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

Kia Ora Koutou, I enjoyed singing the waiata Mo Maria.

Anne

I will draw up and share a post on IG about my mihi!

Kime

We are a Catholic school in Taupo and the kids are saying the Lord's Prayer in Te Reo.

Cathy

Mākāhu School kids having a whakarongo to the Stratford Glockenspiel Clock telling the Romeo and Juliet story in te reo for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2021.

Gemma

Im not really good with te reo im more better with fijien

malakai

Reading te reo Māori with my mokopuna.

Megan

Miss New Zealand’s Māori Language Moment for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2021! !

Sydney

I could not do the Paanui as planned :(. However, I did count from tahi to tekau while giving bath to my baby. I also did the counting in English and in Bangla (my own language- No Bangladesh Ahou). My son who has severe Autism now can count up to 10 in three languages including in te reo.

Tahera

Kia ora, my team of 7 at ACE New Zealand work remotely around the country. At 12pm we all put on the same Spotify playlist, Waiata Reo Māori. Listening to te reo, together apart! Thanks for the opportunity :) Ngā mihi nui

Suzie

In each of our classes we watched and listened to this story about family

Hawera Primary

learning to korero , some tricky kupu in there!

Clare

Kei te whakanui tōku kura i te wiki o Te Reo Māori ki ngā kēmu patapatai nā "Kuwi's kupu", ia rā, ia rā. I tuku atu ngā kupu hau kei runga i te ipurangi 'Seesaw'. I te wā o te reo Māori wā , i waiata ētahi akomanga i ngā waiata Māori, i pūrei ētahi akomanga i ētahi kēmu Māori mai i te ipurangi R2R. Ko taku rautaki: ki te ako he maha ngā kupu hou, he pārekereka ngā mahi. He maha ngā mahi o ngā tamariki i tēnei wiki. Kei te poho kererū ahau i ngā tamariki, me ngā kaiako hoki, i tō rātou manawanui! Ngā mihi

Beccy

13WLL learned how to introduce themselves in te reo - saying their name, where they are from, and where they live now. This involved finding the te reo translations for quite a few countries, such as India, Japan, China, Afghanistan, and the Netherlands! The translations have been left on the board, and subsequent classes have loved it!

Lisette

We had kaitahi, kōrero, played Ropu Kupu (Scattergories) and finished with waiata.

Lindsay

Our Tiny Nation team organised a kōrero to whai wāhi mai in Māori Language Week's 'Māori Language Moment'. We had a great time coming together for this moment. We are proud to have been part of setting the world record for people speaking and celebrating an endangered, Indigenous language at the same time. ♥️🌈

Louisa

The Year 2 team and whanau came together to sing and share their posters.

Paula

I played the Aki Hauora app https://www. healthnavigator. org. nz/apps/a/aki-hauora-app/ to practice my kupu

Emma

Murupara Area School Years 4-6, celebrating te wiki o te reo māori through waiata. . . ahua papatahi te waiata nei, arohamai!

Miriama

Some of our kaimahi and ākonga at WITT, joined us in singing pepeha by six60. It was so awesome to see and be part of such an important time in our history.

Te Rina

My junior school syndicate (Y0-1) participated with a Kapa Haka zoom together. We said a karakia, a pepeha from one of the teachers, waiata altogether , whakatauki and He mihi mutunga.

Jessica

My 2 year old daughter saying a Karakia mo te kai she learnt at her punanga reo

kathy

Our goal was to learn Maui(left) matau (right) so this was a great fun way to do it.

Jocelyn

Every morning we open our class with a Karakia Moteatea then a waiata.

Debs

I sang 'Me he manu rere', which I learnt as a 5 or 6 year-old at school a long time ago.

Ann

To celebrate the Maori Language Moment I listened to the 'Te Ao Mārama' EP by Lorde.

Charlie

Our team of 19 sang Te Aroha, and then talked about our favourite kupu.

melanie

He wero ā-whānau kei te haere i tēnei wiki hei whakamana i te wiki o te reo Māori. Ko Cyane tēnei i whakaāetia kia kānohi matua mo tō mātou whare/ mirumiru. #ākinatereomāori #tewikiotereomāori

Cyane

Our preschool children singing one of their favourite waiata, ‘Paki Paki’. They love doing all the actions!

lincoln University Early Childhood Centre

On my social work student placement, I also learned how to make flowers and fish. I have been enjoying flax weaving and learning about Harakeke. I have learned it is very important to do a karakia before harvesting and I also learned that the leftover flax needs to be put back under the flax bush and to say thank you to Harakeke for proving the flax

Tracey

Today we used more Te reo at 12 we went to the bathroom to wash our ringaringas so we could have some kai before the pepes had their moe

Leanne

Playing a game learning the body parts in Maori with my Room 6 Class online

amelia

kia ora, my name is makuini and here are some of my children saying KIA ORA.

makuini

This is our Maori Moment from Wera Aotearoa Charitable Trust in Rotorua. Our (very short) opening korero was spoken by myself, Heather. I am originally from Scotland and have been learning te reo Maori for a couple of years. I love being in a Maori organisation where we are not only supported but encouraged to embrace te Ao, reo me nga Tikanga Maori. Hope you all enjoy our waiata ngahau

Heather

I am a social work student and at my placement, we have started doing flax weaving. I made a kono and somehow it ended up being a drink bottle holder. It's my first time doing something like this and I really enjoyed it. We did a karakia before harvesting the flax.

Tracey

I shared my mihi

Odele

The tamariki at Kidsfirst Kindergartens Wales Street made 'kia ora' headbands which they proudly wore during the day and at home to inspire their whānau. They are also learning the 660 song 'Pepeha' which they sang as a group with their kaiako.

June

Ko Cellia Joe tēnei e tuku whakamoemiti i mua i tōna kai kina! Nō Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa a CJ, He wāhine tino hātākehi rawa atu!

Hollie

Our class are learning songs we can share with each other and take back to our homes we have so much fun

Debs

Year 12 Gateway: I whakamohio āku ākonga i tētahi hoa ki ō rātou hoa

Jo

Our numeracy class looked at how to say 3 digit numbers in te reo.

Angela

Two tamariki from the Mako Room at Te Awa School learning how to ask each other what they are doing, and then reply in Te Reo Maori 🌟

Kelsea

Do not give up so easily, instead fight until the end.

Anthony

Ki te Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre, ka hui ngā tangata o mātou hapori ki te whakanui i Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021. I tina tahi mātou. I karakia whakatīmatanga (i mua i te kai), ā, karakia whakamutunga mātou. I kōrero Māori mātou! I kōrero Māori mātou ki te whakawhanaungatanga, ā, i kōrero mātou ki te whakataka i te kai. Ā muri i tērā, i waiata mātou i ngā waiata e mohio ana mātou. . . Wairua pai tēnei wā. . . rawe te wā ki te whakatā ā-hinengaro, ka mahuia ki mātou wairua i te waiata me te puoro, ka whaipainga ki mātou tīnana i te kai, ā i mātou herenga ki te ako me ki te whakahaumanu i te Reo Māori.

Miramar & Maupuia

My photo is of a poster challenge we have going at our Kura for Maori language week.

Anei, te wā tuku reo Māori o tātou whānau :)

Zoe

Action song

Jenny

Our Tower Roopū Māori singing a waiata in level 4 lockdown

Aria

Te mīharo hoki o ngā ngohe kei te paetukutuku: https://www. akopanuku. tki. org. nz/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-2021/mane/. Kua pārekareka katoa ngā ākonga!

Maria

Playing a card game with tamariki

Aimee

We've tried to incorporate as much te Reo Māori as we could into our internal staff newsletter this week - the Racing Rakaina Review!

Shannon

Singing Oma Rapiti with my son Leo.

Jessica

Singing Oma Rapiti with my son Leo

Jessica

Learning a haka at the moment. Amazing journey

Heni

Our kura, Blockhouse Bay Intermediate, held an open Google Meet where everyone who was able to attend, joined us to sing Purea Nei. This was an exercise in patience, persistence and comedy! Over the 36 minute "meeting" we had 318 kaimahi (kaiako, kaiawhina, me tumuaki tuarua) me ākonga join in with us! Wēkeneru it was insane and hilarious! I'd upload a video but . . . I'm technologically challenged!

Cath

Kia Ora Our tamariki at Te Puna Reo O Puawai love to perform. Our tama love Tutira Mai ngā iwi and our kotiro enjoy learning new waiata such as Rob Ruha’s waiata “ka hao” and performing e rere tāku poi. Ka mau te wehi tamariki mā

Violet

To celebrate and support Te Reo Maori, Whangaparaoa Kindergarten, (via Zoom) performed some of our favourite waiata. While we can only hear nga kaiako, we can see and feel nga tamariki ma were supporting this special moment in their own special way. Ka pai to mahi!

Wendy

lam googling and Utube to try and get my head around the basics. Put aside 30 mins daily

Alan

We did a mihimihi challenge at Manapou ki te Ao Education New Zealand, to give everyone the opportunity to gain some confidence in saying their mihi. Here's my attempt!

Emma

We, Babies' team kaiako, working at a beautiful centre called, Learning Tree Apollo. As we are into lockdown we celebrated Te reo Maori language week on our zoom mat time; by greeting our tamariki and whanau, singing a few Waiata as well as karakia using simple Te Reo Maori language. Here is one of the moment that we would like to share with you all. Please have a look. Thank you for your time :)))

Vrunda

I learnt my Pepeha! And sharing my new fav Maori word which has such a deeper meaning!

Catherin

We kept to the covid meeting restrictions and used different spaces within our school to capture our akonga and kaiako. As a Faculty, we encourage te reo Māori within our classes and across the school. This week is a total celebration of te reo and comes at a much needed time in and around co-vid.

Aramoana

This is our bubble singing a waiata about welcoming/greeting to practice our pronunciation.

Anna

This is a photo of me and my Great Grandmother, Te Wai Tauariki, born 1866, died 1971, she was 105 years old She had a traditional moku which she received when she was 23 years old, in those days the moku was chiselled onto the face and was very painful. She loved a good party and smoked a pipe and rollies. She lived in Maraetai for a while, which is where my Grandmother was born. Nanny was a mid-wife and supported Maori from around the area including Great and Little Barrier and Waiheke Island.

Robyne

For Māori Language Moment at 12 pm today, the Water New Zealand team each shared a portion of their pepeha including their job title in te reo Māori #heahatōmahi. It was great to hear each other’s pepeha and help understand the connections our team have with their whakapapa (ancestry) and taiao (environment).

Renee

Kia ora We celebrated our Māori Language Moment by practising vowel sounds and learning a Karakia mō te kai to use when we are serving kai in our wharekai at Belfast Community Centre in Ōtautahi. We have decided that we will continue this at each of our staff meetings, and then progress to learning a waiata together. Ka mau te wehi! Thanks so much to the organisers of this awesome event! :)

Justine

My kura had a whole school KAHOOT session with 35 pātai. Whakaharahara. ngahau.

Christine

Joined a conference call hosted by the team to educate over 200 Foodies on basic te reo that helps us use it in everyday examples :)

Alexandra

Last nite we had a whanau kai as our moko is in hospital battling with cancer she is only 20 and had her baby when she was 19 and started chemo the nite she had our mokomoko she's very positive and strong willed we have karakia for her and others that are not well around the motu and I te ao around the world. Aroha tino nui Kia kaha te mana

Cynthia

Getting my first vaccination in Kāpiti. Haere mai!

Jeannie

We all read a Maori myth and legend and created a picture based on the main character in the story. Here are our creations.

Scott

Kia ora my name is Joyce, i was born in new zealnad and i enjoy learning maori

Joyce

Ngā Uri o Ngā Iwi - Westmere School "Taratahi ā whare, Tapatahi ā ngākau" Ahakoa e noho taratahi ana mātou i tēnei wā, I whai wāhi atu mātou ki tēnei kaupapa kia whakakotahi ai i a mātou anō. Hei whakanui i te Pūmahara Reo Māori i whakapakari tinana, i kanikani, i tuku pepeha anō hoki mātou. Ahakoa ngā mahi rerekē, i noho tō tātou Reo Rangatira hei tūāpapa o ngā mahi katoa. Although we weren't able to spend this moment together ā tinana, we still found a way to spend the moment together ā wairua. We exercised, we danced, we recited Pepeha - whatever mahi it was, Te Reo Māori was at the forefront.

Keeghan

The kids learned the matariki waiata at school and taught it to us

Juliana

Ko Cellia Joe tēnei e tuku whakamoemiti i mua i tōna kai kina. He wahine hātākehi taku hoa. Nō Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa ia.

Hollie

Kia ora Kotou 15 of our amazing team at Ropata Health met and learnt vowel pronunciation and sang a Ha Ma Pa and learnt the pronunciation of local place names. Best of all, we agreed to meet monthly nd learn the correct pronunciation of our patient names and te Reo phrases.

Liz

I might send a video of me practising Maori greetings!

Lila

We decorated one of our offices into a wharenui/marae and even made sure the shoes were left outside! Some of our team members also put up te Reo posters around the office and made a video on how to pronounce the words.

Megan

I have tryed to learn te reo and learning how to speak it with a friend, it's good as l don't know much but my iwi is nga puhi close to Auckland, it's nice to learn more and will continue to do this.

Julie

I spent time learning with the korerorero app on my phone - a language app developed by AUT. Really good. Lesson one for 'in the morning' is really useful for me: Morena, e hine (Morning, girl) Maranga mai! (Get up) Kia tere! (Hurry up! )

Oliver

Te Rito Maioha are committed to ensure we as an organisation are holding the mana of Kahungunu through singing the popular waiata written and composed back in the 1950's by Canon Wiremu Te Tau Huata. All staff and students will be singing the correct version and actions of this waiata throughout this month.

Waana

AKO Students I teach at Land based training in Hastings teach me Maori

Mark

My tamariki and I have been learning new phrases from Hēmi Kelly's book A Māori phrase a day and we have purchased a learning Toolbox set of magnetic words to make sentences on our fridge. Kia ora e hoa kei te peihea koe was how I greeted my work colleague today. The sentence formed in the photo says I see two fantail.

Emmaleen

This is my Pepeha.

Kaylene

Kua korero ahau ki a kaiwhakaora I te Reo Maori .

Ruth

We played a game of 'Tane Says' and shared various phrases with each other, for example, 'E haere ana au ki te ___' when we went to various places.

Emma

This photo means everything to me Because my older brother is a k pop and he works hard for it

Jung

Tētahi o nga tino pukapuka o aku tauira. Poaka Kunekune.

Marama

Mark

As a kura we have been learning tongue twisters and doing daily quiz questions on the language or tikanga Māori. This is our Year 9 Māori class saying one of our tongue twisters. Tēna koutou katoa.

Atareta

I watched a Manukura livestream and joined in the learning of place names and singing waiata including AEIOU.

Amanda

I listened to waiata anthems as I programmed text shortcuts on my phone to substitute Pakeha words for kupu.

Grace

Anei tāku tāpaetanga mo te wiki o te reo. . .

Laverne

This is my Pepeha!

Nina

He kanikani, he korikori tā Whakaata Māori hei whakatairanga i te Rangaihi Reo Māori! Kino kē hoki! Inā te pārekareka.

Whakaata

Kia ora, Here is a new song we learnt together in Ruma tekau ma rima at Hillcrest Normal School called 'Whakarongo Raa". We talked about the meaning of the song and loved the way it was about weaving and joining together, just like us in Ruma tekau ma rima! We also loved the way the kupu flew off our lips once we had practiced a couple of times. This is a new waiata to add to our collection. We enjoy beginning our day with waiata each morning as we re-unite for another day of learning together. We hope you enjoy listening to our song. Kia kaha te reo Maaori! Nga mihi nui, Ruma tekau ma rima Hillcrest Normal School Hamilton

Amanda

Mauri tu Mauri ora!

Hika

Tēnā koutou katoa, Today taku whaea and au explored our whakapapa. We wrote our pepeha and shared this with taku matua. It is a journey as we reflect on our tīpuna and our history. We also have a deep connection living here in Aotearoa the past 30 years. Grateful! Ngā mihi

Victoria

I joined a workplace hui where staff shared their newly learned pepeha and a waiata.

Joshua

Kia ora tātou Inanahi rā i zui mātou ko āku tamariki pakeke - tātou ko te hoa o tāku pōtiki. Yesterday my adult children and one of their friends and I met by Zui to kōrero and waiata i tētahi o tāku tino waiata. The waiata in Purea Nei which was taught to me and my colleagues by a champion of te reo Māori at Ara Poutama in 2013. I see this as a starting point for me in my reo Māori haerenga. Ka nui te mihi Tracey and the Trafalgar Tribe PS I could have done with doing a practice run - my use of technology and trying to kōrero Māori at the same time has produced a less than perfect result - but I am so happy and proud to have been able to do this with my tamariki. Kia kaha te reo Māori

Tracey

As a school under level 2 this year we decided to sing the waiata Te Aroha for secondary school, whilst the primary part of our school sung the national anthem, also with sign language. The students stayed spaced out, staying in their classes they had at that time. I had teachers taking photos of each space. In all we had 335 students taking part.

Sarah

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Maori Language Moment 2021

As a school under level 2 this year we decided to sing the waiata Te Aroha for secondary school, whilst the primary part of our school sung the national anthem, also with sign language.

The students stayed spaced out, staying in their classes they had at that time. I had teachers taking photos of each space. In all we had 335 students taking part.