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

I have learned to sing the NZ National anthem in Te Reo Māori. (1st verse) 😃🎶

Gayle

I was playing the Maori sticks at midday today for Maori activity from Hannah young

Hannah

Lip syncing to the national anthem. This morning I spent time singing it in te Reo Maori and learning the accompanying sign language.

Priti

This is one of my favourite songs since I was a kid, thought I'd try tackle it with the ukulele

Stephanie

These are nga waiata I played and sang along with today. Many of the older ones I have known since my teenage years and many are well remembered. All available on u-tube. E Ipo - Prince Tui Teka; Po ata rau; Poi E-Patea maori club; medley -Ngati Kahunganu; Paikea, Ka Panapana, Arohaina Mai, Tama mai -Ngati Porau; Te Hokinga Mai - Pakipaki school; Wairua Tapu - NZ youth choir

Janette

Kia Ora

Misha

The name of the waiata is Tena Koe

Vicki

I practiced how to introduce myself in te reo Māori and listened to Waiata Anthems - Six60, Sons of Zion and a few others in the playlist.

Tina

It is very peaceful and love the playlist

Marlie-Grace

Reading fairy tales in te reo Māori

Isaac

My one of my students suggested a Kahoot. She wrote it for her classmates to whakataetae reo. During the Maori Moment she had difficulty sharing her Kahoot so we used one that I had previously made to practice kupu. We now have several student made Kahoots to try tomorrow.

Kylie

@LearningWorks whānau shared a Māori Language moment virtually. We viewed the Hinewehi Mohi documentary and had some kōrero. Ka pai LearningWorks.

Sandra

Our team got together over zoom and practiced our 'kei te pehea' sentences, building on what we have learnt in Reo lessons this year.

helen

I didn't get to finish the video, sorry! I had a little distraction behind me. I was inspired by a video I watched yesterday and learning colours in sign language in te reo Maori was a lot easier than I thought which is why I wanted to share this. I encourage you to give it a go. Karawhiua!

Stephanie

This song is one of my favourites since I was a kid, thought I'd tackle trying it out with the ukulele :D

Stephanie

I tuhi au he imeera ki te kaiarahi o te reo mo te kura o naku tamahine. I kii atu au ki a ia taku rautaki mo te whakatipu o te tautoko i roto i to taatau kura mo te reo Maori.

Jesamine

I am looking forward to learning how to integrate Maori greetings and sign offs naturally in my conversation and to learning some more phrases every week not just one week a year

Heidi

The tamariki at Little Sparrows from Ruma Tuakana and Teina share a waiata at morning hui

Caroline

Kia Ora Ko Elaine tōku ingoa. Nō Ingārangi ahau. Kei Mauao ahau e noho ana. He hīkoi kurī ahau. Kā tahi anō au ka timata ki te ako i te Reo. The kurī's are becoming fluent in te Reo! !

Elaine

Participated in a workplace Kahoot on te reo

Sarah

We sat together and played a memory card game in Te reo. Fun and learnt some Kupu !

Sheryl

We have learnt and have been practicing this Karakia now for 1 week.

Kimiora

I listened to Hemi Kelly's videos on the Facebook group A Maori Prase a Day.

Keryn

This is one of our favorite waiatas it was written by the late Morvin Simon. As the lyrics say - it is about Te Awa Tupua

Jigsaw

Kia ora koutou. Ko ēnei ngā tauira nā te Kareti kei Waenganui o Murihiku (Central Southland College). We didn't have enough breeze for our beautiful 'Kia kaha te reo Māori ' flag to fly well for our video which is a disappointment. When we got back into our classroom we also listened to 'Pepeha' by Six60 and spoke about the depth of the message of mana as maunga, whanau as waka and aroha as moana. Great lesson today.

Francine

We held a waiata kanikani party at preschool! ! !

Lisa

Tena koutou katoa!

Tama

Kia Ora

Misha

While listening to Six60 Pepeha, our whānau wrote our individual pepeha. With our kids, 10 and 13 year old, we discussed why it's important for us to learn te reo Māori and how it helps us better understand and appreciate the world around us. We also recognised the importance of the connection with our land, which helps us see how it's all intertwined. Great to see our kids thinking about it and relating it to them. With English as my third language, I'm seeing that languages are much more than words. They express beliefs, values, sufferings and joy of a culture.

Blanka

Te Reo Maori is the heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand. We have the obligation to pass it to the next generations.

Yusheng

Miss 8 in the video is explaining that she is making biscuits. Her big sister was baking a chocolate brownie as well and we were listening to our Māori waiata playlist on Spotify. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori 🙌

Stacey

We sang along to the colours song in our Google Meet and then did an activity on Education Perfect to practice the vocabulary.

Merrin

The staff here at MFM Te Reo o Te Iwi, had a bit of a jam session via our Facebook page. Log In or Sign Up to View See posts, photos and more on Facebook.

Te Aroa

Teams Kahoot quiz through workplace!

W

This is our tamariki at kohanga doing their morning karakia.

Sami

We have been learning Te Reo nursery rhymes. This is a snippet of our learning.

Erin

Am an educationist , who would like to provide quality Education to the people who really deserve .

Christopher Benison

I had a face time with my grandson and we enjoyed saying some Kupu with each other.

Michelle

reading a pukapuka to my grand nieces

sarah

Hei ta Ta Himi Henare korero "kua tawhiti ke te haerenga mai kia kore e haere tonu, he nui rawa nga mahi kia kore e mahi tonu ". Otira, kia kaha tatou te kirero Maori ahakoa he iti, he pounamu tonu, kia kaua rawa tatou e moumou nga tupuna kaha ki tenei taonga tuku iho. Na matou te Kapa o Tukua o Punta, kura tuarua o Tikipunga, ki Whangarei.

Te Aomihia

We held a one hour drop-in Teams call, with a Kahoot quiz. Enjoyed listening to some waiata and having a kōrero.

Aaron

I waiata māua, me manawanui, me wairua. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Chris

It is just a little introduction of myself and two phrases that I like to use regularly at mat times with the preschool tamariki I teach😊

Marcella

Greeted team mates with Kia Ora at 12pm meeting.

Amanda

A group of us at Fisher and Paykel have been learning Te Reo. As part of the Māori language moment we had a virtual hui with a Karakia, Waiata and shared our Mihi. This then started conversations about our heritage

Sarah

Kia Ora. . . I learnt a karakia to bless food in Te Reo.

Amita

We sang E Tū Kahikatea and Whakataka te Hau in Kowhai hub at Wharenui School. After, we played Hi Ika with kari o te pāmu and did huawhenua me huarākau word crosses.

Mikayla

I listened to these for 55 minutes. I couldn't find how to upload the other picture of the other list that I listened to. I noted I knew quite alot of the Reo already. I practiced as we whole listening to them. This has helped with my knowledge and my learning new phrases and words. 💜☺️

Tiffani

Taking a moment for Te reo Māori. . . ❤️

Beverley

We are laughing because we both stumbled over the same part. Sometimes you don't get it right the first time! We're having fun with the ups and downs of our learning!

Ashleigh

2DHB (Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHB) Capability Development tīma practised a whakatauki, learned rua waiata and tahi karakia. Tēna rawa Scotty & Stacey Morrison for bringing Tūtawa mai to Aotearoa! Ngā mihinui mahana kia a koutou katoa!

Claire

I have learned some new Maori words and the history of Maori language in NZ

Keryn

My whānau and I sang a couple of waiata at home, to celebrate the Māori language moment!

Jade

This is our Te Amokura waiata, Tera Te Haeata (A new dawn is breaking) and was composed by our Director/Managing Principal Te Rau Kupenga.

Ra

E whakaako ana au i āku akomanga i te reo Māori mai i te poupou o te rā ki te mutunga o te rā. I am teaching my classes in te reo Māori only from midday to the end of the school day.

Vanessa

Hei wānanga mātou nga kaimahi o Brainwave Trust Aotearoa

Marie

Nga mihi o te ra

Matt

He wā ako ki tō mātou puna reo

Rangimarie

Kia Ora Koutou, kei te mātakitaki māua i a Tākaro Tribe. Kia kaha i te Reo Māori Aotearoa.

Geneveive

Teaching my boy a waiata from mahi that we sing with the tamariki

Misty

I’ll learn more Māori kupu

Longdon

In the video i briefly stated that we use this karakia most mornings at the University of Canterbury to start off our day and it is nice for parents and whānau as well. I am at the beginning of my language learning journey and am doing my best to say at least 1 phrase a day to get my confidence up 😊 Ngā mihi, Laura.

Laura

We sang waita at choir this morning. I am going to my Maori language class tonight. I am greeting everyone I meet in te reo. Kia ora

Kate

I tautoko mātou i te kaupapa whakahirahira ki a tātou katoa me pēnei ☺️❤️

Tina

Nga tamariki mai i te Ruma 2 o te kura Cannons Creek. Nga tamariki tena koutou tetahi ki tetahi i te reo Maori.

Ange

We joined in on my daughters kura māori language moment, they sung waiata, whakarongo to the kaiako and ako. It was so great to see so many tamariki take part!

Mai

Tena tatou e te whanau. Please find a video recording of some of our staff at Raukawa Charitable Trust Tokoroa doing a Waiata as part of te reo o te wiki.

Tony

We created a wharewhare kemu (Bingo game) for our department and had 50 people join online for MLM! We have asked teams to continue to play it to get used to hearing the kupu, recognise how ngā kupu are written and pronounced and to increase their confidence, competence and vocabulary while having fun!

Huihann

I learnt some basic Maori greetings and words

Elaine

Here are Matai 5&6 at ACS school listening to Te Reo e nga Pukapuka- He Kuri Kino Koe Flash! Na Ruth Paul I Tuhi.

Maria

Great zoom Waiata session.

Colleen

432 people joined a call to kōrero, share tips and listen to Paige Tapara waiata

Amanda

The Cancer Society Wellington is dedicated to improving cancer outcomes for all New Zealanders and part of this goal includes the day-to-day use of te reo in our organisation. We have Māori staff and management but we specifically wanted our non-Māori team members to lead this kaupapa in an attempt to normalise te reo within our organisation without it being on the shoulders of Māori staff only. Each day this week, we have been learning a new kiwaha, and decided to meet together to learn today's one - Ka mau te wehi - for our Māori Language Moment!

Meghan

I found this website last year and it is fantastic! I have done one each for my tamariki too!

Gina

We held a virtual Te Reo Maori quiz with 20 colleagues across Auckland. It was great to see people learning and engaging while having fun.

Eileen-Rita

Kahoot quiz for work, learning te reo Māori kupu and kīwaha. We also sang some fun waiata together.

Bex

We all got together on Huitopa for a kōrero, a waiata, some kanikani and some takaro. It was ka mau te wehi!

Anna

Nga mihi e te iwi, E noho ana matou ki Tamaki Makaurau, Ko Mikaila toku ingoa me nga atu tangata ki roto i tenei pikitia ko Thayne, Donna, Shontelle and Rhiannon. Nga mea e mahia matou mo te Takitaro wiki o Te Reo Maori: - Learnt a karakia. - Did the Tiktok dance to 35 Ka hao. - Learnt Maori kupu for Items/ Appliances around our Whare. -Donna and Shontelle are enrolling in a Te Reo Maori course. - we downloaded the apps Ako tahi and korerorero to help with our Te reo.

thayne

Te whānau o Ako Mātātupu learned karakia mo te kai (for all those times we get to the kai table first and want to start eating), played he aha tēnei with different Māori kai and watched the incredible reo revitalisation video. Mauri ora!

Ali

I asked my students to speak in Te Reo in response to a question. The question being kei Te pehea koe? Each one had to respond correctly in Te Reo Maori and then we practiced our Te Arapū Māori song.

Lana

Tena koutou katoa, Ko Patricia Moore toku ingoa Ko Ngapuhi me Nga Ruahine me Ngati Pakeha Nga Iwi Mo te nuinga o te wa e noho ana ahau kei Poipiripi, i Ahitereiria, engari kei konei ahau ki Aotearoa mo te wiki o te Reo Maori. Nga mihi nui ki a koutou, nga kaiwhakahaere o te Reo Maori moment! Kia kaha tonu te Reo Maori!

Patricia

Etahi o mātou e waiata ana ki a Alexander Turnbull mō tōna rā whanau.

Hiiria

I listened to Waiata and Karakia and spoke a little te reo. Kia Kaha te reo Maori.

Lynda

This is Hautūtanga - Yr 7 and 8's of Stanhope Road School.

Moey

Hi everybody! My name is Olga Lychagina. I am a part of Mangere East Primary School. I joined the challenge to learn Te reo Maori language. He Huinga Kupu -my word bank journal will help me in my learning. There are some new words in it.

Olga

Congratulating my daughter on her awesome work at Tech : Tau ke o mahi :)

Janet

We got together to ako (learn) and then tākaro (play)! We organised a Kahoot quiz for our whole company.

Bex

Tawhirimatea class practising Kei te pehea koe? Kei te _____ ahau!

Michelle

Our Newtown Kindergarten Pepeha that we perform daily as part of our mat time rituals. Ko Aotea te waka Ko Matairangi te maunga Ko Waitangi te awa Ko Te Ātiawa te Mana Whenua Ko Puna Waiora te hapū Ko Ngake rāua ko Whātaitai ngā kaitiaki Ko Newtown Kindergarten tātaou!

Newtown

I listen Māori songs.

Misha

Our class sung a waiata for our moment. Kia Kaha te reo Māori!

Darren

Kia ora! ! ! I'm still quite a beginner so I mainly wanted to do this waiata and use some of the words I know in Te Reo. Loved being part of this and can't wait to learn more! ! Aroha nui! !

Chiara

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and for our Māori moment Ōtākaro took part in Whakataetae Reo Māori for Kura 2021. We competed against other kura but our main goal was to beat Raupo while developing our reo.

James

Kia Ora This is our kindergarten pepeha.

Kyla

I used greetings on my phone calls and emails today and listening to waiata's on the radio

Susan

I and my son learned numbers or counting in Te reo Maori today.

Alma

This is Room 5 at Newlands Intermediate School singing, Six 60's song, Pepeha. It was a challenge smashing it out in a few days but we loved the process and experience. "Kia mate ururoa, kei mate wheke"

Michaela

I downloaded Kupu and plan to share images with my Veterinary Nursing students that are relevant to their studies.

Holly

Singing with my class of 5 year olds.

Kirsty

I'm absolutely loving the Waiata Anthems at the moment and Six60's 'Pepeha' is miharo! It's getting a lot of airtime in our whare so I thought I'd have a little sing-a-long. I'm not the greatest (Six60 pun right there) and was a little whakama but I thought, karawhiua - give it a go!

Jason

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Maori Languge Moment 2021

I'm absolutely loving the Waiata Anthems at the moment and Six60's 'Pepeha' is miharo! It's getting a lot of airtime in our whare so I thought I'd have a little sing-a-long. I'm not the greatest (Six60 pun right there) and was a little whakama but I thought, karawhiua - give it a go!