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

We are in Level 4 lockdown so we have a video for all our whānau to play at 12pm in their own homes. In the video, whānau can join in with a karakia that we say frequently at school and then they can sing along with 'Pēpeha" by Six60.

Victoria

Tēnā homai te kuri

Isabel

What did we do with our moment?? After starting the day with some gentle Waiata Māori Anthems: • Te Utu o Te Aroha, Louis Baker • Aho / Beams, Anna Coddington We moved with Hikitia te Hā (https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=VVAiH1eawno) Then at 12:00 We practiced pronunciation: whakarongo / pānui / kōrero / waiata A ha ka ma: We learnt a kaikōhau – an expression of hope in te reo Māori: whakarongo / titiro / pānui / kōrero Nau mai ngā hua Nau mai ngā pai Nau mai kia nui Kia hāwere ai Welcome all things that have grown Welcome all things that are good May they be plentiful and abundant We listened to a karakia: whakarongo Aio ki te aorangi, written by Kahurangi (Dame) Rose Rangimarie Turuki Pere Kia tau te rangimarie May peace prevail Aio ki te Aorangi Aroha ki te aorangi Koa ki te aorangi Pono ki te aorangi Kia tau te kahukura Te wairua kore here te kawe i te tika me te pono We listened to a waiata and sang along: whakarongo / pānui / waiata Six60: Pepeha

Moana

Doing my bit as the teacher of Room 3 - learning how to greet in Te Reo Maori.

Julie

Waiata for our tamariki

Nicky

I have begun the journey

Rosalie

Kia ora! Our team kaiako shared a zoom video with our centre singing favourite waiata and finishing with our centre kai karakia! Nga mihi nui CDELC Team

Jill

I kōrero matou i te reo māori ! We are a group who are doing He Pii Ka Pao - Te Ara Reo Māori at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Whangārei this year. Two of us are medical students and two are Physicians working at the hospital. He pai te kōrero. :)

Allie

Really good idea, nice to hear a waiata and see all the different learning tools available to me.

Christine

Its a beautiful language just like any native language you feel the Mana and Aroha Its a emotional language especially the mihi. I remember the words of a kaumatua before the mihi he reminded our whanau from the Moana no to whakama when you make a mistake Arohamai this is my presentation this morning and so proud to be able to embrace the Reo Nga . Mihi

Heihufe

Whaikingi = chess Kingi = king Kuini = queen Pihohopa = bishop Toa = knight Patuwatawata = castle/took Kaihapai o = pawn Whakamiere = checkmate Whakangungu = defend Mu = draughts board

Quinny

Each akomanga learnt the TikTok for "Ka Hao" and together we had a kanikani ending with our haka, Aha Ngapuhi! We went live on our school Facebook page at 12pm to share this with our wider whānau.

Ngā Rau Rangatira

I used my Māori Language Moment today to write my pepeha. I am just at the beginning of my Te Reo journey and it felt like a good place to start!

Caroline

#kiakahachallenge

Pam

We joined in celebrating a #māorilanguagemoment by learning our mihi.

Elise

I made a slide for my Te Reo lesson with my nephew Boston. We are adding new slides, one for each day this Maori language week.

Michele

We started learning the kupu for this waiata when we came back to school last Thursday. Our kaiako thinks we have done a pretty outstanding job. Ka wani kē Kārearea Room 9.

Lana

In my te reo class today, we talked about children being our future, the ones who take forward the things that are precious to us, our customs, our histories, our language, our ways of being. I feel humbled that my three boys are so welcomed and understood on marae, including their sometimes questionable behaviour! I also believe we all need to take responsibility to be leaders of our collective futures. To engage and connect with our communities, to learn and be open to the possibility for change, to know who we are and where we come from, our family history and how it relates to our wider society. I want to take responsibility for my children's future until they can step into my shoes. That's why I volunteer so many hours for The Opportunities Party, TOP. I was freaking out about the future for my children and their peers until I found TOP. With their proven, rather than popular or ideological, policies, I believe we can move Aotearoa New Zealand forwards. So I choose to support the party I want to see in parliament, not the party I think is going to win. It's not a horse race, after all. It's for our collective future. Let's all be the leaders of tomorrow.

Naomi

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

Kia ora Aotearoa. For Te Wiki o te reo Maori I have written out all the names of my the things in my whare. Arohanui Chris Udy

Christine

The mokos recite karakia mo ngā kai. We ask and patai answer he patai We play our Takaro kemu, whilst listening to waiata anthems. Kia ora.

Terry

We are Hato Pio Tuangahuru, St Pius X Catholic School in Ngā Motu.

Megan

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

Kei te akona te reo e māua, nō reira kei te mau māua i tēnei wero. Kua mihi māua ki te hapori o Pukehuia i te Pukamata o Te Pokapū Hapori o Pukehuia (Newlands Community Centre).

Pippa

The Kakano class are doing their Whakatauki every day and always greeting using the reo Maori 🤗

Heather

Concentrating to sing "Ūpoko, pakihiwi, puku, hope, waewae" at The Mind Lab Waiata practice.

Milla

I am learning a new phrase/ sentence every day that I would use in my every day life. For Monday 13 September my phrase I learnt was "Kei a koe te tikanga".

Naomi

Ka whakarongo maua, ka pānui maua, ka waiata maua. My friend and I listened to Lorde's Te Ao Mārama and sang along to it so we could practice our pronunciation. Couple of stumbles here and there, but we are loving the learning process!

Ashleigh

Te kura o Hato Mikaere were unable to get together today due to level 2 restrictions so instead each class participated in the Māori Language Moment by singing a waiata or by korero Māori. The youngest members of our school answered, Kei te pehea koe? The middle and senior school sang a waiata. The senior schools waiata was The Lord's Prayer in Te Reo Māori.

Rachael

Kia ora koutou katoa today at 12pm I participated in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021. I listened to and sang waiata and learnt kupu through korero and playing an online game learning colours, animals, fruit and vegetables and vocabulary. My personal whakatauki - "Aroha mai, aroha atu"

Whaea

I am doing the maori lord prayer that my whaea koka huia beattie and my koro pihopa Brown turei composer

khan

We joined together at 12pm and did the Te Reo Kahoot. It was so much fun and highly competitive 😊

Sarah

Ko Hilary taku ingoa, I whakarongo ahau ki nga waiata Maori i Spotify!

Hilary

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

We are learning a karakia for kai, so we can say karakia every day before morning tea and lunchtime.

lisa

For this year’s moment, my son Asher (8) and I played ‘Guess Who?’ using te reo Māori!

Amy

My pepeha.

Laura

Today we’re learning about the NZ wars and we have been learning about the different tribes and chiefs

Lucia

I listened to Six60's beautiful waiata - Pepeha. I then took the time to practice my own pepeha and reflect on my whakapapa.

Libby

Broadwood Area School students playing a math game "Stuck in the Mud" i te reo Māori.

Wikarena

I noho mokemoke au I te kainga. Hei aha! Ka taea tonu e au te whakanui I te reo ki te kainga. Ānei he waiata!

sonia

Me and my brother had a little conversation

Issy

Here is a video i shared with our ece group via story park encouraging our tamariki and whanau to Kani Kani and waiata along!

Nicky

Our Year 2 whanau came together over Zoom and sang some Māori waiata and then shared a sign in te reo Māori they had made.

Paula

This Coromandel Area School students performing 2 x waiata ringa.

Nane

Kia ora! Ko Tiehika toku ingoa, for this language moment I went to my iPhone settings > General > Text replacement and changed some of my commonly used words to the Reo word! For example, when I type 'dance' now, my phone auto-corrects to kanikani! I also signed this petition to change our official name to Aotearoa! ! https://www. maoriparty. org. nz/nz_to_aotearoa

Sunny

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

Kia ora Aotearoa! Nö Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Hiringa mātou. Kia kaha te körero i te reo Māori!

Te Ata

Students were reading about Taniwha with the teacher through google meet.

Aminah

Reflected on our visit to Owharoa Falls -A hidden gem. I pondered on how Te Reo is like the spring. . . . It revives Nature, It awakens the atmosphere and protected by its surrounding. Our reo revives us, brings life to our being and protected by us in ways of passing it down to generations to come.

Malaea

Kia ora, Since about March, a few of my year 5 & 6 students and I have been working on kakahu for use in our school production. The pink and blue/brown ones were for lead characters and the other 4 were for a group of storytellers. The storyteller kakahu are in the house colours for our school and we are hoping that they will be used by our house leaders in the future. I had never made kakahu before but have found a very generous and supportive community on facebook called Korowai for Beginners, so have taught myself while teaching the students. We hope to name and bless the kakahu once we are allowed back at school in level 2. Nga mihi

Morag

Team tui pikatia! Mīharo e te whānau!

William

Tēna koutou e te whānau - Learning a new kai karakia and cards. Also watched the Youtube video. Ka rawe. Kia haumau e te whānau. Arohanui

Pam

Students sharing their moment.

Julie

Ka waiata tatou! Ka pānui ahau ki te whānau mahi - "Te Anuhe Tino Hiakai".

Jennie

Learning how to download the Maori keyboard on my computer so I can add macrons. Yay!

Heidi

Students going online at home and learning Te Reo Maori.

Julie

This is a cut down clip from a reading lesson today with a group of level2 students in which I shared a L1 story in te reo Māori. My learning outcome was to practice speaking Māori in sentences, paying particular attention to unfamiliar words, sounds (e. g. ngā), and macrons (tohutō), to improve my fluency. I am also reinforcing to ym ākonga (students) that repetition/ practice is a vital part of the learning process.

jeremy

Ko Te hau Taku Hoa

Annie

Twelve of us got together and sung our hearts out (on mute ;)), read and listened along to Six 60's beautiful waiata, Pepeha. A few of us early in our te reo haerenga shared our pepeha and we got a great top tip about how we can change text on our phones to automatically convert words you know to te reo. It was a beautiful, funny, and educational moment coming together to celebrate and help us all learn more so we can really embrace te Reo Maori. Plus in lockdown, singing together (even silently) really lifted the spirits - kia kaha te reo Maori!

Natalie

Karakia I say when I go into the bush

Sue

Wakefield School (Totara 1 & 2) will kōrero, whakarongo, ako, tākaro, pānui and waiata. "All our students have chosen one aspect to focus on - some are saying their pepeha, some are listening to people talk in Te Reo, some are learning new words, some are playing games that use the language, some are reading books that contain Te Reo and the English translation and some are singing some songs in Te Reo. :)"

Bek

Singing my daughters FAVOURITE waiata with her. . . . :)

Misty

Attended online lesson with practise

Connie

Our Preschool children have been learning about the different colours in te reo maori. Together we sang one of our favourite songs.

Melissa

My 6 year old helped us all count to 10 at midday today. Ngā mihi, Kia kaha te reo māori.

Eleanor

Today I had done my pepeha to represent myself and my maori side. :)

Carsyn

We learned and played Pukana in our class.

Room 17

We took some time to share a waiata (one we are learning).

Sarah

We learned Te Karakia O Te Atua, the Lord's Prayer, in te reo to sing at our church. We are pleased to offer it here as we celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori - Hugh & Fi

Hugh

E rere was written by Morvin Simon as you can hear by the lyrics - it is about Te Awa Tupua. One of our favorites

Jigsaw

Ko Waiorongo Morehu-Isaacs tenei. E 4 ona pakeke. Kei te Kohanga Reo o Te Puawaitanga ia i tēnei wā. E whakatauira mai ana ia I tētahi karakia mo te kai. 💗💗 💗💗 Mauri Ora!

Mahinarangi

Submitted two tasks to my correspondence school kaiako, including complaining about a phone service in Te Reo!

Jo

Nga mihi, nga mihi, nga mihi to all our tamariki, whanau and kaiako who joined in for our Maori Language Moment today. We had 15 people in total join our Zoom and sing a waiata together at 12pm. Ka rawe! Kia kaha te reo Māori! Kia kaha Aotearoa!

Ruth

At Laugh. Observe. Learn we sung waiata - Kapokapo Whetū Iti and some tamariki participated in mirimiri through rongoā. The tamariki have been practicing this waiata every day and it has now become part of their daily routine at lunch time, making it a very special song to them. We have all enjoyed being part of this Māori Language Moment!

Wendy

Kia Ora

Misha

At 12 noon on Tuesday, 14 September, individuals from the class went online at home and choose an activity to enable us to learn Te Reo Maori. we will continue this week and learn more.

Julie

Our team gathered together on zoom to listen to Stacey Morrison's Up to Speed with Pepeha podcast episode and then each shared their own pepeha.

Sarah

The Learning Castle teaching team came together via 'teams' call. The video begins with our national anthem following which the teachers shared waiata that they enjoy singing with our tamariki.

Kalpana

Kura Iti this week has made Rakau Sticks out of magazines and has been practicing E papa waiari.

Caroline

Our Toddlers love singing Kei te Peke Ahau and doing the actions

Melissa

We started our Zoom session with Whakarongo. We listened to 'Wairua' just to keep our Wairua up wile in lockdown!

Candice

We learnt this game at a teachers hui, have adapted it in our class, added new kupu and love the challenge and laughter that come with it.

Rebecca

Today, I made the Maori fried bread for the first time. I am so chuffed that it came out so perfect and yummy. I did this video and added recipe separately for my tamariki at my ECE kura in Auckland together with other activities was we are still in level4 lockdown. I had fantastic feedback from my colleagues and parents.

Sally

We have been learning to count to 100 in Te Reo Maori as part of our Maths lesson. We're getting really good.

jo

Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi (One language is never enough) Year 13 French explained Māori in French.

Debbie

Kanikani " Te iwi e "

Meila

At Fire and Emergency New Zealand, we organised an online hui with a Kaiako, for all our people to learn more about the history of karakia and the meaning behind our organisation one.

Caitlin

Kua panui ahau he karakia kai at a Hamilton Catholic Cathedral Feed the Hungry community service.

Christina

Kia ora, This is me hikoi i te korero. I asked the students at school (via seesaw cause wer're still in lockdown) to sing along with Pepeha by Six60 and record themselves singing and giving their own pepeha. I gave them an example, but this my te wa tuku reo. Nga mihi

Morag

I learned a karakia mō te kai. I even did a video but couldn't upload it. 😟

Sally

Ko mātau ngā kaimahi o Tāmanuhiri Tūtū Poroporo Trust, te tarati o te iwi o Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, nō Te Tairāwhiti. Hai whakanui i te rangaihi reo Māori, i kanikani Tik Tok mātau, e whakanui hoki i te tira waiata Ka Hao. Kei te haraki! Kia manawanui mai, koinei tā mātau Tik Tok tuatahi :P

Lewis

This is the song Pepeha by Six60. I have done a cover of it with my ukulele. :-) I hope you enjoy! ! !

Jaime-Rea

i haere au ki te whakauru ki nga waiata e te wharepukapuka. Ae, ka pai.

Marileen

I tēnā rā ki noho kainga au ki te ako te reo māori. (He huitopo tēnei)

Meg

My pepeha shared online due to lockdown and I learnt how to pronounce the words in a language that’s new to me.

Mahaveen

Our work team met online at 12pm to share our mihi. We have all prepared one in the past, but don't often have an opportunity to say it, so it was good to have a chance to practise amongst friends. We also learnt some more about each other, as we each explained why we had chosen the places we referred to in our mihi.

Simonne

We listened to and joined in Six 60's waiata - Pepeha. We discussed what the Te reo words mean and the meaning of the song. We read our Pepha's and then read the book - Kia Ora in English and then in Te Reo - it is about welcoming people to Aotearoa and sharing our kupu.

Jodie

I used a couple different online learning resources for the whole hour and made some progress in learning a few words.

Shane

I shared this photos my 2 year old son he’s turning 3 next month and I teach him how to say those basic words on the photos and I’m glad that he can repeated. Also I encourage him to get to know of basic words in Maori language.

Pafuti

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I shared this photos my 2 year old son he’s turning 3 next month and I teach him how to say those basic words on the photos and I’m glad that he can repeated. Also I encourage him to get to know of basic words in Maori language.