Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2023 | Your moments

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

Tara

Ka kōrero au ki ngā tauira i te reo māori.

Libby

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

Christine

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!

Lani

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

Issa

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.

Randolph

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.

Isla

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?"

Shriya

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

Sarah

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.

Nikki

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.

Whetū

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

Jo

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.

Paul

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.

Carol

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!

Paige

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.

Carol

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.

Emma

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

Hana

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!

Sarah

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

Ua

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

Karaitiana

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.

Manuhiri

Te Motu Kairangi huihui

Elizabeth

I waiata au ki aku mokopuna ki aku ngeru hoki

Barbara

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.

Amiria

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!

Alison

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

Alamein

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

Ella

I participated in the Monday morning karakia.

Wiremu

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.

Eru

I participated in the monday morning karakia.

Wiremu

Our team practiced our new waiata - Ko Te Waipounamu!

Sammie

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

Kate

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.

Jacqueline

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.

Cynthia

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_/

Dr Kathleen

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

Hilary

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.

The University of Waikato

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”

Tanya

Rosângela

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

Stu

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

Mia

Te Reo Māori Moment 2023 - Te Puni Kōkiri and Friends

Lave

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

Meg

Sang a Waiata

Tracey

Whānau ora Symposium 2023 Tēnei te pō Tēnei te ao

Juniper

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

Maraea

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.

Deb

KOTAHITANGA IHU KARAITI IO TE MATUA ONE LOVE ❤️

Kevin

Completed my Level 1 Certificate in Te Reo Maori

Tessa

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!

May

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!

Erina

We sang Tutira mai while on holiday in Niue

Janet

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

Birkdale North

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.

Susannah

We celebrated through lots of waiata

Garden Grove

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

Sophie

I tākaro matou i ngā kaari

Andrea

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

Natasha

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!

Louisa

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

Shan

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.

Scarlett

Little Footsteps mat time.

Sam

My and my whanau did graduate in a re reo classes

Brendon

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.

Aroha

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 ☺️

Peter

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! !

Tracy

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! "

Aly

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

Vishaka

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.

Gill

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

Aroha

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

annabelle

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!

Anita

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! !

Taylor

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!

Hope

Joined the Kihikihi Uke Jam for a community waiata session.

Shivansh

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!

Manihera

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.

Future Kids Preschool Hāwera

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.

Souai

Jenny

I did lots of singing and learning with my school

Scarlett

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!

Indresh

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

Ruth

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

Tessa

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

Marama

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

Tini

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.

Karrie

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

Nima

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

Cuwan

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

Nima

How beautiful our tamariki sound.

Anna

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How beautiful our tamariki sound.