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!

2023 2022 2020

Our school community contributed by sharing their mirimiri/bubble and class activity at Level 4 and during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori to create a collaboration for 'Mahuru'.

Tania

Students were exploring the compression of text using an online tool on code. org . We used the waiata Tokorima taotao. A number of students identified repetitions that allowed for nearly 70% compression of the waiata.

Leanne

I would love it if in the year 3021 that the prior of Aotearoa New Zealand looked back to history and said - "ka pai- what a great job they did back then with revitalising te reo" I am learning te reo- not only as part of my role at work - but also to support my children's learning. It may be too late for me to become fluent- but I would like to think I am doing my part. I practice with my seven year old. We read together and have a number of resources around the house to prompt us. I am learning this karakia for work - and have recorded him reciting it to help me remember.

Matt

Tikanga Whakapapa, Blueprint Waite-Paratene te Tangata, Tarau, poutu, Hereora, Ngapuhi-Te Rarawa Stay Strong to your Beliefs and Love One Another. . .

Frederick

Kia ora Because of Level 2 this week, our school stayed in our own classes but every kaiako and class made a commitment to using more te reo throughout the week and every week. During the Māori Language Moment classes were singing and listening to waiata, learning some new kupu and making pictures of them, working on mihimihi, reading big books in te reo, finding out their ingoa i te reo and said karakia before kai. We had a prepared slideshow with karakia timata, kai and whakamutanga, waiata, kīwaha and whakatauki, along with lots of ideas and links to resources for using te reo and it will continue to grow and be used. He waka eke noa!

Rachel

We shared ngā kupu kakama with our team of project delivery professionals who we hope to be able to start using these terms as part of their daily worklife.

Lavinia

Proud to do Nzsl with our beautiful whanau with their deaf tamariki and some of our deaf Maori around nz hope you enjoyed it as much as I did

Emma

I ended up just listening to some Maori songs that i learnt as a child, including mutiple videos of tutira mai nga iwi cause I wanted to hear different ways people sung it.

Gemma

All of these videos are from our staff at Our early childhood centre based in Papakura South Auckland. We are a team made up of all different cultures and nationalities. Te wiiki o te reo Maori has been amazing.

Raewyn

Kaiako from Te Kāreti o Paraparaumu recorded ourselves and we edited it together into a wee video which we sent out as our weekly update to the whānau whānui o te kura. There's a full HD version on YouTube. The backing track is an instrumental version of our school waiata, Ki Kāpiti.

Matt

Māori language moment at Te Kāreti o Neirana.

Whaearua

For our Māori Language Moment 2021, we did a Māori language crossword wero, listened to some Māori songs by kiwi artists and played some different games including Anā ia Whīra feelings bingo and our class favourite - Tākaro!

Kylie

watch Maori TV

I love learning Te reo Maori. . . it is a beautiful language😍😍 Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria

Cathy

Brushed up on the lyrics for "Purea Nei" by Hirini Melbourne, kātahi, ka waiata au ki ngā manu i te ngahere Waitakere :).

Liz

I sat with my wife, recited a karakia timatanga (tukua te wairua), my pepeha and a whakatauki: e haunui ana i raro, e hari ana i runga.

I enhanced my Pepeha and recited it, but what I really want to write about is something else. I shared the Māori Language moment graphic on my Facebook page, and challenged my friends, saying that I was going to take part, so were they too? The highlight of my day was when a couple from Kansas, in their late 60's, who I only spent a day with at the end of their 2 weeks touring New Zealand, replied with the comment above. :) They must have learned Tutira Mai on the tour bus. So, there you go. The Māori language moment made it all the way to rural Kansas, USA! !

Nicky

I am very grateful to Maria Marriner and Carol Fraser for our kōrero and their generosity in sharing their experiences, stories and aspirations with me during our celebration of Te Reo Māori. Whakawhanaungatanga - getting to know each other - is such an important element of recruitment and an aspect which makes this industry and profession, regardless of your role in it, so meaningful and fulfilling. Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa. Let us keep close together not far apart. #arohatōmahi

Rebecca

Our roopu (Chelsea Winstanley, Jessica Smith, Sarah Smith and Desray Armstrong) jumped on a Zoom to kōrero Māori, sing waiata, share whakatauki, reflect on Te Reo Māori significant milestones and discuss current Te Reo Māori issues facing us all today.

Desray

Tikanga Whakapapa, At 17 myself and 18 my Wife, and Son Jayde were motivated by the Heavens above, All the way until Kakapo was heard of. Business By The unknown Heavens to me but my wife, Took a Toll on us all, including my loved ones, for being myself "Whanau" -To my isle Songstress and Wife Bridal Party Evelyn, Emma, best man Charlie, -Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You. I Believe in my Wife, as she is held captive, Do you ?

Frederick

The tamariki in Room 8 at Mayfair Primary school in Hastings, shared time together by singing waiata and did a māori kemu. We sang waiata like, Tutira mai ngā iwi, Mā is white, pakeke mai and pakipaki tamariki mā. The atmosphere was full of love, laughter and joy.

Kana

Here’s me sharing some Whakatauki ❤️

Grace

Kia ora whanau o te reo maori. I spent many moments learning and singing the waiata "Tutira mai nga iwi". I also learned that understanding the meaning is necessary for me to remember a waiata, that my dog enjoys my singing and that my brain needs to do more exercise. I realised that the longer I leave learning te reo, the harder it will get. Kia kaha whanau!

Tui

Kia ora koutou, I work as a Learning support person at Whenuapai School out in West Auckland. I've always loved Gwenda Turner's book "New Zealand ABC" and wished it was also in Te reo Māori. So the challenge for me was to find all the Māori words in the book, add them, practice saying them and then have my 11 year old son Hamish video me reading the book. It was then offered to the teachers I work with along with other videos to support our students at home during the current Covid Level 4. I hope you will enjoy it too. Ngā mihi Helen Brinkman Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Te Rarawa

Helen

I made a mahau maker for te wiki o te reo maori https://yugcreator13. itch. io/mahau-maker

Yugesh

Morena kia ķoutou mo tenei Aroha ote rangi nei Whanau, Kotahi Aroha ki te Wiki ote Ao mo Te Reo Aroha Maori. Have an Amazing Day Everyone. ☝️💯💜🙌👌 Happy Sunday to you all. 💝💯👏☝️🙌👌

Joseph P

I listened to Maori TV and looked up words I didn't know. Used some kupu Maori in my conversations with whanau.

Rosie

Our seniors :)

Hazel

A ropu of tamariki who learn te reo with VLN Primary stepped up to showcase karanga, karakia, waiata and reranga to over 1800 tamariki from around Aotearoa. Our tamariki and kaiako came together in the weeks before to put in the mahi and create a resource for other kura, as well as practicing to be presenters for our big Zoom! Resource: https://docs. google. com/presentation/d/1Ib8FTXi7rzVWgg-Qr6G6KGPYK_YhYz3dfw6U9t8OweY/edit#slide=id. g9027eca876_0_280

Jenni

Tamariki playing hand games. Ka rawe tamariki ma!

Hazel

Homai te pakipaki! !

Hazel

As is, Caught withen Te Aho Rangi.

Frederick

Tamariki listening to te reo Māori.

Hazel

Some of our younger tamariki doing their Hauora routine where they lay a feather on how they feel.

Hazel

Singing "Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō. " Our tamariki love this song! !

Hazel

Tikanga Whakapapa, The Tapu Caught by Technology, is Transfiguration, as Honest and Full of Inner Mana, So Basic, but yet so Fearsome, Our Unique Footprint in this Entirety, Kia ora.

Frederick

Our seniors played hand games in te reo māori

Hazel

Our tamariki love to kanikani!

Hazel

Tamariki in one of our junior classes listening to, and following instructions in te reo māori.

Hazel

I am a 97 year old Pākehā and I am having a go at te reo. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Patricia

I have been practicing singing Te reo such as Tangaroa Whakamautai by Maisey Rika for a very long time.

Sere

St Columba's Catholic School had alot of fun together singing Pepeha by Six60.

Charlotte

Another video from Fairfield Intermeidate School. We have been fully engaged in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori this week (and every other week). As part of Kauri House Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, they have been learning how to sign the song 'pepeha' by Six60. Mihi to one of our hearing impaired students for leading this, Ford Hona! Kua mahia e te kapa Kauri i te reo rotarota ki te waiata ataahua "pepeha" nā Six60.

Tarsh

I work in a high school in Christchurch - Papanui High School. At the time of the Māori Language Moment, I talked to a group (33) of high school students in the school's study centre about the historic significance, the relevance and the importance of the Māori Language Moment. I told them that I had signed up to be a part of this historic occasion this year, like last year, and would love them to join me in learning and singing a waiata. I then taught them the unknown 2nd verse of a Waiata that we already sing in our school as our (un)official school song - 'Te Wero'. We then all sang the whole waiata together. Unfortunately, as I was playing guitar and singing, I did not manage to catch a video of this but there were 35 people involved all told. It was really heart-warming to me that several of the ākonga thanked me afterwards for involving them in 'my' Māori Language Moment. Meanwhile, in our Adult ESOL department, the teachers were doing teaching exercises involving Te Reo. The class pictured here were learning a few words each from the list of 50 Māori words all Kiwis should know, then talking with each other and teaching each other the words they had learned.

Richard

Made some resources and used them to involve tamariki in the telling of the legend "In the Beginning"

Pamela

Our kura came together at 12 noon to sing our school waiata 'Anei Rā' outside our classrooms. A sense of kotahitanga despite our current level 2 situation meaning we couldn't be in the hall together. Ka rawe tamariki/kaiako mā!

Carmen

I had a Year 13 food class that sang Ka Waiata together and then we shared our Kai.

Brendan

Barbara

I like to share this is my Maori design and my moko

Haylee

He Kekeno tenei.

Chanelle

We celebrated Māori Language Moment in our Preschool, where we gave our Tamariki to do Dinosaur painting while using different colors such as kākāriki – green, mā – white, parauri / paraone – brown. After that we did a dance on Maori song.

Navjot

My little attempt on my pēpeha

Amneet

Room 9 had scheduled Zoom@Noon and we read a story and played KUWI & FRIENDS KUPU QUIZ - rua.

Sharri

Rātu, presented the opportunity to get behind our Māori Language Moment! With the Waiata Reo Māori playlist going, it was time to sing-a-long. Kia Mau Ki Tō Ūkaipō, Pōtere Ana and Kōrukitia!

Dawn

Kia kaha moment with a tihei mauri ora twist at Te Ākau Ki Pāpāmoa School.

Mikeely

I taught around 58 tauira the game “i te Timatanga. ” Their progress was rewarding with cheers and when I stepped back as the kaiako and kaea/caller. We are strong as a rōpū at Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa School.

Mikeely

I got a basic Te Reo maori module from our company. I put the lyrics based on learnings and put chords so it will retain to my mind.

Venus

I was working from home so used my moment to practise waiata.

Mary

Aroha mai - on my reo journey.

Alicia

Taught my 93 yr old mother to introduce herself. Learnt the words to Nga Iwi E!

Wendy

My children and I have been practicing a karakia mo te kai - we shared our karakia and our kai at lunch time (one of the benefits of lockdown): Nau mai i ngā hua O te ao, o te wai tai, o te wai Māori Nā Rongo, nā Tāne, nā Haumia, nā Tangaroa Ko Ranginui e tū iho nei Ko Papatūānuku e takoto nei Whakamaua ki a tina Haumī e, hui e, tāiki e!

Sibyl

Maori love song "E Ipo" (Cover)

Yoel

Rotorua hospital stuff sing waiata every morning

Anneke

我于2018年参加奥克兰华人虹霓歌舞团的演出。最后一个节目：领唱、合唱Pokarekare Ana(毛利情歌)。

Xiuhua

This is my sharing moment of me

Haylee

As an Early Education Centre with a daily Roll of 61 children ranging from 4mths to 5 years of age. Our centre is divided into three rooms. babies, toddlers and kindergarten. Each Room in our centre took part in the Māori Language Moment. Baby Room: -Waiata: Motaka iti Ma is white Mahunga Pakihiwiwi - Karakia Kai -Read stories in Te Reo Maaori -Spoke words/sentences -Waiata off the I Pad Toddler Room: -Read in Te Reo to the children -Sung Waiata -Karakia Kai -Greetings -Spoke words/kupu Kindergarten Room: -Sung and used poi for; -E rere taku poi -Poi E -Played waiata at kia time -Te Reo Phrases and words -Karakia Kai -Greetings and Farewells

Margaret

Ra whanau ki a koe Boy Derek Tomoana 64 years young, 14 September 1957. As my son, said he will always be young & skux. We love & miss you. It was lovely spending those couple of hours with you & the whanau xoxo

Rene

Te kura o Matapihi video by Whaea Amber

Bex

We recorded a karakia together via Zoom

Evie

this is my daughter drawing a picture of her Tipuna Mātua Hautere :)

martin

Our action for 'Te reo . . '.

Aneesa

Me an my whanau have been together thru lockdown tried our hardest to korero te reo maori love our language and or culture na mihi xx

Whiunara

MAORI!

Aneesa

"Te reo" action on zoom . . .

Aneesa

Our KIA KAHA action on zoom.

Aneesa

At 12pm on Tuesday, 14 Sept. , Jordan House sang waita on ZOOM te observe Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

Aneesa

toku ingoa ko manawa kepa my name is manawa kepa

manawa

At Arataki School each class did a variety of different language activities. Some were performing the haka, playing language games, other's were recording themselves speaking Māori. We had a lot of fun and the tamariki were miharo!

Tania

My 4 week old grandson in Melbourne is learning some songs … starting be early

Anne

Our team played the Te Reo Maori Kahoot!

Aneesa

At Royal Oak Intermediate, we observed our Te Reo Maori Moment 2021 on ZOOM with a waiata by our house leader, Mr Mike Webber. Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori!

Aneesa

Rūma ono celebrated with waiata and a te reo Māori Kahoot! We had a lot of fun on zoom as we couldn't be together in person! Kia Kaha te reo Māori! !

Caitlin

My name is Gina Ko Gina tōku ingoa My ancestors are from the Piripini Nō Piripini ōku tīpuna I live in Palmerston North Kei te noho au ki Papaeoia

Gina

Kia kaha te reo maori i ngā wā katoa

Yana

I learned this in the early 90s, supported by my Maori lecturers at the then College of Education in Tamaki Makaurau.

Marta

We made fruit salad . . using as much Reo as we could colours actions and fruit names. Then we sung numbers/ colours and other waiata together for 40 mins

Tina

I said “Kia ora” when greeting everyone, and I listened to some Maori songs (Shapeshifter, Lorde)

Eric

I had a blast this week listening and watching the waiata anthems from Kiwi music icons. . . . I got all the feels!

Joel'

This is a video of our Kura Waiata. It was composed by our wonderful kapa haka mentor Mere Arihi Pipi-Takoko and our Ponsonby Intermediate Kapa Haka group. Nga Mihi Nui.

Paul

I have started a "Kupu o te Rā" in my library and for my Māori language moment I showed a group of borrowers where to find the post each day to learn a new word. We are going to keep it as a permanent fixture of the library.

Kath

Our foods tech class said a karakia and shared some tiakarete and pihikete as examples of the Maillard reaction.

Anna

Pukana ❤️

Rebecca

I am inspired by my Nan whom I discovered learnt te Reo in her 70s after she retired to Papamoa

Shane

Mihi poto

Some of my form class with their whakatauki.

Lydia

My pepeha

Gerard

This is my Te Reo Māori Language moment for 2021. A shortened version of my pepeha

Natalia

I am an educator. We have been celebrating Te Wiki O Te reo Māori this week through the online platforms. On Friday was our dress up in Te reo colours - whero, mā and pango. My daughter taught me the tik tok and we had so much fun learning and dancing too it. We shared it with our learning community and family and it spread a lot of joy!

Motiana

I whakamahia nga rerenga I ngā rauemi a Taura whiri kia hanga whakawhiti kōrero poto.

Fiona

Tāku irāmutu Oli taught me a waiata over video chat while I was at work. He also taught me the Māori word for mousey-mouse: kiore

Katherine

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Maori Language Moment 2021

Tāku irāmutu Oli taught me a waiata over video chat while I was at work. He also taught me the Māori word for mousey-mouse: kiore