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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Happy Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 50 years a huge milestone . . to our people gone but not forgotten and those now and forever, who fought for our Reo our mother tongue. . . aroha aroha. . forever and ever. . amene. . . xx

Lavona

I hanga au i tēnei whakamātakitaki pāhekoheko ki tōku wāhi mahi, hei whakatenatena ōku hoa mahi ki te kōrero Māori, ā, kia whakanuia ai te reo.

Tanja
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Dachela

Kia ora te wiki o te reo Maori Aotearoa!

Karen Ann

I will write a whakatauki at mahi everyday. . .

Te-Mairiki

my mum and i made a rourou basket to put our hangi in. we made a hangi to celabrate Te Wiki O Te reo Maori. We blessed our kai on maori before we ate, it was tino reka

Rose

Kia Ora, Start learning word by word using the app. And try to pronounce Maori words correctly.

Cj

Tuturu o whiti whakamaua Kia Tina! Homie! Huie! Taiiki ee

Duane

We will celebrate with music!

Emily

Sign here to learn māori

HineAria

Celebrated with a kapa haka performance

Rebekah
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I love sharing info about the amazing plants and animals of Aotearoa. This week I thought I would share some kōrero about kupu Māori that people can use while they are enjoying nature.

Taylor

Always befor moe we read te reo pukapuka . . learning to read the stars . with living by the stars . Learning new waiata

Ko chrystal

My daughter participated in a hikoi to acknowledge and commemorate 50 years since the signing of the Maori language petition in Aotearoa.

Liz

I work in Port Hedland WA and today I opened and closed a workshop with a karakia. I also helped one of my Ozzie workmates correctly pronounce the word Māori as he had seen an old interview of a famous rugby player who said “m-ow-ri” but he genuinely wanted to know the difference between what I was saying and what he commonly heard. E rua e rua only one is pronounced correctly and the other makes me cringe slightly🥴

Suzy

Ko te Atua te whakawhirinaki ki runga ia tātou, te pou tokomanawa . I te Rāhina 12 o Mahuru, I haere atu e au me tōku whanau ki te kohikohi, hoko atu ngā Kai mo te whare. I te wā I reira atu, I whāki atu e tōku Pāpā 'Mēna he Māori te Wairua, me Māori hoki' . Mai tēna rerenga kare ano te Reo e whati.

Hine Te Ao
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Ok, was feeling Home sick two day ago, still am, have been living & working in Cambodia as an English tutor for 20 years, missing the beautiful people & the land! Proud to be a born & breed a Kiwi! Kia Ora from us to you!

Wendy

I hakaako atu e au wētahi rerenga kōrero ki wētahi ākonga o tōku kura.

Hera

Te reo, because we can!

Bex

I’m celebrating te wiki o te reo Māori at school

Luke

We just watched a fabulous show about te reo Māori called “Speak No Māori. ” Illuminating history of how the government tried to destroy te reo Māori, and its resurgence. Also, my partner and I (both Pākehā) are studying te reo Māori through Onehunga College continuing education…. and living it!

Sharon

I have joined a te reo class and am encouraging friends, family and coworkers to do the same. Kia pai Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori!

Emma

Use Māori phrases and words at my workplace. Share waiata and Māori resouces such as poi with the tamariki.

Paulette

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Hannah

I write on our work board daily phrases and go over it with our team so they can korero te reo too

Natasha

Share the stories with Tamariki

Daniel

I love speaking te reo maori everyday and travel anywhere on my long journey I love to celebrate te reo maori me nga wiki o te reo maori

khan

Going to learn Maori this coming Sunday at my local library

Paula

My family & I are Samoans living in New Zealand. To celebrate the Maori culture for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2022 we watched Kapa Haka performances & learned some new words in Te Reo Maori! Nga Mihi

Lauren

I been watching shortland Street in te reo maori and celebrate our te reo maori language, which is our native maori language and listen to waiata anthems and watch kapa haka I just speak fluent te reo maori everyday

khan

I will speak in Te reo Māori in every lesson I teach.

Kristin

I am doing mahi around my university community and other orgs. to people who want to learn reo Māori and also create meaningful representation within different spaces.

Ash

As a guest speaker on a night radio show at Slovak national broadcasting (in our distant home country: Horowākia) I talked about Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Aotearoa's current challenges. I also mentioned how my daughter Tove Tui learns about Māori culture at her ECE centre in Tāmaki Makaurau. I also introduced myself in Māori language Live on air.

Boba

Te reo Maori isn’t just celebrated in one week in our whare . . One thing we have adopted this idea and have started to zone in Our whare eg kitchen can only speak Te reo maori, reo is then forced to be spoken everyday and in good way helps learn everyday saying used in the kitchen . Once everyone is more comfortable we will expand to other areas of the whare.

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Tito

Koinei te waa i noho ai ahau ki Mpartnwe i te tau 2020 Ahakoa kei hea koe, noo hea koe kia kaha taatou ki te koorero Maaori. Me tautoko taatou te hunga e ako ana te reo Maaori hoki!

Michelle

Speaking the reo at home with my daughter

Maria
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Nga Mihi mai I te kainga o taku kapa hakinakina tino Pai Kia Mt Smart Staduim

Joyce

Kanui te pai

Sarahmay

Kia ora tātou, Ko Pūtauaki me Maungaroa nga Maunga Ko Te Oriini me Te Kereu nga Awa Ko Mataatua te Waka Ko Ngāti Awa me Te Whānau-A-Apanui nga Iwi Ko Ngai Taiwhakaea me Te Whanau-A-Kaiaio nga Hapu Ko Te Paroa me Maungaroa nga Marae Ko Anahera Kingi Ahau Celebrating te wiki o te reo Maori by practicing my pepeha so I can stand confidently and share. Ngā Mihi X

Anahera

Toi maruata hikoi, Taiaroa , Otepoti with Marewa fron TWoA

Anna

Ruru Whānau proudly sings the waiata, 'Tauranga Moana'

Pauline

I incorporate as much Te Reo into my conversations

Bella

The whānau and I got together and two of my aunties helped us learn the basics of Te Reo Māori as family.

Souljah

We hosted a school group at Owairoa Marae, Howick. We shared local history and ran an introductory session on beginning te reo Maori

Sue

At noon I will recite he karakia Baha'i in te Reo.

Nancy

Learning as much as I can from Māori pukapuka.

Kylie

This is my representation of Hikunui sleeping in the Waiatai valley, from the Legend of the Seven Whales

Shannan

Kia kaha te wiki o te reo Māori 💜

Aliya

Kia ora I love all things Maori

Rose

Ko tenei wiki ko te wiki o te reo maori. Nga koromatua ake!

Peter

Enjoy singing in Te Reo in our community choir and at home.

Eduard

Ko taku mahi he kaitakāwaengā māori mo Te Tai Tokerau. Nui ake wāku mahi mo te whakapikitangā o te reo māori i roto i ngā kura reo rua me ngā kūra auraki. Tetahi o waku kura ko te nuingā o ngā tamariki he pākeha erangi e mau tonu rātou i ngā mahi hei whakaora ake to tātou reo. . . ko te nuinga kei roto i te akomanga reo rua. . . ko tā rātou mahi kia muia kātoa te kura i te reo māori mo ngā ra kātoa ehara mo te wiki nahe. Ia ra ka tukuna atu tetahi whakatauki me te maramatanga me te pūtake o tera whakatauki hei akiaki hei poipoi nei te kātoa. . . heoi mēna e hiahia ana te ako i te reo rapuhia tetahi o ngā wananga reo ma runga ipurangi i roto i ngā whare wananga ma runga ano hoki i ngā marae kātoa hurinoa, ā me te haere a tinana ki te ako i te taha o tamariki i te kura. . . ko te reo te kakahu ki te ao tūroa. . . mauri tu mauri oho mauri ora! ! !

Huru

We sing in Te Reo almost every day, through our choir and because we love learning and singing in Te Reo

Eduard

All my emails to my customers will begin with Kia Ora. . . my customers are all based out of New Zealand

Fiona

Kua roa ra te KKM o Ruamata kawe I te reo Maori ki runga I te papa haupoi, otira nga momo huihuinga maha puta noa. He toa taua o te reo.

Gloria

I’ve been sitting Mock Exams at school, super busy! ! Studying hard yet still celebrating my language and culture! !

Leena

Me and my whanau did a massive kai and did maori game with our whanau

Eana

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2022, I’ll be supporting our taiohi at Kapahaka Nationals in Hopuhopu…specifically Te Maurea Whiritoi…karawhiua mai!

Teresa

There wasn’t much Māori language or culture taught at school when I was there, so I’m starting with the basics - changing my email signature to “nga mihi”, incorporating the few words I do know such as “korero” and “mahi”, talking to my nieces about what they learn at school nowadays, and signing up to the free Massey course to learn more :)

Tamsyn

We will be having a kaitahi at 12pm on Wednesday

Bryan

everyday I'm speaking te reo everyday and night

khan

Each day i share a whakatauki to my whanau page. We also korero Maori at work for one hour and have a quiz competition going. Reo is spoken every day and oir staff to part in a hikoi in the Wairarapa.

Mereana

I supported my local kapahaka group

Malcom
Lorna

today I decided to buy 10 Whittaker chocolate bars with the maori te reo on it and I hopefully that I can't get more tomorrow because I love the miraka kirimi

khan

Mahi this week involved a few tradeshows throughout the north island and I greeted everyone with Kia Ora

Cassidy

E kōrerotia ana ngā āku tāmariki e au i te reo Māori. I te tuhi, ā, i te pānui, ā, i te ako hoki au ia rā, ia rā. E kōingo ana au ki te mōhio ki te reo kāmehameha. 😍 he iti taku kete kupu, engari, he pounamu.

Betsy

Use and encourage others to use whatever Reo Māori we have ia Rā ia Rā

Rata

Cannot upload photo but recognised importance of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori on my page.

Pip

Kia kaha ki te kōrero Māori.

Raumiria

I will tweet in te reo.

Inaya

Kia ora koutou, My aim is to use te reo Māori every day this week. Hoping to improve my reo and give others the courage to try :)

anna

I will speak maori

Allan

Speaking maori with my friends

Taika

Speaking maori to my kids

Marissa

Speaking maori to students

Claire

Learning maori words

Allan

Speaking maori

Hine

We have changed the name of our company Productivity People Ltd to the te Reo Maori version: Tangata Whai Hua. We have shared this on a LinkedIn post. Our Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere / Managing Director has changed his title for the week too, and any public session is prefaced with a te Reo Maori introduction.

Geerten

Speaking maori in class or to my kids

Tewhetu

Speaking more maori

Mata

I practice speaking te reo and waiata at mahi. I make many mistakes but continue regardless. I hope that it gives others courage to whakamana them and try also.

Lance

Ko te reo maori he reo reka ki te rongo inga tangata matatau i te reo e korerorero ana

Annaca

Our students have enjoyed getting moko stencils then pukana photo to go into spot prizes. Voting for non REO speaking kaiako who speak te reo. Colouring comp Maori games Lots of music/Maori anthems

Diane

Learn the Boffa Miskell Waiata

John

Learn a math phrase in Te reo

Izzy

Learn site coded in Maori

Hussain

Learn Maori road names for my projects!

Emma
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My Year 2 class learned how to count and say the numbers to 20 in te Reo Māori then made their number using classroom objects.

Andrea

Get familiar with the Maori numbers!

Daeniel

Learn the names of some fauna in Te Reo

Conor

Learn a Maori Song

Caitlin

Te Kura o Orangi Kaupapa are joining in with Te Rangaihi Reo Māori with waiata performed across the school.

Lyndsey

talk to my whanau about the importance understanding one's history and culture and share experiences

Stefan

I have been learning te reo Māori and have been teaching my classmates about to and talking to the teachers in te reo Māori

Ruby

I have learnt kupu of the day from resources online

A

I will practice using te reo

Tommy

I celebrated by teaching the tamariki I work with new kupu.

Kirstie

I have been on my Reo journey on and off since I was young. I can understand more than I can speak. At the moment I would say I am at level 3 in te reo. I have three boys that can speak fluently and everyday I am inspired by them. My goal is to carry on my reo journey by listening, learning, speaking and just having the confidence to respond. I look forward to being able tokorero with my tamariki.

Natalie