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

Tēnā koutou Ko Anastazia tōku ingoa I tupu ake au ki Kemureti Ko Maungatautari tōku maunga Ko Waikato tōku awa Ko Oriental tōku waka Kei Haumaru Kai Aotearoa ahau e mahi ana Nō reira ngā mihi nui tonu Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa

Anastazia

Kia ora I am a beginner of te reo Maori and wanted to keep learning so I went to Ako to take some te reo Maori online lessons. Because Auckland is still in Level 4 so I am using my time everyday to learn more new words of te reo Maori. I have started from Episode one and today I am in Episode 13. I will keep learning and I hope to use them or practise with my kindergarten colleagues when we go back to work in Level 2. I am from Singapore and I love learning different languages. I can speak 4 or more other languages and te reo Maori is my next language I want to learn. Nga Mihi Belinda

Belinda

Kia Ora, I korero au

Jack

Learning kupu with my class playing a kahoot.

Katy

Nau mai ki te wiki o te Reo Maori. Our tamariki choose each morning which waiata me nga pukapuka they would like. Today they chose Tutira mai nga iwi as it is one of our favorites :) We hope you enjoy our waiata and sing along with us.

Leslie

Koia nei ta tatou kuri, ko tona ingoa ko Kuri. e ako ana i te reo maori i nga marama kua hipa ake nei.

Tukairangi

This is a Tauira Made from Harakeke, This year i am studying Raranga and have prepared this ready to apply the pattern into a Kete Whakairo.

Kaye

We said karakia in Māori for our weekly online children's value education class.

Aradhana

Mōrena, good morning. It is te reo Maori language week. There are 8 species of kōwhai trees in Aotearoa - New Zealand. And the kōwhai tree is blooming at the moment. They are all endemic to our beautiful Aotearoa 💛💛💛 Mōrena = good morning Kōwhai = yellow Kikorangi = blue

Goina

I listened to songs on you tube

Angela

He aha te toa o te kemū? Tātou katoa! Ngā mihi mo tō taonga @konei. nz @maimoa. creative

Terri

I whakarongo ahau ki a Stacey Morrison 'Up to Speed'. I ako ahau ngā kupu hou.

Heather

A 7 year old's impression of Ta moko art on the beach, using digital media.

Aradhana

12pm fell in our staff meeting. We all greeted each other in te reo and answered the question Kei te peehea koe?

Bernadette

My tamariki and I reading a pukapuka He Potae 😁

Lucille

My husband and I are checking in with how we are each feeling today.

Julie

Initially I was going to further listen to Waiata Reo Māori playlist on Spotify but had to take my son to the doctor, so instead I sung my own waiata's to him in the car :)

Tania

We have been learning this waiata and nga tamariki really this.

Rie

Matt from our Workplace Services has been a champion in promoting te reo in our work place every day. This week has been no different. Here he is proudly wearing his new taonga.

Terri

Ko Maungaturoti te Maunga i roto i taku pepeha. Ko Ngati Rangi te hapu

Ngaronoa

Axel and I are checking in with how we are feeling today.

Julie

We gave our support to one of our staff members who was starting a new job at another childcare service by taking our children and staff along to her powhiri. We were shared a waiata as she was welcomed.

Rayna

I used the Māori Language slides with my class and we played a Kahoot celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Sian

Kia ora, i waiata mātou kaimahi ia ata, ia ata, whakaako hoki mātou i te Te Reo Māori (kakano), ka whakairi ngā pikitia (ngā mea māori) kei runga te pakiwaitara, he mahi toi pea Hi, we sang waiata each morning, learnt some basic Te Reo and hung up some pictures (things māori) on the wall and perhaps some art. We are not artistic and the team has learnt a couple of karakia too. Note that pronunciation is an issue and our singing may not sound cool but kei te pai. Does anyone know where we can purchase resources to learn Te Reo? Games, flash cards etc. . . Personally this week has been challenging but enjoyable. Some have faced some criticism from home (95% of us are tauiwi) however this has not deterred us but made us stronger and more determined. Some have tried to get on Te Reo Classes but the waiting list. . . . we need more teachers!

Karini

This is my daughter's rendition of her Turangawaewae.

Aradhana

We are a small community Early Childhood Centre located in Te Whanganui a Tara. We sang our repertoire of waiata and kaiako surprised how long our waiata list became over the past few years. Our tamariki were growing as great advocates for te Reo Maori (in the form of waiata/kapa haka). They sang at noon and at the end of the day saying what they did at midday was just a practice! Here is our song list. Tutiro mai nga iwi, E rere taku poi, Te iwa o te Matariki, Nga taniwha o te whanganui a tara, E tu kahikatea, Tirama nga whetu, Waiata tinana, Te aroha, Oma rapati, Tahi-rua-toru-wha, A-E-I-O-U, Tēnā koe-hello to one, Pakipaki tamariki-ma. We keep on growing to arohatia te reo Māori. 😀

Yoko

We sang Hari Huritau to our birthday whānau.

Jo

I am a Sustainability teacher in the Auckland region. For my online class and student work this week they got to pick activities that incorporated going out in the environment and learning te reo. Some tasks included going on a native tree scavenger hunt, with the id guide in te reo. Another task was to learn the names of 10 geometric shapes in te reo and then go outside and find these shapes in nature. They could also participate in this Moment as one of their activities. I listed to the Spotify Waiata Reo Māori playlist for that hour (and more) while I did school work. I have thoroughly enjoyed this week and the Māori Language Moment. As an expat from Alaska I have so much to learn and I am grateful for the experience to be involved in incorporating te reo into my language and my classes.

Naomi

We are trying to learn to speak Te Reo more actively once a week, we are listening to more songs in Maori and my husband is trying to learn more about his Iwi and his daughters are actively helping him with this. , by encouraging them to all travel to days put on by his Iwi to learn more about there history.

Michele

This video is about the new words that I learnt during lockdown and while I was fully focused on Maori Language week . Snay Lata Manurewa South School

Snay

We had a zoom meet with some fellow students, done a bit of a whaikōrero and explained the parts, karakia tīmatatanga, then we all did our pepeha and sung a waiata and then karakia whakamutunga.

Taki

Kia ora, I played the Te Reo Waiata playlist on Spotify in the house and added as many kupu and kiwaha to my emails as I could fit in for the whole day, to connect with my team at mahi.

Hana

Great chance to learn new words

Alistair

We recognised Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by sharing the importance at our weekly all company sync. We discussed the history of the language and the importance of our involvement in celebrating and learning more about te Reo. A bunch of us jumped on the kahoot quiz at midday Tuesday and had a great time learning and connecting.

Molly

learnt action waiata pungawerewere

sandra

Nutrition & Life encourages the use of Te Reo Māori phrases in our team members' emails. This week we have reminded the team of what they can do to include Te Reo Māori in their emails. We have also included at least one Te Reo Māori word per social post this week in support of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. It's a small start but we look forward to expanding this in the future as a 100% New Zealand owned and operated Dietitian service. It's heart-warming to see Aotearoa unite in this Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Kia Kaha, Josephine and the Nutrition & Life team.

Tiffany

The Baha'i National Secretariat staff spent half an hour from 12 noon on Tuesday 14th Sept sharing learning, phrases, and singing in te Reo. A prayer for unity is one example: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=Nia7RZNgN0g

Suzanne Mahon

Kia ora! We are the team from Marlborough Kindergarten. Thank you.

Noeme

Kia kaha ki te karawhiua i to reo!

Mapuna

I did a karakia at lunch because I was on a meet at 12:00 so I did not draw.

Trinity

Our team is singing colour song in Te Reo Maori for our tamariki. My centre's name is Little Feet Childcare Centre in Papatoetoe.

Araadhana

I put the days of the week in Te Reo Maori as well as in English in our church newsletter Prayer Points

Irene

This is the photo that shows children in Room 5 starting their zoom meeting with morning Karakia. Children are leading this themselves when we have zoom. Ms Snay Lata Teacher at Manurewa South School

Snay

Te Wa Tuku Reo Maori came during a work team meeting. Everyone had prepared a mihi, pepeha, a simple greeting or a whakatauki and we all took turns with sharing with the others. . . We all sang Tutira mai nga iwi together .

Claire

This is one of our kura's favourite waiata to sing. We love waiata and kanikani! We had dhoped to perform this all together like we do most Wednesday afternoons but it was too cold and rainy in Ōtautahi to be outside! Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Tess

Kia ora, the video is just me sharing my pepeha!

This is one of our kura's favourite waiata to sing. We had hoped to sing it altogether outside the hall but alas it was sadly too cold and rainy! Kia kaha o Te Reo Māori!

Tess

My daughters chose their favourite waiata for us to sing together.

Olivia

During our online staff hui we took the opportunity to sing a karakia together at midday. We then each shared a kupu Māori, whakataukī or pepeha and expressed manaakitanga in checking in with each other during this level whā lockdown in Tāmaki Makaurau. Karakia: E Te Atua, ārahina ahau, tiakina mai, kia meinga ahau hei rama pīataata, hei whetū tīramarama. Ko Koe te Mananui me te Pūkaha.

Anita

Nau mai! Kei te pēhea koutou? This week I am drafting :- Te Whakapapa Kaiwhakamahi Raihana Kirimana – End User Licence Agreement EULA He aha tēnei? - What is this? - a contract for a virtual reality visualisation software tool Ko wai ō maua? - Who are we? - the developer and owner. Ko wai koe me koutou? - Who are you? - the subscriber and end user. . . . . I enjoy learning Te Reo very much. I hope to become more fluent, so that I may go back to my marae and kōrero with my kaumātua. Ka kite anō

Pauline

This is our Maori Leader Karen Hohaia at Manurewa South School. She is on zoom meeting with Room 5 children and with Ms Snay Lata teaching children Songs and Poi dance.

Snay

Listened to a beautiful Waiata

Nicole

A whakatauki for our staff

Elaine

Playing kēmu was a great way to spend our Plink Māori Language Moment. We used Kahoot and Tipu resources to play Mahara. Jeremy couldn't join in as he was attending the Court of Appeal with his Wakatū whānau via zoom! Which started with karakia.

Melissa

Bay of Plenty District Health Board staff waiata at Tauranga Hospital.

Sarah

i whakarongo matou ki Stacey Morrison's podcast series Up To Speed with Te reo Māori

Christine

I ako mātou i te pepeha o Te Kupenga Hauora Ahuriri

Juliana

I have three teenage kids. We sang (very loudly and very out of tune) waiata by Drax Project, Dave Dobbyn and Six60 in the car with the windows down. Since Tuesday we have done this at every opportunity - on the way to school, to sports and to the super market. Kapai

Rachel

Valuing te reo Maori with my team. I also uploaded whakatauki to Facebook during the 12pm Hui.

Monique

Tena koutou e nga kaiwhakahaere This video is a korero explaining the our whanau involvement in the Wairarapa kohanga/Kura reo movement in the 80's. It is about our experience as a Māori speaking pakeha whanau growing up in the Wairarapa. Please use the link to access the video. Facebook video: https://youtu. be/_3bwjsRBGZU Full length: https://youtu. be/DhzAaeR1dZU Nga mihi mahana Na Hamuera Ludden

Hamuera

Maori Language week is a very important part of our school celebration and learning. We learn Waiatas, Maori Poems, Maori songs, Maori Pepeha which is an integral part of children's daily learning. In this lockdown our children started their zoom meetings with Karakia and our school Pepeha which is so cool. Every child knows the Pepeha so well. Our Maori leader in our school is Whaea Karen Hohaia. She is very supportive of our students and teachers by coming on our zoom meetings and guiding our students through songs , haka, listening to Waiatas and Poi dance. We humbly joined in and enjoyed this moment in time with her. We are very proud Manurewa South School. I am a beginner learner in Maori Language but I love the essence of the language. I would love to learn more.

Snay

Ko Whakatere Manawakaiaia nga maunga, Ko Waima Moehau nga awa, Ko Ngātukimatawhaorua te waka, Ko Tuhirangi te marae, Ko Te Mahurehure te hapū Ko Ngāpuhi nui tonu te iwi Ko Karen Lambert taku māmā Ko Sonny Ehu taku pāpā E noho ana au kei Kirikiriroa Ko Freeman Ehu ahau

Freeman

Kia ora e te whanau! As a company we shared with each other, our favourite Māori whakatauki and kīwaha. We also printed these and made them into a shape of a Tiki man, so we can practice all year round! Here's an example: He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata he tāngata!

Eve

I am studying te reo with Wānanga o Aotearoa and it is a warm, positive highlight of my life in 2021.

Angela

Tena koutou katoa Anei a matou Te Kura Neehi o Waipapa Taumata Rau (The School of Nursing, the University of Auckland) i whakanuia Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. Kia kaha te reo Māori Mauri Ora.

John

Kia ora, my name is Levon and this is my support person Sapphire. Together we are on a journey of learning Te reo Maori and learning our tikanga which is part of our identity. Today we have been practicing our waiata and would like to share it with our whanau and friends around Aotearoa.

Levon

The photo shows my Pepeha

Edna

Kia ora! Pokarekare Ana was the first Maori song that touched me deeply after I moved to Aotearoa from 20 China years ago. I kept telling myself I would learn to sing this song one day. I can't believe it took me this long! It was Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori that gave me the drive to finally make it.

Bernny

Year 7 and 8 and Te Pu Tahitanga students from Tikipunga High School Whangārei sharing some Mauri!

Jon

My work had a challenge to create a māori word with things around the house.

Lisa

Te mea tuatahi e mihi ana ki te Atua. E te whare e tu nei tena koe, e te marae i waho nei tena koe e nga mate mate o te wa haere, haere, haere, E nga kanohi ora tena koutou. He mihi aroha tenei ki te kaupapa o tenei wiki, te wiki o te Reo Maori. He mihi nui kia koutou e whakamaoritia nga kupu i runga i nga pikitia i runga i te pouaka whakaata me nga mea katoa. He hari toku ngakau ki te kitea i enei mea. No reira tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

mary

E kitea ai ngā taonga o te moana, me mākū koe. This year I dived into the big blue and signed up to lear te reo at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. It's challenging and rewarding, feeling the chill and doing it for me!

Kirsty

I used greetings and phrases in my team meetings and encouraged others to do so. My daughter and I sung songs like the Alphabet and Colours and a Counting song. We also learned about our Pepehā.

Jamie

Kiaora my name is Snay Lata. I am an Indian from Fiji Islands but I love Maori Language . I highly respect this culture. This video is about Maori Colors and I would like to sing it. I am also going to say our school Pepeha. Please delete one of the videos I did. I made a mistake. I have added Maori numbers too.

Snay

This is our Senior school wero to the middle school of our school haka

Tanya

Created by Tim Northover and students of Dairy Flat School

katie

Te Reo Maori has similar vowels with exact same pronunciation as Hindi

Pankaj

Te Wiki o te reo Maori 2021 was celebrated with story telling "Hoiho i roto i te kohu" "Horses in the Mist". A story about the wild horses that live in Te Urewera in the mist and mountains by the author Kerry Limmer. Tamariki were involved with different props that made sounds with, interactive.

Yvonne

Popped into 6 class zooms to participate in their whanau zuis. Tu meke Windy Ridge kaiako - you rocked it. The tamariki had heaps of fun.

Jenine

Kia ora, Made my own of list frequently used words that I can use on a daily basis and added a Te Reo salutation to my email signature.

Karen

Kia ora! On Tuesday 14. 09. 2021 at 12pm, we came together with Ruma Rua and shared a waiata together, and also a karakia before kai. We had a student from Ruma Tahi lead our waiata, and a student from Ruma Rua lead our karakia. He waka eke noa - We are all in this together. Nga mihi nui, Ross School

Amy

Ron Seeto Architect & Rotarian MOMENT D9920 karaehe mo te reo Māori first ever Te Reo programme for Rotary whanau in Rotary International District 9920 (auckland and pacific islands)

Ron

This is one of my favourite whakatauki. Tuia te Rangi e tū iho nei Tuia te Papa e tākoto nei Tuia te tangata e noho nei Eke panuku, tuia ki a tina. As the Earth and Sky work together, as a people we all work together.

Cath

As the lockdown interfered with our original plan, we downloaded a bunch of Te Reo apps and started learning new kupu. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Erin

Ka Poipoi a, a beautiful waiata written by an amazing artist that always reminds me of my turanga waewae Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa. 🧡

Bronwyn

My mihi! Thank you for sharing how to introduce yourself properly. Increases connection with people

Sam

Our Team at Goodwood park sang a waiata

Reuel

I listened to Lorde's Solar Power (Te Ao Marama) and Bene's Soaked (Kua Kore He Kupu). I also downloaded the app Tatau - I played the counting game and made the high scores leaderboard!

Meg

My mihi.

Dene

Learning my pepeha has been and still is a journey, I'm greatful for those that have walked along side me and have patiently taught me different aspects of my pepeha. Ngā mihi e hoa mā! .

Cuisle

I stopped and listened to our national anthem in Te Reo.

Ardis

Shared kai with whānau and friends!

Lynette

Ko te ruma tuatahi ka tiimata i to ra ki ngā karakia.

GIna

This is me and my whanau celebrating maori language week.

Desiree

We posted on Facebook and Instagram letting our followers and clients know to expect a Te Reo korero when we spoke and emailed them during Maori Language Week. We also let them know about the Te Reo lessons that our firm has been taking, in conjunction with Ngati Rehia.

Kirsty

Room 20 recorded Whakatauki to share with each other :)

Sarah

We start every lesson with either a waiata (pre level 2) and now, a whakataukī and this week we read the legend of Hinemoa & Tūtānekai in French!

MacKenzie

Ko te reo te taikura ō te whakaaro marama - language is the key to understanding This is my favourite whakatauki and I shared it with people.

Daniel

I listened to both Dave Dobbyn's "Hine Ruhi" & Six60's "Pepeha" and enjoyed trying new words as they came up on the screen. I've also enjoyed listening to the news and weather on both TV1 and 3 with their Maori pronunciations. Scotty Morrison's phrases and words on Breakfast each morning were great. Also we have been sending out emails to our students and in the ones that I've compiled (3 days out of 5) I've included some Maori phrases and words. I will be continuing to use phrases and words where they are appropriate. Ka Kite

Diane

Staff at Christian Community Church Palmy sharing our mihi and singing a waiata together!

Phoebe

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Staff at Christian Community Church Palmy sharing our mihi and singing a waiata together!