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.

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#reomaori Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Kia koa Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021 Happy Māori language week. Here is my pepeha whānau 😊🙏.

Anae Neru

At our fortnightly team meeting we said an additional karakia, used favourite kupu we've learnt recently and some of the team did extra waiata practice this morning because they thought we'd miss the Maori Moment. Tu meke!

Jen

At Otahuhu intermediate School we have a passion for learning Te Reo. The picture is one of the many readings we did as part of our Matariki Celebrations. Titled "Together in Love. The legend of Matariki" Woven and illustrated by Xoe Hall. The creation story and the love of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. A well loved story and Book at OIS.

Marjorie

I sang songs I hear at Waahi Pa, where my mother grew up, eg, "Ahakoa he iti noa he pounamu, He tohu aroha" and "Purea nei"❤️🖤💚💛

Brenda

We had a junior school "Teddy bears picnic". All the kiwi team bought a teddy or toy and some kai. We watched a story about a bear. Looked at the Maori names for some kai. Sang a song and said a karakia before we ate our kai with our bears. It was really fun.

Lynn

Koinei nga tauira o te Kura Potiki (Tau 7/8) & Maataatahi (Tau 8/9) no Te Wharekura o Mauao me to ratou waiata motuhake e whakaatu ana i te pepeha o te kura araa: " Kia tu rangatira au i te ao "

Aramahou

Mauri ora e te iwi, ko Lilo tōku ingoa. Kia kaha ki te kōrero Māori!

Darielle

Kia ora koutou As a kaiako pitomata working with year 10 ākonga in global studies today, 23 of us participated in the Te Reo Māori Moment. We began our lesson watching Stan Walker's music video, Aotearoa and at 12 noon we learnt a whakatauākī by King Pōtatau Te Wherowhero being : "kotahi te kohao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro mā, te miro pango, te miro whero" - through the eye of the needle pass the white thread, the black thread, and the red thread. As a class we discussed how this whakatauākī encompasses inclusivity, partnerships, and collaboration and connects well to our study on human rights. At the end of our lesson today we enjoyed more waiata: Poi E and Pepeha by Six60. Kia kaha, kia manawanui, kia haumaru :-)

Annie

We can all contribute, kia kaha te reo māori

Wayne

Te whare karakia o Rangiātea #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

Here’s what we did in our whare for Māori Language moment 👊🏽 Kia kaha Aotearoa

Mark

This is the karakia I said at 12pm for my lunch.

Rebecca

Susan connecting to Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori FB page at PPTA Te Wehengarua in Whanganui-a-Tara.

Adele

We sang Six60s wiata, Pepeha, then learned some te reo greetings!

Bruce

Karakia and waiata with Matua Kaarena

Lorraine

We had a fabulous half hour as a team, made sure we were speaking te reo at the moment by reciting a new karakia together. We've each made a commitment to strengthen our te reo over the week. Ngā mihi Michele

Michele

Who doesn't love a good sing-song to Tūtira mai ngā iwi. Something we all know and could do easily.

Cam

Tēna Koutou Ko Whakatere te maunga Ko Hokianga-o-Kupe te awa Ko Ngatokumatawhaorua te waka Ko Ngapuhi te iwi Ko Tuhirangi te marae Ko Melinda tōku ingoa Nō reira, kei aku rangatira, tēna koutou katoa

Melinda

I hui mai mātou ko aku hoa mahi i tētahi papa rēhia i waho i tō mātou tari ki Pōneke ki te waiata "Tūtira mai ngā iwi" - he "flash mob"! I maua ngā ārai kanohi te katoa, ā, i tū tīrara mātou - kia haumaru i te wā nei, nē! We gathered in a square outside our office in Pōneke to sing "Tūtira mai ngā iwi". We wore masks and observed social distancing - be safe in these times, eh!

Louise

I practiced my mihi with my husband and 8 year old son.

Bronwyn

Kirsty at the Te Whanganui-a-Tara office of PPTA Te Wehengarua, catching up on some kupu hou.

Adele

My 7yo son randomly selected this whakatauki for me to share in a Zui today. It’s out of the awesome pukapuka by Dr Hinemoa Elder and turns out, it was from Te Wharehuia Milroy who years ago gave me the name for our son 😍

Hera

Kia ora, today i learnt alot about maori language week and how it is so important to New zealand. And how its so special to us.

Ziyad

Our Awhi kaimahi (WFH) getting ready to play Kahoot for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori! ! !

Holly

Kia ora tatou, Ko taku mokopuna tuarua tenei. He toru ona marama. Koinei tona whakaahua tuatahi ki te korowai, ana i hiahia au ki te whakaatu hei tautoko i te wiki o te Reo Maori. Nga mihi. Nga

Nga

Te kura o Hato Petera Kaniera #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

We are a class of Year 1 students at St Josephs School in Upper Hutt. Each morning we sing along with the on Youtube with wonderful Whaea Karine the waiata, 'Kei te pēhea koe ?' We then take the roll, our teacher asks us Kei te pēhea koe ? and we let her know how we feel using one of the phrases we learnt from Whaea Karine.

Ruma 14

Ko teenei to maatou hui ata ki te whakanui te waa koorerohia te reo Maaori, i te rohe o Waipareira i Taamaki Makaurau. Ma te korikoritahi ki te waiata rongonui o "Ka #ao", ma te takaro tahi i te whai noa ma runga "Kahoot" i te whakapiki maatou ko ngaa tamariki me ngaa maatua no te Kura o Tirimoana i to taatou reo Maaori. He timatanga noa tenei i runga i te hari me te koa. Ko te taki nui naianei ki te ranghau kupu hou ki te whakaatu i te ranginamu o to matou kaainga rua o Taamaki Makaurau.

Kura

Karakia and waiata at Te Kāuru - Ferrier Research Institute at Gracefield

Mary

Rob is trying out a Te reo Māori quiz

Adele

Ako -Learning pukana, kupu, sharing ideas and building confidence.

marianne

Nga mihi Kia tatou katoa. Kia kaha ki Te reo o Te wiki o Te reo Maori

William Wallace

Our ārahi class learning the te reo names of everyday things around our classroom :)

Emma

I joined in the Māori Language Moment that my wife and her school organised via zoom while we are all in lockdown. I then recorded my little kōrero about it.

Gabriele

Te kura o Hato Petera Kaniera #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

Room 12 BBPS read the story of Māui e te Rā.

Debbie

Together we practiced and sang the waiata "Ma is white". We had props from our house for the 8 colours referenced. It was a fun way to engage the team with Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021.

Andrew

Sharing korero Maori me mihimihi on our Otaki chat group THINKHauora tima.

Barbara Mataa

Kia ora, We work in Auckland Libraries for Auckland Council. We got together online today to share the Te wiki o te reo Māori moment. We sang three well known waiata together.

Suzie

Cluster 21 RTLB Gisborne GGHS 2 meters apart. We support our tamariki in The Tairawhiti Wairoa and Coast. We have lost whanau during Covid and what we do is for our tamariki so a mixture of waiata to cover this. Nga mihi

Viki

My mihi/pepeha

Ariana

Kei te mātakitaki au ināianei i tēnei kiriata reo Māori (mō ngā tauira i te reo tuarua), ko Ōpaki te ingoa. . . for today’s Māori language moment, I’m watching a Māori language learning tv show called Ōpaki. Check it out here: https://www. maoritelevision. com/. . . /opaki-series-1-episode1 #tewikiotereomāori #māorilanguagemoment Nā Jo.

Adele

Sport Canterbury held an in person and Teams meeting where we got to present our pepeha - we also sang a waiata at the end.

Alex

Our year 9/10 Hauora class decide to make an arch structure during our gymnastics lesson as their representation of Hauora in a physical form!

Taane

Learning Maori brings me closer to my culture and heritage, This is how I learn to pronounce using my mother tongue- Gujarati (yellow) and national language Hindi(green) Thank you #reomāori for bringing me closer to my roots

Prats

Whānau and I sung waiata in our car all day waiting for our covid Vaccine.

Jēru

Kia ora the team at ChristchurchNZ got together in person and on zoom to share a Maori Language moment. We had 30 people in person and 25 on zoom all join together at 12 noon for 3 waiata - He Honore, Te Aroha, T Iwi E. It was a beautiful moment to connect with Waiata with team members based all across the region.

Angela

Tirohia o mā you whānau i te Whare Kōhungahunga o Karanga Mai ki Kaiapoi

Jacinta

E rua ngā waiata mo ā tātou tari ki Parerua rāua ko Whanganui - Karawhiua!

louana

This is some of our team teaching the rest of us some phrases in Te Reo Maori with varying success.

Pippa

My students wrote a te reo kupu / phrase using things such as necklaces, lego, a calculator and pene rakau to make the words and shared them on Zoom.

Chloe

Te kura kaupapa māori o Te Rito #Kia Ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

Today I met with my Kaitiaki for the first time and started my He Papa Tikanga course. I have also replaced my greetings in working emails

Lucy

This is a saying I have for myself and whanau. Ka mahi te tawa Uho ki te riri Well done you whose courage is like the heart of the tawa tree.

Sarah

As an ārahi we learned the māori names of things around our classroom space.

Emma

In this video we are practising our reo and sharing what we have learnt this year in te reo Māori. We love our karakia and waiata so have shared one of each, along with the kaikohau. There are short conversations about - He aha tenei? E pewhea ana koe? He pai a. . . ? There are also two songs we wrote about Nga Tae. Kia kaha te reo Māori. Karawhiua!

Nicole

This is a screenshot of our team doing the reo Māori Kahoot quiz for beginners. Our team had lots of fun competing against each other, speaking and learning some te reo Māori. Ka pai tīma.

Wibke

Ngā tamariki pakukpaku from Rangiaawhea - Sandspit Road School Waiuku attempted to sing our school waiata via Hui Topa/Zoom. Some technical issues, but hei aha. Kia kaha ki te kōrero Māori!

Raukura

Sung a Waiata with my whanau! ! Said a karakia! !

Asia-Rose

I have learnt these simple songs to share to be one in celebrating Te Reo Maori Week.

Lorena

We read the school whakatauki in chorus. This whakatauki fits beautifully in our current unit, where we're studying classic texts and modern retellings - the ancestral knowledge, matauranga o tātou tīpuna, and how some aspects are timeless.

Amy

I waiatahia e mātou tari tētahi waiata reo Māori ❤️

Marina

Kia Ora Team, today I joined the companies Waiata turei, I then sent out my pepeha to my team along with a couple of links to my favourite waiatas and finally shared some basic maori greeting with my team :)

denise

Streaming waiata as I work

Karen

My maori/samoan friends at school can together on a zoom call to speak about Te reo Maori language week xx

Asia-Rose

Kia Ora koutou. I watched the video "Listen to Hinewehi Mohi sing our national anthem in te reo Māori at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in England. " I had no idea how difficult it has been for her afterwards. I love her new music project, and I am looking forward to the release of the album on Friday! ! My goal was to learn the "word or phrase of the day", I am starting little so I learned "kihini" which is kitchen and a place I love spending time preparing kai for my whanau. Tena koe

Carol

I learnt my mihi. .

Prasanth Gupta

Our team at the BSA strives to incorporate te reo into our regular working life. Today, as is our custom, we opened and closed our team meeting with a karakia.

Pete

At Ko Taku Reo Preschool we love to sing, sign and dance to the te reo singalong books. This is one of our favourites to share with our Deaf, Hard of Hearing and hearing students as it is trilingual. As we're still in Level 4 in Auckland, we had our Moment via Zoom.

Sophie

Waka Kotahi Toastmasters group opened their weekly meeting at midday with a Whakatauki and our word of the day was Whaikōrero. Participants: Craig Waterworth ; Maria Drinkwater ; maryeclarke49 ; Warwick Taylor ; Willy Wilson ; Mano Ram ; trevormalcolmgarnett ; 'Anna Cramp' ; Saeid Adli ; Kaya Freeman ; Elma Day-Garden ; Arjun Manoharan ; Anbuselvan Pungiah ; Michelle Harrison ; eduardoe. dleon ; Jacqui Gee ; Andrew Litchfield ; Samantha Eastman

craig

My pepeha!

Felicity

We have shared three waiata; our school song, Anei Matou, Tai Timu, and our pepeha, Ko Pukewa. Our whole school participated, physically distanced outside. . . with just a little wind.

Angela

Timaru District Library celebrating with waiata.

Ingrid

C G F C G E Koe Te Atua Parakore Kaha Rawa! C Em F C G E Koe tōku Ariki ngākau māhaki! Am F C G Tukua mai ki ahau te kaha e āhei ai ahau ki te karo Am F C G i ngā tūkino o ngā iwi me ngā hūāngatanga o te ao. Dm F C G Hōmai ki ahau te kaha e āhei ai ngā ngaru Dm F C G o aku ngana kia rite ki te tae o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, C G F C G ki ngā tahatika o te Rāwhiti o te Uru hoki. C Em F C G ki ngā tahatika o te Rāwhiti o te Uru hoki. F F G C ki ngā tahatika o te Rāwhiti o te Uru hoki.

Greg and Erica

Year 7 Spanish lesson started with our little moment of Te Reo Maori at 12pm today. Kia koa Te wiki o Te Reo Maori ! :) Nga mihi Anna Pallares

Anna

Kia ora. I used te reo Māori in a job interview I was conducting at the time! Nga mihi

Margot

I am pregnant and my class were really excited to find out the baby's gender but we went into lockdown just before my ultrasound appointment. I decided to share it with them when we returned to Kura in Level 2. I taught them how to say "He kotiro - it's a girl! " and "He tama - it's a boy" and we had a 'mini' gender reveal.

Emma

This was my 'behind the screens' moment - livestreaming our Y7-10 te Wiki o te Reo Māori assembly at midday! - Miss Gibson

Chermayne

Matua Heemi teaching us our new school haka he wrote with our Tamariki.

Jane

Four of us at the Upper Hutt Women's Centre sang four Maori songs. Kia ora tatou!

Fe

Kia ora, I am now 70, but I was a teacher in the Early Childhood Department of the Correspondence School. My area was from Hicks Bay down the east coast to Wairoa. I often travelled to Ruatoria to help some local waahine set up an early childhood centre. At the time I wrote to nga tamariki in te reo and used te reo Maori with parents and whanau. (I can't find the macron facility) Anyway it has been 15 years or so since I gave up teaching and the adage "If you don't use it you loose it" is very true. I also learnt Italian for 20 years, as I am part Italian. I live in Otaki so I do get the opportunity to be involved in te reo on occasions at tangi, hui and kori kaumatua. I look forward to renewing and learning alongside your help and knowledge. Nga mihi Jennie

Jennie

We are Youth INtact Waikato (He Taiohi Angitu), a drug and alcohol service for rangatahi within the Waikato. We only had 1 day to learn this tiktok Maori dance trend. We have 2 managers, clinical practitioner, 2 youth workers and cultural support worker. The waiata is sung by Rob Ruha - Ka Hao

Melody

We're the Family Bears! We will be performing a waiata. One of my childhood favourites, Utaina Mai. Talented Dad on the guitar, our beautiful girl on ukulele (and singing) and Mum (me) singing and doing the actions. We are very proud to be part of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori - Māori Language Moment 2021.

Luisa

heading here this weekend - challenge is learn how to pronounce it . . .

Phil

Paanui pukapuka (bub and I)

Nurus

Days of the week from a student in Piwakawaka 2

Siddharti

Days of the week by a student from Piwakawaka 2

Siddharti

In room 7 at Sunset Primary School in Rotorua we did our Māori Ako from 11. 30 until 3pm! We were all teachers and all learners - tuakana teina! We learnt ngā rā o te wiki me ngā marama. We also learnt and taught each other some waiata, kupu hou and rerenga kōrero. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Jenny

TBA boys doing their whakataukī

Henry

I sang alone with a Maori song in pac and save! I spoke maori a tiny bit and greeted the people on the door with Kia ora. Just the start for me I hope! !

Jacqui

it will be the haka with my entire school.

Emillie

Ngahiraka whānau saying their karakia beautifully before Kai time. We are immensely proud of our Tamariki as they learn and recite Te reo in their classroom.

Kelly

I fully support the use of Maori language, particularly on RNZ

Judy

Team Kiwi @ BMPS sharing kai together at our Zoom Teddy Bear's Picnic

Fiona

I learnt my pepeha.

Pena

Writing in Te Reo.

Jane

Mauriora Whanau, Anei matou Te Kura o Horeke e hakanuia tenei kaupapa hari me te koakoa o te riu Hokianga. E tautoko ana te kaupapa o tenei wa, Te Reo Maori e korero ana i nga wa katoa. E tu ana matou kei raro to tatou maunga o Whakarongorua E tu ana matou kei te taha o te wahapu o Hokianga whakapau Karakia. Karawhiua koutou katoa ki te korero Reo Rangatira. Ae marika!

Janine

I learnt my mihi and this whakatauki: Manaaki whenua Manaaki tanagata Haere whakamua Care for the land Care for the people Go forward

Talei

Dunedin Airport CEO speaking te reo over the PA at midday, followed by Waiata Anthems throughout the terminal!

Dunedin

I would like to share my Pepeha Ka topa taku wairua ki Shetland Islands te whenua o aku tīpuna Ka hoki taki wairua ki Aotearoa ki Tauranga ki taki kāinga noho Ka tau taku wairua ki runa o Mauao maunga Ka titiro iho ahau ki Te Moana a Toi e karekare atu rā ko Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa Nō Wairau ahau Ko Jean rāua ko Ian ōku mātua, Kua mate a Ian Ko Ricky taku hoa Rangatira Tokorua aku tama, tokorua aku hunaonga Ko Linda Castle tōku ingoa E mihi ana ki ngā tohu o nehe, o Tauranga Moana e hoho nei au Nō reira, tēnā koutou katoa

Linda

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 | Your Moments

#reomaori Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Kia koa Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021 Happy Māori language week. Here is my pepeha whānau 😊🙏.

Anae Neru

At our fortnightly team meeting we said an additional karakia, used favourite kupu we've learnt recently and some of the team did extra waiata practice this morning because they thought we'd miss the Maori Moment. Tu meke!

Jen

Marjorie

I sang songs I hear at Waahi Pa, where my mother grew up, eg, "Ahakoa he iti noa he pounamu, He tohu aroha" and "Purea nei"❤️🖤💚💛

Brenda

We had a junior school "Teddy bears picnic". All the kiwi team bought a teddy or toy and some kai. We watched a story about a bear. Looked at the Maori names for some kai. Sang a song and said a karakia before we ate our kai with our bears. It was really fun.

Lynn

Koinei nga tauira o te Kura Potiki (Tau 7/8) & Maataatahi (Tau 8/9) no Te Wharekura o Mauao me to ratou waiata motuhake e whakaatu ana i te pepeha o te kura araa: " Kia tu rangatira au i te ao "

Aramahou

Mauri ora e te iwi, ko Lilo tōku ingoa. Kia kaha ki te kōrero Māori!

Darielle

Annie

We can all contribute, kia kaha te reo māori

Wayne

Te whare karakia o Rangiātea #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

Here’s what we did in our whare for Māori Language moment 👊🏽 Kia kaha Aotearoa

Mark

This is the karakia I said at 12pm for my lunch.

Rebecca

Susan connecting to Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori FB page at PPTA Te Wehengarua in Whanganui-a-Tara.

Adele

We sang Six60s wiata, Pepeha, then learned some te reo greetings!

Bruce

Karakia and waiata with Matua Kaarena

Lorraine

We had a fabulous half hour as a team, made sure we were speaking te reo at the moment by reciting a new karakia together. We've each made a commitment to strengthen our te reo over the week. Ngā mihi Michele

Michele

Who doesn't love a good sing-song to Tūtira mai ngā iwi. Something we all know and could do easily.

Cam

Tēna Koutou Ko Whakatere te maunga Ko Hokianga-o-Kupe te awa Ko Ngatokumatawhaorua te waka Ko Ngapuhi te iwi Ko Tuhirangi te marae Ko Melinda tōku ingoa Nō reira, kei aku rangatira, tēna koutou katoa

Melinda

Louise

I practiced my mihi with my husband and 8 year old son.

Bronwyn

Kirsty at the Te Whanganui-a-Tara office of PPTA Te Wehengarua, catching up on some kupu hou.

Adele

My 7yo son randomly selected this whakatauki for me to share in a Zui today. It’s out of the awesome pukapuka by Dr Hinemoa Elder and turns out, it was from Te Wharehuia Milroy who years ago gave me the name for our son 😍

Hera

Kia ora, today i learnt alot about maori language week and how it is so important to New zealand. And how its so special to us.

Ziyad

Our Awhi kaimahi (WFH) getting ready to play Kahoot for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori! ! !

Holly

Kia ora tatou, Ko taku mokopuna tuarua tenei. He toru ona marama. Koinei tona whakaahua tuatahi ki te korowai, ana i hiahia au ki te whakaatu hei tautoko i te wiki o te Reo Maori. Nga mihi. Nga

Nga

Te kura o Hato Petera Kaniera #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise

Ruma 14

Kura

Karakia and waiata at Te Kāuru - Ferrier Research Institute at Gracefield

Mary

Rob is trying out a Te reo Māori quiz

Adele

Ako -Learning pukana, kupu, sharing ideas and building confidence.

marianne

Nga mihi Kia tatou katoa. Kia kaha ki Te reo o Te wiki o Te reo Maori

William Wallace

Our ārahi class learning the te reo names of everyday things around our classroom :)

Emma

I joined in the Māori Language Moment that my wife and her school organised via zoom while we are all in lockdown. I then recorded my little kōrero about it.

Gabriele

Te kura o Hato Petera Kaniera #Kia ūkaipö te reo māori ki Ötaki

Denise