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.

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Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Te Reo Mihimihi 15. 09. 21 Check out our Year 9s in 9TeReo KHR - Harini Saravanakumar ( Nō Ínia 🇮🇳) Presenting a Formal Mihimihi after our whole class Karakia! Here at East we are trying to normalise Te Reo me ōna Tikanga 💙💛 Mauriora Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! @reomaori #tewikiotereomāori #mahurumāori

Keta

Our whole kura played 'Whare Whare'! We made our own rerenga to go with the numbers when we called them out to make it fun eg. "ko tahi - Let's do the mahi! ! We had numbers in Te Reo to help those that did not know the higher numbers written on the board. We had a great time learning te reo Māori and playing this kēmu.

Fiona

Kia ora, here is a video and photo of space 3 playing Kua paepae ō koutou waka! The tamariki learnt new kupu such as mako, motutere and waka. Once their ship was wrecked they had to "haere ki te motutere" without getting tagged by "Ngā mako" or they became one too! I then gave them He waka hou, and then they had to Hikoi ki te waka hou without getting tagged again. Until last tamaiti standing! ! ! Had to be pretty easy for these guys!

Hera

Our Tuakana sang the waiata Tua by Stan Walker. He waiata mīharo rawa atu ki a mātou!

Hera

Our Te Reo Māori Moment at our kura included a Kahoot game about our pepeha, and our teina performing a waiata.

Hera

I te Kura o Takaanini, e tu ana mātou kātoa i te wero mo te wā tuku i te reo Māori ā wānanga ipurangi. I te ako mātou he waiata hōu mā ngā pīpī, i te whakawhiti kōrero, i te tohatoha mātou te pepehā me te whakataukī o tā mātou kura, ā, i te waiata mātou ngā waiata e rua mo ō mātou whānau ā wānanga ipurangi. I te katakata mātou, i te tūpekepeke tētahi, i te kanikani kē ētahi. Ko te nuinga, i te kōrero Māori mātou. Ka wani kē!

Lorraine

Ohaeawai School joined together to sing a waiata, the boys did a haka too.

Carmen

Our kura all played 'Whare, Whare". We had our numbers on the whiteboard in Te Reo for those that were unfamiliar with larger numbers. We made up some rerenga to go with some of the numbers to use for the caller such as -Ko tahi - let's do the mahi! ! I tino pai rawa atu tēnei kēmu - Whare Whare!

Fiona

I participated in a zui with my te reo group we shared our mihi and said some karakia. It was fun to join in the moment with our korero

Sharon

It’s time to learn Te reo Maori today Kia Ora Shelly

Shelly

An amazing holiday in the Philippines with my whanau in 2019, paradise.

Denise

Celebrating Māori culture and Te wiki o te reo Māori / Māori language moment by listening to Māori songs / waiata, learning new words / kupu, dancing and enjoying poi spinning together with my daughter / tamāhine Tove Tui.

Boba

Our whole kura played "Whare, Whare". We had the numbers in Te Reo on the whiteboard to help for those who were unfamiliar with larger numbers and made up our own rhyming rerenga for the caller - eg. Ko tahi - let's do the mahi! I tino pai rawa atu te kēmu 'whare whare'

Fiona

Hi - I'm the Junior Team Leader at BBPS. I have enjoyed spending time online during the lockdown with each class in the Junior School at Bucklands Beach Primary School. I always share the Te reo 'days of the week' song - the children LOVE IT! ! We all have a good dance and sing along together :-) 'Merge NZ & Anika Moa - Nga Ra O Te Wiki in NZSL'

Sarah

We listened to Stan Walker - Matemateone waiata. We listened to Dave Dobbyn - Slice of Heaven/Hine Ruhi. The children then coloured in a Te Reo phrase with pictures.

Therese

My work colleagues and I played iwa tekau ma iwa to practice nga tau te reo māori. We had a great time and it really helped remember nga tau.

Emily

Our team is playing a wiki o te reo kahoot quiz!

Lauren

Kia ora, I greeted my patients in Te Reo Maori for the day, and used more Reo in my consults. Tei hei mauri ora

Angela

I work in a supermarket in the produce department and asked my boss to put the names of the fruit and vegetables in maori

Karyn

It is just a small introduction and two phrases that I like to use at mat times with the preschool tamariki I teach.

Marcella

Kia ora whanau, Sharing with you all one of my first Karakia's I've learnt back in primary/intermediate

Rowana

Karakia we learnt as a Waiata

Amanda

Kidspace Early Learning Centre in Ahuriri- our tamariki sang waiata, e rere taku poi blasting from the speakers and enjoyed a kanikani …mahi tahi!

Karen

We wanted to share our Pepeha

Marama

Besides food, music is the fastest way for me to connect with a culture. You don't have to understand a language to appreciate the intent and meaning behind the words!

Rachel

These were some of the activities we participated in around our school.

Winchester

This didn't happen at 12pm on 14 September but still a Reo Moment. While out for dinner, our waiter had a kōrero with us for 30secs using te reo. We asked him for a pic but he politely declined instead referring us to the print on the wall. Ka mau te wehi ki a ia!

Terri

The National Anthem is the pride of any country. To sing it in Te Reo (apologies for the pronunciation) is a privilege. Hope that the language gets its deserved place in our motu and the te Ao.

Manish

We listened to the Top 10 Te Reo Singles! 35 by Ka Hao, Rob Ruha was a favourite!

Imogen

Received the Education Perfect Course Completion Certificate.

Elizabeth

It's just me singing 'Tu tira mai', on my ukulele, not very imaginative, but it's a song that means a lot to me, I learned to play the Ukulele here in Aotearoa, and this was one of the first songs I learned, and the first one in Māori.

Sile

We had our first go with Tītī Tōrea and we keep wanting to do more and more to really master it! Looking forward to performing for school assembly.

Dominique

I write write

Zandra

Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland Council level 15 crew (CE and exec) shared the history of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, learnt pepeha, shared resources for activities and used te reo daily. We also ran events all week for all our people and teams on the intranet and in team sessions (7500 people) and also shared resources and activities for our library customers.

Lisa

Nice to be able to put together a small mihi for te wiki o te reo maori 2021

Marie

We sang and danced to Pakipaki

Robyn

Ko Rakahuri toku maunga Ko Waimakariri toku awa No Rangiora ahau Ko Galbraith toku wanna Ko Steven toku mantua Ko Stephanie toku what’s Ko Sarah toku ingoa

Sarah

We had our first Taumata with willing Kaiwhakahaere and Kaikorero. We sang the new Pepeha waiata by Six 60 and practised our kapa haka without our tutor as he cannot come in Level 2. Ruiha practising her poi.

Debbie

Pepeha Ko Horohoro te maunga Ko Mokau te awa Ko Tane hopuwae te marae Ko Taninui te waka Ko Ngāti Apakura te hapū Ko Maniapoto te iwi E noho ana ahau ki Pakuranga , i Tamaki Ko Alex Roberts rāua ko Aroha koti õku mātua Ko Daena Roberts Toku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou , kia ora tatou katoa

Daena

Puke Haupapa Banks! Ka rawe!

Mel

The Otepoti Senior Chinese Association and the Kaumatua celebrate festivals together. We are good neighbors, good friends, and share the same blue sky. May our friendship last forever.

Weidi

Waiata Lessons

Weidi

Our family (two adults and two primary aged kids) did the reo Māori Kahoot! quiz and then shared this Karakia mō te kai before our meal in lockdown: Nau mai e ngā hua o te wao o te ngakina o te wai Māori Nā Tane Nā Rongo Nā Tangaroa Nā Maru Ko Ranginui e tū iho nei Ko Papatūā nuku e takoto nei Tuturu whakamaua Kia tina! Tina! Hui e! Tāiki e! Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Sarah

We talked about the different kai that we had at our pikiniki o nga teti pea (Teddy Bear's Picnic), using kupu Māori.

Kiwi 3

Ngā mokopuna at Little Sunbeams taking part in their Māori Moment. With our pepi in the Pōtiki room having a kanikani to Pepeha by Six60 to our 2 years doing kai karakia and our kaiarataki tamariki shouting Kia Kaha.

Jemma

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Oceane

Visit to Okains Bay museum

Lylian

My Maori language moment is dedicated to my Koro Garth, who passed away on this day 7 years ago. This Maori folk song is a tribute to him and all the great memories we shared.

Lara

Pepeha Ko Horohoro te maunga Ko Mokau te awa Ko Tane hopuwae te marae Ko Taninui te waka Ko Ngāti Apakura te hapū Ko Maniapoto te iwi E noho ana ahau ki Pakuranga , i Tamaki Ko Alex Roberts rāua ko Aroha koti õku mātua Ko Daena Roberts Toku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou , kia ora tatou katoa

Daena

Getting ready for the kids from ruma tekau at HVS, to join our Te Reo Māori Kahoot!

Claire

We held a video call at 12pm on the 14th to celebrate Te Reo Māori and this was set up as a 'live recording' of our lockdown video series 'Te Reo TV'. Our Principal shared his pepeha and a favourite whakatauki and karakia, a Teacher shared the meaning of Tāmaki Makaurau and then we all joined our Chaplain in reciting our chapel blessing in Te Reo- over 300 from our community on the call, all speaking Te Reo Māori together - that was our moment!

Jarred

This song brought me back to my child hood, glad to sing it along side with my daughter Te-Aroha. Kia ora

Jaqualine

Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 was during maths time for Room 5, so we used ourknowledge of numbers 10-100 in te reo to reveal a mystery shape! (A heart)

Laura

AS Drama Class 2021 Karakia

Rebekah

Today our little group we read our favourite book "Mahi Tahi Tamariki ma'

Laurie

I was reading a children's reader book to learn simple sentence structures in Te Reo.

Elaine

i made sushi for my father

Lesini

This took us weeks, one verse and actions a week. But today we did it. Now to refine it.

Celeste

Ko tenei toku whaea keke TeArani Paraone me toku mama Georgie Enoka. . ka maumahara tonu. . .

Raina

I will attend te reo lessons online

Steve

Our whanau did a kapa haka marathon for 24 hours from past Polyfest Festivals

Jackie

Kia Ora Dunedin Senior Chinese Association

Weidi

We all did our mihi

Samantha

Nikā taku whānau e mahia ana te mahi I a mātau e noho Ōhiti 4 mai ki te kainga.

Ngahiriwa

The Bi-Cultural Commitee at Campbells Bay Kura had awesome plans to make Te wiki bigger and better this year. We had a guest speaker lined up and workshops to get our tamariki immersed in all things Māori. Lockdown happened and we rushed to get something for our Kaioko and tamariki to still celebrate Te Wiki. Part of this was having a full staff zoom at 12pm Tātu 14th September to take part in the Māori language moment for 2021. It was a huge success with over 40 staff participating. We said a karakia, did quizzes and games. This video is super long sorry. If you would like I can send a shorter edited version.

Katie

Tena Koe waiata with a guitar accompaniment played and sang by RMLC's owner and administrator.

Irenne

I created a Wharewhare game that can be played online. I shared the resource with as many of my friends and family as I could before the Māori Language Moment. We played this with my work colleagues. We had a good turnout - 40 people all playing remotely, it was really good because they are all in Level 4 lockdown in Auckland. The photos are from a kura in Gisborne, one of my friends kindly sent me photos and I was given permission to use them. The cards are all Kia kaha te reo Māori themed and they contain a mix of numbers, colours, animals, clothing, days of the week and months of the year, there are 80 items in total. There is one instructor/caller that sets up the game and sends the link out to all the players. The instructor can see everyone's cards and can check when someone calls wharewhare if their card is correct. This can be played on any device, even a mobile phone.

Lee

Just learned a cool new kupu from Hemi Kelly's Facebook page. Ko Huiata = videoconference. He mihi nui ki a koe, e Hemi. https://www. facebook. com/groups/263436354660573/

Deb

My 6 year old daughter sent through her picture to her teacher on what she wants to be when she grows up but recorded herself saying "I want to be a doctor" in Te Reo Maori.

Linda

I hope this is right!

Joe

Assume tauira and nga hoa from North Shore Hospital. A fun zoom rendition of a favourite waiata. Tricky with the delay from zooming, but we enjoyed ourselves.

julia

Taku Tama (Joshua DF) reading Te Anuhe tino hiakai in Te Reo Māori. ❤️

Makere

Tēnā koutou e ngā hau e whā E hoe ana mātou i te waka ki te taha o te tai o Aorere i te tauihu I kōrero Māori mātou i mihimihi ki te tai ao i waiata hoki He kōrero 👇🏽 E haumaru ana te waka mēnā kei roto tonu i te whanga, heoi ko take o tōna nei hanga Kia Kaha te reo Māori Mauri Ora 🙌🏽

Callum

This is Marton School singing 'Hareruia' during our Te Reo Māori Moment Sep 14 at 12pm.

Perenara

Tena koutou katoa, my junior class enjoyed singing different waiata, they kōrero with each other about their feelings and they enjoyed listening to some te reo Māori stories.

Liz

Ko te kapahaka haratau tuatahi o te hokinga mai ki te kura 🤩 He whiwhiwhi hei whakamahana te arero 😅

Wena

As part of Mahuru Māori (past and present) I have been making videos that are used in the school and community to teach various Te Reo Māori phrases. This Māori Language Moment the students in my class have been trying to create their own videos that we will use in our school to further teach other concepts or phrases.

Raihania

Getting in a few minutes of learning on my lunch break

Kelsey

Loving the Waiata on Spotify this week :-)

Kate

Kia Ora Aotearoa

Alex

Kia ora whānau, aku mokopuna ēnei nei ko Harlem rāua ko Tylah. Inanahi rā ko te reka hoki a a rāua kai. I timata ai rāua ki te korero Māori. Tihei mauriora te wiki o te reo Māori.

Atareta

Tena koutou katoa My team and I korero our mihi and then sang the waiata Tutira mai nga iwi.

Goretti

At midday we did a karakia and waiata.

Natalie

We gathered our workplace roopu - Waiata Whakamoemiti for a Zoom hui. We sang Purea Nei, He Kākano Ahau and also the newly released waiata - "Pepeha' by Six60. Such a wonderful moment celebrating our precious taonga - Te Reo Māori! Two of us are Māori, one Canadian and one German! He waka eke noa!

Sharon

Sharing a different whakataukī or whakatauākī (and translation) relevant to Biosecurity, lockdown, and connection with Papatūānuku each day of Te wiki o te reo Māori with all of MPI's Diagnostics and Surveillance Services team.

Sonia

WWF-New Zealand came together for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori over zoom to learn waiata and practice our mihi.

Robyn

Each day I am using Te reo Maori to acknowledge and introduce self at work. I also did a karakia to open a meeting.

Louise

I had a non contact. . so. . . I made masks for some kapai people at my school so that even when their smiles are hidden we can still see them

rachael

Senior French class explained Māori terms like powhiri, hangi and hongi in French.

Debbie

Sharing te reo kupu with their meaning and waiata on IG stories daily by a Māori artist like Maisey Rika. Yesterday it was manaakitanga with song Aotearoa Stan Walker, Troy Kingi, Ria Hall and Maisey Rika. Kia Kaha te reo māori!

Moana

I participated in a group to have a go at the Kahoot! quiz. While we couldn't quite figure out how to enroll correctly, we gave it our own spin and discussed our (mis)understandings of the kupu, shared something about where we are all at, and from - and recommended our favourite resources to keep learning.

Nynke

French class explained Māori terms like powhiri, hangi and hongi in French.

Debbie

I have challenged myself and ākonga to use the Maori words when working on their colour wheels this week! Also when talking about colour in Art to use the Maori words!

Simon

We love the new Six60 waiata - Pepeha - we have had some fun learning it together. The kupu are tino ataahua. We sung it outside, and people walking down the street in Newtown could hear us! Ka mau te wehi ngā tamariki o te Kura o Ngā Puna Waiora!

Mitch

Each class in our school took part in the Māori language moment in some way. These are just a few of the examples of things we did.

Sarah

Our waiata may have been out of time due to technology but the aroha and wairua was there. A beautiful moment shared with 30 + members of our Wairau Valley Special School community! Mauri ora!

Stacie

Was doing a power point presentation and included first and last slides with opening karakia and closing karakia 👍

Glenda

Tena koutou katoa Kaiako of Busby Street ELC korero mihi and waiata

Goretti

Mau Rākau with Matua Whaitiri who spoke only in te reo Māori for the entire hour! 30 seconds of contact with the tamariki had me sweating and puffing hard out. Gotta remember to breathe!

Carl

Kāore i ārikarika ngā wā kia maumahara ki ngā ā ringa. Heoi anō, ko te mea nui, he pai te ngana ki te kore. Hika mā! Mauri ora

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Maori Language Moment 2021

Kāore i ārikarika ngā wā kia maumahara ki ngā ā ringa. Heoi anō, ko te mea nui, he pai te ngana ki te kore. Hika mā! Mauri ora