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

#MyMihi

Suzanne

Here is a pikitia of some of my ākonga and I. We recited over a karakia they're learning while we waited for the live to kick off however, as there were technical issues we carried on with our class encouraging tauira to only speak Reo Māori during this time. We also watched the video of the movement to date (from last years Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori) and it definitely brought up strong feelings, hakaaro, and touched the hearts of all in many ways - Familiar faces in the kiriata, the movement it self - our progress and the support we all often need in our leanring journey when the going gets tuff. Mauri ora!

Sherry

At 12noon on Tuesday 14 September, everyone in Aotearoa including Stuff is being encouraged to join the award winning Māori Language Moment to celebrate te reo Māori. As part of this movement Stuff (Puna) my workplace has organised The Great Stuff te reo Māori Quiz falicitated by our work colleague Carmen Parahi. We had multiple teams from across the coutry who work for Stuff and participated in this quiz. There were 3 rounds in an quiz that took an hour to complete. Tuatahi - Round 1: Te reo Māori focused quiz - language, history, weird and wonderful. Tuarua - Round 2: Each team member will have to act. Tuatoru - Round 3: A different kind of team challenge. I am in the bottom right on the photo.

Ilja

I did a karakia with my whanau

Skyla

Student activity on numbers from Piwakawaka 2

Siddharti

It was me and my brother.

Lillie

Papatuanuku and Ranginui seperate.

Jane

In Aorere 14 we played Tipu, then tried out Te Reo knowledge out by playing the Kahoot together.

Kate

Lockdown affects people in many ways and we should always be aware of our hauora (wellbeing). For Māori Language Moment, Auckland Softball are sharing a model designed by leading Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie. The model describes health and wellbeing as a wharenui/meeting house with four walls. When all four walls are in balance, we thrive. When one or more of these is out of balance, our wellbeing is impacted. Over the next four days, we will dive into each part of the wharenui and share ways we can maintain a balanced hauora during lockdown 💙

Auckland Softball

At our school BMPS we had a teddys bears picnic where there was stories, poems and action songs in Te Reo and all the children joined in. We did a karakia together and ate kai.

Anu

Dad and I having a conversation in te reo Maori

Blake

At Massey University we are celebrating the wiki o Te Reo Māori in numerous ways. Today we gathered to create beautiful earrings & taonga from clay with some expert advice.

Felicity

Fun class competition of Tākaro in one of the Senior classes!

Nicola

Kia kaha te reo māori!

Oscar

I tēnei wiki, kei te tīmata ahau ki panui i tētahi pukapuka. Ngā kaupapa o tēnei pukapuka i ngā whakataukī me te Mātauranga Māori. For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, I am reading Aroha by Dr Hinemoa Elder, and although the book isn't in te reo, it touches on some very important kaupapa and ways to incorporate the values from whakataukī into your life, which seems quite fitting to read this week. I am also planning on enrolling in a Te Reo course at Te Herenga Waka next year as I start university.

sam

Students activity on numbers by Piwakawaka 2

Siddharti

It begins with the nothingness - Te Kore and the great darkness - Te Po. Then came the stirrings.

Jane

Our work group shared our favourite whakatauākī, ngā kōrero, ngā kōrero whakakata me ngā waiata. E ngahau ana ngā mahi!

Susan

Ka pai! Orewa College students celebrating te reo Māori with their Learning Support staff.

Richard

This my Year 1 & 2 class from St Joseph's Catholic school. They have been learning this karakia since the beginning of this year.

Cilla

The tamariki loved the catchy tune (their words)

Totara North School

This is my favourite waiata. . . .

Jo

Karawhiua mai!

Katrina

We read a book about feelings.

michelle

Coromandel students performing waiata ringa

Nane

E tō mātou Matua i te rangi Kia tapu tōu ingoa Kia tae mai tōu rangatiratanga Kia meatia tāu e pai ai Ki runga ki te whenua Kia rite anō ki to te rangi Homai ki a mātou āianei He taro mā mātou mō tēnei rā Murua o mātou hara Me mātou hoki e muru nei I o te hunga e hara ana ki a mātou Aua hoki mātou e kawea Kia whakawaia Engari whakaorangia mātou I te kino Nou hoki te rangatiratanga Te Kaha me te kōroria Ake ake Amine Our Father who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done On earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those Who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen I declared this prayer, as I'm a Christian and a Māori woman, I wanted to honour my culture and my God.

Hannah

i am tautoko and manaakitanga and aroha nga wiki o te reo maori ki a 2021 nau mai haere mai ki to te reo maori ki tenei wiki o te reo maori

khan

We (20+) collegues did the Kahoot! It was so much fun and people dug deep to pull out all of the kupu we knew.

Hannah

AJ Hackett Bungy Taupō - Team Karakia

Sonya

Ko tenei te whanau Croft

Richard mau

Kia ora. In our school we decided to sing a waiata together and ended up making a recording based on Six60's Pepeha. With the amazing talents of Tim Northover, we created and shared a video together. The themes of Aroha, Mana and Whanau were well embraced as we head into another week of Lockdown. He waka eke noa.

Shayne

This is a karakia for opening a hui. The karakia was shared with me by a person I am working with from Ngāti Maniapoto

James

Kia Ora koutou, Ko ta matou mahi I te wiki o te Reo Maori. I ako nga hoa mahi te waiata Ko Te Pu. Mauri Ora

Riria

I do magic for a hobby.

Rangi

Ko Ahau

Ngata

Primary school Kapa Haka was a great introduction into Maori culture and language!

jacob

Year 1 - Peace prayer in Te reo Māori

Tracey

Kia Ora Kelston Medical Centre Team singing from our Covid Vaccination Car Clinic today .

Jenny

For our online learning today we played a Kuwi & Friends Te Reo Māori quiz. We had 56 participants at 12:00 and approximately 61 participants at 12:03 (I can only upload 1 photo though and I was not sure if it had to be from exactly 12:00)!

Imogen

Kia ora whānau Today at 12pm the kaiako from All About Children at 51 Mahia Road got together on video chat to celebrate Maori Language Week. We did some waiata, had a good korero and then went to have lunch together at the same time. Thank you to my wonderful team for your enthusiasm, support and sense of togetherness. Lots of aroha xMandy

Mandy

I'm studying with Te Wānanga o Raukawa and really loving it!

Rose-Marie

We three pākeha (Helen, Liz, Jeannie) have been on a te reo journey since 2018, starting with Te Wahanga o Aotearoa classes and keeping up the learning at kura pō, UNITEC. During lockdown, we hui each week to kōrero, whakaronga, pānui and ako i te reo Māori.

Jeannie

Kia ora nga whaanau from our Puawai room teaching team at Rainbow Corner Bayfair, Gloucester St, Arataki.

Andrea

My year 13s all asked each other "Kei te pēhea koe?" and replied in te reo

Amy

Student Colour labelling activity from Piwakawaka 2

Siddharti

The kaiako and kaimahi of Bairds Mainfreight Primary School a mainstream kura found in Ōtara sent videos of themselves lip syncing to Mahuru Māori which was made into a music video to share with our tamariki this week.

Julianna

Kia ora. Ko ta maua mokopuna i inu ahau i te paramanawa i toku whare ki te haakari mo TE WIKI O TE REO MAAORI. Kua koorero ia te karakia mo te kai. Kua koorero ki taku peepeha. Tihei Mauriora. Katrina, Cairo, and Brooklyn

katrina

I whakahaerehia he whakataetae kupu whīwhiwhi. E whā ngā rōpū, e toru ngā rerenga. Kōtahi mīniti hei wā whakaharatau kātahi ka tū ia rōpū, ā, ka tatauria te tere. Tino hīkaka ana te ngākau o ngā tauira ki tēnei ngohe :)

Maria

My year 13s all had to ask each other "Kei te pēhea koe?" and answer each other in te reo.

Amy

Kia ora, Joel tēnei, nō Te Arawa/Ngāti Awa Kei te kōrero ahau te Reo Māori mō tōku kuia. I te wā i haere tōku kuia ki te kura (Rotorua), i patua te kaiako i a ia me te rākau (cane) nā te mea i kōrero Māori ia. Auē! He pōuri rawa tērā whakaaro. (E āhei ana koutou ki te rongo te o reo ātaahua o te Tūī i roto i tāku kiriata? - He tohu! ) Kōrero Māori ia rā, ia rā koutou - Parahutihuti ana!

Joel

Kia ora koutou, I watched a few video's on Māori YouTube from the many selections on offer including, mihi, te reo learning programmes and an interesting one on Arana Collett ( link above) Greeted our tamariki at kindy on video in te reo this morning and said ka kite onō at the end. Greeted my whānau this morning with at ata mārie and kei te pēhea koe? Ka pai 🤙🏼 from Kay

Kay

Awesome waiata maori sung at mahi, it was great to see non-maori embrace and engage with this Kaupapa.

Katarina

I attended the webinar launch of a movie by the Health Quality and Safety Commission called "Pou hihiri, Pou o te aroha" It was discussed healing and learning from harm using restorative processes and hohou te rongopai. It started at 12pm with a beautiful blessing and introduction in te reo Māori. It was the perfect week, day and time to learn about this important healing process in te ao Māori. Aroha nui.

Diane

I sang the colour song in te reo with my preschool tamariki through zoom

Jasmine

Made some Te Reo flashcard to put around the house. :)

Robyn

Here is our team at Te Poari Whakaora Ngangahau o Aotearoa sharing kai and celebrating Māori Language Moment, doing Stuff's Te Reo quiz.

angie

Kia kaha Reo Māori!

Brigette

At Thames Library, three of our staff members and one volunteer for our community sang three waiata together for Te Rangaihi Reo Māori.

Nicole

I was listening to this playlist as I did my groceries at 12 today 👌

Kimberley

I kōrero Māori mātou ko tōku whanau. Ko te kaupapa kōrero ko ngā tino whakataukī.

Tuehu

We are Te Rito Ora, a community breastfeeding service out in Counties Manukau based in Lambie Drive. To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, we would like to share our karakia before our kai and finish with a waiata.

Te Rito

Ka Pai! An excellent korero at our work tima hui, where we heard a few folk test their kupu te reo with a pepeha !

Dan

At St Joseph's School in Hastings, all 213 students stopped at 12pm and recited our school Pepeha. In Room 2 some students also completed wordscapes of the legend of Maui and the Sun.

Harata

Kia ora koutou- after practising our mihi, singing a waiata and doing the kahoot quiz - until it got too hard! ! - we relaxed together watching the awesome music video for 35

Regina

We shared karakia and did Herekeke Weaving

Ellen

Kōrerohia te Reo Māori kia rangona ai koe ki te ārero o tō tātou tūpuna. Kei a tātou katoa katoa te haepapa whakahirahira nei Mauri tū, mauri oho, mauri ora

Rihari

I sang the waiata 'E Ihowa, whakarongo mai, ki te tangi o te iwi e, ' to my colleagues and to my class on Zoom this morning for our Koropiko and karakia.

Noeline

Donna

I learned my mihi (I think! ) 🙂

Euan

AKO: Ngā mihi to Whaea Phinia who led us for a Google Meet reo Māori lesson and kahoot

Deidre

93 staff from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research sang the waiata 'Hutia te Rito' virtually together over Teams to mark our Māori Language Moment. It has been described as chaotically beautiful and we think it's just that :)

Manaaki Whenua

Mātakitaki mai ki te akomanga o Te Pītau Whakarei (Māori medium) ki Te Kura Tūwaenga o Whakatū TikTok to 35 - Ka Hao! Ka mau te wehi koutou! !

Erina

We are the Kapa Haka Performing Group from Rosehill School (a special school based in Papakura, Auckland). Our students work extremely hard to learn all of the waiata, actions and haka that go into the performance. The students have found the lock down hard but were overjoyed and very proud of themselves for participating in this nation wide event. I must say that doing this over Zoom was rather challenging, I hope you all enjoy, kia ora to koutou ra manaaki.

Natalie

My son Rikey saying a karakia

Mary

Tena koutou Ko Kannikun tōku ingoa Nō Thailand ōku tīpuna Kei te noho au ki Tamaki Makaurau As a kaiako in Early Childhood Education, my "why" is to include Tikanga and Te Reo Maori in my teaching philosophy and to respect Tangata Whenua and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Reo is such a beautiful language and it is a very important part of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is unique! Especially the waiata always brings tears to my eyes.

Kannikun

We had a matariki moment and had a kaitahi for matariki (and we watched the fireworks put on by Poneke council). Mauri ora.

Bevan

Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise came together virtually to sing our Ko Mātou Ēnei waiata! It was a great opportunity to korikori tinana and celebrate our beautiful indigenous language. We also played a quiz game Tika/Teka using the Zoom reaction emojis and watched the powerful video of SIx60's Kia Mau Ki To Ūkaipō performance at Western Springs featuring Ngā Tūmanako kapa haka. We had over 60 participants on the call at one stage, some from as far away as New York and London. Kia kaha te reo!

leanne

Kia ora, We are the year9 Music, Maori performing Arts, and Performing Arts combined subject class at Kamo High School in Whangarei. We would like to share our moments to patriciate in celebrating Maori language week by doing Mihi in class. Nga mihi, Rebekah Og

Rebekah

Skills Active team took on a Te Reo quiz & got full marks!

Jess

This is my baby’s Eila Tuisafia This was taken for her first time Nationals in Waikato two years ago We are so proud of our girl

Lorelei

At twinkle twinkle early learning centre in Mount Maunganui we read "How Maui Caught The Sun" at mat time.

Tyler

Nga mihi ki a te tangata Māori me te reo Māori.

Kazue

Whakarongo - Listen to Waiata Anthems on Spotify Tākaro - Played online Te Reo learning games Kōrero - performed karakia for our Campus whānau

Jason - Kaiwhakāko o Whare Ono/Cabin 6 Coach

Listened to some reo Māori waiata!

Karen

Kia Ora e te Whānau I had my first attempt at making a tiktok (it was painful! ) lol. Inside of the video I made reference to one of the 5 ways to well-being and the kaupapa for Tuesday is Tukua (Give). Have a wee look. Like Te Reo Māori - we learn by doing! I can only get better! Keep it up famz! Nā Phoenix

Phoenix

Listened to some reo Māori waiata!

Karen

kia ora koe Aotearoa. me mihi ki a koe mo te atawhai ki te taiao me te noho tuawhenua

Etta

Tena koutou katoa. Our team at Busby each kaiako korero their mihi and we sang a waiata together

Goretti

Mauruuru koe Auckland. Ko te mamae mo etahi atu ko te mahi nui mo te aroha. Ka nui te mihi ki a maatau patunga ki te aukati i te covid.

Rosalie

Class singing one of our favourite waiata.

Elaine

Members of Rosehill Special School Kapa Haka group came together to sing waiata. Kia Kaha!

Rachel

At 12pm Riverina School asked our tamariki to pledge they would Ka kōrero ahau and say our school pepeha together. The first time we had 40 join, some arrived later so we said it again with 14 more whānau!

Carol

Kei Reira Ngā Weriweri i te reo Māori I've also uploaded it here with captions https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=mMsCpkivIy0 * Original Author/Illustrator (Where the Wild Things Are): Maurice Sendak * Translator (Te Tumatakuru O'Connell - https://www. linkedin. com/in/te-tumatakuru-o-connell-93333b4)

Vivian

I te rangi nei. . . It was wonderful to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo and the Māori language moment today. Our team from MEA gathered to share how we are applying Te Reo in our daily lives, some of the struggles we have all encountered in learning and speaking Māori and share tips and tricks along the way. Then we tuned into the awesome video Te Taura Whiri have put together and reflected on the journey and struggles we have endured as a nation to keep our language alive. Mean to see 1, 117, 984 sign up for the Māori language moment.

Kaye Marew

Our syndicate joined a team zoom to celebrate our Te Reo moment - a karakia before enjoying some kai.

Sam

Kia Ora - Today I shared my mihi (introduction) on my socials. It’s feels so good to share the aroha and mana of our indigenous language and I can’t wait to learn more. Ko Kerry tōku ingoa Nō Aotearoa, Finland, England ōku tīpuna Kei te noho au ki Tāmaki Makaurau

Kerry

Tēnā tatau, he wā karakia, he wā mihimihi, he wā waiata ā tari o Te Puna kohungahunga ora o Te Tairawhiti, Gisborne Kindergarten Association. ". . . whiua ki te ao, whiua ki te rangi, whiua ki ngā iwi katoa. " #wikiotereoMaori

Christine

This is me studying Te Reo while jamming some sweet waiata!

Phillippa

The tamariki and Kaiako at Edna McCulloch Kindergarten.

Lenore

I ako au i te Kaikōhau me te whakaoti i ētehi mahi e hāngai ana ki te tihiwhekete a ‘Toro mai Te Reo

Phobie

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