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 shared and recorded a karakia that I had just learnt.

Siv

We decided to make some new signs for our Library in Te Reo Māori so we did some research to find the kupu for the signs we wanted to make. We will get them checked out by our local iwi and then publish and display them in our library.

Faye

We are a Maori Kaupapa Organization and we wanted to make sure we honor Maori Langauage Week by doing something. We played this game today joining in the Maori Moment, it taught us some Maori Words, helped us expand our knowledge around the Maori words and it's meaning. WE had a mix of Pacific and Filipinos play. Was great Fun!

Sci

My son doing his pepeha and using sign language as well.

Adeline

St Patrick's Kaiapoi Year 2 read Tōku Whānau.

Jacqueline

After the second year uni students in my differential equations class counted themselves in te reo, we discussed why Pāngarau is the name for the mathematics and statistics curriculum area.

Rua

Saint Joseph's tamariki playing 'Kei a Wai?' to help them learn Māori kupu, Māori phrases, Māori grammar, Māori sentence structures and Māori pronunciation. Tino pai rawa atu! ! !

Wayne

I taught a live stream cycle class today and I wanted to add the reo throughout the class ☺️☺️

Frida

We did the Te Papa quiz and a class quiz with numbers. It was a lot of fun! Ka rawe.

Katie

Tīma Rangi from Oratia Kura zoomed together to pānui pukapuka, mihimihi & waiata! Here's the kaiako singing Purea Nei with the class.

Olly

At St Patrick's Kaiapoi the Year 7's did a kaboodle.

Jacqueline

Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain My tutorial class found a whakataukī that they discussed the meaning of together, and each held up a word to say it together. Unfortunately the whole whakataukī isn't visible because of some technical difficulties! But the whakawhanaungatanga and the kaha o te reo was there!

Jacinta

Having our first attempt at rākau!

Joy

Korel recites our Preschool pepeha.

Lisa

39 Kaiako and support staff from Te Kāreti o Rangitoto joined together at 12pm to kōrero and play a Kahoot. Many teachers who were teaching at the time, joined with their students for the moment too. Kia kaha tonu matou!

Davina

Ko te Reo Maori te mana o te mana māori! Tihei Mauriora

Jordanah-lee

Today student and I practiced how to ask someone how they are, and responding with a few different words for how we are feeling

Ben

Kia Kaha te reo Maori We have: Whakarongo – Mihi and Karakia from one of our mahi hoa Waiata – Te Aroha - we sang together as a team Tākaro – Kahoot! Te Reo - we played Ako / Kōrero – Rārangi Kupu Mate Korona - we learned Ka pai for the opportunities to embrace te reo!

Carol

Some of our Māori Partnerships team from Waka Kotahi participated in the Kahoot quiz on Monday. In the centre of the pikitia is Kathy Chinn who made the podium in the #1 spot "KC Waka Kotahi". The team celebrated Kathy's effort with this pikitia. It would be worthy to note that every person in the pikitia is based around the country from Te Taitokerau to Otautahi. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Terri

I completed a Maori quiz and scored 8 out of 10.

Kay

Ngā tamariki and kaiako saying karakia at kai time to support te wiki o te reo Māori

Nicki

This is one of our beautiful wāhine who does Performing Arts at our kura but also in her own time with her Kapahaka group. Shanaia shared her awesome poi on Tik Tok and with our kura. 'Kei runga noa atu koe, e hine'.

Fiona

Ruma Kahikatea sang the 660 song Pepeha. Lovely to see the use of traditional instruments along with orchestral and band instruments. Ruma Pohtakawa sang a waiata.

Jacqueline

Learning with Te Rito

Yvette

Join our Kura as we bless our kai for our TINA.

Sue

We sung a waiata (Purea nei) together at work.

Larisa

Ko Chris Sisarich tōku ingoa Nō Okiwi, me Te Whanganui a tawa, me Ngamotu, me Ingarangi, me Koroatia ōku tīpuna Kei ti noho au ki Tamaki Makaurau

chris

We've learnt a new song today! Hope the ending will make you smile. I couldn't cut it off 😂

Elena

I've been in NZ since early 2020 and it's taken me some time to learn my mihi!

Sally

Kia ora koutou! Here's our video to celebrate te reo Māori momentm with a class karakia, and a few amazing ākonga and their kaiako practicing their phrase "kei te pehea koe?"

Jeni

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa, Ko Isabelle toku ingoa, Ko wīwī toku iwi, I France nō Marseille ahau, Nō Provence, Nō Corsica, Nō Lorraine me Nō Marocco ōku tīpuna, Ko Sainte Victoire toku maunga, Ko Durance toku awa, Ko mediterania te moana, Ko Tatou Wahine o te Kaitiaki ko te Basilica Ko Ngā Wai o Horotiu te Marae, Ko Aotearoa toku kainga inaeanae, Kei te noho au ki Tāmaki Makaurau, Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Isabelle

This is Keria singing for our school Mass which celebrated Mary's birthday.

Kara

Ānei ētahi o ngā moments ki BOIC. I kōrero, I waiata, I haka, I hākiri, I takoro whakaraka!

Hawaiikii

Students practicing how to ask how someone in a computer lab

Ben

For my wā tuku Reo Māori I did some kanikani fitness to a couple of Māori waiata.

Cora

At 12pm Locklyn took over the class to lead us in some games, Locklyn is a fluent te reo speaker and shared his knowledge of the reo and takaro with the class.

Kim

We've learnt a new song today! Hope the ending will make you smile. I couldn't cut it off 😂

Elena

I taught my son how to construct a simple sentence of saying his name in Te Reo Maori as I am an ECE teacher.

Aaseesa

Kia Ora! I spent my moment today continuing to learn all the Māori place-names in Aotearoa and matching them up to the local Iwi. I'm trying to get a picture of the historic settlement of tangata whenua. I found these amazing maps online to help me with the job ♥️

Makereta

Some of us got together today to do the Kahoot quiz. This was an awesome way to put what we have been learning in our weekly te reo classes into practice! We had so much fun and learned a few things too! We're going to commit to using more te reo words around the office and in our office comms.

Renee

Multiple services in Oamaru coming together to share moments of Te Reo & Tikanga Maori; starting with Karakia, Waiata, shared Kai, discussing the positives of learning Te Reo and bringing this into our lives - personal/professional. Followed by Harakeke weaving with our wonderful Kirsty. It brought a great sense of connectedness and passion to continue to support one another

Sharon

Our tīma had great fun completing the kahoot quiz!

Nicola

This morning I had a korero with my friend Nikky. Even though we are in Level 4, we practiced ordering coffee in Te Reo. :)

Deb

Kia Kaha te reo Māori, Ki te whakarongo, ngā tamariki ki Te Whare Kohungahunga a Paparāngi, ki a pukapuka mō Pungawerewere.

Veronica

Recently, we learnt a Matariki song of all seven stars. It was amazing how our tamariki learnt this song so easily with such long words and so did we teachers through Makarena actions.

Aaseesa

Practicing how to ask someone how they are in a computer lab

Ben

For our 'moment' the class wrote a word or phrase in te reo Māori so we could capture a photograph. At 12noon we enjoyed a whole team hui, where we shared a karakia, a waiata, a story and a game, all in te reo.

Ellen

In Rimu at Yaldhurst Model School in Christchurch, we started our Kapa Haka session with the waiata Rona that we have learnt this year! ✌️ We are all excited and grateful to be a part of Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, the Māori Language Moment Movement, during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week for 2021! Thank you! 🖤 ❤️ 🤍 🇳🇿

Melissa

17 members of our Central Kids Tari Matua (Head Office) team played a Kahoot game that was created by two of our members. Some of us were in the office and others were at home working offsite. For many, it was a stretch of our knowledge as well as an affirmation of our baseline. We connected to our organisation's commitment to te reo me ōna tikanga by incorporating questions linked to our waiata and mana whenua.

Tristan

Today I did this jigsaw and learned a new whakataukī in te reo. I love how these powerful words impact my daily life and force me to do some critical thinking. This one inspires us to never stop learning and to empower ourselves with knowledge of all kinds! Whaowhia te kete mātauranga! (Fill the basket with knowledge)

Karin

We're at Level 4 lockdown in Titoki Montessori Preschool but our tamariki have been loving our Zoom mat times where we read a book, sing and dance. Here's a clip of us singing Tena Koe and Paki-paki. Young children have absorbent minds and are in a sensitive period for language acquisition so they take in te reo words and phrases like sponges!

Titoki

Karakia Kai at Thomas St Kindergarten lead by Carlton.

Antoinette

Kids & I playing a stick game to help remember the words for right and left in te reo

Jean

My place of work held a webinar to learn & celebrate waiata. We learnt three waiata - two of which were written locally. We learnt the whakamārama behind each of the waiata, broke it down, and sung our hearts out! Plenty of everyday kupu shared throughout the session as well. It was educational and heart warming, definitely one of the highlights of lockdown for me personally. Anō te pai!

Lesley

Today I did a quiz on te reo, and listened to 'Hine Ruhi' - Dave Dobbyn's te reo version of 'Slice of Heaven' - and began listening to a brilliantly informative podcast series by Stacey Morrison called 'Up To Speed With Te Reo Māori'.

David

Our company is having the Maori Language Week. We are building our Kete knowledge and share tips and resources try using basic greetings and farewells.

Carrie

This is my Pepeha. I am from Koukourarata (Port Levy) on Banks Peninsula, though grew up in North Canterbury. My ancestors owned a timber mill in Little River and felled many native trees to help build Christchurch in the late 1800s (I feel quite guilty about this now, but those were the times they lived in). My partner, Verity, is Kai Tahu and her ancestry originates from Colac Bay, Takutai o Te Titi Marae, in Southland, a beautiful place that looks South towards Rakiura.

Ben

I have done another one as i think the previous one i sent was from 2 years ago.

Te- Awhi

I listened to a waiata 🎼

Sherlie

Tamariki at Bream Bay Educare sing waiata, Patuharakeke; all about our local area, our Maunga, our moana, our whenua and our iwi. This waiata gives tamariki a sense of where they come from and that they belong. We feel prililedged to be part of this moment 2 years in a row.

Rachelle

Kei te ako tonu au i te reo Māori mō ngā tau e toru ināianei. I haere au ki te whare o tōku hoa, nā ingarangi ia, kua akotahi māua, ā, i whakaharatau māua i ngā karakia, waiata, ako i ngā kupu hou me te kōrero. He pai ki a au ki te ako tahanga, engari he pai ake ki te tohatoha i te haerenga ki tōku hoa. He maha ngā pātai, ngā rangirua me te pai ake ngā roro e rua i te roro kotahi! Nō reira, nau mai te hapa, whakaputa te amaimai. Karawhiua! ! Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori I am learning Te Reo Māori, have been for a few years now, so I went and met up with my friend at her house who has been learning with me and we spent an hour together. We started with karakia, sung a waiata and then practised our conversation and tested each other on new kupu. I enjoy studying on my own but it is also so fantastic to share this learning journey together as there are always questions, uncertainties and two brains are better than one. Therefore, Welcome the mistakes, banish the fear. Give it a go! Nā Toni, (Ngāmotu)

Toni

Whare whare! ! Whaea Fiona leading us in "bingo" or whare whare.

Paula

At midday we stopped our lesson to ask each other Kei te pēhea koe? I had put a range or responses students could choose from to describe how they were today whether they were pai or hiakai.

Kellie-Ann

Waiata for my kokopu babies.

Lyn

This is our Team of Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists Pukenga Atawhai and Admin staff who work for the Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health Team in Otautahi Christchurch. We are CAFSouth and we Tautoko Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. Here we are singing He Honore. Nga Mihi nui Aotearoa - Kia Kaha koutou ki Te Korero I Te Reo Maori!

Tania

read the text on the website, with colleagues. Maori language week woop woop

sophie

I ate food. I also said some words in te reo.

Riana

Kupu Hou!

Tiwana

My work hosted a zoom waiata session.

Rachel

E tata tapahi, e roa whakatū Procrastination is the thief of time.

Josh

I had a hui with an Australian colleague at midday - so I greeted him in te Reo Māori and explained it was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and in the background had my te Reo spotify playlist belting out :)

Jo

Shared a whakatoki with my class: "E tata tapahi e roa whakatuu' (procrastination is the thief of time)

Johanna

Drug Free Sport NZ wanted to share a video talking about who we are and what we do. This work is part of our ongoing commitment to embedding te reo Māori in our everyday practice and ensuring our wider work is underpinned by a growing understanding of te ao Māori and tīkanga Māori.

Sally

This is our Pepeha which we are thrilled to learn and share ! Gavin, Hazel and Sarah Tully

Hazel

Our kaiako recorded one of our favorite waiata!

Chanel

Five of us gathered at Muritai - we greeted each other in Te Reo, learned about place names in this area in Te Reo and some of the history. We flew the tino rangatiratanga flag and watched the Six60 waiata Pepeha and plan to meet regularly. Nga mihi nui.

Joanne

E ako ana ahau i te reo Māori.

Brydee

Searching up Whakatauki online.

Nicky

We watched some reomations. The tamariki learning the names of different countries in Te reo Māori.

Jacqueline

Kia Ora. Ata Marie A very dedicated Kaiako from our school organised so many from our school- staff , children and their families to join in the Maori Kahoot at 12 noon today. It was so so much fun. We had a ball ! ! ! Mauri Ora Iris

Iris

We met on Zoom and learned about what Volunteering means in the Maori tradition. Mahi Aroha is the action of working for the good of others motivated by sympathy, compassion, and love. We also watched Sonny's video on 'Kia Ora'!

Kelci

I have created content for our company intranet giving guidelines for Whānau Support, with an explanation of the tikanga and process.

Alison

Here is a little waiata from our Auckland lockdown family bubble. Kia Ora!

Tori

We sang one of our favourite waiata about Tangaroa. The tamariki always get really into it!

Arataki

He karakia mo te kai korero ahau. . . E ihowa, whakapaingia ēnei kai hei oranga mō ō mātou tinana. Whāngia hoki ō mātou wairua kit te taro o te ora ko Ihu Karaiti hoki tō mātou Ariki, Āmine

Bridget (Pīrita)

At St Mary's College, Wellington all classes at 12pm recited the karakia our te reo Māori teacher, whaea Dee taught us. Tu taua mai runga Tu taua mai raro Tu taua mai roto Tu taua mai waho Kia tau ai Te mauri tu Te mauri ora Ki te katoa Tihei Mauri Ora

Amelie

Kaimahi celebrating Te Reo Maori via Zui

Sugar

We had a mihi to the kaupapa and then shared pepehā, some of us for the first time, and whakatauki. It was amazing to know of the connections within our own stories, but also between each other. Some connections reached overseas, and some were connections to a distant history here in Aotearoa. Te reo Māori was able to help us join to and celebrate all those important links that makes us proud to be who we are. Mauri ora!

Vanessa

Ko āku tamariki manifesting the magic of our reo - projecting peace and aroha upon us all :)

Ricky

“Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori” When we had a kōrero at Tātou about our Māori Langage Moment we couldn't just choose one so we decided to post up a reel of 'heaps of moments' and we had to back it with the infamous “He Māori Āhau"waiata cos it's just still that cool! (We do not own the rights to this song) #tātou #māori #kaupapa #teaomāori #tika #reomāori #tewikiotereomāori (We posted on our socials and tagged in at 12pm)

Misty

Myself and my school (334 people) had a level 2 'Zui', We used 'Tuia ki runga' as a karakia for unity, Toromai as our waiata about getting on, We reintroduced ourselves (i te reo maori), then finished with Six60's Pepeha. Failing that, teachers took te reo maori at this time. A celebration. Miharo!

rata

Tena koutou katoa, 12pm is mat time at our kindergarten so we gathered the tamariki just before 12 to let them know about this special occasion and what we were going to do. We counted down the last 5 seconds and then shouted out "Kia ora" to the camera! After this we all sang two waiata a ringa: "Te Pepeha o te Kura Kohungahunga o Waitangi" me "Te Waiata o ngā Atua". We hope you enjoy watching ngā tamariki perform as much as we enjoyed taking part! Ngā mihi nui, Wil Zwanikken Head Teacher

Wil

Our Kindergarten class learnt how to sing the body parts song using Maori language today. They loved it.

Sarah

To celebrate my 5 year old son did some weaving and made his favourite animal. We sung the colour song and did a Te Reo fitness video together.

Annette

We love to sing in Te Reo Māori everyday!

Sara

Kia ora, Ruma Rua Tekau from Papatoetoe have been learning lots of ngā kupu this week/wiki. Our Māori Language Moment at 12 noon today was having fun competing on a game of kahoot seeing how many things we have learned so far. On our learning platform seesaw, we have been learning and sharing waiata, karakia, as well as fun games to help us learn te reo online. Ka pai!

fiona

Tamariki choose to do a Tik tok that has been going around and then a Hauraki Haka

Te- Awhi

We are the Winston Waka whanau from Ara Poutama Aotearoa and we sang the Purea Nei waiata on Zoom (level 2 restrictions), unfortunately the photo's arent uploading - aroha mai and Kia Kaha Te Reo! !

Maria

This is a small snippet of us singing our school song - Anei. Before coming together as a syndicate and afterwards our students spent time engaging in Te reo activities - speaking, playing, listening and drawing.

Morgan

Onuku Kura (East Gore School) performed our school haka which represents the area of Onuku and Maruawai. Our whole school proudly performs this at many occasions.

Victoria

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Maori Language Moment 2021

Onuku Kura (East Gore School) performed our school haka which represents the area of Onuku and Maruawai. Our whole school proudly performs this at many occasions.