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

Here’s the Boma New Zealand whānau celebrating Māori Language Moment by song, (sorry we didn’t record it for you all to enjoy! ). You can be sure we’ll continue to celebrate te reo Māori every week, every day. Kia kaha! Te aroha Te whakapono Me te rangimarie Tatou tatou e #reomāori

Malia

Royal Oaks had a powerpoint from Rōpū Rangatahi to practise ngā reo kupu with.

Kirsty

Kia ora whānau thank you for the inspiration to practice my reo! ! I was able to sign a waiata, the lords prayer in Māori and practice some of my ki waha and sentences i learned in a recent te reo course. Thank you! !

dearna

We said our school karakia 'whakataka te hau' and then sung our waiata 'Mō Maria'

Reuben

I shared my pepeha with my social networks

Sarah

My whānau are super enjoying practicing our Te Reo Māori this week! Arohanui whānau and kia kaha New Zealand!

Gus

Hi this my first time here

Cartel

I downloaded the Drops app! I shared this on my facebook page at high noon. Ehara taku toa… i te toa takitahi… engari he toa takimano!

Diane

We sang a waiata at work at 12pm, we have been speaking and using Te Reo all week.

Sacha

Our 8year old son Eraihia Nepe put a vid together explaning the importance of Te Reo Maori in his upbringing

Eraihia

I was working on an assignment for my te reo degree. I listened to whaikōrero and karanga recordings and wrote about them

Samantha

Singing very off-key in my cold home office - wishing I could have some company but knowing there were so many other people throughout Aotearoa with me in spirit!

Miss Dee

Tēnā Koutou Katoa ! Ko Souradeep toku ingoa Ko Gupta toku ingoa whānau Nō Te-Whanganui-ā-Tara ahau He Kaipūkaha tāku mahi Ngā mihi nui , ki a koutou katoa! (& My favorite Whakatauki ) Ahakoa he iti he pounamu (Although it is small, it is greenstone)

Souradeep

Tamariki at kura continue to fill in their huarere charts using te reo

Kirsty

Proud to be able to speak in te reo even only just a few sentences. Have enrolled in Te Reo language workshops :)

Sudha

As a Zone we performed a waiata

Katie

Our clever problem solving ToM tamariki stopped working to sing a waiata

Kirsty

Rimu Room practised the greetings in te reo.

Kirsty

Kohekohe Room ran an online quiz

Kirsty

This video shows our Totara Team (Year 2/3) and our Kowhai Team (Year 4-6) singing our Kura Waiata, our local Haka and then playing a kemu (kutikuti, pepa, kohatu e) outside their classrooms.

Louisa

In Karaka Room one akonga designed a new poster for our karakia

Kirsty

Kauri Room sang waiata with our kaiako puoro

Kirsty

Our moment is learning a new waiata at work CCS DisabilityActionTairawhiti. Our roopu, nga kaiwaiata included the beautiful Blossom on the raki, Colene, Katie, Rosie, Bebe, Natasha and I. He ataahua te waiata!

Hikihiki

Our moment is learning a new waiata at work CCS DisabilityActionTairawhiti. Our roopu, nga kaiwaiata included the beautiful Blossom on the raki, Colene, Katie, Rosie, Bebe, Natasha and I. He ataahua te waiata!

Hikihiki

Our moment is learning a new waiata at work CCS DisabilityActionTairawhiti. Our roopu, nga kaiwaiata included the beautiful Blossom on the raki, Colene, Katie, Rosie, Bebe, Natasha and I. He ataahua te waiata!

Hikihiki

Room 1 drew a Maori Legend character, a famous myth or a supportive message in Te Reo. We met at 12pm on Tuesday and played some Te Reo Māori based games via our Zoom.

Danielle

Our moment is learning a new waiata at work CCS DisabilityActionTairawhiti. Our roopu, nga kaiwaiata included the beautiful Blossom on the raki, Colene, Katie, Rosie, Bebe, Natasha and I. He ataahua te waiata!

Hikihiki

In STEM students used their coding skills to program their Micro:bit 'bot' to show different expressions using te reo Māori. Some of the expressions they showed were - harikoa, wera, makariri and ihiihi.

Morgan

WBoP PHO Team joined in person and virtually for a sing a long of favourite waiata! The energy was amazing!

Western Bay of Plenty PHO

I am amazing

vanshi

Maori greetings

Ruheen Kaur

Kia ora Nga mihi nui for the opportunity

Berna

Room 5 is a brand new New Entrant class which started during lockdown and we celebrated by singing waiata while keeping the rhythm with the ti rakau we made, reading Maori myths and creating taniwhas.

Margie

Hei te wā tuku reo, e mahi ana ngā tamariki mā ki te kapa haka. Ko te marau o tēnei ataata, kapa haka, te kaha o te wāiata, whanaungātanga, ngā manawa harikoa!

Christine

#reomaori #wakakotahi #korero

Emily

It’s been a privilege to learn about the culture and languages of places I have lived. None more so than the place I’ve called home for 28 years. Kia kaha Te Reo Maori!

Niki

Marsden Preschool stopped to play memory, learning about the weather and the Matariki stars. We have also been practicing our colours, singing the song Ma is White and reading books, practicing our te reo Maori.

Helen

#pepeha #wainuiomata #pukeatua #koreromaori #reomaori #tewikiotereomaori #korero

Emily

#waiata #reomari #hehonore #whanau #tamariki #kiakahatereomaori

Emily

#koreromaori #reomaori #englishtomaori

Emily

For this year's Maori language moment, I listened to the waiata Reo Maori playlist, I listened to a lot of songs that I was familiar with to see what the words were translated to.

Zara

Te Roopu Kaiwhakawhanau o Te Papaioea.

Te Roopu o kaiwhakawhanau

#karakia #koreromaori #reomaori #tewikiotereomaori2021 #kiakahatreomaori

Emily

Kia ora everyone, As it is Te wiki o te reo Maori (Maori language week) I thought I'd play a small part in it by learning a Maori word. 🌿 The Maori word Makoha has the meaning: "To be tranquil, undisturbed, gentle, compassionate, kindly, considerate, amiable, placid, kind-hearted. " While I'm not Maori myself, I'm all for embracing all culture's. 😍 I thought this word was kapai and it was applicable for massage therapy because in order for any treatment to be successful and reduce pain, it has to be done in a considerate and kind way. 🙌🏽 #maorilanguageweek #massagetherapy #supportlocalnz #nzsmallbusiness #wairarapa #holistichealth

Papauta

After an opening karakia and introductions (including mihi and pepeha), the six ARCC staff learnt a simple waiata together, and practised some basic Te Reo Māori. We talked about the day, Te Reo Māori and indigenous languages and then closed with a karakia.

James

Waiata ana au (māua ko te parata a Stan kei taku waea) i te waiata 'Whakawhetai' I tukuna hoki te karakia 'Kia Mau Te Reo Māori' nā Ta Kingi Matutaera Ihaka Ko te kanikani/mau rākau/tik tok te mahi a taku tama ki te kura. Ā, rere ana te waiata me te karakia kai i Te Kohanga Reo a taku tamāhine.

Ana

I have been sharing a kupu o te ra with my work whanau via our employee facebook group - most of our tema are pre-dominantly of Filipino or Russian descent so it is very new for them.

Lee

I am an ECE teacher in Tamaki Makaurau and we held a zoom “mat time” with all of our tamariki and sung some waiata that they all know aswell.

Teesh

Room 25 have been starting everyday this week with this karakia. Kia pai te ra!

Ailepata

We had an awesome team quiz via zoom across our 3 sites (Lower Hutt, Nelson and Palmerston North) led by our kaumatua. The quiz tested our knowledge of Te Reo, as well as Maori history. We started and finished with karakia and sang both our team waiata, as well as a few other waiata. It was a beautiful time for our diverse team.

Leole

I am a little camera shy but for my Māori Language Moment I spent some time singing along to videos on Youtube to really embrace the language and feel that connection.

Bec

Room 17 have been using Te Reo in their online learning this week. They kōrero with each other about their feelings, practice the Karakia and Waiata, using macrons when writing Te Reo words and have have access to different creative activities such as making poi & kowhaiwhai pattern bookmarks.

Sam

The children created a diorama of Marama and Rona, and retelling the story in their own words. They made a small whare and the river with Marama in the sky and of course the tree and branch.

Tara

123SRD Form class photo. . . Ko te reo kia tika, kia rere, kia Māori! !

Detroit

My pepeha, it took me 6 takes to do this and so proud of the result0s

YOUR PLACE- To wahi

At 12pm Tues , we all joined up with our community and Te papapa Preschool to share a karkia, waiata and korero on te reo in Aotearoa, It was a very momentous occasion. These are precious moment fir us all to come together and celebrate speaking reo and what we can do to continue using reo everyday.

YOUR PLACE- To wahi

We are teachers at Go Bananas Childcare, target road and wanted to contribute and be a part to celebrate the Maori Language Moment. Here is the karakai from all of us.

Amrita

Here at Tamawhariua health and social services in Katikati all the Kaimahi jumped on board to promote and celebrate Te wiki o te reo māori with a quick fire 30 questions quiz ♥️🖤🤍 #kiakahatereomāori

Claire

Room 16 made rakau sticks online using whatever materials they had, magazines, newspapers, paper towel rolls etc. We watched a you tube clip with the waiata E Papa Waiari which showed children using rakau sticks. We are now creating a class video with each child demonstrating their skills.

Marlene

Tekau mā Tahi put together a Te Wiki o te Reo Māori task board that we could share with other classes around the school. We talked about the different tasks we could do to inspire other tamariki to learn Te Reo. We used the titles from the Māori language digital task board that was shared with teachers. (Whakarongo, Waiata, Kōrero, Tākaro, Pānui and Ako) students also added two more titles of their choice. We can't wait to test these out on other classes :)

Kim

This is our class singing He Honore for our moment. We also sang some other waiata throughout the week, and we are really enjoying Waiata Anthems.

Rebecca

Tik Tok - 35 by Ka #ao. . . with my Year 13 students Ashanti and Zoe! ! Ka mau te wehi! !

Detroit

Two classrooms came together to practice their Kapa Haka. Then they took part in a Te Whiki o te Reo lesson.

Rachel

Stacie S is an integral part of our Learning and Development team at Waka Kotahi. Stacie won the pukapuka as a spot prize for supporting our Te Wa Tuku Reo and is learning a waiata from her 2yr old child. She showed the pukapuka to her eldest son when she collected him from school yesterday. He said “mom, that is what I made today, I made the jawbone and my necklace of Māui’. Here he is pictured wearing his necklace and holding the pukapuka.

Terri

The tamariki at Huntsbury Community Preschool are performing one of their favourite songs E Rere Taku Poi!

Abbie

Whanau awhi, whanau aroha, whanau tikanga. . . Mauri Ora 💖💖

Annette

This Waiata has a lot of meaning and brings out the aroha of who you are and the aknowledgement of your whanau tikanga. kau mau te wehi 💖💖

Annette

123 SRD Form class. Students are in their moment. . . . 1, 2, 3. . . . PUKANA!

Detroit

Virtual Wharewhare with 40 people from Auckland Council Digital & Customer Services Team

Lee

I have learnt an opening and closing Karakia. Karakia Timatanga - Opening Karakia: E te Atua, Manaakitia tenei hui, Awhinatia matou i roto i o matou mahi Amene Karakia Whakamutunga-Closing Karakia: E te Atua, E whakawhetai ana matou mo ou manaakitanga i tenei hui Awhinatia maotou i tenei ra. Amene

Gyongyi

This is my Pepeha.

Hannah

This is my Pepeha.

Hannah

Our rōpū sung Te Aroha online via Teams!

Joanne

This video is my Pepeha.

Hannah

Room 2 played Kahoot this morning and most managed to get more than half the quesitons correct. Very proud teacher here - Mrs Furivai

Rita

I took a Maori lesson online, practicing to learn and use personal pronounces.

Gyongyi

Two classes Haumiatiketike & Tangaroa got together to make the video. Very enthusiastic and correct pronunciation by students. We got students to practise before filming. Haumiatiketike Y3-Y8 is a bi-lingual class and Tangaroa is mainstream Y7-Y8.

Nogo

Great to join the CCHL whānau in waiata for our Māori Language Moment 2021

Lenore

Te TIk Tok a te Kōhanga Reo, He waiata i titohia e Nanny Kuini, "Te Hōkai a Te Turehu", he waiata ki te akiaki i ā tātou whānau ki a hoki ki ā tatou pūrākau, ki te taiao hoki.

Tahuri

My Beautiful Baby. . . .

Arana

Ko te tūmanako e haumaru pai ana koutou ko tō whānau! ! I tēnei wiki, i tūhura ngā pakeke Māori o Te Kareti o Pakuranga i ngā rerenga māmā kia whakapakari ai ngā tauira (o tō mātou kura) pūkenga reo Māori. Ka whakamanuhiri mātou ko ngā pakeke Māori i tētahi "kēmu pō" mō ō mātou hoa me ō mātou kaiako hoki, nō reira, ka whakanui mātou i te kaupapa hirahira nei. Unsure if everythings kei te pai but gave it my best shot! Still on my journey of becoming fluent.

Kayla

Learning and singing waiata along with my daughter and Kaiarataki at Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland!

Sarah Jayne

Te Huritau o tētahi tamaiti I roto I te Whānau o Pukeatua. I whakanui tātou I a ia. Ko Reality tōna ingoa, I huri 9.

meremaihi

Kia ora, e te whānau!

Amanda

We having been learning this new waiata "Utaina mai nga waka". L. R. 8 Whaea Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina

Nga mihi nui Jase Te Patu (Awhi Yoga). Amazing Te Reo Yoga class yesterday. Also big up to Public Programming and Pou Tikanga teams at Te Papa for their daily activities to support Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021. I don't identify as Māori as I am not Māori but it doesn't mean the Māori culture isn't relevant for me on all levels. On the contrary :)

Marion

Maori alphabet song and actions The students in the Junior school (Te Kai a Hiku ) have been doing challenges this week to celebrate Maori Language Week. Today the focus was on the Maori Alphabet. The students had to record themselves singing and doing the actions for the Maori Alphabet song with their whanau.

Yasmin

Learning my fruits and veg today for my Te Reo Maori Moment! This is our favourite book at home - fun for all the whānau!

Olivia

Participated in karakia and waiata.

Fleur

This idea has been circling for years now. But seeing @Joshkirksley do his version for iphone made me think wow is this really a hack. So I decided mehh I'll upload a samsung version. Incorporating maori language into our everyday lives. Heioi Tukuna te mihi kia koutou katoa mo o Mahi Kia ora Tatou.

Tukare

Waiata session

George

For Maori Language Week all staff participated in looking up words in Te Reo and pronouncing them. The small posters were then posted around the practice so we could practice speaking Te Reo.

Janicw

I wrote a blog called: A Korero from Te Reo Makuku My business is called Moist Words, and I used a few Maori dictionaries and resources to come up with a translation "Te Reo Makuku" and wrote this blog, which is peppered with Te Reo. https://moistwords. co. nz/f/a-korero-from-te-reo-makuku

Alicia

My mihimihi

Esther

Room 16 made rakau sticks online using a variety of materials, some used newspaper, magazines, paper towel rolls etc. We then listened to the waiata E Papa Waiari and watched a youtube clip of how to use rakau sticks. The children are now sending me videos of their actions and I will link them altogether. We have all caught a rakau stick from the left and thrown to the right so it will look like we are passing to each other (hopefully).

Marlene

I spoke Te Reo Māori with my friends and listed to Te Reo Māori song from Stan Walker.

Laura

As a relatively new country compared to the continents I love the idea of us building a history. As a pakeha I fully embrace that history going back to the beginning of our human habitation and including the culture and beliefs from all that now make up our melting pot of peoples.

Steve

My lovely form class chose a whakatauki or karakia that meant something to them and made a poster for our classroom walls. Ka pai!

Abigail

I enjoyed listening to the Waiata Anthems on spotfiy.

Rebecca

We were learning to count in to the thousands for our moment, we also all learned the mihi poto and were brave and shared this with our roopu! Karawhiua!

Mel

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Maori Language Moment 2021

We were learning to count in to the thousands for our moment, we also all learned the mihi poto and were brave and shared this with our roopu!

Karawhiua!