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

This is Pyke House 120 plus students singing Otakou E

Pyke House

In Wharetana Bay, Waiheke Island my daughter Eva sang a waiata with the whanau.

Mike

E tākaro ana mātou ki te kēmu "Kei a wai?"

Waimarie

Lockdown Level 4 sharing a virtual bubble to sing Utaina mai nga waka with my friends. (I'm on the laptop)

Andrea

We had a Google meet. We sang a waiata and then did a Te Reo quiz together.

carol

Room 20 are learning our pepeha, we listened to Waiata and some children did Te Rakau

Charity

He kaiako ahau ki Ko Aroha Tuatahi Childcare Centre ki Porirua. I teach the pēpi, and we love to kanikani and sing waiata. (all whānau of pēpi featured have given permission to share! Kia ora to Rākairoa, Pareārau, Tipene, Apanui, Erik, Isobel, Taika, Otis, Kadeisz and Kelsey)

Loreena

We had to make a video for our school, we had to use colour in sentence in te reo Māori, so I tried to introduce myself and say that the elephant is yellow 🐘💛😉.

Annien

I said my pepeha, learned and recited a Baha’i karakia, and addressed my students in Te Reo.

Karen

E tākaro mātou ki te kēmu "Tākaro! "

Waimarie

I was saying the days in moari as well as counting up to ten in moari

Sina

He akiaki nā mātou kia ūkaipō te reo Māori ki Ōtaki

Whatumairangi

He kaiako ahau ki Ko Aroha Tuatahi Childcare Centre ki Porirua. I teach the pēpi, and we love to sing waiata. Our pēpi have a current interest in cars, and are enjoying this waiata. (all whānau of pēpi featured have given permission to share! Kia ora to Rākairoa, Pareārau, Tipene, Apanui, Erik, Isobel, Taika, Otis, Kadeisz and Kelsey)

Loreena

My pepeha

Shylah

This is our class zoom meeting. At 12:00 we started singing our school waiata (He Maunga teitei)

Motutere

I te rā tuatahi o tēnei wīki whakahirahira i hānga whakaahua mātou e pā ana ki a mātou whakaaro o tā mātou hononga ki te reo Māori. I te wā tuku reo, i waiata mātou ki te kura katoa. Atu i tēnā, I takaro mātou i tētahi Kahoot. Ka aha mātou apōpō?

Te Ihi o Te Aumoana

E tākaro mātou ki te kēmu "Haere ki te hī ika".

Waimarie

Our tamariki started to learn their Pepeha. Ka pai to mahi Roopu Pukeko

Karen

I did a dance to a Maori Music.

R-leea

Our online Maths class learned how to count in te reo Māori

Ngaire

I listened and sang along with the Taringa podcast's waiata compilations

Georgia

He kaiako ahau ki Ko Aroha Tuatahi Childcare Centre ki Porirua. I teach the pēpi, and we love to sing waiata. We always start with our Hello Song and greet each pēpi by name. (all whānau of pēpi featured have given permission to share! Kia ora to Rākairoa, Pareārau, Tipene, Apanui, Erik, Isobel, Taika, Otis, Kadeisz and Kelsey)

Loreena

I ako māua i ētahi kīwaha. Karawhiua e hoa mā!

John

i sang some waita

Joanna

Karakia in staffroom 14/09/2021.

Ruth (Gordie)

I tenei ra, E panui ana ahau i nga pukapuka. E korero ana ahau hoki. I also created a kahoot which I played with my class in the afternoon. 😎

Susan

Thinking of everyone today in lockdown

Karyn

I said a karakia for our lunchtime kai, and then sang along to waiata on my car radio as I went to work.

Helen

Role playing shops with my 4 year old boy Koda. Learning together, playing and speaking Te Reo.

Kiri

This video is a compilation of mahi done by our ākonga, kaimahi and whānau at Mission Heights Primary School while in lockdown today. Thank you for creating this opportunity for our school community to be involved. Ngā mihi nui.

Jason

Sharing my pepeha Kia Ora Tātou Greetings all Ko Parihaka te Maunga Parihaka is the Mountain Ko Hātea Te awa Hātea is the river Nō Kawakawa Ahau I am from Kawakawa Ko Connop Tōku Whānau Connop is my family Ko Nicholas Tōku ingoa Nicholas is my name. I write my pepeha with all due respect to tangata whenua. My Whanau has been in Aotearoa New Zealand for 179 Years. Early settlers Emigrated to New Zealand on the Bombay in 1842 from England. With the first Connop arriving in 1871. I was born in Kawakawa and have live in Whangārei since 1990. I reference Parihaka as it has been my closest maunga and experiences I have had in and around the space. Flowing tributaries join into the Hātea. I reference Hātea, as the river running through Whangārei, experiences and helping with others to look after its health. Kia kaha Māori Language Moment 2021

Nicholas

As a realtor, I do a monthly update around property news and statistics on my local area - but given it's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, I wanted to put a te Reo spin on it. I'm by no means versed in Maori - I'm a bit whakama about that (as several members of my family are) - but even just doing this video has inspired me to start learning more.

Shaq

Pepeha

Susana

My class and I listened to Stevie Davis-Tana's video "Busting Myths" and discussed the message and the importance of reo and culture in NZ.

Meryl

Maori moment Poi at 12pm 14/09/2021 at my kura in the staffroom.

Ruth (Gordie)

Our Family of three sang this together Hīnātore Poke mai, Kōpure mai E te Atua Tau mai ra, whakatau mai ra

Mark

My flax weaving website www. alibrown. co. nz, is slowly being translated into te reo Māori and today I uploaded a fourth page with text in te reo Māori. I love flax weaving and am at level 2 of my learning of te reo Māori, so having pages translated very generously by Wi Pohatu is increasing my knowledge in te reo Māori. On my website there are 3 flax weaving projects, and now the new page about gathering flax, in te reo Māori that anyone can use to increase their knowledge.

Ali

Tāwhaki W (of Bathgate Park School) have been looking at ‘Fitness of Atua Māori’. Yesterday they explored movements of Tane Mahuta and today they enjoyed the challenge of exploring the movements of the atua, Rongomatāne (God of Cultivation & Peace). The main focus was on the endurance movement ‘whakatō kumara’ - the action of planting sweet potato. They also focused on a leg movement called ‘waewae ruru’ - mirroring the owl (the morepork or ruru). They ended with a 1 minute plank which was the main wero (challenge) of the fitness session. Tāwhaki students have now given the 1 minute planking wero to their parents! Can’t wait to see which parents can do it😊

Lisa

My daughter composed her first waiata with a little help from myself. She was given keys words to use amd was told to get creative. Composition and tune are an original. Waimarie Te Manawa Charmaine Belczacki. Aged 11

Atareta

Ko Kalani tenei. E noho ana ia ki Poipiripi. E ako ana matou I te reo maori me on a tikanga.

Kalani

E tākaro ana mātou i te kēmu 'Kaupapa'

Kylee

The community of Wairau Valley Special School joined together to sing the Six 60 waiata 'Pepeha'. 30 people joined us! It was such a special moment and so good for the wairua! We are missing our tamariki so te reo brought us together to have an attaahua moment today! Mauri Ora!

Stacie

This waiata was written for our organization.

Antoinette

Having a tutu. Ko Ngaati Maahanga te iwi.

Milton

Kia kaha te reo Māori. Karakia timatanga. Ko Maungawharau te Kura Year 8 kōtiro mā. Mauri Ora.

Conrad

I gathered my class together to sing the waiata Te Aroha.

Isabel

Rejoining the learning of te reo this year . . . best thing. I chose a karakia that I am learning at the moment. Kia ora! Bettina

Bettina

Finally learnt my pepeha! ! Should have seen the twinkle in my dads eyes when I FaceTimed him to ask if he could teach me ❤️

Sandy

will greet and say simple phrases in Maori

Kim

My reo moment was to relearn a moteatea from our iwi, Tapuika. Our whānau have created an incredible online resource capturing the lyrics and video. Ka rawe! Great for a learner like me! Kia kaha koutou!

Margaret

Kia ora! To celebrate te wiki o te reo Māori we made paraoa parae for the first time. We learned words to use in our everyday korero at home. We recited a karakia before our kai, and used te reo in all of our messages comms with workmates, friends and whānau. But what the tamariki enjoyed most was crafting bookmarks as gifts, adorning them with te reo Māori so that our whānau can ako alongside us :)

Julia

Valant doing his pepeha at Waikare Te Kohanga Reo

Valant

Tamariki sharing their names and korero at 12 today!

Jacqueline

Our Family sang this song: Hīnātore Poke mai, Kōpure mai E te Atua Tau mai ra, whakatau mai ra

Mark

Myself and two friends shared 50 plus ‘must know Maori words that all New Zealanders should know’.

Jacque

Kia kaha Te Reo Māori at AskYourTeam. Each day this week and then throughout the month I am sharing 45 min of Te Ao Māori me Te Reo Māori with the tīma, team. Āmuanei, today for moment for Māori language movement we went over pepeha and whakapapa. #tereomāori #kiakaha #whaiwāhimai #takepart

Conrad

I am facilitating a 3 day workshop with participants from NZ, Australia and The States. At 12pm we taught them the correct pronunciation of "Kia Ora koutou" and then everyone said it. They loved it! !

Paula

Whenua Māori Programme and Māori Land Court staff got together to waiata and kōrero at noon. Just a few of us in this picture to stay safe and socially distanced! Kia kaha te Reo Māori!

Liz

Indigenous Growth Limited celebrating Te Reo Māori during our online zoom wānanga today! ! ! !

Toria

I tākaro kēmu mātou! Paiā!

Leaara

Ako Aotearoa staff sing waiata together with Dr Joe Te Rito (Kaihautu Mātauranga Māori)

Jennifer

The photo is one of our “tamaariki tamariki”. He is on the spectrum for Aspergers so this manakitanga is the most he has done ever. The next videos were from our waiata time.

Ami-Jayne

I listened to some Waiata Anthems!

Priya

Spent the day teaching kupu hou to my tauira. We played kaupapa, I tīmatanga, and listened to the Waiata playlist on youtube. The tamariki were really engaged with the reo and with having a kōrero with one another~

Jennifer

Kia haumaru te noho

Teresa

This video/waiata was written by my sister and her husband. It was written back in 1986/87. The waiata was written at a time when our Maori people were struggling with issues relating to Maori values, beliefs, customs and protocols with our then government. The waiata was a means of reminding out people that we could rely upon our founding Christian Missionary values of Hope, Love and patience and to trust our Faith will lead us through the many trials and challenges. And to believe the gospel/Bible teachings that our Creator is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Ray T

I gathered my class together at school to sing the waiata Te Aroha.

Isabel

I listened to pakiwaitara and watched Te Karere. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Wend

Ko te reo o Auckland Unlimited e ngunguru nei! He webinar reo Māori te mahi whakanui i te raa. Areare mai ngaa taringa ki a KaiAio Te Ua.

Moko

I had a meeting at noon today, so I greeted everyone and introduced myself in te reo. It was just a small step, but I hope to do it again tomorrow with my full Pepeha.

Michael

We sang Koro Meketānara tētahi pāmu with Room 4 and were joined by the Principal and Office Manager. We made up our own verse and included a rāpeti on our farm.

Wendy

At Te Ara Ahunga Ora, we have people based in various locations - Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua, Tauranga and Hamilton. With the current alert levels, coming together in person wasn't an option. Our Kaihautū, Dr Kathie Irwin, has been teaching us different waiata as part of our Cultural Capability Programme over the past 20 weeks and thought this was the perfect opportunity for us to lift our spirits and showcase our voices. We all pre-recorded our singing parts and played this as we sang along on video to honour the Māori Language Moment. A truly heart-warming and spirit-lifting moment for us all. Kia kaha.

Minna

12pm our tamariki were ready (just as the drizzle arrived) to sing E toru ngā mea ❤️

Gemma

Sustainable Business Network sings waiata to celebrate Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori

Shilo

We played a game of "Whanowhano" in the classroom. It was noisy but fun!

Tanya

I learned the karakia Whakataka te hau and said Kia ora to everyone I met

Wend

We've been blasting waiata and the girls singing along. This song is one of their favourite that they learnt when they were in Kohanga.

Maribeth

Mō te wā tuku reo Māori ka waiata ahau, ka inoi.

Tania

Enjoying listening to Waiata Anthems

Brendan

We thought this proverb was timely as we keep it up for one more week in Tamaki Makaurau

Anna

My Mihi ☺️

Kat

Kua waiata au, Ka tahuri au - Kai Tahu waiata

Anna

Kai aku rangatira, tēnă koutou. Ko Ana Malia tēnei, taku pekepoho, e 6 tau te pakeke. E kuraina ana ki Te Kura Ākonga o Manurewa ki Tāmaki. Ko Tūhoe, ko Tonga ngā iwi. He kaingākau ki ngā mahi orohau huhua noa ēngari, he tino rawe ki te kite e pāpāho ana tēnei o ngā mahi orohau I roto I te reo Māori

Irihapeti

Kai ora koutou ma. Des toku ingoa. Kei riri mai mo oku kupu. . . ka timata au i te ako o te reo. The tuakana & I mahi as a referees for Wellys Turbo Touch. In celebration of Te Reo o te Wiki, I wanted us to korero our ref calls in our wonderful language. Hoi ano, didn't want to overwhelm our tauiwi brothers & sisters with complicated kupu (myself included) so kept it simple as possible. So me & my brothers came up with these kupu. Touch one - Pa tuatahi Touch two - Pa tuarua Hold - Mau Pass - Whiua Ora - Live Teams embraced the integration with smiles and "kia ora" after. We thanked each tima for allowing us to share a little bit of our beautiful Culture. I have video footage which I'll put to our Turbo Touch Wellington page & website. We have another round on Ratapu. Hopefully try to convince our Boss to give prizes for team Reo participation. Toku koha ki te miriona mihana. Ka nui te mihi ki nga tangata katoa o tenei kaupapa #Reomāori @reomaori

Disraeli James

Writing Whakatauki has helped me learn to speak Te Reo with respect. Ka rarangi tahi tātou he whāriki mo āpopo. We are weaving this mat together for the future. Arohanui Erika SF

Erika

The Pukeko Tamariki at Taupo Children's Corner listened to beautiful waiata at the Kai table and at 12pm we all joined in to say a big kia ora to everyone around us.

Christine

I akona e nga tamariki i te kura o Herewini ki Rotorua nga kiwaha me nga kōrero rongonui a nga mātanga reo/tupuna hoki!

Ngati Kuia

Ka tu au ki te tautoko I tenei kaupapapa whakahirahira. No reira e mihi ana au ki a koutou ki toku whakapapa.

Gareth

For our Māori Language Moment we held a wā whāriki. Starting with our Karakia timatanga, which was then followed with some waiata then our karakia kai. Instructions were also done i Te Reo Māori. This photo is of us just before starting Tutira mai ngā iwi.

Helen

Today we had 22 kaiako and 2 tamariki come together for a virtual pikiniki. We all took turns to share in te reo what we were having for lunch, learnt some knew phrases and vocabulary from our expert kaiako, played a guessing game and most of all had a lot of fun.

Corin

Kia Ora! I’m sharing my mihi with you ❤️

Gill

Cambridge Primary School students singing a waiata

Josie

I've signed up to listen to Stacey get me Up to Speed with Te Reo :)

Iola

Let LOVE, HOPE/FAITH & PEACE be amongst us all! My son Praise, felt this waiata was a way of reminding whanau & friends to be kind to one another.

Praise

Kua reremahi ahau taku pukapuka akoanga me kua whakareri ahau tētahi huiata mō tō mātou huihui reremahi.

Robin

I taakaro taatou!

Laura

Team bonding over Tākaro! Te Reo memory game (Ages 4+)

Emma

Tēnā tātau e te iwi. Ko Conrad Waitoa tokū ingoa, This video is from my Year 7 tauira at Inspire In Education. Mauri Ora.

Conrad

Ko tēnei waiata he waiata mo nga tamariki katoa hei ako i te reo māori.

Horrace

Kia ora Isla is 5 and loves learning Te Reo - arohanui Aoetearoa!

Anna

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Isla is 5 and loves learning Te Reo - arohanui Aoetearoa!