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

my late mum's favorite waiata

Maureen

makaira

hewwo

Euan

Ki ora I am listening to waiata Maori.

Verity

Happy to share my mihi with you! Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Ivonne

Tēnā koutou I shared my mihi within our organisational group, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, in a zui.

Shane

Joining the moment and contributing our part in Te wiki o te reo Māori

Adrienne

Our nga kaiako had a korero about Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021. We downloaded Kaikōhau and practiced this together. Nga mihi

Anu

Each day as Auckland is in lock down. I give my work group chat a different catagorey. Yesterday was Animal names and today was colours in Māori.

Casey

I took a break from working in the home office, and decided to sing along to my favourite NZ song: Poi E. I was even wearing my new poi earrings!

Linda

#MyPepeha Talking about where I’m from (Whakapapa) and where I do my work (Mahi) . 💛💚🧡💜

Andre

I will say a traditional karakia with my young sons and then talk with them about what it means

Carolyn

I mātakitaki au tetahi hotaka reo māori

Jett

I love this Pepeha website and have created one for my sons too :)

Gina

I'm currently in my second semester of te reo at AUT. I am also in a separate bubble to my mokopuna so I have been making pukapuka for them to stimulate their interest in te reo. This is a game I've made to practise some of the words they're learning. It's working! They're loving it because it's interactive and fun.

Margaret

Ko Alex takuingia

Alex

Kia kaha Te Reo Maori ! Kia manawanui koutou

Daniel

Maramataka Maori. He kotiro e toru pakeke.

Kelsy

Day 2 of Maori Language Week for Miss 7 with abit of Stan Walker - Aotearoa

Bailey

A couple who appreciate the Maori for their melodic language and ancestral wisdom. Greeting you from the Space Coast of Florida. Filmed by VERY non tech people with much aroha.

Dina

Kia Ora Here is a waiata I love Ka waiata ki a Marie Hine i whakaae Whakameatia mai He whare tangata Hine purotu Hine ngakau Hine rangimarie Ko te whaea Kpt te whaea O Te Ao o Te Ao Arohamai I cannot upload a video But I just wanted tolet you know tat I have watching & waiting for noon Tena rawe atu koe for allowing me to share Jan~

Jan

This is a karakia we doevery morning. These are tamariki from Room 6 at St Joseph’s Catholic School in Ōpōtiki.

Stacey

Our family are learning together Kei te ako tahi to maatau whanau

Melanie

I learnt this karakia at Mangere College, a loooong time ago. Kia kaha tatou ki te korero Maori!

Raelyne

Motatau has two marae. Mōtatau Marae and Manu Koroki are a meeting place for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Te Tāwera.

Shannon

Ko mātou ko te whānau o Clarence St Theatre e tautoko ana te kaupapa nei ko te Wiki o te Reo Māori. We're very lucky to have the gorgeous waiata of Dane Moeke to put behind our small contribution to #ReoMāori

Jason

A simple little waiata with a strong message.

Aubrey

My whanau is in lockdown. Kua roa te wā. So, E te whānau, me puta ki waho, kei wairangi and draw on the fence.

Katrina

Jess and Gina’s waiata

Gina

My class played a Maori Language Kahoot online at 12pm.

Libby

My daughter trying to sing maori waita as they practice in the mat time.

Prashana

We love doing the Pukanas😂

Waiariki

Ko Debbie tōku ingoa Nō Kōtirana ōku tīpuna Kei te noho au ki Tāmaki Makaurau

Debbie

Mum helping me to read Nannys pukapuka, learning about Marama and Tangaroa.

Francis John

Tena Koutou! ! As we can’t celebrate this event face to face cause of lockdown, we had a team discussion in watsapp using māori language Also I listened to beautiful māori songs 😊😊

Zulia

My work team hosted a language based quiz, and. I wrote my pepeha and presented to the team.

Samantha

I am 10 years old

Immanuel

My daughter Ella singing a waiata for her Maori Moment.

Maria

He tamaiti au I tipu mai i roto i te ao māori. Ko te reo māori taku reo tuatahi

Uenuku

Tena tātou e ngā kaipupuru i te Mauri o to tātou māoritanga. Tātou e hāpai tonu nei i to tātou reo kia ora tonu ngā taonga tuku iho o kui, o Koro mā. Tihei Mauri Ora,

Moeroa

Kia kaha ki Te korero Maori

Pono

I am currently learning how to do my Mihi, so this is me doing a basic Mihi that I have only recently learnt.

Stacey

Katahi anō au ka hoki mai ki Aotearoa, nō reira kei MIQ ahau. This video was the best I could come up with lol.

Anthony

Our family pukana.

Cherie

The students of Room 19 at Bucklands Beach Primary School all got together on a Google Meet (we're in Auckland and at home! ) to sing Purea Nei together. We thought singing a waiata together about letting go of worry was apt.

Kris

i want to learn maori and this has worked for me

isaac

Kia kaha ki Te korero

Manearose

Three generations together celebrating our cultural heritage. Taken 2020. Me, my mother in her 90's and my moko

Sue

My amazing hungarei and I singing a waiata: He Honore.

Emma

The North Canterbury and South Canterbury Statistics survey teams sang E Ihowa, our national anthem, and Tutira Mai at midday today, Tuesday 14 Sept 2021. There were 16 of us, led by the beautiful voice of West Coast Survey Interviewer, Kylie Ngaamo. Kia pai o koutou ra.

Lindsay

Kia Ora whanau My video is about Kina-Kina Waiata with actions. Thank you

Nisha

This is me trying to do a mihi, I may have mispronounced some words,

Jack

Because I am in Lockdown I have created 4 quizlets to help my students learn Te Reo and an edpuzzle about Maori Creation - Ranginui and Papatūānuku. I have also been practicing a karakia to start my zoom meeting. Ruth

Ruth

we listened to music in Maori at midday

Imogen

Using some new kupu in our huitīma today! My favorite is Kia tīmata tātou!

Nicola

Jamming out with Athena and Katie to Waiata Anthems on Spotify!

Adam

This video is the team sharing our creative Waikato karakia together to celebrate Te Wiki o te reo Māori.

Paula

Found the Pepeha site last year and really loved it! I have created one each for my sons too :)

Gina

My 20 month olds favourite song. She even wanted me to stop so she could sing it by herself! I got the look! Haha

Xana

I took part in Maori moment by listening to Stan walker aotearoa.

Jazlyn

He pānui māua a te pukapuka o te reo māori

Kellie

Kaupae 6 at Te whare Awanuiarangi

Tipene

Kia ora ra, Ko Donna Hapuku taku ingoa These are my two mokopuna who attended in 2004 Te Kohanga Reo o Keita Ahenata Puriri. Mahinarangi Rose Goulton and Brodyn Kerehoma Gudgeon. This Kohanga Reo was founded by their great grandmother the late Hana Lyola Cotter in 1992 and is still operating today. Nga mihi

Donna

I took part by listening to SIX60 - Pepeha. It is a beautiful song and I really got to embrace my nation's cultural history. I now feel proud to be from NZ and share our Maori roots.

maddy

He kiriata e akiaki ana i te hunga mātakitaki. He kiriata e akiaki ki te ako he kupu hou mo te rangi. He pikitia e awhina i tētahi ki te ako i te reo.

Faith

My Mihi ❤ Mt Victoria is my mountain Hutt Valley is my river My ancestors are from Samoa and Tokelau My family name is Tuiletufuga My parents are Taulim and Anasitasia I live in Wellington My name is Avea Silila Tuiletufuga Thankyou ❤

Avea

Kia Ora tatou, I have adult children at home & we're learning a family grace in Te Reo, practising saying NZ & Auckland place names correctly, & learning Te Reo pop songs. In the agency I work at we're learning Te Reo in a fun way with competitions at staff meetings.

Sarah

I wanted to broadcast some Te Reo at midday nationwide on Coast - I do apologise for my pronunciation!

Lorna

We are encouraging all our staff to ako their Pepeha, and to be empowered to use it when introducing themselves.

Corrine

Members of the TWOA Devonport Community Te Reo L1 & 2 class, had a lovely gathering where we all shared our pepeha! ! Ka mutu pea e te whanau! ! !

wiremu

We have been learning to express our feelings in Te-reo at Karoro school using the Te-reo club resources.

Anna

Justine, Briar and Lauren shared some learnings from their weekly Te Reo classes. The Market South team also spent the day listening to the Waiata Reo Maori playlist on Spotify.

Justine

Our workplace had an online gathering, sang a waiata and finished with a whakatauki.

Jane

We had a google meet with 40 kaiako and tamariki from Sunnyhills School in Tāmaki Makaurau. We sang Tihei Mauri ora, played a game of Tika and Teka and finished with Six60's waiata Pepeha.

Michelle

We listened to Stacey Morrison’s up to speed podcast and practiced our new kupu!

Kristina

I am Amanpreet. I am an ECE teacher. This is my daughter Gulrez in the video performing as a Maori princess Moana at her Kindergarten on Matariki day celebration. She loves the character and takes pride in learning Te Reo Maori language and being part of the cultural celebrations.

Amanpreet

i like it

Bailey

Te aroma-love Te whakapono-truth Me te rangimarie-peace Tatou, tatou e-to all

Sally

My wife and I with our 4 year old just out of shot singing the waiata “E minaka Ana” this was my wife’s first time at learning this song! So Kia ora for giving it a go at such short notice Jodes!

Teu

Pic is from a book I got at The Warehouse. Am learning at Te Kura which is great! !

Alison

Ahakoa te whakarongo, kei whakapakari hoki ahau mà te mahi poi.

Zenna

Tenei te mhi aroha mo te wiki reo Maori

Rena

Karakia at work every day to set off our hui

David

Kina kina is the first song i learnt in the process of learning Te Reo. So it is always special to me.

Avinash

My Pepeha created with the help of https://pepeha. nz/

Steve

Ki ora I am listening to waiata and talking to whanau in Australia.

Verity

He whanau matou e tautoko ana kaore e whakawa.

Yazmin

The tamariki at Te Pā Wānanga ki Omaka Marae in Wairau recorded a video to Papa Kiley Nepia to mihi to him for his birthday. He is the manager of Omaka Marae where our kura is based and pours out hours of his time to teach us so much. Te Reo, mau rakau, tikanga, kapa haka, Manaaki, Te tai ao, maramataka, Te Ao Māori just to name a few. We appreciate him so much,

Carleen

Te Ohoere is a little camera shy. We are listening to Waiata together.

Betsy

I shared my mihi with three family members and helped two of them do theirs. One for the first time ever, the other for the first time in many years. We also shared some resources.

Cleve

I am a 7 year old that is half Samoan quarter Cook Islander and 1/4 Maori and I Love to learn songs from all cultures especially my own.

Bailey

I took part in Maori moment by listening to Stan walker aotearoa.

Jazlyn

As someone still in the early stages of my te reo journey I love all the picture pukapuka that are becoming more and more readily available in a multitude of places and have a steadily growing collection. For this moment I read outloud to myself but will be rereading when my iramutu get home from Kura this afternoon.

Enby

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

My class of Room 11 along with the other classes at Valley School in Pukekohe participated in the Maori Language moment by zoom with our classes. The children said our school timatanga and then we sang Tūtira mai ngā Iwi. Luckily I had the maori language teacher in my zoom session and she taught us the actions to the waiata which we all did along with the song. A fantastic moment to be treasured!

Ginny

I am listening to waiata and learning about the history of te ao Māori.

Zach

Because I identify as a Māori it’s only appropriate that I meet and greet people with a simple Mōrena or Kia Ora as often as possible. Sharing kupu hou everyday during Māori language week, making people aware of how to pronounce our it properly and embracing the beautiful language that our ancestors fought to be taught in the education system to this very day! ! Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori.

Fredelle

I tenei whare. E noho ana ahau me nga whanau i roto i te Tamaki Makaurau. Ko te pikitia ki mua, i taku whanau, nga tangane, nga tuahine me nga mama raua ko papa. E rua nga tuahine me 5 nga tangane. E whitu taku tamariki. 2 kotiro me 5 tama. Nga mihi Mereana Povey

Mereana

I am doing a beginners online Te Ao māori course.

Ana

He whitiata whakangahau, he whitiata whakanui i te kaupapa o te rā nei! !

Reanga

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