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!

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This video is taken of our Roopu Kaahu (four-year-olds) reciting our Kai Karakia. All our tamariki in the Centre (right from our pēpi), hear and learn Karakia whether it be Karakia Timatanga, Karakia Whakamutunga or Karakia Kai. They also recite their pepeha at Wā Whānau. We are proud of our bi-cultural Centre where te reo Māori is so natural.

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Anei ā tātau mahi hai taua wā: 1) Tātau katoa – recite Kingi Ihaka’s karakia for te reo Māori 2) 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 3) Tātau katoa – sing ‘Whakarongo’ 4) Tātau katoa – recite Paraone Gloyne’s karakia for te reo Māori We celebrated with karakia, waiata and kai. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori

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Just before 12pm today we gathered the tamariki on the mat to let them know about the Maori Language Moment and what we were going to do. We counted down the last 5 seconds to 12 noon and then shouted out "Kia ora! ! " to the camera! After this we all sang and did two waiata a ringa: "Te Pepeha o te Kura Kohungahunga o Waitangi" me "Te Waiata o ngā Atua". We hope you enjoy watching ngā tamariki perform as much as we enjoyed taking part!

Because you can never play enough Kahoot when learning about sentence structure.

The learning is never ending . . . online learning for karakia whakakapi

Ko au te toa o te kemū nei!

Maori / Spanish Dictionary by 10SPAN

We still wanted to share kai but couldn't do our usual hakari with everyone so this year our alternative kai was a nice wee cheeseboard. Namunamua!

I took some quiet time out to practice Ko Te Pito. This helps me to practice my reo, get centered & focus on what's important in my life.

I spoke in Maori with the student and staff member I was working with.

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I recited a whakatauki that is linked to my workplace.

At Cashmere Avenue School, Room 15 celebrated by singing waiata- Mahunga, pakahiwi & Ra whanau ki a koe. . . Tamariki loved it! We also celebrated as a whole school with each class taking turns sharing Te Reo learning on a Google Meet call!

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Whanau waiata

ka kōrero i te reo Māori te tuatahi i taua wā tonu, ka kōrero i te reo Pākehā te ruatahi For that moment first I spoke in Maori, then in English. Ka takakawe tonu ahau ki te kupu Māori te tuatahi. I will keep trying to say Maori words first.

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Anei ētahi whakaahua o tā mātou mahi hei whakanui te kaupapa o te wiki o te reo māori

I helped edit a round-up of news about Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021. So much inspiring mahi happening. My favourite listen was RNZ's piece this morning, where the Māori Language Commission encouraged all of us to embrace te reo Māori. https://www. rnz. co. nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018812733/non-maori-must-learn-te-reo-for-it-to-survive-te-taura-whiri-i-te-reo-maori Mā tātou katoa te reo Māori e whakaora. Ka nui ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou.

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Tena koutou katoa, sit back and enjoy, matakitaki mai ki nga rangatahi o Te Kareti o Putaruru. E waiata matou nga waiata o tenei kura. . .

I had a kōrero with my grandparents and recited my school waiata for them. We also sung "Tutira Mai Nga Iwi" and my Nan played on the kīta :)

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This is Room 2 at Avalon Intermediate In Lower Hutt. We have been learning about Whai (String patterns) and Titi Torea/rakau (Stick games). We had challenges to learn and create different Whai patterns, and made our own Titi Torea routines to share with our classmates.

Tēnā koutou, ko Les tokū ingoa. Ko kōrero he karakia mō te kai. Nau mai e ngā hua o te wao, o te ngākinga, o te wai tai, o te wai māori, nā Tāne, nā Rongo, nā Tangaroa, nā Marū. Ko Ranginui e tū nei ko Papatūānuku e takoto nei. Tūturu whakamaua kia tina! Haumia ē, hui ē, tāika ē! Kia kaha te reo Māori.

Kei te waiata ahau ki tautoko te kaupapa rangatira.

As a staff member from Literacy Aotearoa, Masterton site I took part in the national zui including Karakia, Waiata and Korero. It was inspiring to listen to the stories our members shared from around the motu.

We have made a set of plaques to put by native plants around the school. They have the name in te Reo and some information about how Māori used the plants

I pānui au i tēnei pukapuka i tēnā wā.

We joined with 600 others at the Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga/ Ministry of Education singing waiata

This is of our colleagues at Mo-co - a shared co-working space in Moera, Lower Hutt. Our colleague Kahu (second from left) has been teaching us kupu o te ra and a whakatauki challenge every day. We ended the week with a kahoot quiz as a fun way to test our learning! Its been awesome to bring te reo Maori into our workplace in a safe, fun, and meaningful way.

I reminded members at our club that this was Maori language week. I told them of an activity we did earlier in the day that highlighted my workplace Maori Language Moment. I followed this up later in the evening by using Te Reo in an email more so than I would have in the past. Kia pai to ra

I worked with my colleagues on appropriate Pepeha for those of us that are Ngati Pakeha

Ka waiata ētahi mema o Te Rōpū Waiata i tētahi rā makariri hoki! Tirohia ki te hukarere e takoto ana kei runga i ngā taumata ki muri. :-)

Mahi Toi- Year 0-1.

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This is our ticket office (Fullera360) sharing their Mihi and taking part in the Maori Language Week. It was fun to learn. For a few it's their first time speaking a sentence or 2 in Māori. Thank you for sharing your beautiful Language with us. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori.

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Some of our tamariki during wā whāriki, singing together and sharing kupu/words in te reo. We sing many waiata and hīmene, and also played board games in te reo, said pepeha, karakia and heaps more. As a centre we have also been teaching our tamariki and centre whānau new greetings and phrases as they arrive and leave, it's been ka rawe!

For the Maori Language Moment, my class of New Entrant children, recited our Wilford School karakia. One line in the karakia says that we'll "respect our heritage". This week has been a great opportunity for the children to appreciate what that means. They have quickly come to understand that you don't need to have Maori ancestry to take part in Te Ao Maori.

My online maths class did an investigation into the patterns in Tukutuku panels, as well as watching a video about how it is weaved collaboratively and the metaphor this has for our learners.

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Free sausage sizzle for the school. Students and staff have to ask for their kai in te reo as well as a kiiwaha. (Learnt during the week) Homai he hōtiti me te paraoa. Ehara I te tī, Me he tē, mauri mahi mauri ora.

The waiata "Nau Mai" is a waiata performed for new students to the kura.

I te tuatahi, me mihi ki a rātou toa i para te huarahi mā mātou, ara mā tātou katoa. Ka whakanui mātou ki te taha o mātou mokopuna nohinohi. Nāna i hoki mai, mai Te Whenua Moemoea. Kā mataki mātou i te kiriata Takaro Tribe, Ka waiata ngā waiata me ngā mahi ā-ringa mai i te kiriata lol. Ka timata te mokopuna tana hikoitanga ki te kohanga reo! hurō! ! ! No reira, Kōrero Te Reo Māori, i te pō, i te āo! i ngā wā katoa!

I edited our Distance Learning Portal ( & home page for all student accounts) for Ōtūmoetai Intermediate School to fully celebrated 2021 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Students shared a school-wide celebration, then I played this awesome video. . . https://distancelearning. otuinter. school. nz/

We celebrated 2021 Māori Moment in our classrooms with waiata, karakia, art and stories.

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Our Te Reo Māori study group gathered to share our Māori Language Moments. Together we discuss what encouraged us to learn Te Reo Māori and why it was important for us to get involved in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Kia ora. As part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori I wrote down my mihi and spoke my mihi. Ko Jo toku ingoa No Te Whanganui-a-tara oku tipuna Kei te noho au ki Taranaki Also as part of the Maori Language moment I listened to LifeFm where they played 1 hour of waiata to support Te wiki o te reo Maori. Nga mihi nui. Jo

We had 60 year 2 students and teachers from Whangaparāoa Primary in a zoom moment together. We had games, activities and waiata. It was amazing!

Whānau 3 of Kōtare Nui, of Windy Ridge School came together for a Zoom at 12pm. We began with a kōrero about 'Standing Together'' as New Zealanders to show that we love and value Te Reo and to keep it safe. Then we recited a beautiful karakia for the children's emotions. Next we used some of the great resources shared with us by Reo Māori and watched the video clips to say kia ora, listen and learn a kaikōhau, and introduce ourselves with a mihi. We had a lovely whānau sharing and each recited our own mihi. We finished up with the Te Reo Kahoot! Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to be part of this and for the great resources. Kia ora!

Here is a video From the Pyke house of Dunstan High School.

1. Tomo mai e Tama ma ki roto I nga ringa e tuwhera atu nei, Ki nga morehu o te Kiwi e, Ki nga Tama Toa o tenei riri nui. Chorus: Hoki mai, hoki mai ki te wa kainga, Kua tutuki te tumanako, Kei te kapakapa mai te Haki, te Haki O Ingarangi i runga Tiamana e. 2. Hoki ruarua mai e Tama ma Ki nga iwi e tatari atu nei, Kua mahue atu ra nga tini hoa Ki runga whenua, iwi ke. 3. Na Te Moana ra ko te Wikitoria, Hei whaka-maumahara-tanga e, Ki o ratau tinana kei pamamao Ki o ratau ingoa kei muri nei. 1. Enter boys into these arms outstretched here To the survivors of the Kiwi Army, to the brave sons of this great war Chorus Come back, come back to the village life Our wish has been fulfilled as fluttering over there is the flag, the flag of England over Germany. 2. You return fewer in number, boys, to the people waiting for you. You have left many friends in foreign soil, among strange peoples. 3. The Victoria Cross won by Moana was a reminder of the bodies far away and the memories with us still.

PikPok's Te Reo Māori study group gathered to share our Māori Language Moments. Together we discuss what encouraged us to learn Te Reo Māori and why it was important for us to get involved in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Faculty Māori Wānanga Session

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My kōtiro having a kanikani to her fav waiata as it has her Marae (Waiparapara) in it and also where she's from #TokomaruBay.

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Hei whakanui i te wiki o te reo Māori, anei tētahi rauemi e whakamārama ana i te pūtake me te whānautanga mai o tā mātou kaupapa a Para Kore. Ko tā hoki te kiriata nei he whakamārama i te horopaki o ngā pūnaha whakahaere para, me ngā kōkiritanga o Para Kore hei hīkina ake i te haepapa nui o te kaitiakitanga me te tiaki taiao. Mātaki mai e hoa mā! #parakore#tereoMāori#kaitiakitanga

Watched the live video premiere on YouTube - so eye opening!

I korero ahau ki aku mokai. He ngeru ratou. Iwhakarongo ratou engari kaore i whakautu. Katahi I mahi ahau i nga wharangi 64, 65 o taku pukapuka Maori Made Easy 2 Ko toku whakaaro tino pai rawa Te Reo Maori Moment. Ngamihi nui ki nga kaiwhakahaere. ✔️✔️✔️

Enjoyed singing along to "Aotearoa" by Stan Walker and "Kia Kaha" by Link in the office.

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I kōrero māori toru tekau mā iwa ngā kai taraiwa pahi mai i te Motu Arai Roa-Waiheke Island. Ka pai koutou katoa! Mauriora (I do not own the writes to the waiata)

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Te wā pukapuka

My partner and I learnt the days of the week in Te Reo, practised counting (to 100), went over the Maori Quizz on Stuff learning the phrases. T o conclude we sang a waiata.

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He paku waiata akiaki mo te Reo Māori!

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Mihi

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He paku waiata akiaki mō tātou Ngāi Māori ma!

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Te Wero KaHao

Changed my profile pix on my FB page.

We enjoyed a collaboration with our early learning centre, Rakiura Rugrats, this week for Māori Language Moment 😁 We sang nature themed waiata (one of our faves- Tohora Nui! ) and started creating these names-of-nature stones, made eye-catching by our creative tamariki! They will be hidden around our township or along one of our nature walks for people to learn bit-by-bit.

My 5 year old standing in her akomanga doing her pepeha.

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I whakanuia matou i te huringatau o tō mātou kaihautu a Whaea Joeann Waata, ki te Taitokerau Wānangā i Whangārei. I waenganui i te wiki o te Reo Māori. Haramai tētahi āhua!

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Song: Nga iwi e.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Māori language week. A tui in the coral tree (flame tree) at Takarunga (Mt Victoria) in Devonport, Auckland. Tui are endemic birds of our beautiful Aotearoa - NZ. Karaka = orange

Poi Song with Whaea Somna

Students shared in the Maori Language Moment at 12pm by sharing a video or photo of themselves/something to match on Seesaw with a word or phrase that they know in te reo Maori. It was all about celebrating the big/little milestones of what we know already, and sharing this knowledge to spread awareness to others and encourage more people to give the language a go!

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Room 3 learning Takahia Paki and using maori vocabulary in our writing.

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This week, in celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, I sang the waiata 'Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi' during our Scissors office catch-up on Teams. While some may think its hard to pick up a new language, music just helps me pick it up faster, so I encouraged everyone to give Te Reo Māori a try and hope we are all able to learn some new words, phrases or songs in te reo Māori especially this week.

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Kia ora koutou, tenei ataata ki a Ratapiko Kura. Ka whakatangi matou i nga waiata Tūtira Mai Nga Iwi me korero Māori We worked online with the VLN network - watched and participation by 1500 tamariki.

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I am a Montessori teacher for 3-6 year olds and we have chosen some books and songs to share with the children as well as doing a zoom mattime when the children can show and tell with us. We sang Anika Moa's colour song which is fun, we also sang "ma is white, . . . . AEIOU. . . " the traditional colour song and I read this colour book to help reinforce the language of colour in Te Reo with a little bit of fun and imagination. My granddaughter actually bought this book for my birthday when she visited Te Papa. Beautiful book.

All classes at our school shared a Reo Māori moment. We have made an iMovie to show the different classes/teams taking part. E mihi ana!

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Kaurilands School (O'Kaurirahi) in West Auckland Kaiako, Tamariki and Whānau took part in the Māori Langiage Moment. In this video you will see the different things we got up to. Most, took part in a live stream broad cast with teacher Matua Grant, singing along to waiata. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Today we held a bit of a "Fun Māori Quiz" session where we invited our staff to participate in learning some simple Te Reo topics in a quiz format. We had 40 attendees in total. Lots of fun and laughter was had by all.

We celebrated Te Reo as a multi-generational Samoan family (3 generations) singing himene and waiata. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Our kura had a colouring competition and these were some of our winning entries. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Our kura had a colouring in competition for te wiki o te reo Māori. Hundreds of children entered and these were some of our winning entries.

Family learning on the UE Boom

kia ora, At Te Wanawana, our local playcentre at Newtown, Wellington we learnt the waiata pepeha by Six60 that our local kura Newtown School and many of our tamaiki's older siblings have been learning. We adults also started our business meeting this week with karakia, and sang this waiata together. We have been proud to talk to the children about sense of identify, who they are and the origin of our centre, our centre Te Wanawana also has its own pepeha which we talked about together. It was a wonderful way to use te reo to join our voices and spirits together, to support each other. Thank you from all of us (big and small) at Te Wanawana, Newtown Playcentre nga mihi Rowena, whanau support Te Wanawana

Ka whakaronga ahau ki tenei waiata i te wa tuku reo maori. I akonga etahi waiata i nga tau o mua kia tupu ake au ki Turanga nui a kiwa. E i po, Prince Tui Teka; Po ata rau; Poi e, Patea maori club; Paikea, Ka Panapana, Arohaina Mai, Tama ma, Ngati Porou ; Te hokinga mai, Pakipaki school; Wairua Tapu, NZ Youth Choir.

Playing hangman in Te reo Māori with the tutor group today. Raising the tinorangatiratanga flag in pouring rain and having pudding today when we bring it down. Kia pai Te rā

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Waiata - We're celebrating te reo Māori week at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA in America by our chamber choir singing Pokarekare Ana, a traditional Māori love song. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Today in class we had advisory challenges Learning matau (right) & maui (left) with a stick Some got really into it! Was lots of fun!

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This is our Kerikeri office introducing ourselves in Te Reo

Matipo School were in lockdown, but we had a zoom Māori Moment and sang some waiata with Matua Kahu.

Miro sang waiata to celebrate their Reo Moment

For every dauly of lockdown I have posted a short video to our Kohanga facebook page. This video is an attempt at The 3 Little Pigs.

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This was a waiata i composed to celebrate the great wahine of te ao maori. The meaning behind it is that we have great rangatira who we can call upon at any time to help support, guide and keep us safe. This song gives homage to a few of them.

This was taken at the COVID vaccine clinic at the Waipawa Rugby Club rooms. Kia Mau te wehi

On Thursday 16. 09. 21 we invited our staff to participate in a fun and easy "Learn a mihi and karakia kai" session. We had over 40 people attend and the feedback has been great. We targetted the session towards our mainly non-Māori colleagues to answer some really key questions and allow staff to feel comfortable doing this things if they felt strongly enough to do so.

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Belmont Primary shared a whole school Zoom hui. We had karakia, Te Reo stories, Kahoot! Quizzes and more. Over 230 of our whanau joined us.

For our moment. . . my son completed our mokopapa doco and shared it with the whānau ❤ https://m. facebook. com/story. php?story_fbid=4672938349406635&id=100000715487294 A short documentary on our hikoi ki ta matou huarahi kauae

Our chef Rebecca Verryt (Ngapuhi) made rewana bread and a boil up of bacon hock and pork bones with watercress, potatoes, kumara and doughboys at one of our on-site cafes (Waitā Cafe) for Friday lunch. She also served fry bread and jam throughout the week. The cafeteria is named for the star in the Matariki cluster associated with the moana, as it sits within the building that overlooks the Tāmaki River.

Kahikatea sang a waiata together, they are tino pai rawe singers

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Jumping on the sign language 'Pepeha' trend #ReoMoment

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I recorded this video in one of my favourite places, the Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve. It is a tiny pocket of ngahere amidst a valley owned by a large livestock company, practicing intensive farming with large irrigation systems. The ngahere is a small place of hope and reminds me of what used to be here. The large kahikatea and matai trees are my grandparents. I sit with them, I talk to them, I listen to them and most of all I hongi them. In summer I swim in the small awa and hope not to get a rash from the the leakage of fertilizer and stock effluent into the awa. I stand with the ngahere, even though physically I cannot help it much, I share my aroha and spiritual tautoko with it.

Our kaiako shared our KiNZ Ōtara (Early Learning Centre) pepeha on Storypark, which is a parent portal for whānau to engage them in what's happening at the centre in their own private Storypark community. In Level 4, this has been one of the ways we have been communicating with parents and whānau. Kaiako also shared our own pepeha too.

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Our kaiako puoro sang waiata with many classes during te wiki

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A few of our tamariki were a bit shy but we were sharing one of our favourite waiata Our atua song