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

We played Te Reo Memory game at our nearby mountaintop

Rōhi

He Tētēkura rōpū has more members than those that feature in this video, however, we were the only ones available at the same time whilst at mahi. Wānanga was had to come up with what we would do for our Māori Language Moment, utilising Huitīma to karakia, mihi and kōrero was the result. Ngā mihi nui.

Christina

Te Tauihu Iwi Chairs Forum taking a break to join in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Sarah

Stand Children's Services Therapeutic Care and Education (TCE) staff and visiting children introducing themselves in te reo and singing waiata :-)

Sarah

We celebrated by putting up these beautiful kowhaiwhai banners greeting patients and colleagues to our place of work.

Our wonderful Matua Solomon took as down to our Te Kura o Awa / our river school and we recorded ourselves saying “Kia kaha! ”

Jaimee

We should learn Te Reo Māori because it is part of who we are and is part of Aotearoa history. We should embrace the language and culture of this country. Karawhiua! Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori ataahua!

May

He paku mihi moaiho ki te Ao Maori

amohia

I have encouraged me and my whanau to learn our whakapapa pepeha

jane

Whakatauki A sweet potato never tells you how sweet it is

Rōhi

My tamariki and I sung some waiata and listened to the Māori Television korero/interviews on social media for the week.

Jessica

Ka ora tonu te reo Maori. Kua whakarongo ahau me aku mokopuna tokotoru ki nga waiata o nga tamariki kohungahunga na matou puna reo o Nga Rau iti, ki Araparera, Kaipara. Mauri ora te reo Maori

Rewana

To celebrate te reo and help our committment to learning we have put up a kupu o te rā board. We each choose a word a day to replace English words and phrases, to share and to learn. We are off to a good start!

Kelly

Ko Michelle Sadgrove ahau, te kaiako puoro o Arahoe Kura. Nō New Lynn , Tamaki Makarau ahau. This is what I presented for Tuesday morning 14th September in our school broadcast 'tangi te pere' which happens every morning at 9. 00am (on line on seesaw). I could not download it as a video however it is a youtube clip under Arahoe Broadcast. We had Dame Hinewehi Mohi (married to my cousin) and Stan Walker (who records his music with my son) doing a guest appearance on our broadcast as well as an interview with my son who is a music producer and sound engineer and songwriter who has produced for a number of Maori Music artists and who also worked on Pukana. I am very proud of our tamariki and kaiako at our kura who got actively involved in Te wiki o te Reo Maori. It was a great celebration of my culture, our culture!

Michelle

Ko ēnei aku irāmutu. I ako mātou I tēnei waiata hei hāpai te tupuranga o tā mātou reo Māori. Ko te whainga o tā mātou whānau ki te kōrero te reo Māori anake. Nōu te rourou, nāku te rourou, kia ora ai te iwi.

Raiha

at noon, over 200 of us from Southern Cross (Health Insurance, Travel Insurance, Pet Insurance, and Hospitals) came together. We had a beautiful opening mihi from one of our Rangatira Nick Astwick, then we listened to Six60's Pepeha waiata, then played ReoMāori's kahoot! Pippin from our Nursing whānau won! Mē he te! It was beautiful to see so many faces all from Te Pae Māhutonga. E mihi ana ki a koutou!

rudo

Kia ora koutou! As a developer, I created an app to study the most important words in different languages! And I'm happy to share that I uploaded core Te Reo Maori words just a few days ago! so far I got 1162 core words! It is a crash course so you going to learn it fast! I designed it like that! with help of local teachers, I will be adding more words, to collect all the most important (tiketike) ones :) the links to the app are here http://3000words. info/tereo/

Vlad

I’m Tongan, but I love the reo & singing waiata! This is a snippet of one of my favourites - “Whakamoemiti” by Stan Walker.

Emily

I chose to Whakarongo this Te Wiki o Te Reo and I re-listened to Hinewhehi Mohi singing the national anthem for the first time in te reo at a rugby test match in England plus I listened to the east coast rangatahi waiata group 35 - Kia kaha

Sue

I have been singing, writing and speaking in Te Reo Maori. Drawing and just being ME because I love me, My whanau and my Maori. 💯🤗😘. I Am PROUD to be Maori it is who I am and my Children. . . LOVE US ALL 💖✨

Leeann

This is our whanau te reo Maori class.

George Ryland

I met my sister for lunch on the 14th September (in level 2! ), & when we realised it was the Māori language Moment . . . we chose a Karakia that we both knew . . and said it together in the cafe'. Ka mau te wehi! Awesome!

Robyn

Because of privacy I can not share a video or photos but our kura have been learning some karakia and the tamariki lead it all by themselves. they are 2 to 5 year olds so this was a great moment for us. they are loving being the leader and standing proudly up the front. Some are Maori but many come form different countries so they are learning both English and Te Reo Maori.

Kathy

I te 14 o Mahuru, i te poupoutanga o te rā, i hui mātou ko ōku hoa (ko Liz, ko Frances ō rāua ingoa) mā zoom. Ka karakia mātou, ka waiata mātou i ētahi waiata, kātahi ka kai tahi mātou ko ō mātau whānau mā zoom.

Kay

Kiaora, I sung a waiata & spent the day using as much Te Reo in my day as I could.

Sally

I got together via zoom with colleagues and shared a word or phrase in māori

Mailyn

I chose Māori to be Idiomarium's #Language_of_the_week and designed this poster in celebration of the Māori Language Week. With these posters, which I (try to) make every week, I aim to raise awareness of indigenous languages spoken around the globe. Join me and take a moment to learn about this beautiful language and the culture of Māori! @idiomarium

Olga

The Video is of Year 7 and 8 students playing Maori games and practicing their te reo.

Blair

Nikau sang a waiata together on Zoom with our kaiako puoro.

Kirsty

I will write my pepeha from my Maori biological whanau and then I will write my pepeha from my adopted whanau

Vanessa

Ā tātau tamariki o Te Kura Kaupapa Maaori o Tuia Te Matangi e hāpai ana i te kaupapa o Te Wiki o te reo Māori 💜 Ko te reo kia tika Ko te reo kia rere Ko te reo kia Maaori #MaoriLanguageMoment #TKKMoTuiateMatangi #ReoMaori

Tiana

As a centre we all participated in waiata, pukapuka, art and more, together we learn more ☺️

Elite Early Childcare Education

I te hui i te ata i tērā Rātū - karakia, waiata, kai. I hoatu ahau i tāku hoamahi ngā pinetohu kupu Māori + blu-tack. I tūhono tāku hoamahi ngā pinetohu i te ruma hui/kihini - kawhe, tūru, rorohiko, ngaruiti, tūpapa etc. I kōrero koutou, "he hui tino pai! "

Heather

On Tuesday 14th at 1250, over 100 ACC Clinical Services staff were supported by Kaimahi Maori to understand the ACC Karakia through interpretation in accordance with tikanga Māori before reciting that karakia to close our online national clinical conference.

Michael

We had 50 online to launch this for our students it was amazing. ānei mātou te akomanga Te Puna Wairua e tautokohia te wiki o Te Reo Māori. Kei waenganui mātou i te kura auraki o Tāmaki Primary kei Tāmaki Makarau.

Lee-Ann

We share with you our, RCP, celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Our people welcomed the mistakes (nau mai ngā hapa), felt the fear and did it anyway (tūwhitia te hopo, mairangatia te angitū) and shared their mihi and pepeha throughout the week. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori. Mauri Ora!

Jack

We wrote our pepeha while we shared kai.

Jessica

Our kai. Rewana bread, seafood chowder, steamed hangi, steamed pudding and custard.

Jessica

A collection of our pukapuka and taonga.

Jessica

For our Māori Language Moment Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, the staff at the Whanganui Regional Museum | Te Puni Tiaki Taonga o Whanganui sang waiata together in the museum atrium at midday and filmed it for a Facebook live stream. Tēnā rā koutou katoa. Ka mihia te kaupapa nui whakaharahara kua whakarauika i a tātou i tēnei rā, arā, ko te reo Māori. Whakanuia tō tātou nei reo Māori i tēnei rā te 14 o Mahuru! Nā reira, anei mātou ko ngā kaimahi o Te Puni Tiaki Taonga o Whanganui, me te ngākau iti, e mahi ana i ngā mahi hei tautoko i tēnei kaupapa, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, kia ora mai tātou katoa. Greetings to you all. We acknowledge this most auspicious topic that has brought us all together this day, namely, the Māori language. (Let us) Celebrate our Māori language on this day, the 14 of September! Accordingly, this is us, the staff of the Whanganui Regional Museum, humbly standing here, doing what we can to support this occasion, we greet you, we acknowledge you and best wishes to us all.

Kiran

This video captures the essence of what we did as a Council to celebrate Maori Language Week. Huge mihi to our CEO for allowing us to run daily activities with staff and then celebrate on the last day with a Hangi which staff prepared. We also sang our waiata that we learnt over the week.

Pari

Our class had a boil up mutton pork with greens from our garden added in to our boil up Yummy!

Debs

From our Garden get ready to add to class boil up

Debs

Maori symbols are beautiful we grasp the old and decorate with contemporary mediums. adding vibrancy to traditions

Debs

Kia ora koutou! Learned a new waiata "Tiaho Mai Ra" and a new karakia "Kia hora te marino. . . " and got my whanau involved as well. Cultivating my reo is so important to me right now as wahine maori and wahine irawhiti, te reo Maori connects me to my whanau and to my Tūpuna which has been a huge source of kaha through my journey. Aroha atu, aroha mai, Arohanui ❤️

Lila

I wanted to introduce myself, where home is and share a encouraging phrase

Tenysha

We have been embracing Maori images and symbols

Debs

Our whanaus took part, independently in their whares, immersing themselves in Te Reo Māori in a variety of ways, from learning some common words for ngā tau & ngā tae, to reading a Māori pukapuka, to listening to a beautiful waiata! Ka pai tamariki - we look forward to having a shared Māori language moment, together too, soon! Kia Kaha Tāmaki Makaurau!

Sugartree Lane

Te Karakia o te Atua

Sugar

I haere ahau ki te Kōhanga Reo

Chevelle

At Kiwi Treasures Early Learning Centre in Tauranga we joined together with our tamariki to sing waiata for our Māori Language Moment

Lynnette

Therapeutic Care and Education staff along with the children visiting STAND Children's Services worked together to learn how to introduce themselves and sing waiata for this special moment in Aotearoa New Zealand

Sarah

I made a Kahoot to teach some reo and played it with my whānau over Zoom! ! We also did a karakia to start and some other learning :)

Mikayla

Tā tātou wā

Louana

My sister Ludivinia works at a daycare. She's doing a video a day to share te reo words with her kids.

Zenaida

Kia ora! To celebrate the lovely language that is Te reo, I did a set of alohabet rocks for the Ngaamotu Kohanga. . . . and learned new kupu doing them :)

Jo

As a starter for my lesson I played Stan Walkers Aotearoa . Then shared where we had all orginated from . We are all different but all amazing.

Anne

The Year 4’s at Elm Park Primary School have had lots of fun this week celebrating Te Reo Māori language week. We each got to choose a Māori word that we know and come up with a different way to display it using any types of materials we could think of. Watch the video to see what we came up with.

Rebecca

whakatauki

fiona

Ecah class was challenged to spend 12:00pm - 12:30pm taking part in te reo or an aspect of Te Ao Maori for our Maori Moment. This Year 6 class had a great time playing a kemu called Taonga. They had a lot of fun with the game that became quite competitive. Some classes sang waiata, others read stories and some also wrote and shared their pepeha with each other.

Sarah

This is a video of our haka powhiri which we do for when manuhiri visit our kura. At the moment we are practicing for our annual Ruapehu Culture Festival, which will be held in term 4 at Raetihi School. Our Te Reo moments happen on a daily at Orautoha Kura. Super proud of our tamariki, kaiako, and whanau of Orautoha School.

Vanessa

For my moment I asked on the health and wellness facebook group I am part of ' kei te pēhea koe?'. This came them an opportunity to respond in Te Reo

Linda

Kia Ora! My first go at speaking Maori. A beautiful language. Look forward to ako more :-)

Juliana

My choir in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the Rockers of Ages, sings songs from all over the world. One of our Māori songs is "Purea Nei". Here I am singing this beautiful song which is based on a Ngā Puhi whakataukī and developed into a waiata by Henare Mahanga of Ngāti Hine, modified by Hirini Melbourne and arranged by Nikki Berry and Gary Easterbrook, who lead our choir. As a former teacher of European languages I always used song to help students learn the language. It is a wonderful way to enjoy yourself, learn an easy way while using another part of the brain. Waiatatia mai! Get singing!

Deborah

Pōhutukawa Room did some pangarau using money: tāra me hēneti.

Kirsty

Aro Arataki children’s centre kaiako and whānau kanikani to Mahuru…Tumeke!

Angie

Aro Arataki Kaiako performing Mahuru for our whānau, tu meke!

Angie

One akonga in Karaka ran a quiz for the class. Tino pai tō mahi C!

Kirsty

Rata Room sang a waiata and used te reo greetings on zoom.

Kirsty

I bought these to learn with my grandchildren

Robyn

We had fun singing this counting song in Te reo Maori.

Alma

We held a great week of celebrations for Māori language week at MartinJenkins, with a theme for each day of te wiki! Rāhinia – was a day to whakarongo (listen) and pānui (read) in te reo Māori. Plenty of recommendations were shared. Rātu – was a day to tākaro (play) as we held a Kahoot Quiz and joined Aotearoa in the Māori Language Moment. Rāapa – was a chance to kōrero (speak) as we held some #Mymihi sesssions - a chance to practice introducing yourself in te reo. Rāpare – was a day to waiata (sing) and to practice karakia with those in your mirumiru. We released some beautifully designed karakia by our MJ tamariki. Rāmere – we took the time to get together and ako (learn) some new words, practice what we’d learnt in the week and share our reo journeys. It was an awesome time! Great to celebrate, last wiki, today and everyday!

Jessica

My son taught his dad how to play toku, pepa, kuti. We all had fun and it is nice to learn this game in Te reo Maori approach.

Alma

“He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. ” A multicultural group of friends coming from all around the world, who love and choose Aotearoa New Zealand as a home to live in.

Franco

Eden Cottage will waiata: As kaiako we hosted a zoom hui with our tamariki and whanau. We sung our favourite songs from kindy.

Katrina

I enjoyed singing some new waiata and took part in daily work discussions

Karen

We sang E Minaka Ana several times, reading and discussing the kupu beforehand.

Emily

my kura

Tishayla

He whakawhiti kōrero - Kai pēka.

Fiona

Te Whare Oranga Marfell Kindergarten moment 2021.

Marfell

Learning Maori words

Glenbrae

He tino pārekareka ki a mātou te waiata ia rā ia rā. Kia kaha te reo Māori! !

Lisa

Pepeha of my sons and I

Lucille

Tēnā tātou te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki tō tātou re rangatira! Gisborne District Council facilitated a virtual waiata session where we learnt about and sang Paikea. We were very fortunate to have one of our kaimahi Jasmine Leach from Whangarā take us through that session. We had over 120 staff attend part or all of that session. It was meke! Mokori anō ka rere te reo mihi ki a koutou o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo. Nā koutou te wāhi i whakarite kia whuia ai tō tātou reo ki te ao! Kikino koutou!

Gene

This is my work team, we are part of ANZ Maintenance & Trust Management, we have enjoyed being apart of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.

Amanda

This is our school Winchester Rural pepe ha and this is the Kowhai Class who are year 2 child

Jane

We created face masks with a kia ora greeting on them and wore them for Māori Language Week (and beyond).

Andrea

Kia ora. Rather than hold a single event this year, we encouraged our alumni to participate in any way they chose. About 36 reported that they had. My little lockdown bubble did an intro to greetings, answering the phone, and describing feelings. We are continuing to practise these words.

Kathrine

He mahi whāi te kaupapa - Here we are at Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa playing string games.

Neavin

Tēnei mātou o Ihi Aotearoa e wānanga nei, hi au, au, aue hā, hī!

Neavin

Te Roopu Waiata here at Manawatu District Council enjoy a weekly waiata hui. We practise waiata for mayoral events such as Community Honours and Citizenship ceremonies. This is a song about our whenua. "Ruahine Maunga, Oroua te awa. Ngati Kauwhata te iwi. Tena koutou katoa. " This waiata is special to us, it was written by one of our leaders who is no longer with us, Whaea Sue Cavanagh. Nga mihi.

Sharon

I shared various elements of Te Reo with my team every day via our team chat. I started the week with a karakia, introduced them to greetings and how to describe their feelings, we talked about the weather and I shared a whakatauki. Most of my team are originally from other countries and know very little Te Reo. They really enjoyed learning something new. I also took part in a company wide waiata session via zoom. The leader chose some lovely waiata and had a good singing voice. The same couldn't be said for some of my colleagues. . . LOL.

Mike

For my moment, I put on a māori kids show for my pēpi and worked on learning some Te Reo Māori for myself.

Grace

Kia ora, I recorded my own version of Hine E Hine (although it's more likely to keep baby awake than asleep :-)

Caro

Maori language week lifted my spirits and helped me stand tall again. I was able to share with 150 workmates purakau, waiata, kupuhou, me ringaringa korero (sign language). Which I have decided to continue sharing twice a week in order for us to speak confidently and a lot more that when we started. My aim is to have a full conversation I roto te reo Maori come next Maori Language Week. Mauri ora🌈🌈🌈

Parewhenua

Ka timata te Mahuru maori, he mahi au i te korero te Reo Maaori I nga wa katoa, po te ao so te po. He iti te ponamu He aha ka nui taku aroha I te te Reo Maaori.

Mahinaarangi

I work at a daycare, so I made these little videos every day for the tamariki and whānau to help them learn/remember/use more te Reo Māori in their day.

Ludi

He kaupapa tēnei mā te katoa o te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, tauira mai, kaiako mai. I WHAKARONGO mātou ki ngā kōrero ā Tākuta Tom Roa mō tāna hikoi ki Paremata mō te petihana reo Māori. I AKO mātou i ngā kupu me te whakamāramatanga mō te waiata a Tākuta Haki Tuaupiki. Ko Aku mahara te ingoa I WAIATA hoki mātou i te waiata. Nā Arapeta Paea rātou ko ētahi o ngā tauira o Te Waiora o Waikato ngā reo rōreka.

Krista

Our tamariki learnt about the battle of the mountains and made their own maunga from the pukapuka!

Che

For this years Māori language Moment we chose to go LIVE and have a korero about the importance of learning and mastering your vowels when learning te reo Māori. We also wrote a wee tune to help people remember the vowels.

Loopy

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Maori Language Moment 2021

For this years Māori language Moment we chose to go LIVE and have a korero about the importance of learning and mastering your vowels when learning te reo Māori. We also wrote a wee tune to help people remember the vowels.