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 katou Kei te pehea koe? Haerae mai to te wiki o te reo maori We are celebrating Maori language week and this is my little contribution in the form of waita which is my mihi in te reo maori. Kia kaha Aotearoa

Minky

I manaakitia te harakeke e au

Di

I manaakitia te harakeke e au

Di

A zui with karakia me ētahi waiata.

Anna

I said a karakia kai that I leaned through Te Wananga o Aotearoa x

Janita

Today at The Muse, all three choirs sang our favourite waiata, and did our introductions in te reo Māori. The lyrics of this song were written by Rose Pere and the music by Nikki Berry. The choir is A Capellago, with some members joining in via zoom while we are in level 2 lock down.

Nikki

I ako Tikitoke mātou ko ōku hoa ki tētahi waiata Māori hou, ko 35 te ingoa.

Taaroto

Ko tōku mihi.

Nikora

Ko Lucy Kimiora tēnei

Rebecca

Today I began a kupu hou series on Pukamata (Facebook) of Māori words associated with Real Estate. Being a Māori real estate agent is a humbling experience where I get to empower people with manākitanga and finesse and support them towards success with property. With only a few Māori currently in the industry, it's empowering for me to represent on behalf of our Māori people, create opportunities in the field for Māori, and show that we can perform to a high level in such industries. Nga mihi, Tama Emery

Tama

My daughter and I had a brief korero and then sang a waiata together.

Alathea

I te kura e whakahere hui ana, ka tūhono atu ki te Zui mō te rōpū Haemata, ka whakarongo ki ngā waiata Māori i te ahiahi 😊

Dee

Our Conductive Education class leant the kupu for whurutu (fruits) and hua whenua (vegetables).

Claire

Panui Maori-Te Kawenata Hou

Juanita

Proud moment for me to do my own pepeha and be able to also say it word for word. My goal is to work on my pronunciation and absorb as much Te Reo as I can into my everyday life. If anyone hears me say something not quite right please let me know so I can correct it as I have a massive fear of saying a word wrong and the meaning gets changed. Anyone enough from me for now. Enjoying being part of such a nurturing team! Kia kaha - Keila xx

Keila

This is a photo of our team (13 of them +2 kids) who joined a session learning some Te Reo led by our CEO Sam who has been taking Te Reo courses.

Sarah

Whanau and Kai Tu meke Time ♥️DrakeWhanau4EvaUs ❤️

Fe

It’s a mihi, shortened pepeha and waiata. Ngā Mihi nui. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori

Joseph Tavita

Watched an example of taha tinana by our tuakana Akomanga tekau, as part of their Kori tinana dance project. Then NIKE Just did it! Ka mau te wehi!

Tarsh

Karawhiua was the guiding phrase for Te Maunga as they launched into Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021! A week filled with waiata, kaupapa kori, kapa haka, Whakataetae Reo Māori Wero, and kīwaha! For our moment at 12pm we came together to sing a new waiata with new vocabulary we learnt for our Māori Language Moment. Tau Ke!

Allie

The staff and student leaders at Pakuranga Colllege collaborated from afar to create a video that encouraged our fabulous students while on lockdown, while also celebrating te reo Māori: https://drive. google. com/file/d/16Be9IXNOODKSKp5W47fdkIUt4nXOpK5V/view?usp=sharing

Kelly

Sang along to Anika Moa's version of Purea Nei, with my 2 and 5 year old kids, it's our favourite waiata. Stuck at home in lockdown but we had a great lunchtime today :)

Debbie

I have been trying to do my pepeha for like 3 years since joining my job at Te Hononga. With the help of my daughter and google I have done it. I did my Pepeha at my work Te Reo Zoom meeting today and they said it was awesome. I am glad for this opportunity to finally do it.

Joanne

Teachers and student leaders at Pakuranga College collaborated from afar to send encouraging messages to our fabulous students, embracing te reo - regardless of wherever we are on the journey. https://drive. google. com/file/d/16Be9IXNOODKSKp5W47fdkIUt4nXOpK5V/view?usp=sharing

Kelly

Kia ora ra koutou katoa 🕊️🕯️💐 Here's my effort to say my Pepeha🎈 Po Mārie Elisapeci Samanunu Waqanivala MRSNZ Te-Whanganui-a-Tara

Elisapeci Samanunu

Today at The Muse we sang many of our favourite Waiata, and all three choirs did at least some of their 'check in' in Maori. This song has lyrics written by Rose Pere, and music by Nikki Berry. The choir is A Capellago.

Nikki

At mahi we decided we would have a kanikani while having fun learning some new kupu with the Korero Maori waiata from Te Wananga o Raukawa. . enjoy our trying to follow along with the actions and a bit of katakata in between lol

Edwina

I decided to sing a couple of waiata which have really helped me on my reo journey!

Murray

Himene, karakia Me te haka

Ben

Adding to my pepeha as I learn more about my hapū … more to add ✨ Ko Kāi Te Ruahikihi, Huirapa ki Puketeraki, Hawea me Hateatea ka hapū. Mihimihi today with my Whāngaia Ngā Pā Harakeke kī Ōtepoti Whānau 💕💕 Mō tātou, ā mō kā uri ā muri ake nei – for us and our children after us’. #reomaori #akonga #everyday #TeAoMaori #KMK #kotahimanokaika #tewikiotereomaori2021

Dana

#maorilanguageweek I found this website where you can create a Pepeha - "it's a way of introducing yourself in Māori. It tells people who you are by sharing your connections with the people and places that are important to you. " I thought that's very cool, you can print it out and display it like an artwork. #newzealand #maorilanguage #pepeha #lietuva https://pepeha. nz/

Kristina

Staff members decorated the staff room. Others bought in items of interest eg korowai cloak, greenstone patu, books, bone carvings. At 12 noon, one of our staff talked about the history of Te reo, another spoke in Te reo explaining the importance of pepeha and another said the karakia before we ate our Kai. We asked everyone to do their pepeha which was really interesting. The picture is of our steamed hangi and rewana bread.

Stephanie

He whānau kotahi tātou ki te tautoko ki te kaupapa. We are teaching our mokopuna / whānau the longest māori name in te āo history. The next generation need to know all our māori names and their origins. Mauri ora!

Terehia

This photo is very special to me as it was used for our English department calendar. So memories of my department are connected to this photo.

Pravina

Here's a little waiata we love singing to our tamariki. Not only does it help them to identify different colours but it also teaches them what they are in te reo.

Apii

I am in a meeting at 12:00 so a group of us will be sharing our mihi

Terry

We were very lucky to have Mrs B in our class today teaching us about Koru art. The kids loved it. Lots of design and painting.

Samantha

I took a test to see how many Maori words I knew and this is how I scored. Now I can continue my journey and improve my vocabulary.

Nick

At 12pm I was involved in a professional supervision session. My supervisee and I agreed we would say The Lord’s Prayer in te reo. We ended up playing a sung version from YouTube

Helen

Haere mai everything is kapai … Daphne Walker

Chris

We believe in making a positive support. We are proud to join Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 😊

Gibb

I teach in the Junior Room at Omakere and we love singing with Miss Nicky. This is one of our favourites. X

Samantha

Kia ora Tātou Katoa 🇳🇿 Ni Sa Bula Vinaka (in Fijian Language) 🇫🇯 Today, i wish to honour the First Nation Peoples of Aotearoa both Past & Present 'Mana Whenua Māori | Tangata Whenua Māori'. I cite an excerpt from Jane McRae's book, quoting; 'Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke of Ngāti Rangiwewehi tribal group of Te Arawa' (1853), who articulated; "Ko te tangata Māori, mau tonu ngā kupu te pupuri i te ngākau, mate atu he whakatipuranga, mau tonu iho. "

Elisapeci Samanunu

Whakapapa, Whenua, Whare, Whanau. . Nga Hau E Wha. . She is my MOMENT I got to pass on tika ronu atu. . to have a mokopuna means I held my reign as her Nana. . I kept the Mauri between her mum so that I, now get to be with her to teach her, to teach me. . to Kia kaha ai koe, hand down what matauranga I have. He Taonga 💜

Felicity

In Ruma Rimu at Tua Marina School the tamariki sang a waiata (with a bit of kanikani too) that practised counting to tekau. We also played Whakarongo Mai Tamariki Mā which the tamariki led and helped them practise some new kupu.

Caroline

Singing a waiata that i learnt a couple of years ago at preschool 🙂

Shivonne

Tū patapata au kia tārewa tū aku iti, titia ki te rangi e. Ko au ko Panguru, ko Papata. Pūngarungaru te oro o Te Kura Taumata o Panguru me o mātou waiata “Tere Tā” ki te aō. Ko te kaupapa o te wā te take. E ako ana mātou o te kura ēnei kupu hou o te “wero” aa, ko te “kōwheori tekau mā iwa” aa, ko te mate urutā tēra. Kua titongia mātou te kura tenei waiata mo te wiki aa, te Rā Whakanui a o ta tātou nei reo Māori me te kii… Kia Tū Kia Oho Kia Mataara Aōteroa💪 #MāhuruMĀORI

Ani

We got together as a team and did the Te Reo Māori quiz!

Gwen

Our class took photos of objects with THE objects making the Maori word for the object! Eg maitai - cutlery made out of cutlery They’ll be more on our blog later this week http://ithinkcheesemanclass. blogspot. com/2021/09/maori-language-week-challenge. html

Claire

I panui mātou mo ngā inanga, i tākaro mātou i ngā kēmu reo hoki.

Hākui

Four of us from our workplace, WSP, Napier shared a waiata aringa for our Maori Language moment. We are each on a te reo journey and sometimes that journey brings us together to share and celebrate what we have learnt.

Bev

Practicing NZDF, ARMY and RNZSigs Haka's.

Robert

Learning te reo Maori with aroha!

Edna

I just wanted to do a # challenge for Te wiki Te Reo Maori I am trying to self teach as twice last year my course was shut down due to lockdowns

Claire

I discovered a new concept for me Kaitiakitanga. I looked at Te Ara to find out more and look forward to learning more about this remarkable concept that bodes so well for our environment. Ngā Mihi

Margaret

Our Tamariki have loved making poi with materials in our kainga during Lockdown! We have been practicing E Rere Taku Poi heaps! But performance varies when the camera comes out!

Ashley

My 7 years old son and I watched 3 Maori stories; Māui me te rā, Te ika a Māui and Tu Meke Tui! on Youtube!

Shingo

I heard about new colours in Maori; karera/rito/maota

Ira

E toru ngā kiriata tiktok e tapiri ana. Ko tetahi, he mihi ki taku hoa pumau me tōnā huarahi ako mō te reo te take, tuarua, he kiriata hatakēhi mō tō tātau Kuri reo Māori, tuatoru, he mihi noa ki te aroha o te Kuia ki ana mokopuna mō ake tonu.

Glenis

Kia Ora Learnt a few sentences in Te Reo, which is so cool & will be used when I coach my classes at Les Mills.

Robin

I hono atu au ki ōku hoa mahi 608 i te 12 karaka ki te waiata tahi 😊

Tangiwai

Our Rotoiti 15 Trust team completed the online quiz today- Kai tawhiti e hoa ma!

Kerri Anne

Ma is white Whero is red Kakariki is green…. One of our favourite waiata shares at The Orchard childcare Rotorua for our MLM

Bridget

A number of us at work got together (socially distanced) to do our Stats NZ karakia and then sing our waiata, both written for us by our Kaihautu, we then had kai.

Amaria

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori! Tamariki, kaiako and kaiawhina at James Street School met with their tuakana/teina buddy class to waiata and pānui pūrakau. I waiata matou. I pānui matou. I whakarongo matou. We sang. We read. We listened.

Jodie

I parakitihi māua ko tōku hoa rangatira i tētahi mōteatea. Kei te mahi ia, kei te kāinga ahau!

Robyn

Trying out a new waiata

Claire

I decided to whakarongo, panuitia, waiatatia, and matatauria the Pepeha waiata for my Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori. I have also been trying to learn the Sign Language to go with this waiata to teach it to our Kapa Haka rōpu. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori!

Louise

I tēnei rangi, i tito au i tētahi rotarota mō ngā tamariki o tō mātou Puna Reo. Ko te kaupapa “E 5 Ngā Noke. ” He aha ai? He mea whakangahau i ngā tamariki me ngā kaiako.

Tere

Learning new kupu

Claire

Waiata-a-ipurangi! Thank you Tia, for teaching and leading ~20 participants.

Sophie

Taku waiata a-ipurangi mo te wā tuku reo māori!

Katarina

A waiata that I learned last year, and a greeting that I learned yesterday.

Jane

I korero te reo ahau i taku mahi, usually I don't feel comfortable to use it there. but today because there is a lot of resistance but today I told them it not only was it Te Wiki o te Reo Maori but it was my day to feel ok about using te reo.

Sue

Room 13 working on their pronunciation

Claire

Listening to a te reo story

Claire

Sharing for my mum-in-law: she organised a "moment" at their Chch retirement village, only a few turned up but they played an old waiata CD, shared stories and some kupu. They talked about meeting regularly and encouraging others from the community to join in :)

Sophie

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori! Tamariki, kaiako and kaiawhina at James Street School met with their tuakana/teina buddy class to waiata and pānui pūrakau. I waiata matou. I pānui matou. I whakarongo matou. We sang. We read. We listened.

Jodie

I listened and sang along to Hollie Smiths Korukatia/Bathe in the river. I love this Waiata but when she brought it out in Te Reo I knew I had to learn it.

Poroani

Our kura waiata-a-ringa was written and sung to the tune of 'Ka pioioi' to deepen the understanding of the 5 values in our kura, (Manaakitanga, Kairangi, Whanaungatanga, Hauora, Kaitiakitanga), that we have at school. Rangiora Borough school with over 300 ākonga and 15 kaiako taking part this year in the Māori moment 2021. Ngā Rākau e Rua is our bilingual classes that have 46 tamariki.

Liana

Kia ora koutou At Puddleducks' Montessori we sung - Kina, kina; Ngā wīra o te pahi; and Tō ringa ki roto then read the pukapuka - Ngā Tae Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Michelle

I sang ‘Wairua Tapu’ from memory 🎶

Nicole

For the first time ever I used a Māori greeting on my social media pages. @breastmates And introduced a beautiful māmā who is going to model on my website. I’m also going to use some reo on my website https:///www. breastmates. co. nz including renaming some styles and colours. . I have reached out to a Māori consultant to help me with the right words. And I hope to learn more words personally. I’m really excited

Franny

As part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week, I'm sharing with you all my pepeha. This pepeha was created as part of my mahi for 'Mahinga Kai X Maramataka Māori' a course that I recently completed. Thank You to my kaiako Chad Tareha and Aaron Williams for your guidance in this amazing journey. Ngā mihi nui, Jen

Jen

Rā whānau ki a koe - learning how to say Happy Birthday on my birthday for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021! I need to work on my pronunciation, especially when on-camera nerves and anxiety do their best to trip me up. Kia kaha te Reo Māori! x

Kim

Ngā tamariki doing waiata at mat time today at 12:00 in the ece centre I work in. Celebrating Te wiki o Te reo māori.

Nic

I learnt about how the Universal Taoist 'Love that Heals' relates to Maoritanga

Leesa

I am an Auckland kaiako. I made a video for my kura that was uploaded for our tamariki and whanau to watch. Each day a different kaiko made a video on some phrases we use in our ruuma.

Nadia

As a whanau we tried two new things today. The first image is our results of a whanau kahoot - eldest competitor 69yrs old and youngest 7yrs old. We leant heaps as we went. The video is a little bit of exercise for our tinana. Using Te Reo to call baxing numbers. #babysteps

Caragh

Greeted clients in te reo Māori

Julia

Today our team joined together from Tamaki Makaurau, Whanganui-a-tara and Ōtautahi in waiata. We started with Whakataka Te Hau, and ended with Kia Tau. In between we sang E Minaka Ana and Whakarongo. Our waiata we learnt together today was Ko Te Pu. We had some laughs along the way along with some technical issues but the most important of all - it was time well spent learning, sharing and celebrating Te reo Māori.

Maraea

He paku mihi ki te Ao . . .

amohia

Today we did yoga in Te Reo Māori. All of the instructions were delivered in Te Reo and they had to work out what to do. After the session I asked them questions “he aha te kupu English mo ……?” Pungawerewere, kuri, kiore, kaukau, and then they had to show that pose. It was lots of fun and lots of kupu hou.

Lisa

Mō ngā wahanga Takaro me Ako I hanga māua ko tāku tama a Kaiurungi i ētahi Tītī tōrea

Rhian

Ruma Tahi did te rakau and then listened to six60's new song, Pepeha.

Jane

Mauri ora from Ngātai and Chanelle in Rotorua. Hope you enjoy our first ever duet :) https://www. smule. com/sing-recording/1358531485_4151770879

Chanelle

I hui katoa mātou te wharekura o Whakatupuranga Rua Mano ki te tomokanga o te kura kia whakapāohotia tō mātou aro mutunga kore ki te whanaketanga o reo, o tikanga kia hāpai ake te reanga o te āpōpō. Tau kē te kaupapa nei hei whakaoreore i a ngai Māori kia maranga ake, kia tūtakarerewa ki te huarahi whakahaumanu reo kei mua i te aroaro.

Tanira

Ko Geoff Green toku ingoa.

Geoff

He mihi, he whakaaro hoki.

Julian

A phrase for each of my classes today to get us speaking!

Phillipa

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Maori Language Moment 2021

A phrase for each of my classes today to get us speaking!