enjoyed hearing the "back" story of peoples learning along the way. Ended my work day getting to Te Reo Introduction session offered by Kate White in Ashburton. both activities will be helpful for me to rebuild confidence and competence. Te mutungaa kee mai o te pai! Awesome!

Andrae

My husband and I exchanged te reo greetings and looked up new words to use, as well as a game that would help us learn more.

Janet

The students were asked to sing Te Tinana. After that, they were asked to match the body parts in English with the body parts in Maori. They also practised speaking the words in Maori.

Yung

I shared my mihi in a Facebook Live: www. facebook. com/rosaleejenkin. nz/videos/389386729437340

Rosalee

This song we have been learning together in our pre-school mainly music group. We are mostly pakeha families - but trying to learn more Te Reo every week!

Rachel

I kii au i aku pepeha mo te wa tuarua. He honore ahau ki te hono ki tenei wa.

Megan

For Maori language week I have signed up to Te Reo Maori classes at my local UCOL for the remainder of the year to help get a better understanding of the Maori language.

Sarah

Not sure I'm ready but. But I wanted to do something for the Te wiki o te reo Māori, I have been studying te reo for about 5 weeks now. I wish I had started years ago. Please excuse my pronunciation and flow mistakes. Ngā mini manahau o te whānau

Gary

Our Middle School at Bledisloe chanted a Kiwaha song with actions for our Te Reo Māori moment. Our tamariki loved it and embrace this beautiful language as the Taonga it is

Joy

We are in level 4 lockdown and couldn’t easily work out how to do a group activity. We settled for individual contributions instead 😊

Mandy

In my emails, I greeted with Kia ora. I signed off with Ngā mihi. And I changed part of my email signature to say: Tiakina a papatūānuku. Kaua e tāngia tēnei īmēra (instead of it saying, 'Please consider the environment before printing this email').

Mel

For our Maori movement we encouraged the whole business to use te Reo. Our General Manager also kicked off a company wide meeting with his mihi and a karakia.

Amy

I was relieving with 7 and 8 year olds. We learned and sang Six 60 s Pepeha, and did maths with rakau, counting to 100 as well as later identifying the colours .

Marg

Ko Neriah Hokianga toku ingoa Tiktok challenge Kia pai to ra

Christine

It was awesome to share a Māori Language Moment with some of our Flick Electric team, in the form of an online Māori language quiz, as part of our te wiki o te reo Māori activities. I think we covered all bases - kōrero, whakarongo, ako, tākaro, pānui, and even waiata. It was engaging, heaps of fun, and a good balance of validating that I do know a few basic words and phrases but also that I have a great opportunity to learn more.

Sunil

St Marys College Wellington Creative Technologies students

Nan

Sharing my pepeha, which I put together during Te Reo lessons earlier this year. 😊

Frances

On the right is Paul. On the left is Henry. In the middle is Pou Ārahi Erin. All three are presenting a live call on manaakitaanga. What a way to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo by sharing our values from Te Ao Māori!

Terri

I spent my lunchtime reading Tamihana Te Rauparaha's He Pukapuka Tātaku i ngā Mahi a Te Raupataha alongside Ross Calman's translation ki roto i i te reo Ingarihi. It is slow reading for me, but truly fascinating. He wā tino pai ki te kōrero pukapuka tērā! na Murray

Murray

Emerge Aotearoa Orientation Day session closing with a karakia

Jane

Wow! ka pai NTT Ltd. what a wonderful turnout for Te wiki o te Reo Māori! 142 people across Aotearoa and Australia dialed into our call, 79 of you participated in the Kahoot and 50 of you indicated you would be interested in learning more te Reo Māori. Inā rawa! ! Congratulations Katie, Olaf and Murray our three Kahoot winners and a big congratulations to Simon and for being brave and delivering your mihi on the call Ka pai te mahi! !

natalie

My kids and I listened to some tunes from Waiata Anthems album.

Emmaleen

It talks about breakfast and how to make pancakes with scrambled eggs.

Misty

Ko shakana toku ingoa No taumarunui ahau oku ingoa teina Piripi pi ana sanny tika mel Kio aro

Shakana

I changed key words to Te Reo so they automatically record in Māori when sending a txt msg.

Liz

Ānei ngā tamariki o te puna reo "Te Whāre Rākau" e waiata ana

Amiria

Working from home, listened to some episodes of Everyday Maaori on Spotify. Awesome! Ka rawe!

Jen

Ko mātou tēnei o Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui ā Orotu e mihi atu nei, a e tautoko ana mātou i tēnei kaupapa Rangatira te Mahuru Māori, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, a, me tē Māori Language Moment 2021 hoki. Tihei Te Whanganui ā Orotu!

Kare

I attempted my Mihi and I sang a song.

Mandy

Our tamariki doing kōrero and singing their waiata a ringa 'Horeke'.

Te Manaaroha

Kia Ora…Since Tuesday 14/09/21, I have been learning and teaching 2 x waiata to my workmates: Tutira Mai Nga Iwi and E Iwi W. 🙂

Carolyn

One of my personal commitments to #reomāori which is dropping the English names for native birds from my vocabulary. . . I absolutely adore the Māori names of our feathered friends - pīwakawaka, hoiho, ruru, pīwauwau, kārearea and more!

Helen

I love seeing how much our students enjoy waiata!

kylie

Morena! My husband John (Hone) and I gathered around our piano and sang Te Aroha together. We often sing it at Knox Church in Dunedin as part of the service. . Our minister has Maori whakapapa from the Waikato and we often sing these waiata as prayers for meditation.

Janet

We were asked to commit to a word or phrase and explain our 'why' behind why we chose it. I added this phrase to my email signature along with the logo for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.

Sharon

I was working at Waitakere hospital. Every single person that arrived through the doors I said "Morena" or " Ata Marie". When they left I said " Ka kite ano" or " Ka kite apopo" as I knew staff & patients would be returning the next day. Or if patients were leaving to go home I said " Pomarie".

Caroline

My beautiful niece did a tik tok for my classroom to learn their colours. in te reo.

Janeille

National Anthem- English + Maori

Piwa

Sharing my Pepeha as my Maori language moment.

Pete

I recorded my pepeha using loom

Andrea

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Ko Ngongotaha te maunga, Ko Te Rotorua-nui-a Kahumatamomo te awa, Ko Wood toku hapu. Ko Wakarererangi te waka. He Pakeha ahau, I wehe oku tupuna i Ingarangi Āwherika ki te Tonga. Ko John Wood toku matua, Ko Monica Haarhoff toku whaea. Ko Liza Vogt toku tuahine. Ko Shaun Wood tōku ingoa. No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

Shaun

On Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 12:00 noon, I created a Taniwha out of my sock and whatever stuff I could find in my kete, and then I sang "The Taniwha Song" to my tamariki ♡

Candice

I tenei wiiki, I korero maori ia ra, ia ra, no te mer I waiata te waiata i te roupu, me I ako au te reo Maori I te wananga. I muri I tera I korero te reo Maori ki toku hoamahi.

Emma

Tena koutou katoa, Ko Corinne Morris toku ingoa. I am still learning te reo Maori. We are using more Maori greetings and words at home with our tama. It gives us whakapehapeha to speak Maori and pass it on to our tama. Ngá mihi.

Corinne

I used Maori greetings and enquiries

Clare

E pehea ana koe? E __________ ana ahau. Harikoa/hungry Ngenge/tired Hiakai/hungry Hiamoe/sleepy Pukuriri/angry Wera/hot Makariri/cold

Pamela

Every Monday morning at our all agency Hui, we recite a Karakia. This year for Māori Language Moment, we got together to practise our Karakia (below) and work on our pronunciation. Tuia ki runga Tuia ki raro Tuia ki roto Tuia ki waho Tuia te here tangata Tūturu o whiti whakamaua kia tina, tina Haumiē, hui e, tāiki e Connect all above Connect all below Connect all within Connect all outside Connect all people Let my request be strong and true I bind myself to the world #reomāori #kiakahareomāori #māorilanguagemoment #karakia #aotearoa #nz

Sophie

For my husband and I, as non-maori/migrants to Aotearoa, we really tried to immerse ourselves as much as possible (and continue to! ). We spent our moment in waiata and ako, as well as practicing what we had been reading through korero! What a brilliant way to celebrate and embrace the beautiful culture of Maori!

Amy

I shared my favourite Maori proverb on Facebook - He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

Teresa

I recorded my mihi and posted on my Instagram account.

Debby

waiata

Deborah

NI sent a message written in Maori to my friend and her daughter, Tena Koe Tamariki ma

Angela

Wow! ka pai NTT Ltd. what a wonderful turnout for Te wiki o te Reo Māori! 142 people across Aotearoa and Australia dialed into our call, 79 of you participated in the Kahoot and 50 of you indicated you would be interested in learning more te Reo Māori. Inā rawa! ! Congratulations Katie, Olaf and Murray our three Kahoot winners and a big congratulations to Simon and Sarah for being brave and delivering your mihi on the call Ka pai te mahi! !

natalie

Singing new ka mau te wehi six60 waiata and lyrics with my work colleagues - each of us taking a line of the song - Pepeha (Lyric Video) - YouTube

Lesley

Our Social Service Providers Aotearoa team celebrated together by sharing an expression hope and proverb.

Charlotte

in class I listen to maori music and I learnt a tiktok dance to 35, now its my favourite. My calendar art is a Koro pattern.

Anika

Im a library assistant so I made a video storytelling of the pukapuka Kararehe Animals written by Kitty Brown illustrated by Kirsten Parkinson that I shared on the Devonport Library Facebook page for the children at the library. Also to practice my pronounciation and kupu.

Amiria

Ko mātou tēnei Te Kōhanga Reo I Ngā Hau e Whā e waiatatia ana I te kōhanga reo. Naia ngā uri nō ngā iwi katoa o te motu.

Leigh

Tēnā koutou, Ko Kate Bartlett tēnei. He Kaiako Kanikani me te whakaari i tō mātou Kura Auraki `0 Waitākere Anei te mahi ōna mā runga i a Zoom i te ata nei, Ka rawe i a ia ki te tautoko tēnei Wiki ō Te Reo Māori no reira ngā mihi nui ki a ia.

Pearl

Kia ora e te whānau, I listened to Taringa Podcast episode 207 - Tikanga 101 Parapara. When I tried to access a virtual event as well, it was already full. Kei whea mai.

Cheryle

This is our daily class karakia.

Shaun

The video is our Lockdown Online Assembly 4 of me sharing my Pepeha with our students, staff, whaanau and wider community. It was uploaded onto our Manurewa High School Facebook and Instagram pages at 12pm on Tuesday as my shared Maori language moment.

Pete

Playing tākaro with kaimahi!

Maddi

Ahau I te Ra korero kia ora, Ata Marie o nga tauiwi.

Juliana

We have made some scratch art using crayons and black paint. We made the logo used to promote Te wiki o Te reo Māori. We incorporate Te ao Māori a lot already, so this was a nice opportunity to get hands on and creative. Ngā mihi Rose Class is year 2/3

Rose

I learned three new waiata together with my colleagues via Zoom. One waiata was specifically created for our workplace! There have been suggestions to continue meeting online to learn and practice our waiata, which would be really cool.

Nike

I said my Pepeha to my class and I participated in the Rautāwhiri TIC TOK at midday!

Carolyn

Proud to wear our new kia ora face masks.

Andrea

Kia Ora koutou Please listen to a korero on Kiwi Nik Naks at Freshfm. net at 8pm on Sundays 19 and 26 September about Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori and the power of connecting with other cultures through language. The live link is at the top of the Web page or you can download the podcast from Wednesday 22 September. The programme runs for 30 minutes. https://www. freshfm. net/Programmes/Details. aspx?PID=11eee18c-7783-40a5-8cd5-f6a63ce4136c The podcast can also be downloaded from accessmedia. nz

Lindsay

We played a couple of maori games since my 4 yrold has lots of energy and it wasn't a great day outside.

Grant

We are an essential bubble in Tamaki makaurau of 10, still Level 4 - we all masked up Social distanced and learnt some kupu and a waiata together for our Maori language moment 2021 ✊🏽🖤❤️🤍

Joh

He rekoata tenei o tā mātou karaehe, u tākaro ana I tetahi tāonga tākaro!

Tākaro sport & recreation

Karakia mō te Ata

Raoul

I did a Maori Kahoot and played some maori games

Piwa

Kath and I spent our moment together reading/learning a new waiata!

Avala

My work mate and I got together to have some fun doing a couple of te reo quizes to test our knowledge.

Linda

At 12pm the tamariki of Matangi Āwhio sang our very own call and response chant! Ka mau te wehi tamariki! Kei te tino poho kererū au kia koe! Kia kaha te reo Māori

Matangi Āwhio

This is our senior Kapa Haka group singing Toia Mai to celebrate te wā tuku reo Māori 2021. The group is composed of children from many different nationalities, they share a passion for waiata Māori and Kapa Haka.

Dori

We had around 30 people in our company join together by video call to go over basic Māori pronunciation.

Marinus

Pepeha for beginners

Sarah

I am ordering my coffee greeting and thanking in Maori at my local Cafe.

Janice

This is Porourangi Mikaere Bartlett Winson who has just turned 5 , playing his part to tautoko Mahuru Māori 💙

Tangiora

I acknowledge those present and introduced myself in Maori. It was appreciated

Clive

Māori television had a teleprompter challenge that I took part in.

Terina

Learning kupu by playing Tākaro.

Heidi-Ann

I accepted a challenge a work to create a quick video of my pepeha.

We played a Staff wide Kahoot of Te Reo Maori! We had 25 staff (and their bubbles! ) play it live and additional 40 staff have played it since we hosted it! A great chance for all our staff to have a korero and see each other will learning and expandinf our te reo knowledge for our students.

Maggie

This is Room 6 year 0-1 at St mary's school Blenheim. They are counting to tekau in Māori. They did amazing. sorry, not allowed to video their faces. But they really enjoyed it. They have loved celebrating their first Māori Language Week.

Nicole

Waiata!

Louisa

I know it's a bit strange. . . but I wrote a love letter to te ao Māori 💌 https://rakugonz. com/2021/09/14/my-love-letter-to-te-ao-maori/

Hiroshi

The Kaiako and tamariki of Wild Things in Clutha sang three Waiata - E Rere Taku Poi, Matariki Makarena, Tirama Tirama as part of our playgroup session. This is our repertoire for Otago Polyfest in October.

Jan

Our whole team got together to waiata, something we'd never done together before! And we were all off-time because of Zoom lag but we did it and we loved it ❤️

Kaila

Our waiata team at Tasman District Council came together in the moment to sing waiata.

Janine

I learned the Māori names of New Zealand fish species

Glenn

As a whanau we enjoyed a waiata sing along and shared our nga pepeha.

Joanna

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Maori Language Moment 2021

As a whanau we enjoyed a waiata sing along and shared our nga pepeha.