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

I recorded this soon after 12 at the beginning of my trap round on the Paekakariki escarpment.

Sue

Playing card game in Te Reo Māori.

Glenys

Today in celebration of Te Reo Maori we did a karakia and waiata. Proud to be Maori!

Angela

This is my whakaahua ki taku korowai

Haylee

Listened to Tua by Stan Walker

Cathy

In an English Conversation Class, we discussed Maori place names on a map of Aotearoa and how to order a coffee in Te Reo Maori. . Kia ora for the great idea of a Maori Language Moment.

Ruth

This is a TikTok that a lot of people are doing for Te Wiki O Te reo Maori. My great grandmother Miriama Solomon made the top I’m wearing. She passed away last year. I am proud to be Maori

Nevaeh

This is Musselburgh School meeting together for the first time as a whole group since Level 4, to sing our school waiata 'Rakiatea' written for us by Whaea Jenny. We use this waiata to welcome all our visitors and new people. We are a wee bit rusty due to the non- singing rules under Level 2 Delta! The tama also did our school haka. Tino pai everyone! We love Maori language week.

Tania

I was out and about, ko au me te kōtahi, so I recorded the kaikōhau under this rākau :) Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Aynsley

Whakanuia te wiki o te reo Māori - tukua te reo kia rere!

Judith

At the Brain Health Research Centre we are sharing Brain related and health terminology for te wiki o Te Reo Māori

Ellie

Today, the Te Ohu Kaimoana kāhui were honoured to have distinguished professor, Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa) speak as part of our series of online kōrero to commemorate Mahuru Māori. Coincidently, today's session also coincided with the nationwide Māori Language Moment as we joined forces with the rest of Aotearoa to celebrate te reo at midday. Linda is considered one of the world's leading scholars and founding thought leaders of indigenous studies, indigenous education, and kaupapa Māori research. Linda shared with us insightful kōrero surrounding kaupapa Māori theory and methodology, and explored what it means to be a kaupapa Māori organisation, and how can we apply this approach to our mahi.

Victoria

Our tamariki at Kidspace in Napier had a kanikani today at 12pm!

Karen

In Te Taurapa (Year 7&8 Collaborative class), we have been learning and practicing Whakareia te Kakara a waiata from our rohe. Here is a snippet of what we have done.

Jaemie

Ko Joseph Moeke tēnei o te Kura o Pukeatua, arā ko Pukeatua Primary School i Wainuiomata, i Te Awakairangi, i Te Whanganui-ā-Tara. Ko tēnei te akomanga 12 o tēnei kura e whakaatu nei ō rātou mahi toi, o rātou pikitia e pā ana ki ngā taonga, ki ngā tohu o te ao Māori. Honoa ngā whakataukī ki ēnei taonga, kātahi ka whakī mai rātou ko ngā tamariki ōu rātou whakataukī ki runga i te whitiāhua. He āhua whakamā, heoi anō i te tutuki pai rātou i ōu rātou mahi hirahira, i ōu rātou mahi tautoko ki tēnei kaupapa nui whakaharahara. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Joseph

Te Aroha was one of the first te reo songs I learnt since I'm in NZ. It's simple yet powerful and full of grace to bring people together. I often sing it with my tamariki in kindergarten too.

Ronita

Ka koorero ngaa mokopuna I te ao I te poo. Our mokopuna first language is spoken day and night motivating our generation to speak Te Reo Maori.

Sheri

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Ko Androulla ahau

Androulla

My short pepeha

Erwin

Reciting Two Little Dickie Birds

Jacqueline

Ki Te Rōnakitanga karaehe :)

Rebbecca

Kia Ora! I am taking part in a celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand's Indigenous language by created a video how to sign Kaikōhau in the Māori sign language. Mauri Ora!

Etha

The students of Room 26 decided that they would like to perform a haka this year! They have such beautiful wairua and I'm grateful to be sharing our Te Reo Maaori journey together!

Jeannette

I learnt this touching waiata I runga te raakau from my lecturer when I was back in my college many years ago.

Min

A te poupoutanga o te ra ka tu matou ki te waiata me te kanikani ki te waiata rongonui, mahuru maori. Ko tenei te ruma o whaea carol mauriora ki a koutou katoa.

Carol

Today myself and tumuaki, Janet, unpacked hard copy learning packs from the MoE - wha tekau mā whitu pouaka to be exact. While we did this we counted in Māori, shared stories about ways to learn numbers and looking a Māori counting game app.

Leanne

I ran a waiata group at Christchurch mens prison through Odyssey housen at the Drug treatment programme We sang about twenty waiata and it ran for an hour.

Shanan

My 5 year old singing in Te Reo. We're Filipinos and amazing how she picks up Maori, on top of trying to learn Tagalog/Filipino, but defaults to English for usual conversations.

We celebrated this special moment with our tamariki sharing waiata, haka and mihi.

Geraldine

Our staff had a discussion on the proposal to have 1 million people speaking te reo by 2040. We all supported this proposal as it will enhance wellbeing for our whanau and communities. We set goals for our own learning. We shared our own experiences with te reo maori.

Gillian

Hanmer Springs School learnt some te reo phrases and sang some waiata.

Michelle

I did a collage of Kia kaha Te reo ki runga ki taku pouaka that’s my moment I did

Haylee

I asked staff if they’d like a tea/coffee in Te reo, as well as using Māori greetings/sign-offs in emails etc throughout the day.

Jarrod

The unders at Educare also enjoyed listening to Mahunga Pakihiwi and explored poi and rakau.

Educare

I can't send the photos/videos as some children included do not have parents permissions to share in a public forum. However at 12. . . 9 children and 2 teachers got together and listened to Six60's Pepeha song and had a go at singing it ourselves.

Melissa

Today was ako and whakarongo. We had a team's hui with our kaikōrero Tama. He began with karakia and pepeha and waiata. The kōrero for the day was how we as maori came to be in Aotearoa. From tales of our tūpuna to the origins of kīngitanga. I also enjoyed the part where he mentioned star navigation to direct the Waka as well as his karakia he uses for fishing. In closing we ended in karakia. All in all it was a good team experience, with a thirst to learn more

Maria

The unders have enjoyed learning a waiata with kaiako Katie that encourages them to come to the Kai tepu.

Educare

#AotearoaSignlanguage #ReoMāoriSL RJHS ki Whanganui

Talia

Te Reo quiz with my workmates - ka pai!

Sean

A few challenges we did to celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori with my class. .

Tangi

The Kindy Room at Educare Peachgrove enjoyed singing a waiata everyone enjoys at mat-time.

Educare

I Te kore ko tenei to tatou whanau pepeha mō Te wiki o Te reo Māori 💯

Steve

Noho Haumaru, Whanau Ma, Tamariki Ma

grace

I enjoyed listening and practicing some new Maori words and practicing my Mihi

Tracy

Our Year 1 teachers from Pt England School sang and did the actions to 'Toia Mai Te Waka' in a google hangout with our Year 1 kids. Unfortunately only a handful joined us but we still had fun. He tino pai ki a mātou, tā mātou tautoko o te kaupapa. Miharo!

Helen

It’s one of my favourite waiata called Pakeke mai o matimati. Come and join me to do this waiata!

Min

Scattegories!

Hannah

We had a small amount of children at school today but we had a great time learning Te Reo and sign language through the Te Reo Singalong books online. We had 9 children and 2 teachers participating.

Cheryl

Together we sang a waiata about 8 colours in Te Reo. In this photo the line was "Kowhai is yellow. " It was a fun activity and a new addition to our team meetings.

Andrew

At our early childhood centre the tamariki and kaiako all came together to sing te reo waiata!

Kayla

For Māori language moment I will practice my mihi for welcoming groups I work with to improve my pronunciation and fluency.

Carolyn

Our Year 9 and 10 students played Hare i te whare as a warm up game

Sharlyn

The Meraki Montessori community shared kōrero, waiata and a karakia for our kai, all over a video call.

Ashleigh

We sung our favourite Waiata “ tutira mai nga iwi”

Hannah

Auckland Transport celebrated the Māori Language Moment by participating in a Te Reo Māori Kahoot Quiz which tested participant’s te reo and te ao Māori skills. Everyone has a lot of fun and also learned a lot.

Alex

Anei nga akoranga reo maori me te reo rotarota o nga tauira o Te Putaketanga o Te Reo mai Raroera Pa, no Kirikiriroa.

Leigh

11 Geography did an online Quizziz about Māori place names of Aotearoa.

Nigel

My students are playing Food Fight. A card game that teaches children about what’s in the food they’re eating, as well as Te Reo Māori! https://chooice. co. nz/product/food-fight/

Matt JM

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori! St Margaret’s College, Ōtautahi getting behind The Māori Language Moment 2021!

Megan

I listened to an audible book on te reo and listened to waiata.

Ceri

Singing a few Māori waiata I am familiar with while my son plays in the background

Laura

Kia ora koutou, Thriving kids, Massey is an early childhood center in Tāmaki Makaurau. As Tāmaki Makaurau is currently in lockdown we are doing zoom classes for our young tamariki. In this video, we are using te reo through Karakia, mihimihi and waita. Our tamariki love te reo songs with the actions to match, tamariki join in with the kaiako in school and online. Being able to connect with our young tamariki during these hard times is vital and as kaiako we want to ensure our tamariki are still connecting through Ngā hononga with kaiako, Whānau, and other tamariki. Ensuring all of our tamariki and tamariki Whānau have a sense of hauora and all sides of hauora (taha tinana, taha hinengaro, taha whanau, and taha wairua. ) is very important to us, and having these zoom sessions can help foster hauora. So please enjoy this video of the kaiako and tamariki of Thriving Kids, Massey. (sorry for the echo in the video) Ngā manaakitanga, Nāku noa, nā, Thriving Kids, Massey Whānau.

Lalanya

Our 12pm Te Reo Māori moment at Pārāwai School!

Jordan

Kōrero, takaro, waiata with colleagues. Kia kaha Te reo maori.

Paula

A waiata I learnt @ Teachers College 30 yrs ago! !

Hannah

My son and I learnt about Papatūānuku and Ranginui

Amy

My daughter Amaia singing and using poi

Kothar

I love practising my te reo when I walk or run through the ngahere and visit my local wairere. Ka rawe!

Nicola

He peruperu - mehemea kei te mōhio koe, e mōhio ana koe (IYKYK)

Tukura

Our middle team rōpū came together for waiata and haka. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Kyla

Ngā mahi poi

Tukura

https://fb. watch/7-_TW2-L78/ here is our video - whole school waiata

Megan

We joined Pania to sing E Minaka Ana about the desire to learn Te reo Māori and how it needs to thrive and be passed down as precious tāonga

Becca

Kia ora kia pai to koutou ra I tenei ra

Mereana

I was in class today, we did puzzles, read a pukapuka, listened to and sang waiata. My students were shocked to hear that māori language is endangered 😥

Melissa

Ko Te Akoranga Reo Rua tēnei nō te kura tuarua o Kaitao Rotohokahoka. E kōrero Māori i a rā, rā mai, rā atu ko Te Reo Māori tētahi o ngā tuapapa o tō mātou ako!

Tukura

A koha from my Kitiaki

Sandy

A time lapse today’s daily Māori Made Easy activities! Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Pippa

My friends and I having a kanikani on the roof to waiata

Tessa

All of our school gathered on our school field to perform our mõteatea and our haka at 12 pm. Tina pai Cromwell Primary School.

Danella

Our kura had a huitopa and sang 3 waiata together for our te wā tuku reo Māori! #kiakahatereomāori

Danielle

Whakanui te reo!

Marama

Members of Silver Noodle Soup film and theatre company share a Māori Language Moment on Zoom, 14 Sept 2021. Karakia, pepeha, kupu hou me ngā waiata, ka rawe!

Alex

Spoke Mihi on a teams call and dressed up for it for the day.

Jill

I put up a poster on the notice board to remind everyone to speak te reo

jo

I'm learning te reo Māori as part of my role at work - but also to support my childrens learning. I would like to play my part in the revival of te reo. I practice with my seven year old - who is playing a huge role in teaching and inspiring me. I am learning this karakia and took this video of him to help me remember it.

Matt

Ko Te Akoranga Reo Rua tēnei nō te kura tuarua o Kaitao Rotohokahoka. E kōrero Māori i a rā, rā mai, rā atu ko Te Reo Māori tētahi o ngā tuapapa o tō mātou ako!

Tukura

We made fortune tellers to practice learning our colours, numbers, and the different atua.

Amanda

Hāpua singing a waiata together, before playing a Te Reo Quizlet game.

Angela

7AM at Waihi School sung the waiata ‘Ko te Whirika’…. .

Alistair

I watched a video and listened. My maunga is Taranaki, my river is Patea.

Dianne

Mō Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori i te rangi nei, i ngana mātou te whānau o MHF ki te whakahua tika i ngā oropuare Māori. Nā, ko tā mātou mahi he waiata I te waiata “AEIOU - piko/toro”. Kia Kaha Te Kōrero Māori!

Mohi

Kua waiata tātou, te kura katoa i te rangi nei. Ko te waiata, a, Tōku Reo Tōku Ohooho.

Phillippa

My daughter Tilly and I singing The Aroha.

Vanessa

At midday I was in my mirumiru completing the mahi for my Te Reo Māori course!

Kate

E rua ngā whakaaturanga, ko tētehi ko ngā rangatahi Māori i tō mātou kura e whakakotahi ana i te ata mō te wāhanga Whānau. He tuku karakia me te whakarongo ki ngā pānui o te rangi te kaupapa, ko tētehi atu ko ngā tauira tau tuaiwa kei roto i te akomanga pūtaiao.

Dylan

Sport Northland and some of our whānau at Ihi Aotearoa whånau sang Pepeha by Six60 Such a powerful waiata that brings everyone together sharing pepeha through waiata

trina

It was a privilege to stand with my brothers and sisters in Christ today, to honor this kaupapa. Long may it continue. We sang a waiata: Kia Kaha, Kia Toa Be strong, be brave Kia Manawanui Be steadfast and sure Ko Te Atua For God Tōu tātou Piringa is our shelter Tōu tātou Kaha and He is our strength Mauri Ora e te whanau mā ! !

tammy

I shared a korero with my kotiro!

Tania

My journey to learn the reo is just beginning . . . and my brain & my ears like to play tricks on me but still I'm working on it ♥️ #MyMihi #tereomāori #beginner #joinus

Karen

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Maori Language Moment 2021

My journey to learn the reo is just beginning ... and my brain & my ears like to play tricks on me but still I'm working on it ♥️ #MyMihi #tereomāori #beginner #joinus