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'm able to speak basic te reo, to my friends and family they can reply or under Stand in some decree.

George

For the Maori language moment we stopped class and I invited my year 10 students to text their families: "Kia ora. Kei te pēhea koe?"

Kimberley

Continuing my reo journey and sharing with tamariki. . new waiata, new kupu, new expectations of ‘normal’ 😍

Briara

Kua kōrerotia te whakataukī hou e mātou, ahakoa he pūkenga he māia katoa. I asked a few people in my networks to have a go - some have been learning for a few years, others are just beginning, nā reira, tēnei whakataukī - Mauri tū, mauri ora - step up and give it a go, and we will become stronger !

Andrea

I practiced pronouncing place names in Maori correctly

Jackie

I hosted a conference at our work and recited a blessing and my mihimihi to open the meeting. I also included TeReo in as many opportunities during the course of the day, both verbally and in presentations. I finished with another blessing to end the day and wish our attendees safe passage home.

Marcus

I kōrero au ki tāku karaehe i te reo Māori, ā, kāore au i whakamahi i te pepa. Ko tēnei tētahi poutama ake ki a au.

Rose

Every morning kaimahi at Nikau Hauora Hub start our day with Karakia and Waiata.

Matty

We hosted a Te Reo Wānanga at our sports clubrooms and whakamāoritia ngā kemu to play with our whānau. We learnt new karakia, Whakataukī, kīanga and kiwaha. This was a 5 week Wānanga over Hepetema.

Kowhai

Ia rā (every day) we shared the story of a musician who has done important mahi to increase the use of te reo in music. Artists we featured included Dalvanius, Ria Hall, Rob Ruha, Moana Maniapoto, Hinewehi Mohi, Hirini Melbourne – and a very cool story about the "Māori strum", which is prominent in Marlon Williams' new album 'My Boy'.

Renee

I haere mātau ko taku whānau ki te kaupapa nui whakaharahara o Te Reo Ki Tua 2022 ki Ngāti Kahungunu.

Hinematawaia

I used, and still use Kia Ora as part of the greeting when I answer the phone at work, plus have been teaching some overseas friends words in Te Reo.

Aaron

He whakakitenga pāhekoheko mō tōku wāhi mahi.

Tanja

Kia ora tatou, our akomanga went to visit our local museum He Waka Tuia where our tamariki shared their pepeha through writing it on the ribbon which was then woven through the string to duplicate the waka. We then thanked our curators with the waiata we had been learning for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Awhi

A waiata written by our Kaitohutohu Ahurea to welcome people into our organisation. Our theme for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori was waiate, we ran a series of 45 minute sessions everyday at midday during the week trans-Tasman. We exposed 125 employees mainly Australian to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, with average attendance of 3 sessions across the week. Our highest attendance session was when we hosted Prof Rawinia Higgins on the Rāpare, Her Kōrero was around her back story and the strategy for language revitalisation. This session was also attended by some of our Physicians.

Paula

Kia ora My partner and I tuned into the gathering in Wellington and sung Ngā Iwi E - We were in Whakatū / Nelson ❤ Kia Ora from Scott and Charlotte!

Charlotte

I found these magnetic descriptive kōrero good morning and good night in māori & will use with my Moko when they stay the night.

Tanya

Our whānau learned a new kai karakia.

Megan

E taea e au te reo Māori te kōrero, ki Piritana Nui. Mauriora 👊

Rob

This is me and my Dad celebrating 50 years since the petition for Māori language was taken to parliament.

Jenna

Kia ora our team celebrate twice a month with our companies gifted karakia where all team members awhi each other to individually have a go to improve pronounciation

Fee

Kia ora koutou katoa. I was so privileged to be able to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Maori in the capital city of Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington. I was in wellington at a NZ nurses organization conference held at Te Papa. As a roopu NZNO decided that we will march and walk together as a whanau to Parliament to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Maori. . . Was such a blessing moment for me as Te reo Maori was my first language. And to this day I continue to speak both Te reo and english. I find myself very fortunate to be brought up knowing that I can continue my Te reo Maori throughout my whanau, Hapu and Iwi. . .

Miriama

We participated in our local Ngati Tuwharetoa Kapa Haka festival

Missf

During Te Wiki o Reo Maori on my daysheets for work I added the weather in Te reo Maori and added a whakatauki that reflected the achievements of the day at Mahi.

Jared

I performed my solo theatre show, "He Māori?", in a mix of te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā, at Centrepoint Theatre and BATS Theatre!

Isaac

We had 20 minute intervals of total immersion. We all spoke at kohanga level but we enjoyed it!

tia

He kōrero Māori ahau kia tāku mokopuna ataahua, he marama ia (:

Kathy

I wrote a waiata for the mokopuna at Kōhanga about sun safety!

Melissa

As part of Te wiki o te reo Māori my akomanga alongside our teachers put together some activities for everyone to take part in throughout the week every interval and lunch time to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Māori and 50 years since the signing of Te Petihana Reo Māori - the Māori language petition. Our activities included: Monday - Tongue Twister at interval and Mau Rākau game at lunch Tuesday - Tongue twister at interval and Kī o rahi at lunch Wednesday - Waiata Wenerei, anyone could come up and sing a waiata in te reo or a song written by a Māori artist or group and we also had our tongue twister challenge as well Thursday all day we had photos being done where students had to sign up and dress up and have tāmoko on and have their photos taken and having the words " Proud To Be Māori " or having that well known saying of Tame Iti " I Will Not Speak Māori " with the not crossed out And finally on Friday we had a Kahoot competition to finish off the week with the top three players or teams winning a block of Whittakers Miraka Kirimi chocolate and the top three people that took part in our tongue twisters also won a block of Miraka Kirimi as well. We enjoyed our week alongside everyone else coming together to celebrate Te wiki o te reo Māori and 50 years since the signing of the Māori language petition. We would like to mihi to Hana Te Hemara, Ngā Tamatoa and those who took the petition to parliament 50 years ago. If it wasn't for them we wouldn't be where we are today with our reo.

Matariki

E tautoko ana te kaupapa o Mahuru maku. E panui ahau tetehi paepera tapu ia ra ia wa I nga wahi katoa.

Mark

Parakatihi

Ruth

I watched the Karachia to the morning sun for life and. . on TV with Moana and co, I tgen had a mihi with a wahine who has done good work for inclusivity of the music and culture in every days of our lives.

Blair

Attending the signing of a HOA between Te Kaunihera o Ngā Roto o Rotorua and Ngati Kearoa, Ngati Tuara re the return of lands around Karamu Springs

Dave

I took the plunge and bought Scotty Morrisons' book. I updated my Email signoffs and researched what my Pepeha would look like for a foreigner. For my Training Department, our focus was on Kotahitanga and Kitiakitanga. Kotahitanga, for us, was the unity of our team working as one to achieve greatness. Kitiakitanga guardianship and knowledge holders. We share our knowledge with colleagues to create a safer, happier working environment.

Sean

I downloaded https://m. facebook. com/WaiataAnthems/videos/waiata-anthems-2022/423139319844446/ On Spotify and Apple Music and listened to it as my favourite for all of September.

Philomena

I created a presentation to share with my RTLB colleagues at Te Huinga Raukura ki Manurewa so that they could share it out in the schools we all work in. Whiua ki te ao!

Liz

Our tamariki have been learning the New Zealand/Aotearoa national anthem in both Te Reo and English

Michelle

Ka tu taatou o manaaki ora raua ko tipu Ora youth services, a, ka waiata tahi taatou te waiata Nga iwi E. I mua i teera, e maatakitaki ana taatou te ra i Paaremata. Piri

Pirihira

At our kura we have a pop-up, student-led coffee shop called Whai Mana. This year, if customers ordered in te reo Māori, they got a FREE coffee! What started as a simple "he mōwai nui māku" with notes soon became short dialogues. We had 115 conversations in te reo Māori which is awesome! Shout out to Achilles, who slayed taking every single order so while our celebration of TWOTRM resulted in 115 different people using te reo, Achilles had 115 interactions himself! Ka mau te wehi!

Nicola

I completed a 18 week Tikanga and Reo Class with Te wananga O Aoteraroa. Feel more confident now attending Powhiri and dare I say it Tangihana

Michael

My cousin Kura Puke, Stu Foster and Mike produced this beautiful Art/ Sound and light space on the Wellington waterfront. Celebrating Te Reo o Te Whanganui ā-Tara pre pākehā.

Kelvin

I shared a little Te Reo each day with our resident group at Abbeyfield, as they mostly have limited experience of it. Then I worked on an essay for my Tikanga course through Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa.

Jenny

I teach te reo pakeha to a group of older migrant women. For the end of te wiki o te reo we went to Māngere mountain so I could teach them about how our ancestors used to live.

Grace

Literacy Aotearoa Charitable Trust We wanted to normalise some everyday phrases and move beyond 'Kia ora'. As part of our national approach all Literacy Aotearoa personnel were encouraged to use, " Kei te pēhea koe? and " Kei te pai ahau" as part of their day-to-day kōrero with learners, with one another, answering the telephone, or through email. We used these phrases as part of greeting one another when we came into our weekly Zoom National Karakia. Ngā mihi to all Literacy Aotearoa personnel for their enthusiasm in taking up the phrases and for continuing to use them as part of their daily mahi.

Manogi

I'm a corrections officer at Hawkes Bay prison. This is a board game entirely based on tikanga me te reo rangatira. I have been developing this project for over 4 years now. I had the chance to organize 2 tournaments attracting a great deal of interest from the people under our care.

Roberto

We are studying the local story of Maia Poroaki and we are painting hue for a school art work! A very cool project steeped in local history!

Michelle

I watched Whakaata a lot enjoying all the talented musicians music . Love " Get the Name Right " Ordered my Coffees in te reo

Janice

Researched and Spoke my pepeha for our weekly staff meeting (this video was completed after the meeting)

Ann

Shared my moko kauae journey with Te Kura o Otangarei and Te Hau Awhiowhio.

Terynne

I spoke for 35 minutes in Te Reo Māori to my akomanga (class) about my experience visiting a kōhanga reo for a week.

Moana

We spent Te Wiki o te Reo Maori at Otago Polyfest. I had the honour and privilege being one of the MCs. In this photo we took a stand as a nation for 50th year of Te Petihana o te reo Maori. On Wednesday at 12pm we stood together and sang Nga iwi e. Such a humbling moment.

Kym

I titoa he waiata ki te raki o he waiata disney i waiatahia e Robin Williams, "He hoa pērā i ahau. " Kia kahau mai!

Kahuraki

I'am in my roopu kākahu of Tūranga Wahine Tūranga Tane( red, white and black pari/ bodice). This was taken in September 22 at our last NoHo for Ngā Mana Whakairo a Toi, Bachelor of Māori performing arts. I'm at the end of my first year.

Ngahuia

Kia ora koutou, mō te wiki o te reo, i ngana au i te kōrero i te reo Māori anake. I harikoa au ki te rere o tōku reo ki te mutunga o te wiki.

Joanne

My attempt at the Longest place name is NZ.

Carol

My first Kura Reo Māori. He rawa kē, he miharo rawa atu.

Tamaterangi

I am 75 year old English female. I was fortunate to learn a number of Waiata when working and since then in a choir. I love singing. This year for Maori language week I used daily greetings with everyone I met or spoke to on phone and asked people how they were in Maori. To continue I decided to buy a Maori Dictionary and my first Work Book by Scotty Morrison to extend my learning.

Sandra

As part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori I spent an afternoon with my cuzzin Tame Iti and mmy nephew Rameka at Tames last art exhibit in Wellington. I liked this particular photo though.

Tamaterangi

This painting depicts the rejuvenation of Te Reo Maori

Patena

At our community centre we provide free tea and coffee to anyone who comes in and would like a cuppa. We labelled everything in te reo Māori and encouraged people to use the kupu. It really engaged people, and we had some good kōrero, eg "kua pau te mīraka", "he kapu tī māu" etc. The labels are a permanent feature now.

Pippa

We created a series of simple chalk games in public space in Browns Bay using te reo Māori and te reo Pākehā kupu. The idea was to introduce some play along pathways that are used for very utilitarian purposes. It worked! Passersby (not only tamariki! ) had a lot of fun. The chalk paint will wash away in the rain but, hopefully, the games and kupu will be redrawn by other people in other places.

Denise

We learnt a new word/phrase everyday, as a school. Children were rewarded for using them in conversation. We played familiar and new Māori games everyday. We used new response to the question Ke te pehea koe? everyday while doing the roll. We wrote our writing exercises replacing the nouns with Māori words, using the Māori electronic dictionary. We ended the week with a hui where the whole school sang a waiata.

Bev

It WAS my intention to memorise my pepeha. However while I made progress, I didn't feel confident enough to say this when I visited a marae last Friday (30th September). HOWEVER, on this same occasion I did share this whakatauki with tangata whenua and manahiri: I te timatanga ko te hiahia Mai i te hiahia ko te mahara Mai i te mahara ko te whakaaro Kā puta te kaupapa nei I read this to my former boss at Tamaki Health who had the vision and was the driving force behind establishing their Wellness Support Team.

Gary

I celebrated this Historic day at my Early Childhood Centre named as Brightlands Childcare Centre in Hamilton with my fellow kaiako and tamariki. We had a mat time and sung 'Te Aroha' with the tunes of our special guest , Keith. .

Sucharita

I read a children’s book in Te Reo to my grandson.

Grant

This is a painting inspired by the hikoi to present the petition

Patena

The people at Creative Courtyard Idea Services in Marton did a shop window display for the community to see.

Chrissi

Kia Ora. Kei te Ako ahau I Te Reo Maori.

Shane

I learned a Prayer. . . Regards Shikha

Shikha

Kia ora, I am an on-line tutor for early childhood teacher education at NZSE. I shared a Māori language timeline from Te Tiriti o Waitangi til now - the good the bad and the ugly. Then Māori ākonga share language stories of their whānau, which were very moving and personal illustrations of the bigger story around the loss and restoration of the mana of Te Reo Māori.

Annie

Te Reo Wananga with whanau @ Nga Tai E Rua Pa in Tuakau.

Parea

I went to Parliament to celebrate Te 50 tau o te Petihana o te Reo Māori. I am Pākeha and very proud that my mokopuna graduated this year from Kohanga Reo and continued their journey in te reo at Kura Māori.

Elizabeth

Mahuru Māori! Mahi A Atua, Manutuke, Te Reo ki Tua, Heretaunga, Kura Reo Rangai Tūmatanui, Te Ūpoko o te Ika - ka mau te wehi!

Marlene

- I said a karakia had learnt at my part time te reo class for the Māori Language Moment; Tukua te Wairua - attended a Tautohetohe at NMIT/Te Pūkenga o Whakatū - watched the Muru movie with my fellow tauira - shared a lunch with fellow Māori tauira at NMIT/Te Pūkenga o Whakatū - learning waiata at home with my whānau

Violet-Rose

@lesmillsnz Did videos around exercise and I was lucky enough to be apart of it, where I did the meditation video. Glenfield pool and leisure centre also made a video on their new Auckland Council karakia, and I gathered our team leaders to be involved in this awareness project.

Frida

We are kete

Wikitoria

This our hakari to finish off our week of activities to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. . . We had hangi, prepped and cooked by our Kaimahi - raw fish, fried bread, takakau, rewana, seafood chowder, smoked fish, and steamed pudding, cream and custard. It was tumeke! ! !

Lisa

We held daily school wide challenges 😊

Ana

We are the Kai Mahi of Auckland Council's Connected Communities Team in West Auckland celebrating Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori 2022!

Moana

We made te reo books and added resources so that our tamariki see the pictures and objects, while the Kaiako said the words and the tamariki could repeated them. We all had a great time together.

Mandy

Read goldilocks and three bears in te reo Maori with friends then went over it translating as many kupu as we could

Fiona

This was a whole school collaboration and a modern take on Tukutuku that we completed during te Wiki o Te Reo Maori with shared teaching around this mahi toi. Every class completed one tile each using Lego following my template. We had an unveiling ceremony where it now sits proudly in the entrance of our kura. The symbols chosen reflect the values of our kura: patiki, poutama and ripeka.

Moana

I organized a series of writing workshops for the women of Maketu. The emphasis was on telling personal stories, retelling local legends, incorporating te reo into written work of any genre, and ways to promote collaboration between Maori and English writers.

Angie

I sent an open invitation to my colleagues to see who wanted to practice pronunciation and some karakia. Forty people turned up! It has helped start conversations about our cultural capability as an organisation, and we have instigated a monthly open forum to improve our te reo. This is just the beginning!

Cindy

Introducing ourselves with our pepeha.

Kiri

Tēnā koutou katoa! Kei te tonoa e au āku mihi ki a koutou katoa i runga i te 50 o ngā tau o te Petihana Reo Māori, ā i te 35 o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori! Ko au tētahi o ngā kaimahi tūturu o Te Taura Whiri. I tērā wa, mai i te tau 1987, e mahi kairangahau ana au i te maru o ngā tōtara rārahi – o Matutaera, Te Heikōkō, Anita, Rei, Tīmoti, Ērima, Mātene, Wareko, o rātou ko Kura. Kia au te moe o ērā kua hinga kē, ā kia mau tonu te tū o ēnei e tū anō ana. I tōku ekenga ki te Taura Whiri mahi ai, kātahi anō au ka hoki tata nei ki Aotearoa hei tākuta wetereo hōu. Te whakamīharo hoki ōku ki te wana o te katoa o ngā kaiwhiri, kaimahi nā runga i te whai tikanga o tēnei mea, te whakawhanake haere i te reo! Me whai tonu te wana nā ki roto ki tō koutou kapa, ā haere ake nei… Kei Washington DC tōku nohonga o nāianei. Ahakoa te noho mamao i Aotearoa nā, kei te here ita tonutia te hinengaro ōku ki te reo. Heoi anō… Nāku noa, nā Te Mauritau References: https://natlib. govt. nz/records/21932908; https://natlib. govt. nz/records/21685545

Jeffrey

Went to learn about our ngahere. . Bushwalk and nature.

Kyla-Mary

Whaowhia te kete mātauranga. I kōrero ahau i te reo māori, I ako ahau i kupu hou. e mihi ana ki tōku whānau ki āwhina mai kia kaha te reo māori My most fun an informed Te Wiki o Te Reo yet, can't wait to learn more and more!

Zak

Our Kura launched te Wiki o te reo Māori by inviting our whānau and with our Tuakana / Teina buddies we participated in indoor games and sung waiata with a Te Ao Māori focus.

Natalie

To celebrate Wiki o te Reo Māori in 2022 VLN Primary ākonga hosted an interactive Zoom for nearly 1500 tamariki around Aotearoa - from Rakiura Stewart Island right up to Te Tai Tokerau Northland! They mihi manuhiri with a karanga, guided them through actions for karakia and waiata, then invited everyone in action games to better understand pepeha and the well known rerenga 'Kei te pēhea koe?'

Jenni

I hikoi te KKM o Wairarapa me te whānau mai i tētahi pito ki te tonga tae atu ki tētahi pito ki te raki o Whakaoriori. He mea whakanui i tō tātou nei reo. Waihoki he mea whakamiha i a rātou i kawe ai i te Petihana Reo Māori ki te Whare Paremata i ngā tau 50 ki muri.

Pip

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022 the new entrants from Tisbury School practised saying their mihi!

Kylie

Kua tae mai tā mātou tama tuarua i te Rātapu o te wiki o te Reo Māori. Ko Hawaiki tēnei, he pou reo Māori anō mā māua

Nathan

I stayed on a Marae for the first time for part of my study towards Bachelor of Teaching. Absorbing so much learning of stories, culture and whanaungatanga ❤

Angela

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Heer

In line with te wiki o te reo Māori I created this Māori resource for our children in our centre. Its in the form of a large dice where you roll it and whatever side it lands on you learn that section. It includes ngā tae, ngā āhua, ngā rā o te wiki, ngā marama o te tau, te arapu Māori, te Marae, etc

Kristy

At our mainstream kura, us kaiāwhina learnt kupu/rerenge hou focusing on increasing our use of reo with our tāmariki. With a key focus on praising them using kiwaha like Tau kē, and He toki kõe! If the main reo they hear is praise, what a wonderful association they will have with our language, ne?

Carmen

I tūtaki pai ai maua ko taku pepī Aïmée i a Matua Rawiri Waititi raua ko Matua Tame Iti ki te 50 tau petihana o te reo māori. Anō hoki, kei runga maua i te 1 news. :D

Ngarissa

Kei konei tētahi o ngā hākete nāku nei i whakarite, hai hoatu ki ētahi o āku tino tauira kei te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou! Kua tuku atu ēnei hai taonga ki ngā tino kaiwhaikōrero i tū ai i roto i tā mātau karaehe tautoko. Ka tū rātau i te mura o te ahi o tētahi tautohetohe, kei mua i te aroaro o te karaehe katoa ki te kōrero, ki te parahau hoki nā te aha tā rātau whakaaro i tika ai. Taku whakahīhī au i tā rātau māia, i tā rātau aumangea. Ngā mihi rā e āku tauira! !

Josh

Room 14 art and research posters!

Emily

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2022

Room 14 art and research posters!