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

Reading "Māori at home - Scotty and Stacey Morrison". Practicing my pronunciation and learning phrases to use around the home.

Opal

We are the preschool team of New Shoots Pakarunga and we join in the celebration of Te Reo Maori through this action song "Paki paki Tamarikima"

Jasmin

kia uru atu tatou, kei te hiahia au ki te waiata. kia mahi ngatahi tenei

Chelsea

Kia Ora!

Hannah

My son learn't his Kindy pepeha which was beautiful with all the tamariki. We have also sung a couple of waiata's, I couldn't believe how easily all the words came back to me from my own primary school years! The speakers will continue to play the awesome Waiata Te Reo playlist on Spotify for the rest of the week.

Monique

E ako ana ngā tauira me pēhea te whakahua i ngā kīwaha i te wā tika, ānei ētehi o ā rātou ohio manomano.

Talia

Aroha mai, aroha atu

Celia

Highbury Police, Papaioea saying Kia Ora.

Cyndy

Lance

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. I will great the new nursing shift.

Nita

Joined in by doing a Te Reo Kahoot, then our cbm team will korero & share our pepeha.

Judi

KIA KAHA KOUTOU KATOA KI TE KŌRERO I TE REO MĀORI I NGĀ WĀ KATOA ME NGĀ WĀHI KATOA. . TUTURU WHAKAMAUA KIA TINA. . TINA! HAUMI E HUI E TAIKI Ē! .

Tawera

Little bit of kapa haka in the lounge! Sorry to our neighbours for the terrible singing - we had a good time!

Charlotte

Nothing to tell. Just wanted to be a part of this.

Lloyd

Ko Corin toku ingoa Kia kaha korero Maori! !

Corin

I decided to read a pukapuka i te reo Māori for my Māori language moment, to continue to practice my fluency.

Suzanne

My mihi is written on the left and the face is to tell nz to stay strong (Kia kaha) during this pandemic . Nga mihi

Zeeshan

Kei Tauranga Moana au, ka pānui te pukapuka nei nā Tā Tīmoti. Ahakoa he uaua ētahi o tāna kōrero mōku, he rawe hei ako, hei whakapakari hoki i tōku reo. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa.

Alison

Creating a putiputi and discovering the art of weaving

Angelique

Ko Putauaki te maunga Ko Tarawera te awa Ko Te Arawa te waka Ko Te Kohinga Mārama te marae Ko Te Ao Hurihuri te wharenui Ko Lisa ahau

Lisa

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Kaimahi 🤗

Kate

Mauriora! !

Louis

I am learning to speak TeReo so I can use it in my job to greet customers.

Jan

Cece

Listening to Mai FM Morning Crew! My morning dose of Maori and Pacific Humour!

Warren

He whakamāramatanga tēnei o te mahi o te Korporeihana o Wakatū i te wā tonu o te Māori Moment. Kei roto mātou i te Kōti Pīra, e whawhai ana mō tō tātou whenua tuku iho.

Jeremy

My little granddaughters, 4 & 2, love this waiata 😍

Liz

Its just a sound file of me singing a little waiata that I like

Ron

my first try in maori

Arpita

Tash & Hine finding time, between customers, for Maori Moment 2021. Mauri Ora

Hine

Karakia I Te reo Māori

Karen

Kia Ora all this is my pepeha

Tania

I will learn a Maori word a day

Anh

My son doing his pepeha and using sign language

Adeline

I wrote a message to my hoamahi in our Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Teams chat channel

Rhiannon

He karakia ataahua. Whakarongo ngā Waita anthems! Tu meke. Ka Waiata Ki a Maria.

Jann

I sent messages to friends on Facebook in te Reo. Ann

Ann

Kia ora! I am at work and greet callers in te reo, as I do every day. I feel the response today has been particularly positive, as several callers either responded in te reo, gave it their best go, or simply expressed their appreciation for hearing te reo. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Tanja

I am a student, and my class had a zoom call where we did a Maori language Kahoot. It was really fun and I can 7th out of 30 people. It helped my understanding of Maori language grow.

Ella

I learnt my Pepeha and began to practice it so that I have it memorised next time I am on the marae. Also tried to learn some phrases that I thought I could use for the rest of mahuru māori. Kia kaha te reo māori

Zak

We love celebrating Matariki and dancing to this song (Matariki Macerana) is a favorite so wanted to enjoy it today to celebrate the Maori language Moment. Our whole family joined in.

Jody

We love music so decided to whakarongo to some Aotearoa waiata/anthems in te reo for our Māori language moment

Emma

Kia ora, I made a video on kids loving kina kina song

Parampreet

I am only just beginning by Te Reo journey and have began my learning my pepeha

Hannah

ProCare PHO Teams meeting for acknowledgement of fay

Kate

From our bubble to yours, my tamariki learning Tutira Mai song. We had lots of dun learning & singing the song all together.

Jade

Tēnā koutou i tēnei ahiahi Aotearoa

Nick

Kupu Māori word grid using scrabble tiles!

Kate

I practiced my mihi first time in many years.

Liam

Kia Ora Whanau Kia pai to ra

Quinn

Colleagues at chch emergency department sharing Te wiki o Te reo

Sandra

Kia Ora

Venali

We sang a waiata together at our older adult residential care setting.

Nichola

We learnt how to say Have a good week Kia pai to wiki

Todd

Nau mai Haere Mai! Harikoa Katoa, Nga Mihi Mahana!

Ro

I shared with our leadership team and the admin office how to say the days of the week in te reo maori. I also explained where the days of the week get their names from and the meaning. Our whanau were really interested and led to some good korero. Toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te whenua! ! !

Shannon

Riverhead Montessori Preschool joins the Māori Language Week.

Irenne

Had the opportunity to listen to Te Reo Maori Podcasts

Joe

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Joanne

As an early childhood teacher, I am always wanting to share the Te reo waiata that I know. Here is a video of me singing and doing the actions to some of the waiata that I know.

Hannah

pepeha

Jack

I am going to learn Maori language so that I can use some during my Geography class. Also I want to understand people who speak this language.

Janish

These are the tuakana tamariki attending Te Puna Whakatupu o Raroera Te Puawai in Te Rapa Kiririroa singing Tutira Mai and Kotahi Te Kohao 😊🎶✌️❤️

Jaqi

Kia Ora :D

Alice

Ko Tongariro Te Maunga Taupo Te Moana Hepi Te Heu Heu Te Tangata Ko Tuwharetoa Te Hapu Ko Rauhotu Te Marae Ko Hohepa Te papa Ko Kathleen Te Whaea Ko Tom Dehar Toku Ingoa Tena Koutou Katoa.

tom

Doing my bit for Te Reo while at work! Kia kaha Te Reo Māori, Kia kaha Aotearoa

Amanda

Kai te kimihia au i ngā taonga tākaro ā ngā taonga tuku iho hoki e pā ana ki te whakapapa o Māui Pōtiki ka puta ki te whai ao ki te ai marama, Mauri Ora Tēnei te whakaāhua taku tūpuna ki kōnei

Nathan

Karakia on Kaiteretere Beach - our special place.

Nicola

“Kai te aha koe?” A unique Ngati Porou rerenga korero

Ani

Kia reo māori katoa i runga i toku insta

Arapera

Kia ora koutou katoa. E matakitaki Ana ahau ki Nga tamariki me Nga akonga no Ngāti Wai trust board I facebook

Sue

This is my new omaoma and have shared this to all the members.

Sherryn

WFH

Tomas

Due to Tāmaki Makaurau still in Level 4 we are sharing our Karakia Timatanga-Whakataka te Hou on our Google Classroom hui. Kia kaha i te Reo Māori!

Tina

I karakia tā mātou karaihe, ā, i kōrero au ki āku akonga mō te whai tikanga o te whakamāori o ngā waiata me ngā kōrero.

Briar

This was a kowhai in varying states of its beauty showing its grace in negotiating the strong winds

Anne-Marie

Kia ora ko john takuingia

John

#reomaori

Sandra

I asked my mum for a hot chocolate in maori.

jade

This is the Highbury Police, Palmerston North saying hello to everyone for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori.

Cyndy

I have loved learning new parts of this beautiful culture and language. I have found some really cool whakatauki's and their meanings and relevance. I am so grateful.

Sian

I joined with my work colleagues on Zoom

Ramarihi

All the classes from our school gathered in our verandahs (due to the rain) and sang Tutira Mai to each other across the courtyards.

Al

Kia ora, I am working in my studio in Ōtepoti today and learning Te Reo through Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Kia kaha!

Rose

Ko Te Aroha-a-Uta Ko Te Waitangi-O-Ohinemuri te awa Ko Tikapakapa te moana Ko Hauraki te whenua Ko Te Kura Tuatahi-O-Paeroa e mihi ake nei, Ko te Rumaki Reo e ngunguru nei, I a ha ha TI HEI MAURI ORA

Matire

My Pepeha

Anna

This is one of my favourite himene

Vaulette

part of the nga taonga group today

susan

Ko Waimarama taku ao !

Mahinaarangi

Some of our team took a moment to share our #mymihi together - now we're listening to Waiata Anthems!

Holly

te reo

Milla

Sending a greeting to a friend!

Holly

Saying the alphabet in Te Reo and a karakia with my four-year-old daughter! Ka pai!

Maria

The importance of te wiki o te reo Māori to me

Troy

Working as a reliever in the Early chdhood centre

Swati

My son and I decided to do our pepeha together.

Nigel

I spent some time trying to remember to correct pronunciation of E Ihowā Atua - our national anthem. There's a great page here with a beautiful rendition of the waiata by Naomi Bradfield: https://www. maorilanguage. net/waiata/e-ihowa-atua-nz-national-anthem/

Nigel

Tēna koutou

Swati

Our whanau have learnt some karakias and it has become a regular thing to say them at every meal. We also downloaded the korerorero app so we can start learning and speaking te reo. 🙂

Trina

I am singing a Maori Waiata

Shikha

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