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!

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Each member of the Philanthropy New Zealand team shared a kupu associated with our mahi for the Māori Language Moment. Kia kaha te reo Māori! #reomāori

Sue

I used the 360 Maori words site to share the correct pronunciation of whanau to our whanau chat group.

Jennifer

Year 11 students playing pepa, kutikuti, toka!

Sarah

Me and my mokopuna on our journey together ❤ celebrating our ataahua culture, and the whakapapa of me her kuia being her kaiako as I too am on my journey! 2021 is our Year as He Maori He Wahinetoa!

Felicity

Ka mau te wehi Te Kura o Pakarana!

Jessie

Room 2 at Waipawa School spent time singing waiata and performing haka during Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori.

Sharee

Every lesson I wrote up today I placed a phrase to use!

Phillipa

Today I created and shared a Maori Language Week Kahoot with my class. I put it on our Google classroom so they could play it during the 'Maori Moment' while working from home in Level 4 .

Michelle

The tamariki in my class played Takaro. Sharon

Sharon

My class of years 1-2 tamariki Whakarongo Mai Tamariki Mā to practise actions and commands for their #reomāori moment. Then they played Ūpoko, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae. #TeWikioTeReoMāori

Katie

Our school has engaged in a range of Te Reo activities including waiata, kēmu, Kahoot! Quizzes and reo lessons 🙌

Ben

I played Tākaro with my children to try and learn some vocab. My daughter thrashed me !

Michelle

We chose waiata that we sing each day to celebrate Te reo Māori

Jay

Kia Ora e te whānau o Aotearoa. I teach in a secondary school and today we celebrated te wiki o te reo Māori by practicing the longest place name, solidifying some simple sentences and playing kemu.

Hannah

Held a short wānanga kindly hosted by our awesome team tuakana, where he shared some of the Creation story he grew up with and whakaaro around that. He tino ataahua te mauri o ngā kōrero. Humbled and grateful!

Duncan

Hi, with my year 8 Digitech class we stopped our learning digitech and used the moment to do the following tongue twister together: Kutukutu ketuketu tukutuku tukua tonuitia ki taku tekoteko x3

Elizabeth

Kia ora! We are Tawhero School in Whanganui celebrating tō tātou reo rangatira!

Karleen

Homeroom 17 all chose to do different things to celebrate Maori language moment. We have put all the things the children chose to do in the video with our kura waiata over the top.

Verity

We enjoyed a waita and ti rakau

Sarah

A privilege to pray in the reo. . .

Helen

Kia Ora, Te Moananui a Kiwa would like to present our school waiata! Although we had restrictions due to Covid-19 we have done our best to represent our hub. At 12pm today we all performed from our classrooms and joined our videos together. Thanks for watching our moment!

Rose

I practised some karakia

Julie

Tamariki at Haumoana School participated in a collective call of "Tihei Mauri Ora! " at 12;00 pm today. Karawhuia!

Liz

Counted the instruments during an operation in Te Reo

James

I have introduced myself to multiple people speaking te reo māori, having a kōrero with people learning the reo and sharing my pepeha. Ko aōraki te maunga Ko waimakariri te awa Ko ngai tahu te iwi Ko tākitimu te waka Ko tuahiwi raua ko onuku te marae Ko sandra toku whaea Ko clane toku matua Ko ty raua ko Noah oku tungane Ko makarauri toku ingoa whanau Ko shakaiya toku ingoa No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, kātoa.

Shakaiya

As part of the Maori Language Moment, I listened to the Waiata Anthems and learning more words in the beautiful language. A wonderful way to learn through music!

susie

Kia kaha te #reoMāori (may Māori language be strong) Kia kaha Aotearoa Kia kaha a Niu Tireni maana ka takaro ratou ki Ingarangi i te whutupaoro (May Flag of New Zealand be strong except Flag of England at Rugby football) Kia ora Aotearoa (may NZ be well) I love New Zealand, I have an aunt in Napier and other family there. I have done a bit of skiing in New Zealand and volunteer mental health work with Maori man in New Plymouth. Very fond memories of New Zealand.

Simon

Rongotai College Māori Classes together for the first time to waiata and Haka.

Whetu

Kia ora e hoa mā. For my Māori language moment I listened to the Everyday Māori podcast with Hemi Kelly 😊 Kia a koe te mana!

Jo

We joined a video call at work and each said our mihi/pepeha!

Wainui

Kua matakitaki ngā rangitahi i ngā waiata Māori. Kua waiata ratou i te reo Māori. Ka rawe ēnei mahi!

Helen

Thanks to Will Callaghan and the KPMG KIWA team for creating a Zoom call for us to join to learn about creating your Pepeha and what this means.

Andrea

Kei te whakaako au ki ngā tamariki o tō mātou kinikātene, arā St Andrews Epsom, pēhea te mahi hanga tīpare?

Miriam

Sang a waiata with the tamariki in my early childhood Centre and shared to our whanau Facebook page.

Lisa

We are an ECE centre. We recorded our kai time waiata - our pepeha, tirama tirama, and our karakia. We sing these waiata every day before each kai time. Not all people present can be seen in the photo and video.

Hannah

Really trying to improve my te reo but it still pretty basic, I learnt a new phrase this last week from listening to the Coast radio station. . . how to tell someone on zoom they are on mute. 😊

Sue

He tākaro wharewhare tātou

Jaemie

Our hub of 120 year 5 and 6 tamariki and kaiako got up and did a kanikani to Kaupapa Kori “karawhuia”

Rachel

I have created a Kahoot with Te Reo expressions and played it with my daughter. We're using the "5 sentences in 5 days" resource provided by my daughter's school (Richmond Road School)

Bianca

Ngā tamariki o Akomanga Whakapono. 163 o mātou e tautoko ana te wā reo Māori i te 12 karaka. Arohatia te reo Māori ❤️. Ko te tūmanako ka tuku ētahi anō tauira o tō mātou mahi mai i ētahi atu o ngā akomanga ākuanei. Ka tuku hoki au ki te pukamata mō tēnei wero ki ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa.

Susanne

Room 8 tamariki practising their mihimihi

Claire

Ngā tamariki o Akomanga Kawenga. 163 o mātou e tautoko ana te wā reo Māori i te 12 karaka. Arohatia te reo Māori ❤️. Ko te tūmanako ka tuku ētahi anō tauira o tō mātou mahi mai i ētahi atu o ngā akomanga ākuanei. Ka tuku hoki au ki te pukamata mō tēnei wero ki ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa.

Susanne

Today I was a kaiako, sharing as many Kupu as possible with my tamariki

Lisa

I joined in with 20 co-workers to sing the "Te Taukaea Aroha" waiata. We listened and then broke it down and practised and practised then sung it with the actions. All through Microsoft Meets :)

Heather

Papaki kau ana ngā tai o te mihi mai i te kura o Maria, arā Marian College. I hono ngā ākonga, ngā kaiako ki te whakanui i tēnei kaupapa, ko te Māori Language Moment. Ngā mihi.

Myra

Ruma Whitu listening to Mrs Wine read Hinemoana and the fairies for our Maori language movement.

Claire

Kia ora! We are a class of adults learning English for Speakers of Other Languages, with English Language Partners Porirua. Usually we are together with 9 of us in class each morning. But we are still working in Zoom class due to Covid Alert Level 2. So today we wrote a speech in Te Reo and read it together. Te Reo is new for us but good to learn phrases as we settle more into New Zealand. Originally we come from India, Laos, Myanmar and NZ.

Angela

Our call centre all stopped for 5 minutes and read out our karakia.

Sarah

Ko Maungatapu ko Parapara ko Taranaki oku maunga. Ko Maitahi ko Parapara oku awa. Ko Kurahaupo ko Tokumaru oku waka. Ko Te Atiawa ko Ngati Tama ko Taranaki oku iwi. Ko Kaitangata ko Ngati Haupoto oku hapu. Ko Whakatu ko Onetahua oku marae. Ko Whakatu toku kainga ināianei. Ko Aramoana du Feu toku ingoa. For my #ReoMāori moment, I sang a waiata by Hollie Smith, Korukutia. Then whakarongo (listened) to the new Lorde album, Te Ao Marama. Ive grown up māori, but am only now in life, embracing my full identity. Embrancing te reo māori and starting my language journey, as well as embarking on the waka of Te Ao Māori. Learning the art of using and making Taonga Puoro is kai for my wairua! Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori!

Aramoana

Ko Jezka toku ingoa and I am a Registered Diversional Therapists I just learned how to kōrero my mihi. kia koa te wiki o te reo maori. To celebrate #reomāori Registered Diversional Therapist and activities team and all the staff of Agecare Central Ltd. take part in making history as Māori Language Moment 2021 . "Agecare Central Ltd. will kōrero and ako maori greetings/words, and waiata i nga waiata maori. Activities were planned in celebration of Maori Language Week. We have been whatu pepa, hanga poi, waiata i nga waiata maori, te mātakitaki i nga kiriata pakipūmeka maori, and tunu kai. Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori.

Jezka

Some of the Rongotai College Māori unit together for the first time to waiata mo te wiki o te Reo Māori.

Whetu

Ngā tamariki o Sophia Preschool, sang Pūngāwerewere with actions. This waiata is special to us because we have an ongoing investigation into te pūngāwerewere. We are proud of how the tamariki now instinctively say pūngāwerewere instead of spider. We recorded ngā tamariki singing but it's an unsupported file type, unfortunately. Aroha nui Ngā kaiako o Sophia Preschool, Ōākura, Taranaki

Catrin

Wainuiomata started the very first kōhanga reo as well as the first bilingual unit at an Intermediate School. Our community has a very long and proud history of promoting Te Reo Māori. As a school we will continue to do our part and carry on that legacy, each and every day! ! ! This year we wanted to include the mahi we have been doing in Hauora, Te whare tapa whā, Mindfulness and Wellbeing, with our celebrations for this week. We hope you enjoy our Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori. . . MAURIORA! ! !

mereana

Ko Maungatapu ko Parapara ko Taranaki oku maunga. Ko Maitahi ko Parapara oku awa. Ko Kurahaupo ko Tokumaru oku waka. Ko Te Atiawa ko Ngati Tama ko Taranaki oku iwi. Ko Kaitangata ko Ngati Haupoto oku hapu. Ko Whakatu ko Onetahua oku marae. Ko Whakatu toku kainga ināianei. Ko Aramoana du Feu toku ingoa. For my #ReoMāori moment, I sang a waiata by Hollie Smith, Korukutia. Then whakarongo (listened) to the new Lorde album, Te Ao Marama. Ive grown up māori, but am only now in life, embracing my full identity. Embrancing te reo māori and starting my language journey, as well as embarking on the waka of Te Ao Māori. Learning the art of using and making Taonga Puoro is kai for my wairua! Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori!

Aramoana

Some tamariki iti learnibg a waiata! Junior class!

Kathleen

Our childcare HD a quick waiata before sleeptime.

Amy

having fun with Waiata

Jo

It's a mihi to everyone learning, teaching and caring ofr Te reo Māori. Followed by my favourite waiata Ko te Pū. Tihei mauriora!

Michelle

Ruma 17 gathered together via zoom to share karakia, pepeha and waiata. Whanau joined us too.

Niki

We the learners and teaches at Te Kura o Ngā Pāraepõhatu, Akokomanga tahi recited our school Karakia and sang some waiata together today to mark this historic occasion. We finished with some Yoga in Te reo. Ka mau te wehi!

Hilary

My tamatane Douglas having a kanikani to the beautiful waiatas on Rova :)

Skye

I was recently reminded of the Waiata / Anthems album over the weekend, and have been listening to it this week. What a beauiful album created by very talented artists!

Mint

I sung waiata e rere taku poi with the tamariki at the centre.

Christine

Team hui discussing culture and history

Courtney

Our kaiako, Maria, encouraging the tamariki to join in the waiata

Lou

We shared kai and engaged in discussion about language and culture

Courtney

Kina Kina Wheke wheke…. . a song we learnt when we were doing a unit on oceans and other water bodies…. My tamariki loves it… I hope you will like it too…

Shruti

Today in class we sung Māori waiata, played knuckle bones, korero Māori, created string games, kahooted in Te Reo - he ngahau (it was fun)! Our waiata is E noho tu heitia and our kaea is Ella with Cyahn, Tyzaia, Harmony and Wairahi as support . Noah and Jahkodah are on the ukelele and Kayce is on the drums.

Maewa

I am an Indian and coming from a very diverse and secular country have always had a lot of respect for new languages and cultures. I teach 5&6 year olds who share the love of Maori culture and language. Kapahaka practice is one of our favourite times in a particular week. We also enjoy our waiata’s and use of te reo in daily commands, greetings, conversation , colours and numbers. For our Te reo moment we sang a lot of songs. I hope you like it as much as we did making it and performing them.

Shruti

We listened to Stan Walker - Tau Te Mārire / Take It Easy (Lyric Video) then we played 2 Kahoot's (online quiz). One was Counting Te Reo Maori and the other was Maori Greetings.

Annette

Introducing some new kupu I Learnt for our tamariki at daycare. The music was not in the original version. It was for Tik tok. lurposes only Lol

Kerri

Te Awa class of 16 sang the Maori alphabet and the national Anthem in Maori

Jo

Using the app ‘Kupu’ to learn more words in te reo through photos

Georgia

Kia ora my name is Chelsea I struggle with depression so I ask my friend if she could make me a tee shirt helping me

Chelsea

Ruma 17 gathered together via zoom to share karakia, pepeha and waiata. Whanau joined us too.

Niki

I greated in te reo maori throughout the day and downloaded the Waiata Anthems to listen to!

Seamus

My class sang Pepeha along with six60.

Shirree

Ruma 17 gathered together via zoom to share karakia, pepeha and waiata. Whanau joined us too.

Niki

I attended a Zoom hui and sand a waiata

William

This is one of our favourite waiata to sing at hui.

Nicole

I am encouraging tamariki at my workplace to relate their sense of belonging in Aotearoa with the paikiwaitara of the tangata whenua. I shared my favorite pukapuka from Peter Gossage about Maui and its legendary during the recent lockdown. I enjoyed making meaningful connections with the land we now call home through the local community's legendary stories. The current extension from my teaching philosophies are from the western perspective of sustainable environment to the bicultural lens on the importance of te mara in an early childhood centre.

Merlye

We read one of our tamariki's favourites Sharon Holt's story "Kei the Peke Ahau.

Paula

Kia ora, I took pictures of objects of different things an try an pronouce them 😊

Samantha

A mīharo group time today celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and our Māori Language Moment. Tamariki had a blast, and even those of us not on session participated. We’re proud to kōrero, ako, waiata, tākaro, pānui te reo and ensure that the language not only survives but thrives. Ka pai whānau ❤️

Taryn

We decided to brush up our pronunciation skills and are going back to the start with our Te Reo learning. We We began watching 'Speak Maori for Kids' on TVNZ on Demand. It was fun!

Sara

Kia ora! From Inglewood Primary School (Te Kura o Kōhanga Moa) in Taranaki Pouākai tamariki sang a waiata.

Mel

Ruma 17 gathered together via Zoom and shared a moment of karakia, pepeha and waiata. Whanau joined us too.

Niki

Joined in with a terrific group doing Tuesday zoom chats to improve and practice speaking te reo – like a "coffee catch up". Getting to know more and more. Mauriora.

Marg

Tamariki learning the waiata 'Pepeha'.

Karrie

These are classes of children from Hoon Hay School - Te Kura Kōaka in Christchurch ranging from Year 1's through to Year 6. They are loving their Te Reo journey!

Ruth

KO TENEI TOKU WAIATA

veisinia

Room 14 at New river Primary (21 children) stopped for some waiata at 12pm!

Miriam

Y13 students and whānau teachers at Okaihau College saying karakia.

Diane

Today I learnt a karakia before kai through one of the links on this site. It was on youtube: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=3uTBUMy9RZY&t=2s I watched it and then I looked up the words on Google and the translation. I am practising it, so I can record myself saying the karakia. He Karakia mo te kai E te Ātua Whakapaingia ēnei kai Hei oranga mō ō mātou tinana Whangaia hoki ō mātou wairua Ki te taro ote ora Ko Ihu Karaiti hoki tō mātou kai whakaora Āmine Dear God Bless this food May it nourish our bodies and feed our spirits with the bread of Eternal life Bless our food in Jesus’ name Amen

Seini

We shared out pepehas. And listnening realised what an awesome collection make up the whānua of Te Wanangā o Aotearoa.

Jenny

It was a beautiful time of learning and sharing of our reo. We are beginners and thanks to the support of our Pou it was definitely an experience. Arohamai video cut short. Mihimihi Pepeha Game Waiata karakia Bring on every day until next year. Mauri Ora

Tracey

We, Te Kāreti o Putāruru, learnt our school waiata today. Due to the covid19 Level 2 restrictions we learnt via Hui tōpa. All classes were tuned in. Tukuna tō tātou reo rangatira kia rere ki te ao katoa!

Tiniwaata

Practising 'Tutira Mai nga iwi! '

Karrie

Singing the waiata Six60's Pepeha with my additional add ONS of who I am too!

Tiriana

I teach English and a bit of te reo Māori to a group of migrant mums and their pre-schoolers We sang the National anthem in Māori

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Maori Language Moment 2021

I teach English and a bit of te reo Māori to a group of migrant mums and their pre-schoolers

We sang the National anthem in Māori