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!

2023 2022 2020

Offset linocut for Matariki exhibition at Left Bank Gallery Greymouth. this 1 was sold+ went to Canada.

Nikki

To celebrate Maori Language Week, Room 22 children of Papatoetoe Central School sang waiata and listened to Maori Legends read to them by their class teacher during their Zoom lessons. We had a lot of fun during Maori Language Week.

renu

I taught my Year 0-2 students Ko wai au? They asked each other Ko wai au and responded Ko (their name) ahau. Then I handed out cards with famous cartoons on them and the children practised by pretending they were Spongebob Squarepants or Elsa. They loved it.

Clare

Proud to live in Aotearoa. Im a Chilean and would like to learn Te reo

Cristian

Maori Trivia Quiz

Glenbrae

My Te Reo Level 2 class is usually held at the Te Puke High School but we've had our classes via Zoom during the various Lockdown Levels. This article was in the Te Puke Times issue this week: 16 Sept 2021.

Jenny

Learning Maori words

Glenbrae

Our office team of 8 gathered excitedly! We sang & did the actions for 'Upoko pakahiwi' - some for the first time. We started slowly and got faster - everyone participated and we had lots of laughs.

Susan

At Montessori st Albans Christchurch, we enjoyed celebrating te reo langue week by singing waiata together and practicing actions . We learned new te reo words and practiced these words with our Tamariki each day. We also read many te reo books with our Tamariki and created a Maori inspired craft. These are all activities that we like to do on a daily basis with our Tamariki which it is really exciting for us when we hear the Tamariki using and getting involved in speaking te reo which even our one and two year olds love learning and share their learning of te reo with their community!

Sarah

Kia Ora, I joined in learning our benediction in Te Reo and have mastered it. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa

Alison

Part 2 Taha Māori participants share waiata and kia tau

megan

I te wiki nei, kua mahia e te kura katoa te kanikani whakangāhau, ara, i honohono ai ki "Ka Hao". He waiata nō te haukāinga a Whaea Tarsh, me kī, nō te rohe o Te Whakatōhea me te rohe o Te Whānau a Apanui. This week of te reo Māori, the entire school of Fairfield Intermediate has done a fun dance connected to the song "Ka Hao". A song set in the home town of Whaea Tarsh, Te Whakatōhea and Te Whānau a Apanui.

Tarsh

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, I went to the official reo Maori youtube site and watched about kaikohau, kaitahi, and mihi. From this, I went onto the FaceBook site and wrote part of my mihi. I also researched Maori waiata and watched Stan Walker, Holy Smi2th and Rei all singing in te reo Maori.

David

I work at a rest home and I greeting the residents in Te Reo in the morning, some liked it but some ohhhhh dont talk Maori to me kind of attitude. I personally went to wish them a "Kia Pai Kai Tina enjoy your lunch" and again some thought it was nice but quite a few especially older men, woudl not have it. Sad how they still hold on to this attitude. Every morning I write Ata Marie, or another greeting on the notice board now. I really should learn Maori. . .

adith

That moment in the work te wiki o te reo Māori online scavenger hunt when you have rauangiangi, ngirangira patuero, mātārere, karaihe wāina and pīnati pata within arms reach at your work desk. Priceless.

Phillipa

Kia akohia tētahi karakia ki roto āku hoa mahi o Community Circles Aotearoa. I tukua te ataata ki Pukumata. Ahakoa he hapa torutoru, he pai te ngākau me te manawanui !

Andrea

Ngā mihi te wiki o te reo. Kua akohia tētahi karakia e mātou ko te rōpu Community Circles Aotearoa. I tukua te ataata

Andrea

Tēnā rā koutou katoa! Our students and staff have been celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this week and we got creative while taking part in the Māori Language Moment activity. At 12pm on Tuesday students joined together in their classes to take a moment for te reo - and we even made a fun competition out of it. E mihi ana ki ngā tāngata katoa e whakapono nui ana ki te reo Māori, e ngana ana ki te ako me te kōrero i te reo, waihoki, te tautoko i ngā kaupapa huhua e whakatairanga ana i tēnei taonga kāmehameha ō tātou - wehi nā! Nā mātou o Raukura.

Rie

Kia Ora

Alysha

I kōrero a David "Kia Ora! "

Deborah

I waiatahia e au te waiata Purea Nei.

Deborah

Akomanga 27. Whanganui Intermediate School. Tau kē!

Terrayne

As a kura, we choose to sing one of the Waiata we have learnt. Very proud to be part of the Reo Maori Moment

Michael

We learnt about greetings, the weather and our family from Wai Ako and we used maori in the classroom when responding positively to our classmates.

Louise

Every morning so far, my son and I did 1 whole hour of just speaking Reo. I've enjoyed learning more kupu, and also teaching my son to speak as if it I a natural part. I will feffs be carrying this on even after this week has ended ❤

Erana

Longest place name in New Zealand challenge, this was on my bucket list.

Miriama

Whakatauakī

Miriama

As we weren't on session on Tuesday we held our Māori Language Moment via Facebook. We posted to ask 'Kei te aha koe' and lots of people replied in te reo with what they were doing, and photos, videos and gifs.

Newlands Tamariki

At 12pm, I unexpectedly found myself marking our Māori hour waiting in a queue to access our supermarket in Level 4 Tamaki Makaurau. Although brief, I tried my best to kōrero i roto i te reo Māori. Meanwhile, my whānau at home did our karakia. Every little bit counts, kia kaha te reo Māori

Tammi

Our DanceXercise group shared 2 moments. On Tuesday and Thursday we danced to Roimata by Tami Neilson and Troy Kingi after going through the Te Reo Maori lyrics. We will continue with this project because it will take time for the group to learn all the movements and the lyrics to be able to sing and dance them. So Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori created the beginning of a more on going project for us. Ano te pai! nga mihi!

Tania

Today, we learned sbout shapes in Te reo Maori

Alma

Kia ora, we love to learn te reo maori through waiata.

Lika

I was driving in my car, so I sang a beautiful waiata from Te Rautini: Tuhia. It lifted my spirit, and felt very special being part of something bigger as we celebrated te reo Maori together!

Jill

Lots fun learning the language that expresses the sentiments in this song so well.

Martin

My team got together at 12 and each did something different - pepeha, explanation of their favourite word in Te Reo, sharing a Te Reo spotify playlist, doing the Te Reo quiz … Great fun and a good learning moment. Kia ora!

Dawn

Due to being Auckland being at Level 4 we had an online zoom karakia and waiata session. Tamariki and whānau were given the opportunity to make an outfit. Many made masks and tīpare. This is one of our students him and his Mum made costumes out of material they had in their whare our aim was to fill 100 places we made 90.

andrea

I sent my first ever text message in Te Reo and my friend replied in Te Reo.

Bryce

At Te Whare Orange Marfell Kindergarten we really enjoy singing waiata as part of our daily kindergarten day. Today we used our rākau and sung E papā waiari at midday to celebrate Te wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Marfell

Myself and four of my friends Natalie Arnasen, Michelle Shortall, Jo Johnston and Julieann Currie practised our Waiata 'E Minaka Ana' during the Māori Language Moment 2021. We are all studying level one Te Reo Maori in our home town Roxburgh, Otākoū through SIT. Ngā Mihi

Gemma

We used the inspiration of the #Mymihi2021 to recreated this in our kura. Our senior students taught each class how to introduce themselves in Te Reo and integrated digital technologies in to this by recording each child. We then out these all together to create this video for our school community.

Steph

like to share my moko is my favourite

Haylee

I am very grateful to be part of this amazing Ākonga with fellow wāhine Māori!

Emilie

Kia ora, Ko tenei te wero o ngā tauira tuarua ki Te Whanganui-ā-Tara a Te Rito Maioha ECNZ. Te ingoa o te wero, ko Pepeha a Six60. Kia kaha te reo Māori koutou mā. As part of our "Te Wiki o te reo Māori" celebrations and due to Covid19, we had to take our Noho Marae online. Here is my Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Stage 2 students from Te Rito Maioha ECNZ doing Six60's waiata Pepeha in sign language. Ngā mihi maioha, Stacey

Stacey

I have always pretended I could speak Maori - despite being totally pakeha! So I spent my moment speaking all the Maori words I know, plus some of the phrases is have learnt along the way! My wish is that I could speak Te Reo fluently

Lib

Taku marae putiki wharanui te Paku o te rangi ki ingoa

Haylee

We are Thriving Kids Massey. We are a small day care in West Auckland who are dedicated to our tamariki. We have zooms multiple times a week to stay in touch and this is one of them. In this video is some of our tamariki from our Pukeko (preschool) Room. To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori our Pukeko Room did lots of activities this week - they sung waiata, learnt new kupu, sung some more waiata and played counting and colour games. In this video we sung some waiata, practiced our pepeha and learnt some new kupu.

Judy

He ropu o ngā tangata o te Ope Whaka Ora, Bridge & Oasis - tokowaru ngā tangata, i te korero, waiata me inoi hoki , i te reo Maori wā. Ngā mihi Aotearoa :)

Vicki

We in the Kauri room at Preston's Preschool have been practicing our Te Reo phrases and words each day. We have put a new word up each day so far and have been incorporating it into our daily practices. We also love waiata and have even been practicing the haka to share with our whānau. Our favorite songs are mā is white, tutiri mai and the days of the week. We love learning new reo and expanding our knowledge base and then sharing that with our tamariki, whānau and wider community. Previously we have been super lucky to share our haka with a current All Black to show him how we have been working so hard.

Ali

We are Early Childhoood kaiako from Aro Arataki, a tamariki centre at Greenlane Clinical Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau. Our curriculum is based on the bicultural programme, Te Whāriki, so we immerse our tamariki in daily tikanga māori, te ao māori and whakawhānaungatanga. Feels good to be making such a difference ♥️

Angie

St Cuthbert's Junior School embraced te wiki o te reo Maori. . . even when online learning! What a team of amazing girls and creative teachers to wonder in the magic that came with celebrating their Maori Moment this week!

Kerry

This is the Tauparapara (opening prayer) and Pepeha I learnt from my Te Reo lessons.

Bryan

Ko tenei tōku karaihe

Louana

He ropu o kaimahi i te korero waiata karakia i te rā

Vicki

We have been teaching the children at OBK this song in Te reo Maori and Nz sign

Nikki

Singing a favourite waiata with my daughter

Sarah

It is good 😊

Rahera

Would like to be able to make a sentence and know what I'm saying.

Rahera

Mahia te Parore Maaori

Joanne

I ako ahau i te rerehiepū including some experience verbs that take "ki". . . .

Carolyn

Ruma Tahi at Brandon Intermediate in Cannons Creek, Porirua sang Six60's song Pepeha. Then we read The Story of Rangi and Papa from Maori Legends ( The Creation Stories) retold by Ron Bacon and illustrated by Robert Jahnke. Each morning 5 of us recited our pepeha. We did Maori art. We listened to Maori T. V. news and wrote as many Te Reo words as we could and the English translations. We read more creation stories. Today each class sang Te Reo songs over Google Meet. It was ka rawe.

Jude

Coffee and kōrero Māori at a local cafe

Jennifer

Our NEXTGEN team had each prepared a mihi to share at the beginning of our meetings. This clip is of our Managing Director Lynne Jeffery's Mihi.

Puruna

Ruma tekau mā ono mihi sharing.

Ben

It was a great opportunity to participate in a beautiful language that has nearly died. Hopefully it will now progress. The Covid team at Horowhenua Event Centre gathered together to do our Waiata. Great stuff . Nga Mihi Nui for the opportunity.

Leone

I sang waiata with my Literacy Aotearoa colleagues. Kia kaha te reo Maori.

Janette

We are a small rest home in Dunedin, embracing all cultures, and Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori is no different, we embraced Maori language week by immersing ourselves into Maori history, language and music. Each week there is an activity program for the residents to enjoy full of recreational activities to choose from, this week, the Diversional therapist included Maori language in the daily news paper reading, quiz and exercise and music therapy. It was a fun week of a mighty effort by all involved and finished the week with A local Maori entertainer Maree Barnett.

Lisa

Kai Māori shared lunch with my work crew 🤤😁

Courtney

Mahi whakaaro tamariki I te kura auraki o Te Hupenui ( Greytown Primary School) e ako ana I te reo rotarota ki te Waiata ‘ko taku pepeha’ six60.

Lilia

Hīmene sung by our Inspire In Education Year 8 kōtiro mā. Mauri Ora

Conrad

Waiata jam with our Inspire In Education Year 8 kōtiro mā

Conrad

A small group of locals in the Whakatipu region of Queenstown wanted to connect for the Māori Moment. We got together via Zoom to do a karakia, then a hīmene (He Hōnore), then quick rendition of the waiata Mā is white, then finally we sang the waiata Purea Nei. The video cut short before we finished with the karakia Kia Tau.

Cory

Kia Ora Te wiki o Te Reo Māori from Inspire In Education Year 7 & 8 tāne mā.

Conrad

We were on a google meet for our Year 0-1 hub for School and we all sang a waiata and we practiced our question and answer of the week . Kei te pēhea koe? The are 106 people in our hub.

Fritha

I have used formal maori greetings in my work emails, greeted my friends in maori, and listened to many a waiata. Am loving Six60's new one - Pepeha. My favorite hymn is Mo Maria. Te Na Koutou

Jodi

Te Wiki o Te Reo – Kia kaha Te Reo Māori! Ka rawe te korero Māori! Rātū I te poutumaro many of us had registered for the Māori Movement and took a moment for te reo Māori at the same time and day to honour the legacy of our tīpuna when they handed the Māori language petition over to Parliament. Te Tāhū Whare recited Kingi Ihaka’s karakia for te reo Māori, observed a minute’s silence to remember those that not only put down the petition in 1972 but also those who have fought tirelessly for our language, sang ‘Whakarongo’, and closed by reciting Paraone Gloyne’s karakia for te reo Māori. Others around the motu have come together to celebrate te reo Māori Movement. Ka uru atu he kupu me he kōrero Māori ki roto i ngā kōrerero o te rā - staff have been trying to use te reo into their daily interactions, Te Tai Raki performed a waiata-a-ringa via zoom – ka rawe hoki Te Tai Pūtahi Nui – recited their pepeha and practised their conversational te reo in their Ohu Ako ropu – one ropu played ika (fish) with a pūkei kāri (pack of cards) others recorded their favourite whakatauki – Pai Mārika Te Tai Tini – have engaged in a reo quizz! kei te whakataetae mātou i a mātou anō Business Enablement recited their pepeha – ka mau te wehi Here is a photo of Hazel from ICT practising her reo using Kia Puawai Te Reo – ERO’s very own reo lessons created by Mereana Pawa and Tipene Watson. Bryan Gascoigne made sure we could all add the Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori emblem to our email signatures. Te Ihuwaka sang Ko Te Tamaiti and played daily te reo Māori quizz Kia kaha te reo Māori

fiona

Kia ora koutou mā, ngā mihi māhana atu ki a koutou kātoa, some Waima Iwi Students and Staff have been busy this week during Whakahauora creating a Mashup to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori and to bring Kotahitanga and Tūmanako by inviting Waikowhai Intermediate students in Level 4 lockdown to join us. Tīhei Mauri Ora!

Lysa

Every handbag needs a te Reo toggle (cue cards)

Raewyn

Kia ora, I greeted the receptionist at a medical appointment. She responded as did I. Then I used new kupu to greet the medical professional who also responded. The three of us spoke of our early steps in Te Reo.

Rae

Kia ora whanau, my moment was fairly modest - I introduced myself in te reo in the team meeting we have at lunch time every day.

Rosemary

Listening to Mai Mornings - via Mai FM Podcast- reminding me of home and getting me through the NSW Lockdowns :)

Warren

My children and I played the Maori language Kahoot that you provided and we really enjoyed this. We also found KUWI & FRIENDS KUPU QUIZ, which we did also and really enjoyed challenging ourselves

Shannon

Waiata

Deborah

Craig W is not from Aotearoa but he has been a staunch supporter of everything Māori. He is very happy with his pukapuka he will use on a daily basis and his potae that will be helpful in this Wellington weather. Kei runga noa atu Craig!

Terri

Kia ora koutou, For my Te Reo Māori moment, I went onto the app Tipu, which I have been using for the past couple of weeks to learn new words. Ngā mihi

mia

Amy is new to Waka Kotahi and is super keen to increase and improve her reo. She is pictured with her rauemi she was given to support her on her journey. Kia kaha te reo Māori Amy

Terri

I find singing in te reo is a little more forgiving - it makes me feel a bit braver to try . However, singing - for other people to hear - is also not my thing, so I dug deep, lol. Integrated learning going on here, te reo and trying out clipchamp to make this little video. Kia pai te rā :-) Alison *The credits for the instrumental music can't be seen at the end of the video, here it is: Te Aroha (Instrumental) from https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=hIoQfYMWb4A

Alison

This is one of my 7 reasons for speaking the reo #IntergenerationalLanguageTransmission #TaongaTukuIho

Terri

waiata to philosophy class at Te Whare Wananga o Waikato that I am a student in.

tony

Our remote team played the Reo Māori Kahoot quiz! We learnt a lot of new kupu - anything we didn't know, we looked up on maoridictionary.

Jenny

My Tuakana (older sister) and I had a korero on the phone practising and learning from each other. We have committed to continue this beyond Maori language week to support each other to become more competent and confident in the use of and understanding of Te Reo. Our kaiako and students shared Zoom meetings in their groups using the Te Reo they have learnt from lessons with our Kaiwhakaako, Kipa Rangiheuea. Kia Ora!

Linda

In our team zui, we created a live collective word cloud of kupu that have impacted us during our reo learning journey!

Erin

I whakapāhotia he kiriata e pā ana ki te rangaihi reo Māori. We broadcasted a video about the Māori language movement from 1972 to today. Ka mau te wehi!

Kiriana

I had a subject class at midday on Tuesday - Year 8 Robotics. We took some time out to do the Kahoot! It was fun - the kids had a go even though many of the questions were a bit tricky for them. Ngā mihi mo te rauemi!

Robyn

Tēnā koutou katoa e te iwi a whakapau kaha ana ki te tautoko te kaupapa nei Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! "Hei Oranga Mo Te Iwi" is our organisation's waiata and is being performed by the Executive Leadership Team of Stats NZ - Tatauranga Aotearoa. Composed by Kaihautū, Rhonda Paku, the waiata reinforces the importance and benefits of data for all New Zealanders. As an organisation, we celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with many activities and initiatives and look forward to continuing to support this important week every year. At Stats NZ, we are implementing our Te Reo Māori Plan which will increase access to resources, training, and groups to support the reo Māori learning pathways for our staff. And because we wanted to share the opportunity with others on their reo journey, the Stats NZ Pātaka App, is available on App Store, and is a great resource for anybody learning te reo Māori so check it out. No reira tēnā koutou katoa e ngā iwi o te motu. Tatauranga Aotearoa - Karawhiua! !

Rhonda

Naumai ki te wiki o te reo Maori. Naumai "He aha te tunu kai?" So tonight at 6. 30pm I will be cooking a boil-up on Facebook Live. Karawhiua!

Linda

learning Maori words

Glenbrae

The photo is about learning the Maori language and culture through our thinking well programme among elderly. A multiple choices type of quiz using Who Wants to be a Millionaire game format. Glenbrae Team did Waiata - Purea nei to our lovely residents.

Glenbrae

This week, in celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, I sang the waiata 'Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi' because since we are having a difficult time we need to support each other.

Isabel

A solo moment: belting out waiata at the designated moment. x x x

Miriam

These are our younger tamariki reciting Kai Karakia before lunch. Right from our pēpi through to our tuakana, all our tamariki learn to Karakia before eating. Kiwi Steps Preschool in Whakamaru prides itself on having a strong Tūhoe and Tainui foundation in te ao Māori.

Maggie

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These are our younger tamariki reciting Kai Karakia before lunch. Right from our pēpi through to our tuakana, all our tamariki learn to Karakia before eating. Kiwi Steps Preschool in Whakamaru prides itself on having a strong Tūhoe and Tainui foundation in te ao Māori.