Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2023 | Your moments

See how we celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

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“Me kii pēnei ki a koutou katoa: Kia kaha. Kia maia. Kia ū tātou. Continue to be strong.

We had the official opening of our small Area School which the first one to be opened by our Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro. We performed Waiata and Haka.

I will korero with my workmates I roto I te reo maori

Ka kōrero au ki ngā tauira i te reo māori.

I txt at least one te reo sentence to someone every day and it became a very natural thing to do. I continue to do it and use te reo whenever I know the word or phrase, both written and particularly, orally

E kai ana māua te tiakarete ki whakanuia te wīki o te reo māori. Ko Miraka Kirīmi te ingoa o te tiakarete nā Whittakers.

Tēnā koutou katoa. He Pou Manaaki ki Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough taku mahi. I joined in with some kaimahi from the Māori Mental Health team at our hōhipera to share waiata. We did this outside the café for staff, patients, and their whānau. It was choice to do this alongside colleagues from another department and to bring some lightness and smiles to those within the hōhipera. I also took some kaimahi from another organisation with me as we were doing a training day together. Good feels!

Set up a display in our reception area. We also had a hangi lunch for all staff

Suzanne Manning, President of NCWNZ, requested that I start including whakataukī in each issue of our newsletter. This is an example of one sent out along with President Manning's opening article urging members to participate in Māori Language Week.

My whole school had different activities on different days of the week and since I'm in Roopu Rangatahi (Māori Kids Group) we got to go around into classes teaching other kids.

I ako ahau i te reo Māori i Te Wānanga o Raukawa. I kōrero ahau i te reo Māori i te kuru. I greeted everyone using only te reo Māori and asked more regularly "Kei te pēhea koe?"

I ako ahau i te reo Māori i Te Wānanga o Raukawa. I kōrero ahau i te reo Māori i te kuru. I greeted everyone using only te reo Māori and asked more regularly "Kei te pēhea koe?"

We all sang a waiata over the speaker system at our kura!

For Mahuru Māori we had a different patai each week where you could find a place on the map of the motu that was significant to you and learn to say something about it in te reo Māori.

Kia ora me tēnā koutou katoa, ngā kaimahi mā o te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga kei te waiata tautoko, 'Toku reo toku ohooho' i te wiki o te reo.

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In our certified organic Hawke's Bay nursery we learned to say how much we love our plants!

Our Kura focused on waiata every day, deliberate Korero on greetings and sharing our thoughts, leading up to te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2023. Our ultimate whole school challenge concluded with a Haka Competition with 4 Whanau classes year 1-8, performing to our community. Thoroughly enjoyed the resources and look for ward to future programs.

I haere mātou te Kura o Whitby Collegiate ki Japan (Tokyo). Ko tā mātou mahi ki reira i tākaro i te kemu poiuka. He tino miharo te whakawhanaungatanga ki reira. I whakaako rātou tētahi waiata/poi.

I haka, i waiata mātou o Te Kura o Hau Karetu ki te taha o tō mātou awa o Te Awakairangi. Ko te awa tētahi tohu whenua motuhake mō mātou nō Te Awakairangi ki Uta!

Kei Japan (Tokyo) ahau ki te taha o te Kareti o Whitby Collegiate. Ko ta mātou mahi ki reira, i takaro i te kemu Poiuka me te whakawhanaungatanga . I waiata mātou ki reira i ngā waiata Māori, ā, i whakaaako mātou i tētahi poi. Mīharo rawa atu te whenua o Japan.

Kia kaha te reo Māori! We are trying only speak reo Māori in the car, its really effective because you have to search for the work you need, there is no getting out of it! Also attending our local Waiata Joy. . . its a joy every time we go.

We had kōrero mai wānanga across the week and then celebrated with tītītoria, waiata and haka.

Pandas Home care - We shared our moment with our wonderful tamariki by encouraging them to participate in the waiata ‘mahunga, pakihiwi, puke, hope, waewae’ Head, shoulders, knees and toes. Our visiting kaiako also joined in with the tamariki during her visits too!

Come Collateral that we have created for our Organisation to celebrate Te Wiki o te reo Māori

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I will be learning a karakia to start my day with, and will recite in in te taiao for Ngā Atua to hear!

Our little kapa haka rōpū did a small public performance for our Reo Moment. Our theme was aroha, and Whakarongo is one of the waiata we performed to show our love for te reo Māori.

Te Motu Kairangi huihui

I waiata au ki aku mokopuna ki aku ngeru hoki

All our kaimahi in the workplace came together to waiata, tunu kai & eat. In the lead up we participated in daily karakia, presentations and mahere reo online. Outside of mahi I attended a Te reo quiz night.

Our X2 classes went out on our court and sang from the top of our lungs a medley of different waiata at 12pm sharp. The tamariki loved it!

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Whakaata Māori kaihoe celebrated Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori by performing 'Aku Mahi' composed by Kōhine Pōnika, followed by a kaitahi.

I asked "Kei te pēhea koe? to the preschoolers I was accompanying on a trip and told them "kei te hiamo ahau"

I participated in the Monday morning karakia.

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My friend Hirini and I did Dad jokes in te reo Māori. - ko māua ko taku hoa, ko Hirini i tuku i ngā paki maroke reo Māori.

I participated in the monday morning karakia.

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Our team practiced our new waiata - Ko Te Waipounamu!

Picked up my Te Reo Maori studies again and trying to be more consistant with it

I kōrero poto au I te Reo Māori Ki āku mokopuna, I purei kemu mātou I te Reo Māori, I te harikoa mātou. Mā te wā ka mau rāua I te Reo Māori.

Kei te ako tonu ahau Ki ngä möteatea, waiata ränei o öku Iwi. Ka tuhi ahau ngä karanga I whakahonohono Ki te whenua o mätou marae o tëna o tëna. Katahi, ka körerotia ki Aku whanaunga I te wä whakatä a te kura Ki te whakapakari töku Reo mäori me öna tïkanga.

I waiata mātou - ngā kaimahi a mātou papa. Ngā mihi nui ki a Rukuwai Allen me Noel Rawiri Woods hoki - ngā rangatira me kaiako o te kaupapa. We couldn't have had so much fun doing our waiata without your leadership skills <3 https://fb. watch/njnedrOLr_/

The whole school came together and shared new Māori waiata they learnt.

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Kaimahi and tāuira of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ki Tauranga Moana (The University of Waikato, Tauranga) were joined by rangatahi from several Bay of Plenty kura on the University's Kīngitanga Day celebrations, 14 o Hepetema 2023, for our Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Moment. Our thanks to our manuhiri from Bethlehem College, Ōtūmoetai College, Tauranga Girls' College, and the Raukura Boys from Rotorua Boys' High School for lending your voices to the waiata, "Ka Tangi Te Tītī" as led by our Senior Māori Liaison Advisor, Tahangāwari (Taha) Tangitu-Huata, and assisted by Mariah Aroha Tunoho and Maramena Ballantyne.

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This is ngā mokopuna o Aparima (Riverton Childcare) taking part in Te Wā tuku reo Māori. We are singing our centre song - our pepeha “Turangawaewae”

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Sang a waiata with work team mates in Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau

We did daily quizzes on Te Reo Māori and Māori history at work, and at my Te Reo course we had a waiata competition

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Te Reo Māori Moment 2023 - Te Puni Kōkiri and Friends

I learnt how to say 'I like this beautiful language' in Maori He pai ki ahau tenei reo atuaahua

Sang a Waiata

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Whānau ora Symposium 2023 Tēnei te pō Tēnei te ao

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2023. Trying to get Elenore to embrace our culture.

ur kaimahi came together and sung waiata today at 12pm, to recognise the moment the Māori Language Petition was submitted to parliament back in 1972. Aotearoa has come so far, to not go further, it's a WE thing. Kia kaha te reo Māori.

KOTAHITANGA IHU KARAITI IO TE MATUA ONE LOVE ❤️

Completed my Level 1 Certificate in Te Reo Maori

Tumeke Whanganui East School! Ka rawe a mātou kaha ki te kōrero Māori! He maha te mahi a mātou - i purei kemu, ta pikitia, mihi atu, waiata atu hoki!

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Kia ora from Eastern China. We’re from the Aotearoa New Zealand Consulate in Shanghai. For Te Wiki 2023, we learnt a poi waiata and infused it with Mandarin kupu. Check it out. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

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We sang Tutira mai while on holiday in Niue

Our tamariki all came outside onto the court at kura and sung waiata together at 12pm

We got together and had a shared kai with others in the office. Afterwards we had a little te reo quiz and learned some new kupu.

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We celebrated through lots of waiata

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Te kupu o te wiki ki te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

I tākaro matou i ngā kaari

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This year we celebrated Te wiki o te reo Maori by having a haka waiata house competition. Here is Flat Bush Primary school in Otaras snapshot of our performances

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We sang a song created especially for U. S. Mission New Zealand! Aroha, whakapono, rangimārie-are Māori values that are important to us all. He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata! What is the greatest thing in the world? It is people! These beautiful concepts sung to the familiar tune of 'Country Road' - automatically makes us think of the USA. We are proud to have a waiata that connects Māori people and Team USA. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Our whanau sung waiata and each shared some of our favourite whakatauki

To celebrate te wiki o te reo maori, I stopped what I was doing at 12:00 on Thursday and I did the haka and the poi. I also practised my maori, wore my matariki top and practised my pukana. I also played Takaro.

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Little Footsteps mat time.

My and my whanau did graduate in a re reo classes

During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Waitoki School were immersed in different activities to celebrate Māori language. On Thursday we all got together to make the word Kia Kaha, the theme of the Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

We relearnt or brushed up on Matariki star cluster. Sang songs like AEIOU for example and used words around the house like wharepaku when going to Toilet, kai, some good basic words to really entrench happy fun Māori learning ☺️

Māori Language Week was celebrated at Collective Community Hub with a community lunch. We did karakia at 12 noon. Practiced some Reo and had a great time. Kai - Māori style! !

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Mission Heights Junior College is a Year 7 - 10 school in Flat Bush, Auckland. Here is their Kapa Haka group performing the school haka - "Kia mana ake! "

I did some weaving art. It was very fun learning how to weave for the first time.

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We learned a new waiata at work and sang it together before having a shared kai. We also challenged ourselves to learn a karakia kai.

We joined together as a school to sing and share waiata.

me and some of my freiends made a poi dance to Poi E

Kia ora koutou katoa The Bahá’í National Office celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori together. We started off with a karakia, then each team member shared with the group something they had recently learned or wanted to share. This included days of the week – ngā rā o te wiki; months of the Bahá’í year – ngā marama o te tau Bahá’í; pepeha, the book "Taniwha" by Robyn Kahukiwa, and hītori of a marae. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

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For Te Reo o te Wiki Māori 2023 I learned a waiata, Nau Mai Rā by Dave Dobbyn. This waiata is especially precious to me because it was the song I sung at my grandpa's funeral in 2011, although in English. So, it was special to learn this in Te Reo Māori. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori! !

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In celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, EastPack Quarry Road enjoyed a hākari of hāngi - made by our own ringawera/workers. Everyone came together to help with the prep work and it was tino reka!

Joined the Kihikihi Uke Jam for a community waiata session.

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, our team created a series of interviews talking about te reo Māori. To take part in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori, our team celebrated with giving out our hoodies to team members for their efforts in supporting te reo Māori through all the content we produce. Kia haha te reo Māori!

We explored waiata, both listening to it and also doing many waiata-a-ringa - action songs with the tamariki. We have been making a conscious effort to be exploring a range of Te Reo and Te Ao Maori resources also and in particular for this day.

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I incorporated technology and creativity to simultaneously educate people about basic Te Reo Māori words and promote my friends' Kai Means Food business in Auckland and Christchurch. The entire process was designed to be enjoyable and fun for everyone involved.

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I did lots of singing and learning with my school

Actively participated in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori week learning about the language, few words and Friday evening quiz in Auckland office. Tried singing Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi and received the t-shirt I'm wearing as a reward!

Our team had a shared kai hakari, learnt a karakia kai and learned the names of traditional Māori kai.

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Omg don't look up my nose hahaha. Kia kaha to all. . . so love that song. . . lil support from me. . .

Joined group of Volunteers to upskill my Te Reo language as well as learn more as sessions in TE AO MAORI, TE TIRITI O WAITANGI

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori- Kiwirail Te Reo, Waiata, Hakari.

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This waiata was part of the International Reading Recovery Institute we attended in Indianapolis. Such a privilege to sing for our international colleagues who appreciated our reo ataahua.

Our team waiting patiently for our yummy boil-up and fry bread

At Te Kawa Mataaho we all learned a karakia kai for Māori Language Moment, then had a kai, then played tākaro.

Centre for Business and Centre for IT kaitahi, Boil-up and Fry bread was on the menu

How beautiful our tamariki sound.

I worked hard in the state of New Zealand, my mom was cool, and I learned the way of kumon with my friend Aidan Shen.

I learnt Māori words

Kei waho i waiata mātou ki Zealandia!

I was thrilled to attend my daughter's function on Māori Language Day, where she showcased her talent through a mesmerising stage performance. The event was a beautiful celebration of Māori culture, featuring traditional dances and songs performed in the Māori language. It was a proud moment to see her immerse herself in the rich heritage of the Māori people and share their traditions with grace and passion. Her performance was a testament to the importance of preserving and honouring indigenous cultures, and I couldn't be prouder of her dedication to this meaningful cause.