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

Pakipaki tamariki ma👏

Julia

Today, we listened to the Maori Legend, Mana's Great Fish. Afterwards, we talked about the story and how it is significant to New Zealand. It was great to share this story!

Julie

Kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa! Don’t die like the octopus, die like the hammerhead shark!

Anthony

I held an awesome little session at my early learning centre where I introduced ngā tamariki to the Māori Language Moment event and talked about my own learning journey with te reo and how I really want to improve. We did some counting, greetings and then sang our favourite waiata. 'Kina, Kina! ' followed by 'Pakeke mai o mati mati' and 'Nau mai, haere mai'. Ngā tamariki really enjoyed our session and did such an awesome job with their kapa haka! This was followed by joining together to say our karakia for kai. I'm really looking forward to building onto this special 'moment' and supporting ngā tamariki, kaiako and centre on our respectful bicultural journey.

Darlene

Ki tōku kāinga i waiatatia "Tūtira mai ngā iwi" e tokowhā ngā tāngata. Ko māua ko tōku tāne, ko tā maua tamāhine, ko tāna tama hoki. Tokotoru ngā whakapapa! Ka pakipaki te pēpi!

Adrienne

kia ora

Tahi mary

Our Year 8 students from St Anne's Hato Ani Catholic School in Manurewa, Te Manurewa o Tamapohore. Here they have learnt their Pepeha and confidently can share with their whanau and then sing a waiata to tautoko. The beautiful background is display made by our staff to tautoko our students to tu whakahihi. TUMEKE! !

Joanna

Roimata Maihi Pepeha

Roimata

Here at Zenders cafe and venue in Hamilton , we are encouraging our customers to order coffee in Te Reo #zendersnz

Zenders

I opened my meetings with a whakatauki

Lucy

Sharing Reo Maori moment with my mokopuna

Raewin

Tamariki in Ruma rima at Te kura o Mangatangi made bookmarks.

Katrina

Master Plumbers and Masterlink Wellington staff gathered for a shared lunch to welcome new staff and celebrate a birthday. Whakarongo ki te waiata : We listened to songs in te reo Māori - including Rā whānau ki a koe (Happy Birthday to You)!

Jo

Kia kaha i te reo Māori i te Ao Māori. Nau mai ha'ra mai nga te tima ki THINKHauora o Ōtaki

Barbara

Our team started with a waiata we listened too, we each shared a Maori proverb thatvresonated with us and why then clised with a karakia.

Tracy

Kia ora! ! St John's School in Mairangi Bay held a entire school zoom meeting - 253 joins! (some were families). This is nearly the whole school. We are so proud of them. We had 2 senior students start the event, speaking te reo, following by waiata for 63 minutes. It was ka rawe! ! ! Ngā mihi nui ki a koe, fantastic event! ! !

Paula

I did my first Mihi when doing an introduction to a workshop at work today: Ko Claire toku inga Ko Aoraki te maunga No Otautahi ahau

Claire

Korero- We greeted eachother and asked how we were doing during our online Pangarau Zoom Class

Candice

Pūāio Kararehe ki tō mātou akomanga Teina Wharekura o Te Rito. E whakarongo ana, e ako ana, e mahi ana i roto i te reo Māori! #kiaitatōkumauri

Roimata

Our team came together (virtually) to celebrate the Māori Language Moment. Here's a shot of our team connecting digitally to celebrate all things te reo. We sung waiata, introduced ourselves in Māori, heard a few people share a mihi or pepeha, and even opened and closed the kōrero with karakia. Everyone had an amazing time embracing the language!

Cheryl

Today during the Māori Language Moment, the Techspace team recited a kaikōhau. We learned that when you say it, you are welcoming all things that are good and wishing for them to be plentiful in times to come. While the kaikōhau is often said during Matariki celebrations, it can be used in many other situations – including at work!

Melanie

I enjoyed Kapa Haka

Natalie

I read one of my son’s favourite books to him in Te Reo.

Maria

Kia ora, I will be recording a mat time for the whole community in our centre, sharing Maori myths through a story and other kiwi written books and practicing our the red through flash cards with pictures :) <3

Jo

I tūtaki mātou ko tōku Māmā, ko tōku taokete mō tētahi kawhe ki te kōrero Māori. I kōrero Māori mātou mō ngā haora e rua! Ka poho kererū ahau!

Kara

Papatuanuku - mother earth

Alafale

Kia ora tatou Today our staff met at midday to celebrate te reo and to be a part of the Moment 2021. We sang waiata - He Honore and Te Aroha, and then learn the kaikōhau from Matariki. We discussed other learnings for the future and will be learning a new waiata tomorrow. Yesterday, we opened Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori with an opening karakia for the week, sang waiata. Loving the mahi whakawhanaunga :-)

Mihi

At BTW Company we have established a Te Ao Maori Focus Group. Today to celebrate we sung waiata during our lunch break and undertook a Te Reo Maori quiz.

Cam

Just starting with thing as simple as greeting or thank you - changing my voicemail from 'Hi' to 'Kia Ora'. I do know a few terms, picked up from previous colleagues and even my daughter, as they are learning a bit in kindy as well. Find it to be a very fascinating language. Keen to learn more :)

Michelle

Ruma tahi at Te kura o Mangatangi making a human 'kiaora'!

Katrina

Kaihautu Putiki being taught how to wear his tihi runga by his tuahine nui ready for today's te reo māori challenge.

Erihapeti

Staff playing te reo Māori music in the Sarjeant Gallery shop

Te Maari

I am practising my pepeha for tonight’s te reo level 1 Maori course at selwyn college in Kohi. Awesome course for those who want to learn

Sheena

My Y10 Japanese class brainstormed Japanese + Te Reo words using Te Arapū Māori today at 12pm (14 Mahuru)

Fiona

We played a quilzet live game using Te Reo Numbers and I we said our pepeha to each other

Hilary

We all learned a new word in Te Reo and shared it on the call

Sally

I have created a maths lesson on using kowhaiwhai to teach translation, rotation and reflection using koru, kape and mangopare.

Ginny

Joined in Michael Steedman's waiata class for national te reo moment at UoA

Polona

Maori Language Moment 2021 Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

Rameka

made taonga with maori group

skye

Te kēmu Kahoot, i roto te reo Māori.

Donna

The longest Place Name - Give it a go!

Gurjeet

My tuakana Alex and I singing Tua by Stan Walker. Not perfect on the reo, but ka haere tonu.

Isaac

My team did a Maori topics / Te Reo quiz, which involved having a go at pronouncing some words. We also did the Stuff '3-strikes' quiz, where we needed to put numbers from tahi to tekau in order.

Rachel

Our kapa haka roopu performed Putiputi, E minaka ana and he honore together on zoom.

Adam

We tested our knowledge with a Kahoot, alongside some kōrero online!

Billie

Kia kaha te reo Māori. Staff at the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui singing waiata.

Te Maari

Happy Maori Language Week 2021! My page "Bigfoot Music" is all about celebrating music ("puoro"), people ("tangata"), and legacy ("taonga tuku iho"). Kia Ora!

Andy

Ruma tahi at Te kura o Mangatangi acting out emotions to match the kupu.

Katrina

Our class has been working on emotions. when we get back from lockdown, we would like to ask each other how we are feeling when we do the roll and be able to answer. A step up from Morena and Kia Ora. This is Zoe's amazing stop motion.

Gail

We celebrated as an organisation (The Mind Lab) by bringing everyone together for some waiata, tākaro and ako!

Tim

I sang along with the whole waiata "Waikato Te Awa". Kia kaha te reo Māori! Athena

Athena

It is our morning ritual where we come together as one to bless our day. Ko te ahurei o te tamariki arahi o tatou Mahi.

Best Start Lynmore

I paanui tahi maaua ko to tooku kuia i te pukapuka Noou te ao! Na Dr Seuss i tuhi, naa Matua Hemi Kelly i whakamaaori. Ko teenei tetehi o aku tino pukapuka. Waru marama aku pakeke, he maahanga au, ko Mawhai Aspinall tooku ingoa. I te moe taku teina a Karioi. Ko taku wawata kia kore haere au ki te Kohanga, ki te piritata ki tooku kuia ia raa no te mea kaha tooku kuia ki te panui i ngaa pukapuka whakamiiharo i au. Ka panui tooku mama, me aku tuahine i ngaa pukapuka e rata ana ki a ratou. - Na tooku maamaa i waihanga i ooku whakaaro kia maarama koutou. Naa Mawhai Aspinall Ngati Porou, Waikato

Mawhai

We love waiata!

Claire

we have been learning the song Pepeha by six60 at Waipawa Kindergarten

sue

Wesley Primary School celebrating Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori Online ! Check out our dance and song lessons by our kapa haka leader Justin. Nga mihi nui

Joseph

We had a Term Hui at midday. 59 students took part. We started with our Kura karakia and then watched the māori moments video followed by the Kaiāhau video. We all then said this.

Karen

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Elizabeth

Reading a book to my son, introducing him to the te reo words for different colours.

Hadassah

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Maori Language Moment 2021. 22 members of our Wingate Team joined in and learnt and shared their own pepeha.

Rameka

E mihi ana ki a koutou! At the height of our meeting we hit 205 of you to share in our moment! Thank you so much

Rudog

My Pepeha. I try to incorporate Te Reo more in conversation at home and work.

Ana

Te Kura o Aorere joined in after some encouragement! This is our school haka.

Erihapeti

Staff at the Sarjeant Gallery singing waiata. Tu meke!

Te Maari

Whero and Kowhai Room from Little Wonders St Kilda singing and dancing together!

Sandy

Kia Ora e te whānau I have taken part in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori week by writing up small kupu on post-it notes and popping them on items in the office. On the front part of the note is the english kupu (word) asking for people to have a go at what the kupu may be. On the back is the kupu in Māori with a phonetic breakdown of the kupu :) Happy learning everyone. Nāku noa nā Phoenix

Phoenix

I kōrero Māori au mō kotahi hāora i tēnei rā! Ko tāku whainga, ka kōrero i te reo mō te hāora neke atu i te rā ia rā.

Jeanette

Shared our mihis within the office! Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori!

Ruby

Ruma ono at Te kura o Mangatangi singing 'Uenuku'

Katrina

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, SpinPoi (www. spinpoi. com) and the Auckland Council Albert-Eden Local Board teamed up to host a Zoom poi session for community leaders in tamaki makaurau. We twirled our poi to the bi-lungual waiata "Spin Your Poi" and focused on learning the kupu as we spun.

Kate

My kids learnt some Maori colours, They had lots of fun doing this activity. My daughter Taniya is 9years old and goes to papatoetoe central school and my son Tristan is 3years old goes to Little feet child care centers.

kasturi

The Whare at Te iringa o Kahukura

Craig

Tēnā koutou o Mauritau, nā koutou ngā akoranga Pūāio Kararehe i whakairi ki te Hōngere Tiriata a Mauri Tau. Ko mātou o ngā Teina Wharekura o Te Rito tēnei e whakarongo ana, e ako ana i roto i te reo rangatira x

Roimata

Karen (MCK) and Hilary (MAH) Kei te kōrero pepeha kōrua

Hilary

Every day I write a little something to go with a meme from Bible. com - which now includes Māori as a language hallelujah! This week I am using te reo Māori as well as English! I have people all around the world who read my ‘blog’! “Kahore he mataku i roto i te aroha: engari ka maka te mataku ki waho e te aroha ina tino rite; no te mea he mamae to te mataku. Ko te tangata hoki e mataku ana, kahore ia i tino rite i roto i te aroha. ” 1 Hoani 4:18 MRI1952 Kahore = not/no Mataku is afraid, wehi is fear, Aroha is love Love means safety, acceptance, value - everyday! (SAVe) - no fears there! When you offer “SAVe” to the people around you as much as you care for yourself - that is what mature love looks like! I am in my second term of lessons! A lot more needed…

Deb

I shared my mihi with my Scholarship Geography class to see if they could guess where I was born. One knew that Otepoti was Dunedin! They giggled a bit at my pronunciation BUT practice makes perfect! !

Nicholas

Anei ta matou tamariki o Bizzy Bodz Early Learning Centre. E waiata ana ratou me waiata ringa/NZSL te himene ko Wairua Tapu. Nga mihi

Tania

Read in English and then in Maori - Ko Te Pukapuka A Moromona - He Whakaaturanga Mai Ano Na Ihu Kairaiti Felt a wonderful wairua and hope to learn te reo as I continue to read a chapter each day both in English and in Maori.

Te Puhi

The whare at Te iringa o Kahukura

Craig

Matching pikitia with kupu - learning about kai.

Louise

Our reo moments! !

Terry

i tiimata taku ata i te whakaahua i aku kare a roto i te reo

Nicola

Happy te wiki o te reo Maori

Jessie'raine

This Waiata is about faith, hope and love, Aotearoa needs all of these right now. I’m so excited that Te reo Māori is being spoken more and more. This Waiata is my mana tangata to Te wiki o Te reo Māori 2021.

Rachel

This afternoon I did karakia mō te kai with a friend while we were at lunch :)

Pohio

One of our students Mr T put together a video clip of our waiata. He really enjoyed making it! He has the great voice in the clip. Tu meke! ! !

Kim

I went into the community to encourage everyone to speak to reo today! It has been very well received. Yay

Stacey

Tēnā homai te kuri

Isabel

Kei te ako ahau te karakia mo taku karaehe.

jade

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

Takaro keemu: Maui, Matau Mahunga ki runga, Mahunga ki raro

Nathan

Playing horu hupu at school.

Louise

Ko Te iringa o Kahukura ko te korowai matauraka ō tātou tīpuna. (May the cloak of education, bestowed by our ancestors, shelter us at Cashmere High School. )

Craig

Active explorer sand reo maori with our lovely tamariki ❤️❤️

Konica

I joined the Maori Language Moment today with my colleagues virtually to listen and hopefully learn some of the basics of the Maori language.

Jayson

I kōrero māua ko taku hoa i runga i te wāea pūkoro mō taku wero arai mate korona i au i te whare rongoa ki te pokapū o te taone o Pōneke. Ko te mea kē i rongo katoa ngā tāngata i reira i te reo e kōrerotia ana.

Adrian

Ko Te Kura o Maketu e tū atu nei, e mihi nei ki tō tātou reo ā kui mā, a Koro mā.

Robyn

We came together to sing a one of our favourite waiata which was often sing on session - Kina Kina

Emma

Every hui we open with a karakia and people take turns to read or recite a karakia we have been learning. We also practice a waiata.

Leanne

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Maori Languge Moment 2021

Every hui we open with a karakia and people take turns to read or recite a karakia we have been learning. We also practice a waiata.