Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022 | Māori Language Week 2022

He tau whakahirahira te tau 2022. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Māori Language Petition, an event that led to many of the kaupapa we have today, including Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

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I will write a Maori kupu everyday for my two tamariki so that they use it in everyday life Kia akongia aku tamariki I etahi kupu hei whakamahi mehemea kei te kainga kei te kohanga ranei Kia whakatipu a raua kupu maori

Ngaperahurihuri

Use as much Te Reo as possible with my students and my own children at home

Rachel

I am a beginner and with my daughters and mokos help I am learning te reo

Jessica

I have joined a Te Reo group at Brighton library in Christchurch

Jo

I am learning my Mihi and some karakia with my class in school. We are also learning the Lord’s Prayer in Te Reo Māori. I have been researching my Whakapapa.

Lillian
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This is Kiwarei. He is 5 years old and he is beginning his reo journey with our whānau. Waiata plays such an important role in our journey and I am proud that he is building his confidence to share it with others.

Sacha

Because today, is an new beginning and talking about the celebrations of our te reo maori language, being used anywhere all over aotearoa and greeting and keep learning te reo everyday and manaakitanga and whanaungatangaand tautoko ki to reo maori ki tenei wiki o te reo maori and everyone giving it an try and learning each kupu and korero reo maori to everyone

khan

I continue to learn the Reo māori everyday! I created a kahoot with staff, held a waiata practice to start implementing basic tīkanga at mahi and created a staff bingo with a prize. Also using more Reo at home! Writing post it notes with rerenga kupu.

Bobbi

This week we listen to Māori music, pepeha of both whakapapa for our children, speak te reo, karakia or learn new karakia and te reo Maori classroom activities! !

Mihingarangi

Using Māori greetings to start our meetings at work. Promoting Māori Language week on our social media platforms. Putting up Te Wiki o te Reo Māori posters at work.

Justine
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Koinei kiriata he kiriata e pa ana ki te whakamihi ki te kingitanga manohi anō ko tetahi whakaatu o te kapa o angitu ki ngā tāngata māori katoa. ki ahau nei he pai rawa atu ki te kite I ngā kapa katoa.

Koa

At mahi a weeks worth of activities have been planned by our maori network I am apart of, started today off with a opening followed by a kapa haka performance from a local kura. There will be waiata workshops, learning how to make a kete, quiz based on Te Ao maori and the week will be finished of with a hangi. Kia kaha te reo maori

Michelle

My 3 eldest kids performing some kapa haka in the town square today

Stacey

Powhiri at Whitiora Marae, TeTii. This photo is of 8 schools and their whanau from Te Riu o Ngāti Rēhia who gathered on the 8th Sep 2022 for the begining on an anual Whakawhanaungatanga Kapahaka Ahurei. Ko te tino kaupapa ko te reo Maori! ! Mai te reo me te honohononga o te Hapu ka ora ae te whanaungatanga me te kotahitanga kei roto i te Hapori.

Crystal

Use reo with my tamariki and using kia ora/tena koe to people i come to contact with

Maiya

I am incorporating posters around city bus stops with phases written in Te reo Maori supporting the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.

Heidi

I will learn te reo greetings and use them everyday

Kirsty

My reason for learning te reo

Karen

Implemented Tikanga practices at huinga ako and other huis.

Laylaa

Kia pai tō wiki 🤩

Aroha

Every year for Te wiki o te reo, I apply all Maori kupu in my knowledge to EVERYTHING! So I label everything in Maori, I speak reo Maori to my tamariki, play Maori waiata all day, everyday and I also learn and try to teach my babies a new karakia, whakatauki and a kupu of the day as well everyday during te wiki o te reo. . . I love love love te wiki o te reo! ! ! I am able to learn myself and than implement into my babies 🥰

Jontelle

Kua eke au ki te wero ki te ako kia whitu kupu hou ia rā. Kei te ako hoki au I ngā waiata hou me te hanga kiwaha.

Kc

Speak one Māori word in every conversation I have this week 😊

Tepora

Moved back home to Aotearoa to share and learn Te reo Māori for me and my babies so our language can live on! ! !

Brooke

For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori I learnt a bew wird everyday and tried to use it in a sentence

Kataraina

Whaowhia te kete mataurangi- Fill the basket of knowlege

meg

Celebrating being Māori in all ways including sharing time with our kōhanga babies & with our mahi whānau!

Toria

Kia Ora! I will improve my mini, learn more Reo, use more in my work and personal lives and encourage others to share their stories at this page! Ka rawe Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!

Jack

I will increase my use of Te reo in my classroom where possible. I will order my coffee in te reo after parkrun!

Jackie

I will our beautiful reo within myself and my whanau. all around Aorearoa to always keep our language Alive

TeAo