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

I was one of about 23 people who at our team check-in spoke about what Te Reo means to us, doing our Pepeha and completing a Te Reo quiz. We had a great time!

Ian

I was part of a group of kaimahi from Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZCER) who met and shared their favourite kupu, kīwaha, rerenga kupu or similar during the Māori Language Moment.

Esther

Its great to bring everyone together to kōrero and have fun while learning.

Haley

The lockdown setup, ready for school assembly!

Aidan

Kia ora e te whanau Ko Jan taku ingoa Ko kaiako no kura Rosehill College Sharing waiata, speaking, writing and replacing English words with Te Reo where I can I am learning Te Reo online and enjoying my journey Nga mihi nui Arohanui Kia Kaha Tamaki Makaurau

Jan

ko wai tēnei e tu ake nei? Ko Deb taku ingoa Ko Ben Nevis te maunga Ko River Doon te awa Ko Scottish te iwi Ko te Whanganui a tara ahau Ko James rāua ko Grace aka mātua tīpuna Ko Jimmy rāua ko Marie aku mātua Ko Jimi rāua ko Billy aka tūakana Ko Deb te pōtiki Ko Steph e Ipo Ko Gin te kuri Tēnā koutou katou!

Deb

Our roopu pānui had a go at reading an online book in te reo Māori together! We had some great discussions about the new vocabulary and how to pronounce the words properly. Check out the book we read here! https://flyingstartbooks. com/what-is-soft-te-reo-maori-he-aha-e-newanewa-ana/

Elizabeth

My workplace taught us how to prepare our Pepeha and pronounce te reo correctly.

Marie

Te hookai aa te tuurehu naa Kuini Moehau Reedy noo Ngaati Porou. He kuia e ngaakau nui ana ki te kaupapa o Te Koohanga Reo. Nei raa ngaa patupaiarehe o Pirongia maunga e whakanui ana te kaupapa o te wiki o te reo Maaori. Mauri tuu Mauri ora.

Rodney

I te ata nei, i te tīmata ā mātou zui, ka whakakarakia ā mātou - "Tutawa mai. . . #reomaori

Garth

We practiced and recorded our company promise in te reo - Hiranga hua i te manawanui

Debbie

Watched and followed along with Tōku Reo episode 76

Liam

Listening to some to some waiata and teaching my daughter some te reo words.

Tania

This is our Rata house from Tāmaki College using te reo to ask how everyone feels and then ending it with a classic 'E Toru nga Mea' waiata. We hope you enjoy.

Ruiha

ngā tamariki (aged 2 x 5 years) participated in 5 waiata in Te Reo (with actions also). Meanwhile our under 2 year olds were being read ngā pukapuka in Te reo over this time.

Marina

Our beautiful wahine chef Lisa led a waiata at our whare at Ohinehou

claire

Kia ora koutou!

Julie

Ruma Ono Played the online TeReo Kahoot

Carol

My whanau are all enjoying practicing our te reo on each other this week. Arohanui my whanau and kia kaha New Zealand! Gus xx

Gus

He tōku whakaahua i te wiki o te reo Māori 2021 Ko Trevor Rubens tōku ingoa He kaiako ki Kareti o Orewa Tēnā koutou katoa

Trevor

we practised and sang a waiata as a group at work. It was really beautiful!

Sarah

I did some art like drawing koru and writing down simple phrase and words like 'Kia ora' and 'Aroha. ' I also studied a bit more into Maori phrases and words. Thank you for doing this, Aotearoa is a great place and we should be celebrating Maori culture for more than one week of the year.

Katie

Discuss the origins of the pepeha and our own with my daughter.

Damien

Tēnā koutou, Twenty-seven of Comprehensive Care's kaimahi joined into a virtual waiata, to learn a new whakatauki and korero Māori as part of the Maori Language Moment 2021. We have been on a journey over the past few years in improving our te reo and our knowledge of te ao Māori. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Kirsty

I shared my mihimihi with kaiako

Angella

8MIK from Mahurangi College in Warkworth supporting the kaupapa of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Here are all our kupu of the day. Mauri ora

Awhina

Maori Language Moment: our awesome KPMG colleague Will has tought us how to create our Pepeha - a Maori way to introduce ourselves!

Lenka

Listening to puoro Maori

Alex

Kei te waiata Te Kura Reo Rua o Maraenui te waiata o te Kura ko “Tihei mauriora”

Marina

Kia ora koutou, Ko Greta Buchanan toku ingoa. Nō Tauranga ōku māmā o pāpara. Toku whānau noho au ki Whangārei. Ko taku mahi tenei 'Hei Whakakaha i ngā Hāpori o Te Tai Tokerau'. Ngā mihi nui, Greta Buchanan.

Greta

Kia ora, kei te whakahihi to be part of this.

Joanna

The Air Force Museum staff came together and got their Reo on. We all have different levels of understanding and comfort with speaking the language, but we gave it a try and we gave it our best! Kia kaha te Reo Māori!

Frank

I learned a new karakia

John

Kia ora koutou. Our kaimahi celebrated Māori Language Moment through Huitopa Zoom by sharing kōrero – each person gave a mihi and kupu o te rā. Learning - we discussed ngā kupu hou mō te Hui-ā-ipurangi particularly 'Huitopa' (topa to fly, hover zoom) and 'Kua ngū to reo'. Waiata – finished with E Minaka Ana at 12:00pm. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Eunique

I watched and spoke along to a Tōku Reo episode

Liam

As a group on Teams, we learned and played a counting game, speaking only in Te Reo. It was great to see so many people in our organisation participate and know we are part of a bigger movement, to learn and speak Te Reo as a nation.

Linda

I hope the we save the lanuage.

Aaron

We watched the Tame Iti TED talk, discussed afterwards and then practised our tongue twisters and the longest place name

Ian

A little waiata on our Te Reo journey from our Auckland lockdown family bubble.

Tori

Practising my mihi for Te wiki o Te reo Maori. Kia kaha Te reo Maori

Carmel

"He oku reo o tipuna, He oku reo o tangata" this is the language of our ancestor and the language of our people. The best way to learn is through waiata. Here is a photo our Kapa ( I'm somewhere is there lol)

Hiria

Just hosted artist, Dr Brett Graham, on a zui to 100 art students at Whiti o Rehua, Massey University. He spoke about his research for the exhibition, Tai Moana Tai Tangata, closing us out in te reo Māori for 5 mins at 12pm.

Rachael

I have created my pepeha via a website and I have created one for my daughter and my husband that we hope to frame up and hang once we are out of lockdown.

Linda

Kia ora - we just had an awesome Zui with Team Pukeko at Silverdale School. Ka pai!

Mel

My mihi to everyone joining this week especially all the teachers out there.

Michelle

Tā mātau kōmiti e tautoko ana i Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori i mua i tā mātau hui-ā-marama.

Alex-Ann

Hi mihi iti ki a tātou i tēnei wā tino ataahua - a small greeting to us all at this special time. I recited my pepeha but had memory failure so it's painfully slow and a bit muddled. I forgot to say some things! But I wanted to record it bang on 12noon so here it is, even though its not uploading til later. Also sung a short waiata with one-handed NZSL because the other hand was holding my camera! Terrible voice but trying to play my part in keeping Te Reo Māori alive for our tamariki and mokopuna. It belongs here and is at the heart of all that makes Aotearoa unique. So proud to belong here. Arohanui 💞

Sheila

A short break from our learning to come outside and share our Māori language moment! "Tūtira mai ngā iwi" is one of the waiata we have been practicing in preparation for our Marlborough District Tiaopenga. Kia kaha te reo Māori! Ngā mihi nui, Havelock School

Ethan

Kia ora, I am an early childhood kaiako so I am doing the Muhunga Pakihiwi waiata. I am in Tamaki-makau-rau, Auckland, so as we are still in lockdown, I am doing this at my whare. My tamahine (daughter) is recording it for me. I have also organised all the kaiako at my centre and we will be doing a Te Reo Zoom mat time meeting with all our tamariki on Ramere. In this way our tamariki can see that their kaiako are still learning too!

Samantha

We came together as a group, opening our korero with a tauparapara and shared what te reo Māori means to us. We reflected on what it means to be a New Zealander overseas and the power of a familiar waiata, what it means when we hear people korero on the street or in the supermarket. We talked about the beauty and impact of te reo and how our country is progressing with increasing our knowledge. We closed with karakia.

Alastair

Our family sang “Te Aroha” waiata together, sending our aroha to everyone in New Zealand, especially people in Auckland in lock down❤️❤️❤️

Lizzy

Kia Ora koutou Hello everyone Kei te tepēha How are you all? Kei te Hikaka I am excited to be moving to Kaikoura on the 28th September. Harikoa Cheers

Rosalie

i joined a zoom call my mum had with her students as she is a year 1 school teacher and we all sang some songs in Te Reo Maori and some kids read their Pepeha's.

ruby

I listened

William

Anei ngā mokopuna o Te Kōhanga Reo ia ra tatou e whakanui i to tātou nei engari me whakanuia I a Mahuru Māori xo karawhiua

Kristi

Spent my time singing Māori songs! Specifically Stan Walker-Whakamoemiti. . . . Over and over and over again :P

Jennifer-Lorielle

A truly tragic attempt at singing along to "Poi E". I'm better at dancing to it!

Joanna

I have sung Waiata with my colleagues at the workplace. Waiata - Te Aroha Te aroha Te whakapono Me te rangimarie Tatou tatou e Te aroha Te whakapono Me te rangimarie Tatou tatou e I have greeted customers in Te Reo :)

Farah

Hopefully you'll join me in sharing your intro using a mihi.

Tee

This is my mihi, I am proud to participate in this year's Te Reo Moment! Kia kaha te Reo Māori!

Megan

I listened to Tutira Mai, I used maori phrases, and sang one of the maori song.

Joyce

I spent time practicing my pepeha Ko Rangituhi tōku maunga Ko ngati paheka tōku iwi Ko Pāuatahanui tōku moana Mersey tōku waka Ko Ian raua ko Margaret ōku matua Ko Angela tōku ingoa

Angela

All our team were out on the tools today in the Taranaki region. We managed to get everyone on a group call. . . . Everyone managed to learn a short response to Chris's 'kei te pehea koe'. We are super proud of the teams effort. Campbell - kei te pukumahi - I am busy Jordan - kei te kanui te pai - I am very well Beau - kei te hiakai - I am hungry Kawana - kei te harikoa - I am happy Josh - kei te mauiui - I am sick Hayden - kei te hoha - I am annoyed Geoff - kei te pai - I am good Treigh - kei te hianu - I am thirsty Corey - kei te ngenge - I am tired Karen - kei te wera - I am hot

Karen

Room 21 and Room 24 had a zui. We said the school karakia and sang Te Aroha. Then we played some games about the Māori kupu for colours, feelings and 2D shapes. Finally, some of us were brave enough to introduce themselves in te reo Māori. Ka wani kē!

Sharon

This a song we always sung at our childcare centre- Kina Kina

Hafiza

We at Sport Canterbury did a Teams Video Call to practice our Pepeha and sing a beautiful waiata together.

Isabella

Kia ora te whanau te ao Ipurangi Anei matou no te whanau o Niche ki Poneke E huri ki te pouaka whakatane he huitima ki te whanau o Niche ki Tamaki Makaurau Ahakoa kei roto ratou i te taumata wha, Ka tae mai a ratou i te waiatatia kia matou Anei to matou Wā tuku reo Māori Arohatia te reo me Karawhiu kia koutou katou. Kia kaha Aotearoa

Rongomaiwahine

Kia ora whanau, Ruma 17 and our whanau got together to celebrate Te Rangaihi Reo Māori on Zoom. We went through our class paepae with karakia, waiata and pepeha. I'm so proud of them all. Kia ora tatou katoa Ngā mihi Niki

Niki

Maori Language Week Te Wiki o te Reo Maori

jawa

We shared our pepeha's with each other

Kaydee

The Rongoa Maori and Manaaki Marae classes of Ringa Atawhai Matauranga, Whangarei, preparing our Mataariki Hakari, with other than beautiful tio.

Marlene

Kia ora whanau, disclaimer: I dont own the rights to the music . . . Kia ora ano Whanau Whanui. . Ko Faith toku ingoa We started Kingdom Kohanga in Logan, Queensland Australia , Feb 2021. We facilitate 2days a week , Tuesday and Thursdays 9:30am-12:30pm. We believe every child is unique, born for greatness. We started Kingdom Kohanga because of my mokopuna having a sense of wellbeing and our mokopuna will know they a heavenly father who loves them and learning about our Te Reo Maori culture, which is unique and special. tena koutou katoa na whaea Faith

Faith

I shared a whakataukī in te reo Māori (and English translation) that resonated with my lockdown experience : Aroha Mai, Aroha Atu/love towards us, love going out from us

Meera

At 12pm 22 Room 11 students from Remuera Intermediate and I sang "Tutira mai nga iwi" in celebration of Maori Language Week. (We had to do it virtually as Auckland is still in lockdown. )

Anne

I love this song because for years I had been singing it wrong!

David

whakarongo ki te waiata

nicky

Today we did a Te reo colours scavenger hunt for things in nature. We are also learning the song Hine Ruhi by Dave Dobbyn.

Alice

I posted this yesterday on Public Trust Workplace: Big event tomorrow - Māori Language Moment Kia ora PT whanau – Ko Keri-Anne tēnei 😀 I’m excited to introduce myself as a proud member of a new awesome group formed for all of us in Public Trust - Rōpū Hapahapai, Matthew & Sarah have posted an excellent video about Hapahapai here on Workplace, ka pai kōrua! If you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend checking it out. Māori Language Week is here! 😃 I and many many others will be taking part in a huge national virtual campaign Māori Language Moment – Tomorrow, Tuesday 14 September, 12pm. Last year more than 1 million people sang, recited poetry, paddled waka ama, prayed and celebrated their way into history by taking part in the Māori Language Moment. Let’s celebrate te reo Māori together, wherever you are. Your contribution can be as simple as saying ‘Kia ora’ to your colleagues when you go into virtual meetings or singing a waiata with your whanau…and make sure you use the hashtag #reomāori for social media and #itscooltokōreroatPT here on Workplace. For more info and to sign-up, check out the campaign website. #itscooltokōreroatPT #reomāori

Keri-Anne

I made a pepeha for school.

Suzannah

celebrate to having an hangi and enjoying our maori language and so everyone around the country can all learn te reo

khan

I listened

William

Rung my husband at 12pm to have a conversation with greetings in te reo.

Tina

I recited a karakia

Eljon

Some of my hoamahi. Sharing our favourite kupu or kīwaha. All working at home with our Zoom backgrounds to celebrate Māori language moment.

Jo

Playing a class favourite that we all get very excited when winning! Announcing our houses in Reo for all the hear!

Abby

Ka rawe Aotearoa! Tu meke!

Haley

Te Kura Reo Rua o Waikirikiri

Tewai

Kia ora, My class listened to, read and watched Lorde's new EP in Te Reo Māori. The students had some questions to work through and some news articles to help them answer the questions. He wā pai rawa atu ki te whakanui i te reo Māori.

Kerikeri

Ko te kaupapa kei taku mahi i tēnei rā. . . (The activity at work today. . . ) Ngā kairingawera: “He aha tāu hiahia?” (Cooks/café attendants: “What is your desire?”) Ka pēnei te whakautu: “Hōmai koa he kāwhe” (Answer like so: “Give me a coffee please”) Mēnā ko koe te tuatahi o ētahi o ngā rā o te wīkī nei, ka toa koe! If you are the first for each day of the week, you win! Ngā manaakitanga Marcus

Marcus

A beautiful Ngāti Porou waiata I learned recently.

Anna

Ko tooku ringaringa teenei. Horoia oou ringaringa whanau . . . . . . .

Alice

We are learning Te Reo and lots of learning through music. Here is a waiata for you from our family lockdown in Auckland.

Tori

My year 10 reading the whakatauki at 12. 00

Lynley

My pepiha.

Steve

Kia Ora whanau. He pai ki ahau te waiata me te mihi. Ko Dee took ingoa. . .

Dee

I have loved making these for my tamariki and I

Gina

The Māori Engagement Group for Cushman & Wakefield invited staff to join them for their Māori Language Moment, where we explored the importance of pepeha (formal introductions) and mihimihi (informal introductions) in te āo māori (the māori world view). We bought our lunch along and learnt a little more about some of our colleagues. We then finished our session with an open forum where we were able to practice and share our pepeha's.

Tiffany

We love the fact that we can contribute to making te reo a living language and uphold the bicultural nature of our Te whariki.

Anita

Working from home as a Call Centre Agent - greeting, responding and farewelling clients on my interactions on call/email/chat.

Robert

Our team completed the Stuff quiz via a teams meeting from Auckland and Wellington and achieved a great score as a team!

Joanne

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Maori Languge Moment 2021

Our team completed the Stuff quiz via a teams meeting from Auckland and Wellington and achieved a great score as a team!