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 am lerning to plsy guitar and I think we can all be herself ivy

empria

Today we have a Te Reo Maori Kahoot quiz to enhance our korero.

Katherine

My daughter and I did a Te reo quiz together.

Brinal

10AFRK from Naenae College (Hutt Valley) learning ‘Pūkana’ with the waiata ‘Tūtahi’ playing 😊👍

Kiri

Ko maua ko taku tamahine e panui ana i enei pukapuka

Jane

Te Akomanga Tekau listened Ka Hao - 35 ft. Rob Ruha and learnt the pre-chorus and chorus. We then learnt the dance that has been going viral on Tik Tok. We had lots of fun engaging in this Māori Language Moment.

Jamie

Kia ora koutou. We had a teams waiata session in Central Otago.

Rebecca

The tamaiti at Punavai O le preschool in Dunedin learning nga tae today.

Nik

Singing and acting out the part of the body in Te Reo

Layla

Kia Ora tatou Haere mai Nau mai, THANK YOU for organizing this beautiful inclusive celebration of a language, a culture a people, a nation, a week, a moment ❤ Much aroha to you all at Te Reo Maori. Sharing an amazing book by Her awesomeness, Dr. Hinemoa Elder - Aroha with 52 whakatauki to enrich our lives and navigate our waka through the unsteady waters of uncertainty we are passing through - with compassion, respect, deep empathy and much Arohanui ❤ 🙏 With kaitiakitanga, whanaungatanga, and manaakitanga, we lend our support to Te Wiki O Reo Maori - the week, the digital assets and the movement to make our rich and resourceful indigenous language and culture of Aotearoa NZ become mainstream and normalize the use of te reo - any day any time, everywhere, but everyone. 🙏❤🙏 With much Mana n Aroha, Dee and Amar Trivedi 💞 and our buddy, sweet kuri Simba 🐶

Amar

I am 5 years old and in Panmure Bridge School. I am sharing My Mihi with you.

Divijaa

Nga tauira me nga kaiako o Dorie School braved the mid Canterbury cold and celebrated MLM with a waiata! "Poipoia te kakano, kia puawai".

Susan

As part of a Contact Centre, my team all greeted customer in te reo, used it throughout the call when they could, and in farewell.

Kaydee

This video shows me singing "E tu Kahikatea", a song that was sung to me in my childhood to encourage me to stand up out of my bath when it was my sibling's turn!

Giles

Te Uri O Hau Environs have regular waiata/karakia/korero maori amongst our team and in our office space Tuturu whakawhiti mau a kia tina, tina, haumie hui taiki e

Jane

Joining my company for a te reo language quiz!

Matt

Kia ora koutou This is my contribution to the Māori Language Moment today I wrote this quiz as an activity for my work team. Some of my team mates were nervous about participating because they didn’t want to be seen as ‘not knowing’ which is fine, this is a fun way to learn Q1. rima + toru = Q2. Kirihimete is what holiday? Q3. What is the Māori word for legs? Q4. What is the Māori word for Tattoo? Q5. In mythology, Tangaroa is the Māori God of the Q6. If you were drinking Waipiro, you would be drinking? Q7. Which Māori word refers to 'one child'? Q8. Ōtautahi is the city of Q9. If I was talking about kowhai, pango and ma what am I talking about? Q10. If I asked you to ‘tatari’ or ‘taiho’, what am I asking you to do? If you want to participate, send me your answers at gigi@gmail. com and we’ll see how you did Mauriora ki – Goodluck

Kaisalina

Kei te korero mātau i te reo māori ki aku hoa 🙂

martin

I feel so confident to Te rep even they are just little phrases or one or two words but I believe that little things can make a big difference

Shelly

It’s about these two kids

Bob

Our rōpū and whaanau connecting with manaaki, aroha and awhi. Opening with karakia, shared our mihi & pepeha before watching the waiata "Pepeha" by Six60; followed by sharing some whāinga for our journey with te reo Maori and closing with a settling karakia.

Te Rukutia

Hi, I sang along to Tena Koe with the youtube clip playing in the background.

Megan

I have posted #MyMihi on my social media LinkedIn page.

Samra

I have shared a popular Waiata Tutira Mai Nga Iwi . This is about people coming together and showing Kotahitanga or unity.

Neelam

Ko Mahuhu-ki-te-Rangi tōku waka Ko Kaipara tōku moana Ko Tauwhare tōku maunga Ko Ngati Whatua tōku iwi Ko Te Taou tōku hapu Ko Rewiti tōku marae Ko Waha Akiaki tōku tangata Ko Ryan Sione tōku ingoa No reira tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

Ryan

E mihi ana au ki nga mana whenua. No Ingarangi oku tipuna. I tai mai ahau ki Aotearoa i te tau kotahi mano iwa rau rima tekau ma rua, i runga i te waka Dominion Monarch. I tipu ake au ki Tamaki Makaurau. E noho ana au ki Hairini, Te Moana-a-Toi. Ko Lindy Scrivin toku ingoa. I mahi au i roto i nga hohipera hei nehi. Ko tenei taku mihi ki nga tangata whenua o te rohe nei. No reira, tena koutou katoa.

Linda

Mauri ora kia tātou katoa. Maha kē ngā mahi o tēnei wiki i taku kura. Ko te hono ki te ipurangi o te kura kia whai i ngā kiriata i a ra, i a ra o te Rūmaki Māori o Whaia te Matauranga. Ka mau te wehi ki te mātakitaki i ngā tamariki e korero ana te karakia, a rātou korero hoki. E 2 ngā wero mo tēnei wiki i roto i te kura. Tūātahi, te hono ki ēnei mahi. Tūārua, te pāhi i te korero. Ka mau te wehi koutou o te kura o Sutton Park- ngā kaiako, ngā tamariki, ngā whanau hoki. Noho haumaru atu i a koutou mirumiru. Whaea Molly

Molly

I listened to the song "Aotearoa" by Stan Walker again, and listened to it closely. the lyrics are beautiful and the song is amazing. Mauruuru.

Reagan

Ko te reo te Pou tuàuri o te whenua. Ko te reo te karaka o te taiao. Kòrero te reo Reka.

Aroha

Happy to share my mihi with you! Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Ivonne

We helps a zoom mat time with our Tamariki including Te reo songs

Sandra

Kia ora ko Amelia toku ingoa

amelia

Today at 12 midday I went into 2 classrooms in S block (TEBs and STRs) said the following whakatauki Whāia te mātauranga kia mārama - seek knowledge for understanding. I then explained why I was doing it.

Rebecca

Kia ora, This video is about us singing one of our favourite waiata "Mo Maria" and a bit of our Pepeha. Nga mihi, Francois's family.

Francois

Taku kurī and I listening to some of our favourite waiata! #kiakahatereomāori

Jenna

My whanau and I hosting the Waitangi Tribunal, Mana Wahine claims. Te Manaakitanga te wharekai o Whangarei Terenga Paraoa marae. It was a great experience to host with abundance, to all those who attended in July 2021.

Marlene

Today we have a Te Reo Maori Kahoot quiz to enhance our korero.

Katherine

We are enjoying Waiata Reo Maori on Spotify while having lunch :)

Angeline

My whanau is enjoying practicing our te reo Māori this week on each other :) Arohanui my amazing whanau, and kia kaha New Zealand! Gus xx

Gus

we did a Matauranga Maori quiz with colleagues!

Liz

Andy, Hannah and Kirsty sing the Waita Te Aroha written by Morvin Simon in the Te Manawa Art Gallery.

Kirsty

We arranged a zoom video call to connect with our friends and sang the Te Reo version of Six60s "Don't forget your roots" via a screenshare. We are an international mix of people coming from Germany, Columbia and Brazil but all living in Mew Zealand so this song seemed a good choice!

Tine

Kia ora koutou! Today we would like to share a short video of our team of kaiako celebrating Te Reo Maori language in our own way. Since we are currently in lockdown, the video recording is a montage of ourselves in our own bubbles saying a waiata and karakia that ngā tamariki are familiar with. Although it’s a little different this time, Te reo is still alive in our kura, and we are excited to celebrate it with our whānau and all of you throughout the day! E iti noa ana, nā te aroha - Although it is small, it is given with love! Enjoy, and Kia kaha everyone!

Nicole

I sent a message in te reo to my mokopuna. 'Aroah ahau ki a koe, kia kaha. Mā te mahi tahi e ora ai te moemoeā. '

toni

We have been waiting to take part and we are very excited to do so. In our school we use www. waiako. com to practice phrases and learn spoken Te Reo Māori. This is our favourite waiata and we enjoyed taking part. Room 23 Cockle Bay School

Sandra

I got 10/10 for the Te Reo quiz

Paul

Ako ki te tatau

Cleo

I have practice the Maori languages such as singing colour song, singing number song, welcoming song. . . . etc

Nithy

Ko Aoraki tōku maunga Ko te kōrero he karanga ki a ōku tupuna💜

Lynette

Cancer Society Northland Auckland Waiata and Te Reo practice today.

Louise

Ruma 6 - Te Kura Tuatahi o Pamapuria Kaute

Denise

Stan Walker's music video Aotearoa, shows Walker on a hill overlooking a beach next to a flax plant as he starts actions for his introduction. Ko te riipene puoro a Stan Walker o Niu Tireni, e whakaatu ana i a Walker i runga i te pukepuke e titiro atu ana ki te takutai i te taha o te tipu harakeke kei te tiimata ia i tana waiata.

Maren

Kia ora!

Taupara

Our Mihi :)

Natasha

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

Kia ora

Pru

All of our staffs from Barnardos ELC Pakuranga recorded and combined our parts together. And we shared a nice waiata He honore to everyone.

Emily

Saying our karakia before a kai. From my sons Kohanga so I can continue to learn along side him

Brooke

I decided to joined the kaupapa of doing an mihi in te reo , but I don't think that I was that good those I would done better

khan

My video is about coping with lockdown and we can do this.

Jamie

Screenshot of me dialled in to a Zoom call for a local community organisation where we were hearing about the story and language in our Māori benediction we routinely use on a weekly basis in our group. Loved the event branding enough to have watermarked my video for the call. . . :)

Duncan

Listening to Maisey Rika's wonderful Hiwa-i-te-Rangi as I take time out to learn some new Whakatauākī. My new fav: Kaua e ruku atu ki te pātaka kai - stay out of the pantry!

Maxine

Learning kupu Maori playing a kahoot with my class.

Katy

I was keen to learn my pepeha, and was able to chat to one of the uso (sister) of Māori heritage for help here in Melbourne. Hope it was ok🙏🏾

Moana

Tēnā koutou ❤️🖤

Anzac

The Year 7/8 students and whanau at Wellsford School are still stuck in Level 4 lockdown so we met via video at 12pm to take part in a Kahoot

Lisa

The travel team celebration our Maori language moment, learning our mihi and more. . .

sarah

The photo shows compostable kapu Kawhe on one side an image of Te Kōtuku flying through Uenuku Kopako Atua Māori of rainbows and on the other side a bilingual message ‘He haerenga mīharo he haerenga haumaru’ ‘A great journey is a safe journey’ these coffee cups have been placed in cafes in Napier Hastings and Mahia in support Te Wiki o te reo Māori by creating an activity in our Hawkes Bay cafes where te reo Māori can be used. The kapu kawhe are also in Kimiora Community School Flaxmere for the same reasons. This is one photo there are three other kapu kawhe with bilingual messages on them in our Hawkes Bay Cafe’s can send photos of these as well if you would like Ngā Mihi Ra Allan Brown Tihei Kahungunu!

Allan

Aswell as doing waiata , karakia & moteatea. I did a video doing the Kia Kaha Tik Tok Challenge at 12:01pm on the 14th Sep. This challenge was set by Juda & Nixon in collaboration with Hahana.

Missah

Loving my journey with Te Reo, doesn't come as fluently as I would like, but the challenge makes it even more worth it. . .

Ruth

I learned this beautiful waiata from one of the ECE kaiako on Facebook. This waiata teaches us the te reo letters and the sounds easily. I’m glad to share this with you, whanau, on a very special day like this. I have been developing my skills and strength of learning te reo and Maori cultural practices in my teaching practices. Today, my daughters were inspired to sing along with me today. Kia kaha! Maori Ora!

Dhanu

I'm No full maori but sometimes I Speack Maori at School or at Home

Natalie

Use Maori greetings more often.

Jo

My tamahine has been working hard on her pepeha. . . she was thrilled, if a little embarrased to record it for this. . :)

Jacquie

I am an ECE kaiako from Bright Beginnings Early Learning Center, Panmure. I am sharing a mat time video singing "KINA, KINA" one of our favourite waiata's in class, my toddlers love singing this song in different voices. 🤣❤

Jennifer

Tutira Mai is a waiata my kids arelearning at the moment. Nga Mihi kia kaha te reo. maori

Eden

Reading some Māori pūrākau / myths & legends

Neesha

My school has so many great resources so I read and learnt some te reo this morning before school. The video we played in class for the tamariki learning in NZSL and the reo Maori days of the week.

Julie

Kia ora

Amanda

I will Learn and Sing Maori Alphabets

Sunil

Today we have a Te Reo Maori Kahoot quiz to enhance our korero.

Katherine

Kia ora, we did a whakatauki and learnt our longest place name nga mihi

Lynne

Kei te korero Maori ahau ki taku kuri ko Whiwhi tana ikoa. Kei te marama ia i te reo rakatira.

Herena

I have written a haka Te haerenga a reo Mā te haerenga Ka tae mai te wero Ka whakaae Tū kōtahi mātou Mā ngā tipuna e ārahi Te wairua Te hinengaro Te tinana Tū kōtahi mātou Mō Ake Ake Aue Hii With the journey Comes the challenge With the challenge We accept Stand up together Guided by our ancestors Spirit Mind Body Together as one Forever and ever aue hi

Hāmi

I tuhia tēnei mōteatea nā Piki Kereama. He tauira mātou no Te Wānanga o Raukawa :-)

Tabitha

I am humbly to introduce te reo to Chinese community in past five years. Nau Mai te wiki o te reo Maori

Hong

Learnt my pepeha

Alison

My academic English class at the Ara Institute of Canterbury paused to enjoy Six60’s Pepeha on the recommendation of a classmate. Ataahua!

Fiona

Kia Ora. I am Divijaa Sharma and go to Panmure Bridge school (Auckland). I am sharing counting by playing cards with you.

Divijaa

I chose to vibe out to our Maori Anthems. Tino miharo!

Mo

Thanks Six60 for "Pepeha"! Our team learnt the words, meanings and the beautiful song, and NZ sign language too!

Vyvienne

Ki Ora Tatou

Fa

Students and tutor of Solomon Group Tauranga. Would like to express our support for Te wiki o te reo

Ihaka

Learning my mihimihi and supporting my students (year 5) to complete activities from a te reo choice board our school made!

Jacob

Ko Whatta Beauty te tino hōtaka o ā māua kōtiro i ēnei rā. He pai mo te ako i te reo! E mihi ana ki a William Wairua. LOL. Kia kaha. . . ki te KŌRERO MĀORI!

Hina

My Tamariki love to recite there karakia mō tenei kai daily as well as other karakia. Am currently studying at TWOR in Poupou huia te reo. Our journey has been amazing thus far. Kia kaha whanau x Nga Mihi Koutou

Latasha

Kei te pānui au.

Makere

I shared kōrero with my Te Reo Māori class!

Kayla

The Staff of Irirangi Te Motu, from our offices and whare in Whanagnui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau, joined a zoom call and shared our pepeha with each other. As a way to practice and strengthen our knowledge and comfort levels of speaking reo in public.

Hilaire

We are the board of the NZ actors union, Equity New Zealand. We are sharing words in te reo Māori related to the performing arts, and in particular, theatre.

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Maori Languge Moment 2021

We are the board of the NZ actors union, Equity New Zealand. We are sharing words in te reo Māori related to the performing arts, and in particular, theatre.