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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Our Senior Satellite Class at Glenfield College performed "Purea Nea" for their fellow students from Wairau Valley Special School. Ākonga loved making up their own actions to the waiata. It was a wonderful celebration of coming together and sharing our love of Te reo Māori. Sandy Vandenberg

Sandy

At Citycare Property, we made a short video recording what we love, in Te Reo. My video is describing my love to learn te reo!

Shahana

Huitahi, kaitahi, whakarongo ki ngā waiata o Waiata Anthems, kōrero tahi mō ngā whakaaro, ngā painga, ngā wero, ngā wawata o ia tangata mō te reo. Whakanuia tō tātou reo rangatira! !

Ataahua

We changed our logo (BiograView, Perspectives from around the globe - PEOPLE / STORIES / BUSINESS) into Māori on our website and across social media. Apologies for the missing macrons! Also signed up for te reo Māori for business classes - refreshing my knowledge after first joining evening classes more than 15 years ago! Really enjoyed the reconnection. Read our the full blog post here: https://www. biograview. com/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/

Ingrid

This is where im from putiki wharanui te paku o te rangi marae nga mihi

Haylee

I love to share taku pikitia putiki wharanui te paku o te rangi marae this is where I am from nga mihi Kia koutou

Haylee

I like to share this photo of my putiki wharanui marae te paku o te rangi This is where I’m from

Haylee

Our group of Year 3 and 4 learners learned to ask, 'He aha tēnei'? They used classroom objects as their prompt. They learned to answer, 'He __________ tēnā'.

Rachel

At St. Columba's Catholic School in Hamilton we gathered as a whole school. We gathered together to celebrate through haka and waiata. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Charlotte

We did a fun, interactive kēmu patapatai (quiz) at our monthly staff meetings. With Mīraka Kirimi chocolate as prizes. We also got these amazing Reo Māori cupcakes made!

Tessa

Kia ora tatou - It was a privilege to share Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022 with Rautaki Māori whanau at Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao. In addition to attending the momentous occasion at Parliament grounds relating to the celebration of the petihana 50 years ago, we had reflective hui with Karl Wixon on kupu Māori in the context of our organisation and a kōrerorero conversation with Dr Hinemoa Elder.

Sudha

Te wiki o te reo Māori i roto i te kura o Sutton Park. Our kaiako, kaiawhina, kaimahi, tamariki throughout the kura were encouraged to learn these mihi for the week. These were especially selected so that tamariki & pakeke could learn the approriate mihi for the afternoon. for Ka pai te rongo i a rātou e whakamahia ana i ēnei mihi.

Molly

Learnt a new Karakia in class at Te Wananga O Aotearoa I am currently studying Level 4 Te Reo Māori He Pī Ka Rere.

Melissa

Our tamariki Rūmaki taking the hui a kura from Tau ako 1 to Tau Ako 6

Molly

April

I celebrated with many of my work colleagues each of the working weeks days beginning with Karakia on the Monday, Kai Booklet on Tuesday, Word Challenge on Wednesday, Waiata session on Thursday and ending with Kai Hakari on Friday.

Deanna

Kia ora Te wiki o te reo was a great opportunity for me to encourage our team to get behind the language and to start incorporating it into everyday emails and conversations. On the Monday we started with a session on mythology and a Te Ao Māori world view and looked at language terms such as whānau, hapū and iwi. Tuesday to Friday we did conversational reo and covered such things as colours, numbers, days of the week and phrases we can use around the office. A great turnout by everyone including our CEO. Since then we have 3 staff members sign up to the te reo programmes we offer here at Kāpuhipui Wellington-Uni Professional, and there has been a request from the CEO that the weekly te reo sessions continue. In our little corner of the office, there is more reo been spoken than we have ever heard. All in all a real successful week.

marie

To celebrate our 2022 Māori language week our small Interior Plastering business listened to Waiata Māori which was enjoyed by over 350 construction workers at the large commercial building project we are currently working on.

Denny

Class has been learning about local place names. Seen here sketching our local awa.

Michelle

I said my daily karakia from ngā waiata o Rāwiri from the new Paipera Tapu Pūtanga Teorua from the NZ Bible Society.

Peter

Stood alongside my Māori colleagues to lead our staff Tauparapara @ Kerikeri High School. Using as much as I can. . . and learning all the time. Kia Kaha te Reo Māori!

Sarah

I wrote an article explaining how to write tohutō (macrons) on different kinds of devices. https://www. technaturally. info/articles/how-to-type-maori-tohuto-macrons

John

At my workplace Toi Te Ora Public Health I shared some resources for te reo Maori. I helped organise a quiz for staff with prizes followed by some games such as takaro and kaupapa. There was really good participation and a lot of fun was had.

Jeni

Tēnā koutou katoa. To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, my whānau-friendly video game Colibrium is now translated into te reo Māori by a certified Māori translator - Taurapa Ltd (www. taurapa. co. nz)! 😍 Get it free from www. technaturally. games and tap the language button on the main screen to select 'Māori'. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

John

I had signs at work translated into Te Reo and put them up next to the English equivalent

Sue

My baby and I watched the live stream from Pōneke and sang along to the waiata at 12pm.

Jess

I ran a one hour immersion Te Reo Māori class at our local library in Ashburton. It was aimed at beginners and they all did amazingly well learning and practising te reo Māori without using English.

Kate

Kia ora 🤗, I was on leave wiki o te reo Māori starting mahi hou the next week. Because I wasn’t going to be round too many people I created several pātaitaitanga so each day of tērā wiki my old team could use these. Those pātaitaitanga sought mātauranga on reo and hītori pātai. A mixture of kaupapa, with some significant to Aotearoa and others local mātauranga. Multiple choice with whakaahua relative to the kaupapa included in a PowerPoint presentation. Me, I was packing up my life and moving towns, so it was extending the use of my reo more than usual to include themes like when getting petrol, at the shops etc and still listening to Taringa podcasts (I’m still learning) and waiata. Mauri ora 🫶🏽✊🏽🙌🏽🫶🏽

Karlene

I downloaded some aps and began going through the Toku Reo episodes on the internet. Listened to podcasts, got books out of the library, won a book in a competition through Facebook for Sylvia Park shopping centre. All more than I had pledged to do.

Linda

I am a Methodists minister and used Te Reo in my liturgy prayers on Sunday

Simon

We did a shared Kai at work.

Florrie

My brother took me to his work I did the Karakia for the food

Christina

The Eldernet Group celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a weaving workshop hosted by the very talented Lisa Harding from Christchurch’s Kahu Collective. Lisa taught us how to make flowers out of harakeke – some of us were better than others – and gave us tips for harvesting the New Zealand native plant. It was great to get together as a team and try something different to mark the occasion.

Linda

We had kupu o te rā on the notice board daily and end of day revision of kupu learnt earlier on in the year, kahoot quiz, and story session by our matua.

lily

nib Celebrating Maori Language Week

Kelly

Tamariki throughout the kura (Sutton Park) learning and particpating in mahi a Rēhia- ako kēmu- rakau, poi- ako waiata, haka hoki.

Molly

Kia ora koutou! Hanmer Springs School sang 'He Honore' as a combined kura for Māori Language Moment. We also had rakau workshops in classes, a kapa haka performance in assembly and a time travel debate "in 1972" on whether te reo should be taught compulsory in schools or not!

John

I enjoyed doing the poi with the crowds at the rugby. Amazing sight.

moana

Having fun with learning counting in te reo Māori through kēmu matimati.

Meri

Anika ngā kaimahi o Toi te Arapūoru SOUNZ

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music

Kia ora whanau o te reo maori. I taught my kuri, VIOLET, her main commands in te reo and we continue to practise them. Of course being a telepathic best friend she was already bilingual as I do daily korero and karakia in te reo while walking with her. I've noticed other people noticing our te reo which makes me happy. I try to greet other dogs in te reo and they all seem to understand. "Ka pai kuri! " is easy - try it. Kia ora!

Tui

Kia ora. I really enjoyed taking part in Maori Language week. I sang waiata, listened to waiata via U tube and made a point of using my minimal te reo at each opportunity. I fully endorse increasing exposure to the language through media and focused campaigns. Thank you for your mahi.

Gail

My husband and I took our grand-daughter aged 21 months to the event at Parliament and took part in singing Ngā Iwi e. This pēpi is of Pākehā (English/Scottish) and NZ Chinese whakapapa. Her mother, her 3 aunties and her grandmother, all of us Pākehā, are relatively fluent speakers of te Reo Māori. She will grow up to be a true child of Aotearoa, he whāngai mokopuna o tēnei whenua, hearing and using te Reo Māori in her ordinary life - thanks to the courage and determination and vision of those who brought the Petition to Parliament 50 years ago and all the devoted and strong ones who keep nurturing te Reo today. Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa, e ng1a ihu oneone!

Adrienne

I named all the Native trees and plants and birds not in English, that I shared on Instagram. I read books written in te Reo Māori to my grandchild, not in English. Tried to say use words correctly with some people who have learned te Reo Māori. My husband has tried to take more understanding of how important Karakia is at his workplace.

Michele

I greeted people in speech and emails using Te Reo Maori.

Jim

I'm attending Te Reo lessons provided by MPI (again) with the amazing Rangihaeata brothers as part of my ongoing learning. This week I made a press-patron contribution to E-Tangata, and shared a rant about this on my facebook https://www. facebook. com/leigh. strange/posts/pfbid02oc5xJ1riYcMtwBkgvoP6HBehE7qzgxZ1k8Lij5QBVWCQ2UwBRNowRPyJ8xdgUZtcl?notif_id=1665041077592181¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

Leigh

Kia ora koutou. I got on with my online Te Reo Course and worked on my Aromatawai Tuhituhi many times!

Patricia

Mō te wiki o te reo, i whakaatu atu ki tō mātou pānui ā kura (kei te kēti o tō mātou kāreti), he whakataukī, he whakatika hapa, he kīwaha rānei. I ia te wiki, ka whakaatu ēnei āhuatanga ināianei. Kotahi whakataukī, kotahi he whakatika hapa, me tētehi kīwaha.

Ricki

A colleague and I sent out daily activities for our tari. Day 1; Pepeha - We sent a link to out colleagues to create their own pepeha https://pepeha. nz/create-pepeha Day 2; Crossword, Word find and dot to do activity sheet. Day 3; Made bread and shared it in the tari and played a game of Takaro in a team meeting. Day 4; Why is te reo maori important to us? - Asked our colleagues write a statement regarding the question above. Day 5; Te reo Maori quiz - https://www. tepapa. govt. nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/te-reo-maori-te-papa/te-reo-maori-quiz. This was such a positive experience for our office and was very much needed, it was so nice to see our non maori colleague get out of their comfort zone and really get involved in the activities we set out. Out of work I taught my kids waiata and played Takaro and we rolled up magazines and used them as rakau.

Shekhana

Kia Ora Ehoa ma! Me and my classmates made a short film about te reo and we nearly won the compitition! ! ! 😍😍😍

Orla

Kei te cafe i Kirikiriroa, kua korero ahau ki a Aroha Yates-Smith "Kei te haere ahau ki te hohipera Kia kite I a ia inaianei". Korerotia Aroha ki a au " e kii! ".

tony

We’ve been practising our te reo welcomes and learning our body parts! Afterall we are a medical centre!

Kay

Tēnā koutou. This year for te wiki o te reo Māori, our class learned a new waiata - Ngā iwi e, an old protest song written by Hirini Melbourne. The simplicity of the song made it easy to learn.

Christian

We changed our logo (BiograView, Perspectives from around the globe - PEOPLE / STORIES / BUSINESS) into Māori on our website and across social media. Apologies for the missing macrons! Also signed up for te reo Māori for business classes - refreshing my knowledge after first joining evening classes more than 15 years ago! Really enjoyed the reconnection. Read the full blog post here: https://www. biograview. com/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/

Ingrid

Ka whakanui au I te Reo Māori I roto aku waiata. I whiwhi au te Tohu kaipūoro rangatahi

Faith

Read Scriptures in Te Reo Maori. Shared my husband's pepeha with one of my great grandchildren who was giving his pepeha at a Rugby League special presentation in Queensland.

Te Puhi

Kia ora tātou, I lost my reo at the age of 6. Reo is all i knew and all i understood. I got sick with Meningitis causing fluid on the brain which then caused Epilepsy Seizures and having experience this. This has now impacted on my learnings overall to retain knowledge. I then had to be put back into Nappies and i had to learn how to speak and walk again. I still to this date have trouble retaining knowledge but i do not give up. In 2020 i looked into my reo journey. I completed a course with Te Wananga O Raukawa. In 2021 life got to busy. I have re-visited my reo journey last month and have really enjoyed Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022. - I moved into my new role with Te Tari Tāke. - I attended Tame Iti's exb I will not speak māori. - I learnt new waiata and become apart of Hāpati where i am learning new karakia. - I have expanded more on karanga. - I listened to the podcast on spotify Everyday māori and attended a Te Wananga O Aotearoa session. I have made a promise to myself that i will continue my learning and making these small steps to my reo journey to introduce more learnings and more kupu throughout my day. Doing this is is really bringing out the confidence in me to speak the language i've always known. Ngā mihi, Cairoh.

Cairoh

I mātakitaki mātou ko tōku whānau i te whakaaturanga e whakanui ana i te 50 tau i te Petihana Reo Māori ki Pōneke. I te kāinga mātou engari i waiata tonu mātou i te waiata 'Ngā Iwi E'.

Helen

Our Hairdressing cohort at Whanganui Ucol had 'Te Rehe Miharo' and one of their activities was 'Takaaro'.

Mere

Attending the Petihana 50 year celebration at Paremata with my hoamahi!

Ruth

We had a karakia in our library, and then several of us did a round of mihi. We also had a game for kids where they could get a badge for either teaching us a Māori kupu or learning one with us.

Kath

Kia ora Koutou. We did Rima ia Ra videos from Rāhina through Rāmere on both youtube and our facebook page. We featured kupu related to our wharepukapuka.

Dee

Kia ora, my commitment this year was to incorporate more kupu in ordinary conversation and communications. I’ve done that in conversations, email, and in various korero like hui related to mani etc.

Anthony

During Te Wiki we worked with on our activity pages for tamariki, they are free to download on our website www. nzinabox. nz. This is last page to be completed — Kahukura or Red Admiral Butterfly. Noho ora mai Maria

Maria

I was alone at home and sang a waiata

Angela

We launched a 52 week te reo Māori course on our LMS. Toku reo, toku ohooho. We've had a good uptake on the training and have over 30 staff already well on their way!

Cam

Nā te hirahira o tēnei tau, arā, te hokinga mahara ki te wā i tuku ai i te petihana reo Māori ki Pāremata, i tapaina ai tā mātou wā tuku reo ki te ingoa "Whakanuia te reo Māori". For our Māori Language moment, Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga | Ministry of Housing and Urban Development coined our theme as "Celebrate the Māori language". To do this we celebrated graduates of our programme "Te Kākano", a six-week course building the foundations of reo and tikanga Māori understanding. We also launched our Māori Language plan "Taukaea" setting out our goals for the next year going forward. We invited our Associate Housing Minister Peeni Henare to share why it was important to support and promote the Māori Language. To top our moment off, our organisation learned the music and actions to the waiata "E minaka ana" by Pania Papa as a way for us to use reo Māori during our moment. Ahakoa mutu ai te Wiki o te Reo Māori, te Wā Tuku Reo rānei, ka ū mātou ki te kaupapa whakatairanga ai tō tātou reo taketake! Even after Māori Language Week and Moment have finished, we endeavour to promote our indigenous language!

Jordan

Piki mai, kake mai, ki te kōrero i roto i te reo Māori, nā te whānau ō Blake ❤️

Grace

Our whanau chose two phrases that we are always asking of each other. Where are the car keys? Please move your car?

Sarah

I tenei ata ka waiata maatou ngaa kaimahi o Pukekohe Vaccination

Rosalie

Kia ora koutou katoa, We kicked off our Ako Reo classes at our mahii here in Whangārei Jigsaw North Manaaki Whānau Services. Now we have them regularly and we are planning a Marae noho for all our staff. Whare wānanga will also implimented to checkin on our Māori Models of practice. Nga mihi, mauri ora Kai mahi Fran Hauraki

Fran

Each day I created a Wordle using five-letter Te Reo kupu, and sent it out to my team.

Julie

At Hastings Boys' Kura, we ran the inter house haka competition. Each of our four houses performed the kura haka before the whole kura did it together.

Kevin

Māku te mahi wahi nei o Kāpiti Youth Support (KYS). Ēnei ngā kai mahi o KYS; ngā Tauwhiro, ngā Nēhi, ngā Kaimātai Hinengaro, ngā Kaimahi Taiohi, te Kaitiaki Pūtea me te Kaiwhakahaere. Kua tautoko mātou ngā Taiohi o Kāpiti mo 25 ngā tau mō ō rātou ngā mahi tautoko, mahi hauora, mahi ratonga hapori me ō rātou hiahia tohutohu. Ka mahi mātou mō ngā 2500 taiohi i tō mātou hapori. Mauri ora.

Taataritanga

Our ākonga and kaiako at our kura all made their own poi. We all learnt 'e rere taku poi' and performed it together!

Danielle

In my workplace as a Maori Health Organisation, we celebrate with pride who we are as a Maori Organisation, with our Mission "Mana Whanau, Whanau Ora", displaying beautiful carvings, borrowed and courtesy of our stake holders to help bring Maori alive in the Whare during celebration week! ! !

Moana

Our Hairdressing cohort at Whanganui ucol had "Te Rehe Miharo" and one of their activities was called "Hanga Whare". Ucol

Mere

I whakanuia rawatia Te Wiki o te reo Māori e mātau o te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti. He maha ngā kaupapa i tutuki pai i ā mātau. Nei tētahi Tiki Toki i whakamahia e te Komiti Finance and Audit me ētahi atu o ngā kaimahi o te Kaunihera nei. I ū māro hītararī ā mātau kaimahi ki ngā mahi o te wiki. Taputapu rawa! ! !

Gene

My team shared kai and learned a kai karakia

Shonagh Rose

We posted daily tips and tricks on our social pages on how to incorporate te reo Māori into everyday life. Everyone was excited to learn how to get tohutō on their laptops.

Diana

Listened to Waiata on my headphones while doing te mahi, the Wihongi siblings, Ngā Tūmanako Kapahaka (aroz them so much), Torere & Te Aroha - taku Raumiri. Ka aroha rawa au i taku waiata. Kia Kaha te reo Māori :)

Kelly

We both used Te Reo at home. Greetings, pronunciations, place names, all and every opportunity. Mahi nui! But very satisfying for an elderly pakeha couple. We plan on extending these activities for more than just the one week. Kia kaha!

Mikara

We created a display in the children's area of Te Aka Mauri, Rotorua Library to show off the great Te reo Māori resources that we have.

Kirsty

Attended daily Karakia at work and tried to extend my use of te Reo. Also used the Tūrama app to source te Reo Karakia Tīmatanga. Used only te Reo greetings and goodbyes (and attempting to continue with this.

William

Kia ora! * I greeted people in the office with 'Ata Marie' * Created sign for our reception using the maori name of the School of Management Created another poster - see attached Watched the celebration of the Maori petition

Linda

We attended the Tuia te Ako workshop day one in which was fully in te reo then day two which was a mixture of te reo and English, we played games and staff got involved with waiata and pepeha including with students. We had mihi whakatau for new students and used te reo in emails and in resources.

Stella

I taught my PE class Tī Rakau and E Papa and the korero about those who handed the petition to parliament at 12 pm 50 years ago.

Lysa

My daughter Owhiti was part of the I am Hana Celebration at Muru Raupatu Marae. She travelled there from Wellington not knowing how important this celebration was. I harikoa ia ki te uru atu ki nga huihuinga whakanui

Teetu

Got to meet Tame Iti and the 50th anniversary, Me, Tame Iti, and a picture of my father Ngarongo Iwikatea Nicholson

Waihaki

I have brought some books to work through, my mother inlaw helps me and has told me so much about this collection.

Teetu

At Mercury Bay Library our display offered books, takeaway sheets of kupu and free bookmarks. Our tamariki were encouraged to learn through a tākaro table. We screened the Petihana celebrations live on our big screen.

Jess

Kia Ora, This year we started the day with karakia, had special kai and the students performed waiata and Poi dance. That was an enjoyable event to celebrate te reo as part of the nation at Future Skills Academy. Ngā mihi nui, Dr. Sadia (Lecturer, Health)

Sadia

I shared my mihi, a karakia and waiata, with mahi colleagues. I participated with a few kaimahi in a video about our mahi values and did a Pukana. . I bought toru hangi/s, one for a kaumatua / matua whangai, my tama / young take and I. I went for a drive to Tangaroa's moana and enjoyed the sea breeze and sea air. I thought about my whanau/nga.

Brett

Kia Ora Whanau 5. 10. 22 At PAPAKURA as I passed by this Whanau they were selling tangelos by the kerbside and I stopped to try to buy support them . In the end I didn’t buy but I koha them eh rua tekau tara to the Whanau. I took a short video of them and we tereo iti iti like a cussie. Ma te wa

Tee Seang

TE PAE- He konohete, me nga kaimahi Toi rerekee e whakanui ana i te whakapikinga o te reo Maori. TE PAE- a multi disciplinary performance with Teoy, Ria, Horomona, Kurahapainga, Jeremy and Regan

Regan

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori year 7 students at Balmacewen Intermediate stopped at Midday to sing Ngā Iwi E.

Neil

This video shows scenes from around Otepoti (Dunedin). The Māori mahi toi (artwork) and korero relates to whakapapa (genealogy).

Sonia

I noho mātau ki te marae. I ako mātau i ngā waiata. Ka mau te wehi!

Nick

At our Kura, PASS: Pacific Advance Secondary School, we sent a wero out to all 4 Villages of our Kura, Mana Whenua, Mana Langi, Mana Moana and Mana Tangata that they had to make a video to the song: Don't Forget Your Roots. Each Village had to translate this song to what they thought of this waiata to how they interpreted it. Then we had a Taniwha Burgers to finish up on Friday. Also each day we reminded our students to Karakia in Te Reo for breakfast and lunch because usually we say grace in Pakeha or Samoan or sing Grace.

Pacific Advance Secondary School

I waihanga tī hate mō ngā kaiako me te akomanga o taku tama. 10 ngā mātāpono o te kura e whakaako ana au, i tipako te rerenga tuatahi i te mātāpono Te Reo “KO TE REO TE PUNGA MAI O Ā TĀTOU TIKANGA O Ō TĀTOU MANA”

Dai

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022

I waihanga tī hate mō ngā kaiako me te akomanga o taku tama. 10 ngā mātāpono o te kura e whakaako ana au, i tipako te rerenga tuatahi i te mātāpono Te Reo “KO TE REO TE PUNGA MAI O Ā TĀTOU TIKANGA O Ō TĀTOU MANA”