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 shared my mihi in a public forum for the first time as the leader of an organisation. A big step for me in developing my confidence with te reo.

David

Zooming, Kahoot games, activities on google classroom.

Wendy

I am a medical receptionist and I sent all my emails on Tuesday using a Maori greeting to begin and end each one Nga Mihi, Frankie

Frankie

Room 12, years 3s and 4s from Plimmerton School sharing our moment! We do this karakia every morning and it's a great way to start our day :)

REMOTABILITY LAUNCHES LOGO IN TE REO MAORI TO THE WORLD RemotAbility is an app developed in Aotearoa and launched in 2020 to assess and benchmark individual and organizational remote work capability based on globally available remote work standards and practices. It is only when you Understand - Matou, can you then Care - Manaaki for each team member and also for the organisation. Protecting or keeping safe – Haumaru, a team member and the organisation, is the next step, in order to achieve Sustainability – Toitu, wellbeing for all. The Te Reo translation captures not just the four pillars of focus on which RemotAbility is built, but also the vision and purpose of RemotAbility which is Oranga Tonutanga – the continued wellbeing of all.

deepak

I tuhi mihi au ki ngā tangata i te āwhina mai Kei te piki maunga o taku reo…

Tania

I met up with a few friends for lunch and greeted them all in Te Reo. I also sent my husband a text in Te Reo which meant he could join in.

Donna

Despite being in lockdown in Auckland, our national team got together virtually for the Māori Language Week Moment where we learned new words and shared our knowledge of the Māori language. We each had a word to share: Kōrero - Speak Whakarongo - Listen Ako - Learn Tākaro - Play Pānui - Read Waiata - Sing

Crystal

I greeted all my callers with Kia ora

Steph

My intention was to simply use te Reo greetings but I found myself moving outside my comfort zone and learning some phrases as well. I used these with my colleagues and found it gave them the nudge to also use and learn te Reo - it was a great supportive way to support each other and grow.

Angela

Māori Language Day Sept 14 1972 has been added to Wikipedia

Hilda

Class played a game of Poi Rakau learning left and right. Maui matau and neke.

Patrick

I whakanui mātou i te Wiki o Te Reo Māori i roto i tō mātou karaehe-a-ipurangi. I waiata, i kōrero, i katakata hōki.

May Lee

Rūma tuatoru e mahi ana i te karakia e mahia ana e mātou i ngā ra katoa.

GIna

Kia ora koutou, My daughters and I played "Tākaro! - Te Reo Memory Game". It was lovely to sit with them at the kitchen table having fun learning and speaking te reo. Ngā mihi.

Susan

The children watched the video Upoko, Pakihiwi and performed the action song.

Ingrid

Today at Te Kura o North Street School ki Kawakawa- Feilding we have a mufti day . Our bilingual unit has approached their mufti day as a dress up where the children choose their ātua of their choice . My daughter Jaelia Joe has only just transferred over to bilingual and absolutely loves her ātua she chose to dress as Papatūānuku her costume is inspired from Te Fiti of the movie Moana. 😄

Jaelia Joe

Tēnā koutou e hoa ma. I te haere ahau ki Kirikiriroa i tōku motokā i te Māori language moment , nō reira i te whakarongo ahau i te irirangi Māori. Ka tino pai!

Alie

Teachers zoomed-in together. We screamed KIA KAHA at 12pm. I live in Remuera. . . . . . not response lol. We sang Kia mau ki tō ūkaipō and played a game of Kahoot - Puoro Māori. The winner was our English putiputi who has been in Aotearoa since 2020. Ka mau te pai! Thanks for pushing Aotearoa to celebrate this week, it was very easy to let this be another groundhog week in Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka tuku atu te mihi ki a tātou katoa. Kia kaha i te reo Māori, ka rere!

Melisa

Our Y0/1 team Ngā Kōwhai hosted a kapa haka for our parents and tamariki on Tuesday the 14th. We shared a pepeha, our karakia, whakataukī and waiata with our Ākonga.

bedelia

I posted this to my Instagram to try get my friends and whānau involved!

Grace

I sung waiata with my tamariki and read pūrākau :)

Lauren

Members of Nelson Bays Harmony Chorus gathered for a korero, we shared our pepeha and then after a karakia we waiatahia he waiata. Pokarekare Ana was our waiata or choice. We then followed with Haere Mai which we are currently learning to sing.

Charmaine

Our kūra did a whole school zoom in our whānau groups and had a pūkana challenge.

Joanne

Ko Ngongotaha Te maunga Ko Utihina Te awa Ko Haerehuka te Waka Ko Ngati Whakaue Te iwi Ko St mary’s Te Kura Ko Wiringi Toku Whanau Ko BJ Toku Matua Ko Nic Toku Mama Ko Lachlan Toku Ingoa

Lachlan

This video is about the online learning for our tamariki from our childcare centre. This video was made to acknowledge Te wiki O Te Reo Maori. This helped our tamariki learn Te Reo Maori with lot of fun.

Shweta

We celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by singing a waiata. As a part of our kaihautū team at Te Pūtahi Kura Pūhou o Taranaki our Pou Arahi Shane Cassidy composed this waiata. Ānei a Mātou. Singing ia rā ia rā fills our soul and balances our wairua and we will continue to learn new waiata to continue to strengthen our haerenga. Tōku reo tōku ohooho.

Debbie

Learning te Reo via Takaro Tribe with Marley (3 months)

Colleen

Our team in Boffa Miskell offices across the country used Teams to take a Te Wiki o te Reo Māori quiz together online. We were happy with our results -- most participants scored over 75%. Ka pai, team!

Kathleen

I use Maori regularly in all emails and huis as part of my mahi. Yesterday in expanded that use through social media. I've also just launched into Australia and so took the time yesterday to let my Australian clients know when karakia and waiata will be used in our huis, and explained the pronunciation and meaning of some basic and regularly used words like hui, mahi, kaimahi, mihi, aroha, hau ora, etc.

Tim

I created a slide for a work activity using materials around the home and learned the whakatauki off by heart.

Grace

For Maori Language Moment, our whanau were travelling. We listened to our maori waiata playlist and tried to only speak maori for that hour mainly focussing on words.

Christina

I got permission from Hēmi Kelly to share small snippets from his awesome pukapuka - A Māori Phrase a Day which I upload to our school Facebook page. I am getting feedback from our whānau that they are using these to help them on their own journey and many are also buying the pukapuka!

Kim

Tried to practice some words. Downloaded an app to start learnibg

Leone

I practice te reo words, I pick one te reo word that I don’t know and try say it as much as I can like kīhini (kitchen) or going for my morning hikoi (walk).

Shykelah

For my Māori language moment, I shared the story of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine with my coworkers and performed a section of Kotiro Māori for them as well.

Joshua

I did A Māori general knowledge Kahoot with my family.

Lucy

At Young Explorers we decided to share our mihi on our learning platform, storypark. Centre whānau also contributed their mihi with the #mymihi template. It was wonderful learning about our pā and sharing our knowledge of tikanga Māori and te reo.

Mary

Learning some phrases

Michael

I have a passion for e waho (outdoors) and being a kaiako, it is my responsibility to foster positive whanaungatanga between tamariki and their natural ao and Papatūānuku. While planting vegetables, ferns and caring for existing native plants/trees in my garden (level 4 lockdown), I also shared on storypark, the tale of Papatūānuku and why she is so important to us and how we can help replenish her.

Mary

Our class came together to learn a kaikohau, then we shared about our favourite fruits and colour - we're playing games with these new kupu and sentences this week.

Karen

The year 1/2 students in Rurutu team at Oaklands School in Christchurch stopped at 12. 00 on Tuesday and we did the song Paradise with sign language. We couldn't actually sing because we are in level 2 and there are 93 of us.

Jo-Ann

MFAT's Consular Division / Te Roopu Atawhai o te Manatu Aorere met to ako by sharing the kupu and whakatauki that we are learning.

Shannon

Last year we were able to do a flashmob waiata but with level 2 we had to scale it down significantly. This year staff wanted to mark the event so personally with masks and physical distancing we sang 3 beautiful waiata.

Shana

Maruhā | face mask Back in the office this week and wearing this handsewn maruhā I made Rātapu.

Kendall

Karakia/Ruruku with my Year 10 class social studies.

Te Ahu

Team 12 are learning to name the parts of our body in te reo Māori using Kahoot.

Liz

At Young Explorers Early Childhood Centre we love our waiata. In the under 2/pēpi area “Kina, Kina” is a favourite. Due to being in level 4 we have been sharing some videos with whānau on zoom, Instagram and storypark.

Mary

At 12:00, we listened to the song Solar Power by Lorde in Maori. .

Ella

The mana whenua in our class ran some Te Reo games. This photo shows us playing a counting game.

Penny

At Young Explorers Early Childhood Centre we love our waiata. In the under 2/pēpi area “Kina, Kina” is a favourite. Due to being in level 4 we have been sharing some videos with whānau on zoom, Instagram and storypark.

Mary

Some of our amazing tīma at Trevelyan's performing a waiata for our Māori moment (despite torrential rain! )

Ash

MFAT's Consular Division/Te Roopu Atawhai o Te Manatu Aorere met to ako by sharing the kupu and whakatauki we are learning.

Shannon

I am joining into as many Tīmatatanga o te rā (Start of day) and Whakamutunga o te rā (end of day) sessions as I am able with my team from work. At each Whakamutunga o te rā there is te kēmu patapatai (the quiz) and yesterday I won the quiz. I am only just starting to consciously re-engage with Te reo after many years away. It feels great!

Donna

My girl Kahzyilou doing the kahao tiktock dance.

Maia

Taonga Atutahi mo te hararei covid kaimahi

Reni

Enviroschool Seniors making beeswax wraps for our upcoming local walk. Waiata while you work 😀

Sue

Junior Room waiata

Sue

I saved my pēpeha to my desktop and changed my keyboard to have macrons

Rosaria

Teaching online in Te Reo we practiced animal names.

Joanne

This week my daughters (15, 11 & 4) and I sang the few Māori songs we know. We interacted with Youtube song and dance videos of Miss 4. I started using Ngā Mihi as a sign off on my emails. I researched words I can use at work and I will try and incorporate it as much as possible. I sent Miss 15 a short text and she replied in Māori as well. Miss 15 is very keen to learn and we are going to try and incorporate a new word or phrase every week. I came home from work yesterday and greeted them in Māori and they greeted back and already it felt very normal. I hope we can go from strength to strength. Being foreigners, I know another language, though English is my native language, and I would love to be able to use the Māori language more.

Raey

Waiata practice with the team at Predator Free 2050 - Tutira mai - bringing us all together from one end of the country to another, over different Covid levels.

Catherine

One of the things I have been doing this week is reading Tangaroa Walkers book, Farm For Life: Mahi, Mana, and Life on Land

Rosaria

Enjoyed watching others on my team using Te Reo Maori during the Maori Language Moment. Thanks for this - great initiative.

Belinda

I took my colleague out for sushi and we looked up all the kupu for our kai.

Sandie

The embassy kapa took part in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori today at 12:00 to celebrate #tewikiotereomāori. We started with a waiata followed by a quiz, a bit of kōrero introducing our family members, and ended with a karakia for kai. #ReoMāori #māorilanguagemoment

Embassy of the Kingdom of

Kia Ora Koutou Katoa Ko Marianne Monica ahau Kei Manukau taku kāinga He pai ki ahau te kai I ngā kai katoa hei aha te aha He whanau nui taku Ko Vijay taku hoa rangatira Kei te ako tonu ahau I te reo rangatira "Akakoa he iti he pounamu" Kia Ora

Marianne

I sent message in te reo to my whanau

Derek

I love board games, so learning some sentences that relate to that was a no brainer for me. In this little comedy skit I use the sentences "kei a wai inaianei?" (whose turn is it?), "kei a koe inaianei" (it's your turn) and "kei ahau inaianei" (it's my turn). Hopefully it makes you laugh a little!

Nick

Me and my teammate Arielle play Division one basketball in the states for Brigham Young University. We were both born and raised in Waikato but moved to America after we graduated to play basketball and receive an education. We are both maori (I am Ngati Kahungunu and she is Ngati Porou). We miss home and love it when New Zealand events show up so we decided to do a tiktok to support Te wiki o Te reo Maori.

Kaylee

Room 4 have been practising and learning using the Toku Reo site, the slide 'Nga Tohu o Tawhirimatea' and we did a kahoot to check our learning. Kapai to mahi Ruma Wha! ! !

Robyn

Kia Ora e te Iwi, Nō Te Kura ō Tōtara Grove ā Mātou. Anei tenei waiata a ' Tutira Mai' Because of Level 2 restrictions and bubble sizes, we sang together, but still in our own class bubbles. Mauri ora, Te Kura ō Tōtara Grove

Vanessa

My partner Geoff & I are learning how to say all bird names in Te Reo. As we see a bird in our garden or neighbours' gardens, we look it up in our bird book Birds of New Zealand which gives English & Te Reo names. After that exercise, it's Te Reo only for birds.

Alison

I did a hangman game with my form class, using only te reo. It was fun and students helped each other to select words

Sharene

This is the first verse of a song I wrote about the Kaikoura earthquake

Helena

Staff from Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services from the University of Auckland took part in a Kahoot quiz. Competition was fierce! But eventually, the winner was. . . Beyonce! Despite the inevitable wifi-troubles, there was learning, fun and a whole lot of laughs.

Manuhiri

As a teacher, my students did a unit on speeches which we call chitty chats. I made an exemplar for them introducing myself in Te Reo Māori. My speech was 'all about me', and it included my pepeha and a poem I wrote about being Māori and European. It has only been in my late twenties that I have wanted to embrace my culture more fully. Below is the poem that I created: Halved by two. Numbers can be whole, but cant catch the flu Split into quarters, but I'm halved by two Two different cultures on one face Māori and European - but what is your race? This is the question that is asked of me, too brown to be white, too white to be free. Free from Judgement, free from belief Too white to be Māori, that's what they tell me. You can't speak the Reo, you don't know the songs You move and talk like a colonial pom You won't eat all seafood, you hate long drops Let's be honest, plastic Māori ways will always flop Flip, flop, bang and slap. My self esteem took a negative wack. Too light to be Māori, too dark to be European Where do I stand in this world that I live in. I stand in both, they both live in me. This picture depicts what everyone can see. One person, one face, one name, one place I am that person, that is my face. My name is Margaret-Jane and Aotearoa is my place. One plus one - that equals you. Māori and European, I'll incorporate the two.

Margaret-Jane

Acess radio Taranaki- Te Reo Journeys

Gail

Shared my pepeha with my uni class where we all learnt ours

Bella

Feeling proud Yesterday I introduced my self in te reo on a zoom this is the first time I have been confident to do this Ko Debbie toki ingoa No England, Aoteroa oku tipuna Kei to nohau ki Tauranga Moana

Debbie

I did the kahoot with my class

Bailey

Ko Rickie-Lee tōku ingoa Nō Murupara ōku tīpuna Kei te noho au ki Arapuni Kei te mahi au ki Maungatautari #MyMihi

Rickie

I shared a mihi in Te Reo Maori to a class that I was relieving. The class loved it and clapped me for my attempt.

Zorina

Kia ora Koutou, As a part of mahi Kaiako for nga tamariki ki Te Village whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau, we learn together a waiata to share; this video is an introduction for learning 'Mehe Manu Rere', a waiata sending arohanui to those we are apart from during Lockdown. . . 💚

Debbie

I taught my Year 7 and 8 class general sayings in te reo and then played Te Reo kahoots to make sure my students retained the lesson.

Au

Anei maatou nga mahikainga ki te Ara Poutama Aoteaoa (Ki Manurewa, me Manukau). We joined together via a zoom session as we are all currently in Tamaki Makaurau. We learnt how to do our own individual little mihi to introduce ourselves and where we work and live in te reo Maori. Then as a fun activity we learnt the basis of a strong pukana, and the tikanga behind it, and then played the kahoot quiz provieded by Te Taurawhiti, which was very fun.

This video is staff and students of Youth Inspire who are part of a Youth Employability programme in Lower Hutt, Wellington. We participated in the Reo moment on Tuesday 14/9 after one of our classes. Our students were super keen to jump on this kaupapa. Kia kaha Te reo Maori!

Alilia

Kua mihi ahau āku mōkaikai

Gary

Colleagues met online to celebrate the Māori Language Moment. With support and guidance from Te Rau Huia (our Māori-medium PLD team), we have worked on improving our pronunciation of oropuare poto, roa and rua.

Julie

At Sunnynook Primary in Tamaki Makaurau, my year 3 and 4 team of learners held two seperate zooms sessions where we shared of karakia, sung waiata, and shared pepeha. We had 160 students and teachers take part

Katrina

He awhina a mātou i tēnei wiki, te wiki o te reo Māori. . . He waiata, he kōrero, he whakarongo me ngā wero! ! This is a part clip (due to file size could not upload entire clip) of our tamariki having a waiata/kapa session at 12pm Rātū 14 o Māhuru. Our entire school took part with our English Medium tamariki joining in from a distance at the front of our kura. Mauri Mahi, Mauri Ora! ! Karawhiua! ! !

Tarnz

In Rūma Takahē at Bledisloe School, we did a Zui with Cr Hinewai Ormsby. She read us Battle of the Mountains and taught us some of the words in Te Reo Māori. He rawe ! Ka pai.

Alice

Kia ora koutou. I watched a You Tube video of the waiata "He Honore". I downloaded the kupu and sang along a number of times.

Vicki

I am the head teacher of Doris Nicholson Kindergarten, I am sorry about the equality of the video, Whaea Lisa one of the Kaiako here is doing a mat time with our Tamariki teaching Te Reo and NZSL with our national anthem. Our kindergarten uses Te Reo Maori each and every day naturally and you can hear it spoken and sung and you can hear the Tamariki use it with us during their day. For us Te Reo Maori is not just for a week in the year. . it is part of us each and every day. We are all learners here, from Whaea Lisa being fluent, to each one of the other 4 teachers at different levels of confidence and understanding. We support everyone in this journey and encourage our extended Kindergarten whanau to embrace and use Te Reo Maori at home as well. We use Facebook to share Karakia and waiata with them daily. Our Kindergarten is rich in sharing Maori Culture with all. Te Reo Maori is not just for mat times, it is for all times. This video was 3 minutes out of a day. . . but we wanted to post something! ! ! Kia ora for this.

Tangaroawhakamanamana

Whetumarama

This is a WhatApp conversation I had with a friend.

Su

I listened to Aotearoa ft. Stan Walker.

Theo

Remote workers from around the top half of the south island singing in te reo

Chris

We made posters and laminated them to put out on the grass at the front of our house. It was awesome to see people stopping on their walks to check them out! : )

Ashleigh

The team from Rise and Shine Childcare came together and made this video for the Maori Language Moment on 14th September. It is combination of waiata, dance, etc. I hope you enjoy!

Katrina

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Maori Language Moment 2021

The team from Rise and Shine Childcare came together and made this video for the Maori Language Moment on 14th September. It is combination of waiata, dance, etc. I hope you enjoy!