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

Singing Hari huritau to one of our centre children turning rima, 5, today.

Andrea

I own a dog walking business and some of my doggy clients speak Te reo! So I thought I’d do a little tutorial for my followers on how to incorporate some Maori words when talking with your fury whanau for Te wiki o Te reo Maori!

Jonathan

Hoka counting in Te reo Māori

Tracey

Kia kaha Aotearoa/New Zealand -standing strong together to support Māori Language Week. Arohanui from Stanmore Bay Kindergarten whanau.

Stacey

Ko tēnei tāku tino waiata Māori.

Janice

For the Māori Language Moment at Ara we played Kahoot - hosted by Tate Tiatia.

Dora Roimata

Just finished a very cool lunch time Te Ao Maori Focus group meeting at BTW Company in New Plymouth - this is our company's 3rd monthly get together which we will continue - group is growing stronger by month. Majority of our group have got involved to learn more about our regions culture, respectfully understand local iwi language and history. Loving the cross culture conversations and learning Te Reo.

Bronwyn

Me singing one of my favourite waiata, He Kākano āhau. This song is quite special to me, because it inspired me to write my own bilingual song, which I released last year during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. I just love the combination of Māori and English which represent the cultures of both my parents, and I especially love the kaupapa of this waiata.

Renee

Ruma tahi worked as team to make a human kiaora sign and are learning the kupu for different emotions :)

Katrina

Kahawai and Paua - E papa waiari rakau waiata

Tracey

I learnt my Pepeha, and also researched where my Maori heritage connects. Am definitely going to continue this research and educate myself.

Robyn

Thank you for a wonderful opportunity of making Te Reo fun and accessible and for the opportunity of learning about Te Reo that goes beyond and deeper than words. It is a very spiritual language. Arohanui.

Cesca

Kaiako at Conifer Grove Kindergarten, Takanini (CMKA) decided to contribute by using sign language to sing our tamariki favourite waiata - Tutira Mai Nga Iwi.

Conifergrove Kindergarten

Haven't played my guitar or sung for a very long time, so felt very rusty, but enjoyed the well known waiata. Blessed to be part of this amazing kaupapa. " Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaao mārama".

Dianna

I have practiced my Mihi Ko Parvati tōku ingoa Nō Īnia me Tāmakimakaurau ōku tīpuna Kei te noho au ki te awa kairangi

Parvati

Our (mostly pakeha) choir sang 4 Maori songs this morning.

Kate

Brody and I read all our Te reo Māori books today! 📚

Hannah

singing Maori songs on Radio Rhema this week. Love singing songs in Maori. We also sing songs in Te Reo at church on most Sunday mornings. Love it!

liz

Kaikarakia with my mokopuna at meal times 💖 my 2 year old moko girl beautifully blesses our kai every evening 😍

Reitini

In this video, I start with a welcome song Tena Koe, then a colour and number song Ma is white, Tahi is one and then I read the the book Kei Hea te Hipi Kakariki? Where is the green sheep. Nga Mihi.

vidya

Photo introducing myself and my daughter :)

Kathy

Kia ora! Taking a moment to learn some Reo in sign language.

helena

Kei te kanikani nga tamariki nohinohi o Te Korowai Whakamana (Te kura o OTAKI) Harikoa te katoa ratou. Ka korero Maori ratou ia ra!

Yvonne

Ka tuku karakia hoki ahau mō taku kai. . . kina. . .

Hiiria

Tēnā koutou e te whānau . . . . . Mahuru Māori 😀

Kahira

Spoke with a friend and shared comments and phrases

Asron

My pepeha.

Jo

I have started to add a mihi or a little bit about myself in te reo maori at the beginning of my workshops.

Tracey

Ruma ono sang the Uenuku waiata :)

Katrina

In our class Zoom today we shared a word in Te Reo Māori that means something to us, we then wrote this word, repeated the word, and challenged our peers to say the word too. We also shared our simple mihi with each other using the reomaori. co. nz video as a guide. We then took part in a Kahoot! that asked kei te pehea koe? KIA KAHA TE REO MĀORI!

Emily

I read this story

Kahu

Our junior team Zoom/zui.

Cerys

Two videos, one is my Pepeha and the other one is me singing the Mo Maria song

Genevieve

Our Year 5/6 students hail from the beautiful alpine surroundings of the Wānaka region. Our waiata acknowledges our maunga - Mount Aspiring, our roto, and the surrounding whenua. In our school, our pod/block names illustrate the learning and growing stages of the kōwhai tree, which we use as a metaphor for our learning journey. We practise as a group once a week. We would like to acknowledge and thank Whaea Mary-Anne Tamati for the mahi she has put into supporting our awesome group!

Wānaka Primary

Today my mum, me (Zameer) and my brother (He has autism) made a video of us saying our names in Te Reo and also my mum said a whakatauki and what the word autism means in Te Reo Maori. Hope you like our video.

Zameer

Our Karakia to start the day.

Tanya

only streaming māori waiata this week

Bev

Karakia I have learnt when I go into the bush.

Sue

Tena koutou whanau, nga mih

Te Pona

I've spent my Maori Language Moment with Whakarongo - listening to this Lorde playlist 😊🎶

Bine

Chris Fleming SDHB CEO shares his mihi as his Māori Language Moment and we encourage everyone to learn and use their #mihi to introduce yourself! #ako #kōrero #MyMihi

Pauline

Kia Kaha Tamaki Makaurau! ! Stay Safe Auckland! We will get through this too!

Uday

This is our karakia mo te kai, as part of our Junior School Teddy Bear's Picnic.

Kiwi 3

Mihi ki Te Atua, Kena koe mihi ki Nga Mate, Haere Haere Haere atu ra Mihi Ki Te Kingi Maori, Kena Koe Te reo Nga Mihi

Mapusaga

Ruma Rima sang waiata, made koru bookmarks and learnt the days of the week :)

Katrina

My beautiful tamariki enjoying tama nui te ra I roto ie te ao maori

Tina

tae atu ki te reo Maori i te mahi - Te rōpu o Chief Engineer a Auckland Transport.

Amanda

Kiaora koutou katoa! This is what i like to do when weaving, learning lots of WAIATA at mo. had to do a couple times as still learning how to use these gadgets , but was doing same thing at 12🤣. am learning Te reo at wananga. can’t wait to see what u have all done, sure much more creative than mine! I praise our ancestors for fighting to have our language taught in our own land, let us not let it be in vain. Te reo is definitely on the rise! let it shine today peeps, Maori and non Maori show case our beautiful language n culture! karawhuia Tatou katoa👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍👍😉😉😎😎😎😎❤️❤️❤️

Moana-lee

Just a quick share of the Community I belong to with some essential items purchased from Celebrate Aoteroa. Teaching simple phrases in Te reo through music and Art.

Mangere

the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Ngā Mātāpono Ngā Mātāpono (English translation) Anei ngā mātāpono taketake a te Rīpeka Whero Te ngākau atawhai, tētahi ki tētahi Te tōkeketanga, ahakoa ko wai Te whakaraupapa, te noho taharua, E kore e whai wāhi atu --- Engari me tū takitahi, me tū motuhake, he tangata tūao Tū ki te Ao, tau ana, he tangata tūao E ō ai rā te kōrero Te Kōtahitanga o te Ao E ō ai rā te kōrero O te Ao katoa (repeat second verse) O te Ao katoa (English translation) Here are the fundamental principles of the Red Cross. With humanity we’re always working together, Working with impartiality no matter who they are. With neutrality staying always with one another, Our compass leads us always in the right direction. --- Allow us to work alone with independence as volunteers, To stand tall to the world with pride as volunteers. Our language is about peace and harmony, For everyone here in this world. Our language is about peace and harmony For the entire world. (repeat second verse) For the entire world.

Mayssaa

This is my mihi and one of the things that I love about te ao Maori is that your name is the last thing you share. Everything else is so much more important.

Emma

We started with a karakia and we had a korero about how we are feeling then moved on to playing Kahoot.

Tanya

Kia Ora

Sam

We had over 100 people from our Junior School join in live on MS Teams to do Karakia and Hīmene and to learn how to introduce their own whānau. It was a great time meeting at 12pm to whakakotahi and to share knowledge. Rawe rawa atu. #ProudMāoriTeacher

Kali-Ann

https://youtu. be/5PJzMFW0td0 sorry before Ki Te Heke Mai

Blair

I actually might sing an waiata that is from my te arawa whanau it is so popular and so far alol all the time I love this waiata tira ko te ata mahina and I love to sing loud

khan

Hari huri tau ki a Alexander Turnbull!

Hiiria

Tēnei te mihi ko te iwi Aotearoa. He pūkana ahau mo te kaupapa i taua wā tonu. Anei he koha mō tēnei kaupapa i te reo Māori matawā. Kia kaha i te reo Māori! ! Bleh! 😝

Derek

I was practising my reo for tonight's lesson while waiting for my vaccination.

Kelly

Tuna ruma. Hoka ruma. Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori kahoot

Tracey

Karakia I have learnt when I go into the bush.

Sue

Kia ora tātou! Ko te hiahia noa ki te whakanui i te ātaahua o to tātau ahurea Māori i tēnei wā. He iti noa iho tōku mōhio ki a au, engari ko tōna tikanga ki a au te ao. E whakawhānui tonu ana ki ōku mātua, ōku tīpuna, tākuta, tīpuna mo to rātau haerenga i roto i te ora. Aroha atu ki a koe katoa! 💕

Christine

32 bubbles from Te Puna Mātauranga and Te Rua Mahara o Aotearoa getting ready to sing Hutia te Rito

Dale

Year 7 & 8's Tikipunga High School, Whangarei

Donna Edwards

Kei konei tōku whānau e waiata ana. Harikoa te ngākau ki te whakakotahi mō te kaupapa nei.

Jamie-Lee

I work for the ministry of health and all staff members got together online to learn and sing both Taku Waka E our own waita and Te Kahu Āhuru Cancer control agencies wiata. At the end of the session we tried to do a karaoke of a cover song in Te Reo, it was so much fun.

Shaneel

This is a Te Reo Kahoot I played with some students from my class :)

Jennie

Our family song Maori Waiata around the TV.

Nicole

My pepeha

Tracey

Unfortunately I could only upload one photo and only fit in half the cards, but I have been endeavoring to learn New Zealand place names, girls and boys names, greetings, terms of praise and introductions in Māori!

Leigh

A moment on the gold coast

Rose

Our tamariki love to learn their colours in Te Reo through this song.

Maria

Took part in our Ākona programme

Barry

I shared a small work out in Te Reo

Holly

Anei ngā kapa haka e rua o Te kura waenga o Tirohanga ara Ngā iti rearea me Tirohanga. E waiata ana rātou i te waiata o te kura.

Tui

I greeted and farewelled someone in Te Reo and also wroye some reo words in an email.

Sarah

I have enrolled in Te Pokaitahi Reo level 3 with Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi to rekindle my reo journey. As a part of my journey, we've been working on our pepeha and I acknowledge that it still needs some work but it's definitely a start in the right direction. In this video, I am practicing my pronunciation.

Leonie

Shared history of Te Reo with my ProCare whanau

Jackie

Māori made fun

Louise

We are singing along to Purea Nei a waiata by Hirini Melbourne that speaks of the rain cleansing the world allowing our spirits to soar.

Doris

My tamaiti, Beau, and I reading through our Māori vocabulary books. We have been practicing body parts! He is 14 months old

Lisa

WACT Rotorua Staff #reomāori

Hayley

Kia ora e te whānau, We got together in the back office of the Newtown Library and learnt how to sing the Wellington City Council Waiata; He Tāone Mīharo- A Wonderful City. Kia kaha te reo Māori and kia kaha to all our freinds and whanau in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Zoe

Participated in a organisation wide Hui, hosted in te reo.

Aimee

It is my Pepeha, recorded for our Maaori Language moment as staff at Pukekohe High School!

Callayne

Happy Maori language week team! Haere ra ☺️

Taofi

In our organisation of nearly 200 staff I ha e promoted Te Wiki o te Reo Maori by: - promoting to all staff use of te Reo Maori common daily greetings - providing a guide for the correct pronunciation of te Reo Maori - and use of te Reo Maori terms for common daily items

John

Kei te kōrero ahau ki te tama i te reo Māori i te Karere. . . .

Ruth

During these times, where we are conscious of Covid19 Delta variant we come together through a whole school google meet to sing Karakia - Pou hihiri Ko te waiata tuatahi Ko Ngāti Raukawa Mātou. Ko te waiata tuarua ko Te Aroha. Ko te waiata tuatoru, E toru ngā mea.

Tipene

kei te whakarongo ahau ki ngā waiata reo Māori

Tipene

This is my Pepeha. 🙂

Heather

Our whanau sang Tutira Mai Nga Iwi with Te Taua Moana (New Zealand Navy Marae) . As a whanau we learnt the actions taught by Caleb Kutia and together with many others sang via zoom

Donovan

I linked with my work colleague on Teams and we shared and practiced our te reo list of kupu and phrases. We ended by singing a himene. I watched the video on Maori language moments from 1972 - great progress but more to do - keep going and kia kaha.

Wayne

Today Ra and Mel connected though video call to plan and evaluate for the tamariki :)

Melanie

Today I learnt my mihi --- lot's of practice on my pronunciation needed however I am on my way! Ka Pai

Jenny

When I was 15 my much loved cat died after a long and healthy life. I buried him at the home I grew up in and planted a totara tree to be nourished by him. Years later, after both my parents had died, the time came to sell this place and, with the help of a friend I took some cuttings from the totara, now nearly five metres tall, to take with me. All but one died, and the new owners cut down the totara I had planted in order to build a deck. So this small seedling is my personal treasure and connection back to a time of both sadness and hope, Held by my feet and the earth I offer a karakia of hope and endurance over this still small form, for all that may feel lost and all that is still with us, even if only as tiny seedlings.

Roland

Level 2 still working from home singing to Ka Hao - 35. ka pai

Rochelle

Kia ora, Ko Tiia Cooke toku ingoa

Tiia

I used to know all the names for these pictures in Maori. I clearly need to keep practising. Maori language week has given me the motivation to do so. I am also trying hard to learn the name of the native trees in my area. A wee challenge for me in Lockdown 4.

Michele

Our Whānau at Leadership NZ used the fun ako interactive gaming tool - reo Māori Kahoot - to practice te te reo Māori and build connection, understanding and learning between us.

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Maori Languge Moment 2021

Our Whānau at Leadership NZ used the fun ako interactive gaming tool - reo Māori Kahoot - to practice te te reo Māori and build connection, understanding and learning between us.