Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2023 | Your moments

Share how you celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

2022 2021 2020

I went out and shared my love of weaving and Rongoa witth others

Hui

In our tari at mahi we karakia timatanga before we start mahi, karakia mo te kai before sitting for lunch, (a full staff kaihakari on Thursday of hangi and cake) and karakia whakamutunga at the end of our day. Kia kaha te reo maaori! !

Nihia

Kia ora! We performed a TikTok with some of our kaumātua, kaimahi and rangatahi:)

Te Aitarakihi Marae-ā-Iwi

My tamariki made breakfast!

Nikki

Loved supporting Polyfest in Ōtepoti, practised new rerenga in my karaehe.

Luna

Dayna Brown Our roopu called 'Kia Ngawari' from Wanneroo Secondary College in Perth Western Australia. Made up of rangitahi from all over the motu. Coming together to celebrate 'Te Wiki o te Reo Maori' and 'RUOkay Day' (mental health) initiatives. We performed at a Harmony Day lunch time concert on Thursday and we had awesome help and support from our parents and school alumni (Maraea Taupau, Henry and Taylor Reriti). Knowing it was Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2023, gave us the desire and incentive to go hard and give it our very best on the day. Arohanui from Perth WA

Dayna

On September the 14th 2023, for my moment I was blessed with my moko kauae.

Rosalina

Te Kura Taumatua sing their waiata written and gifted to us by Liam Makinson and Quinn Mannix, our wonderful kaiāwhina.

Nicole

I sang a Baha'i prayer in Te Reo while in the garden. Beautiful, and uplifting :)

Sue

AJ Hackett Bungy Taupo played a kēmu Maui, Matau.

AJ Hackett

Kia Ora Ko Hoia tenei. Hoia is my son. I am teaching him his pepeha

Louana

Julie

I was able to introduce some new Te Reo Māori to my students, we celebrated through waiata and encouragement was through kiwaha.

Erika

I taught the manuhiri at my mahi the Māori names of the countries they are all from. Was an awesome experience and lots of laughs, especially from our French guests.

Rahera

Our whole school participated in Te Reo Māori activities all week, we sang, we listened, we talked and we learnt kupu hou and waiata hou. Myself and one other made fried bread to share with all staff, and to end a great week my whānau celebrated with a hākari.

Karen

We unveiled our te reo Māori name of European Union in Aotearoa New Zealand right on time for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori. It's te Tari o te Kotahitanga o Ūropi ki Aotearoa. Join us as we learn to pronounce our te reo Māori name!

European Union

Love te reo Māori love singing waiata love kapa haka

Haylee

Love to share that I done a pao moteatea myself I did was great one

Haylee

I love to share this means love received , love returned and whero Manawa is taku aroha

Haylee

Rāpare, 13th Mahuru 2023 Te Whakarewatanga o Manapou, tā mātou taupānga matihiko ā ahurea. Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao launched our very own digital app called "Manapou. " Kia kaha te reo Māori e hika mā!

Ed

I download an app to support my language prononciation

Fiona

We held a noho Marae with some of our tauira. Te celebrate 'Te wiki o te reo Māori', tauira played a kemu called "I te timatanga. . . " So much fun and laughter had by all. Mauri ora!

Stacey

Hillpark School all stopped at 12pm to embrace the Māori moment with waiata, poi rakau, rakau, kapa haka and more. We then ended the day with a full assembly sharing waiata and our new school haka for the first time.

Stacey

I have participated in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023 by understanding and speaking the language, I have worked collaboratively with my friends to answer our schools questions

Manroop

I whakanuia te Kura o Titahi ki te raki i te wā tuku reo i roto i te ahuatanga o te Waiata. I waiata te kura whanui i te waiata ‘E minaka ana’ Mauriora!

Ramari

Albany Village Library staff & customers gathered together at 12 noon to sing the Waiata Tutira mai nga iwi, accompanied by a ukulele. We handed out song sheets with the waiata in te reo Māori with an English translation.

Kathryn

We used kupu and waiata with the children they in turn learnt new waiata and words.

Lonaye

Greeted my Dentist Receptionists and staff in te Reo. Greeted coffeeshop people in te reo. Felt proud!

Jan

Kia ora, Our whole workplace (Manatu Hauora) celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo, one moment that stands out for me this year was when my workmate and I tried to decide how to say 'hangry' in Te Reo. Pls advise. Nga mihi Jane Dudley :-)

Jane

I waiatatia te waiata Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi ki ngā tāngata o te hapori :)

Amanda

UNICEF Aotearoa did a Māori Language Moment Kahoots! Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Clare

My daughter is learning Te Reo at school. Each morning we practice numbers from 1 to 20 in Te Reo when she brushes her teeth. We also got her a Māori language book that has body parts, days of the week, months of the year and basic words in Te Reo. We also encourage her saying her Karakea that she learnt at school.

Savio

At Sysdoc, a workmate created a quiz centred around te reo and te ao Māori (featuring a lot of bird questions). A bunch of us tuned in remotely on Teams and competed.

Bekah

Speaking te reo

Amy

I learned my school's whakatauki

Avery

I did the Wall Walk!

Mel

Practise making kakahu while listening to waiata.

Kaia

I waiata mātou! All of the mātua and tamariki on our session stopped and practiced some of our favorite waiata ā-ringa together!

Caitlin

Chanel College Masterton stopped to show our love of The Reo Maori through our school haka. Our year 12s even took time out of their leadership camp to join in from Castlepoint.

Myra

I signed up for the Open Polytechnic course in Te Reo and I’m finally learning how to speak the language of my tupuna.

Lynda

Our team at Te Whare Pātaka Kōrero o Te Rewarewa, New Lynn Library, stopped at 12pm to recite a kaikōhau together. We announced this to all the customers in the library beforehand so they could join in too.

Kristin

After a break from our Te Reo learning journey, during Te Wiki o te Reo Maori we have challenged ourselves to re-enroll for level 3 and 4 Te Reo full-time study next semester and hit the go button - bring it on.

Mele

I joined in with my team at the warehouse group for 15 minutes of waiata.

Christopher

On Tuesday last week my work place put on a lunch shout for up to 60 subcontractors for the Big Chill Construction site. I lead the karakia mo te kai and got the subbies to follow my lead.

Denley

Te Kaunihera-ā-Rohe o Taratahi [Carterton District Council] celebrated Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori with a Kupu o te Rā o Taratahi [Carterton's Word of the Day], courtesy of our Kaitātari, Te Whakapono Waikare, We celebrated Te Rangaihi Reo Māori [Māori Language Moment] with kai and korero. Our Kupu o te Rā o Taratahi videos are available at YouTube [youtube. com/@cartertondistrictcouncilnz852] and Facebook [facebook. com/cartertondistrictcouncil] channels. Kia kaha o Te Reo Māori!

Kahurangi

Kia ora, My challenge to myself during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023 was to greet as many people as I could in Te Reo.

Daryl

We celebrated with karakia, waiata and delicious hāngī.

Talia

Fonterra and Harbour Grounds hosted members of the Auckland University Kapa Haka group along with Captain Kaimoana

Amanda

I wrote up my pepeha and added it to the team's pepeha on the wall of my work at BLENNZ Hamilton. Anna Stevens (RTV)

Anna

I kōrero au i te reo Māori ki e te tīma.

Ana

Kiaora, Kāpuhipuhi Wellington Uni Professional celebrated te wiki o te reo by having a shared kai, karakia, and kōrero. We encouraged phrases and listened to waiata anthems from spotify. Kaimahi really made the effort to come together to celebrate. Thursday is a work from home day for many, and yet we had the entire office come in, as well as staff who are part-timers and don't work Thursdays at all. It was a really cele brated event, and we llok forward to using more reo throughout the office over the next year.

marie

Education New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao International Teams recorded "Kia kaha te reo Māori from around the world - Tāmaki Makaurau, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Guangzhou, Kirikiriroa, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Washington, Te Whanganui a Tara. Whiua ki te ao e hika mā!

Ed

The team at the Aged Care Association, along with our friends from the Retirement Villages Association and our auditors got together to sing a waiata. For most of us, it was the first time we had ever sung a waiata! Thanks John for your skills on the guitar. And then we did a Māori language week quiz, put together by Urvi. We did ok. . . . . but it wasn't a result for the record books! We're aiming to do better next time.

Liz

We learned and sang the waiata A E I O U from Auckland Museum's YouTube video https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=OGCx0ZDcQec We read and learned the vocab words suggested in https://www. kiwifamilies. co. nz/articles/maori-language-week/

Melissa

Our school participated in Te wā tuku reo by coming together and discussing the battle for Te Reo and the importance of 14th September in our nation's history. We discussed the petition for Te Reo to be introduced in schools in 1972 and the initiation of Te wiki o Te Reo Māori as a result. We then sung a number of waiata and haka together as a school.

Jamie

we celebrated it like new years

Ivan

Koinei taku tuku i te reo amuamu 🤣

samantha

This week we celebrated te wiki o te reo Māori here in Hawaii as university students at byuh by promoting te reo Māori through our Aotearoa Club page on instagram

Paora

Lisa

Tena koutou katoa, Ko Samantha Cuckow taku ingoa. Ko Palms Educare, Browns Bay, te kura. This morning we had our mat time in Te Reo Maori. We sang Tena Koe to greet our hoa, Kina KIna, read a lovely pukapuka, and finished with Mahunga, Pakahiwi. The tamariki really enjoyed themselves as they danced and sang the waiata. Ka rawe awesome mahi tamariki!

Samantha

Listened to Waiata

Zoe

I waiata te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata | Parliamentary Counsel Office mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!

Tess

- I whakarongo ahau ki ngaa waiata i roto i te reo Maaori. = I listened to songs in the Maaori language. - I koorero ahau i roto i te reo Maaori ki te taha o eetehi kaimahi. = I spoke in the Maaori language with some of the staff. - I whakairi ahau i teetahi o ngaa paanui whakaahua e akiaki ana i ngaa taangata kia koorero reo Maaori mai. = I hung up a poster at my office encouraging speaking reo Maaori. - I tukuatu ahau i te tohu o te wiki o te reo Maaori hei tuarongo moo tooku hui mariko kei tooku mahi :), kia whakamaumahara, kia akiaki i ngaa kaimahi kia koorero reo Maaori mai. = I uploaded the symbol of the Maaori language week to have as a background in my virtual meeting at work.

Hautai

At Ōtaki Kindergarten we celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori by singing our own Kindergarten waiata and also singing the 9 Stars of Matariki along with Miss Nicky.

Ōtaki

Our kaimahi in our Tāmaki Makaurau celebrating Te Wa Tuku Reo "Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori! " #reomāori #reomoments

Terri

We celebrated Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori by singing and practicing waiata in the kīhini at work for the whole office to hear. We sung "Tai Aroha" and "Purea Nei" - two songs we have been practicing, and built up some more confidence with "Ka Pioioi" and "Tōia Mai Te Waka Nei. " Kia kaha te reo Māori! !

Imogen

Kei te pōti P&O pcific explorer, e ako ana tētahi waiata mōteatea, kei te kōrero māori ki ētahi ō mātou roopu. E hika! Kōrero măori e nga wā kātoa! Karawhiua!

Tanyia

Attended a mihi whakatau, karakia, kōrero, waiata tautoko, hongi, kai.

Cheryle

sung waiata's

Ali

I sang waiata in celebration of all that has come from the original Māori Language Moment. .

Aroha

Kapa haka -Elim Christian College

Geoff

Te Waka Unua School - Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 23

Janeane

I met with Māori-medium teaching colleagues to kōrero about how we can support Te Reo Māori in our work in schools. We also viewed a very moving video clip with Hinewehi Mohi, MNZM, who first sang the national anthem in te reo at the 1999 Rugby World Cup game - with some backlash. . .

Jude

I looked up some Kiwaha for rugby and found some phrases to yell out during my boy games at The global games tournament Taupo. Wā pīro! - Try time Tukuna te pōro - pass the ball Whakarapa rātou - smash em (hubby yelled out this one, I just couldn’t 😂) Whana! - kick it along with Maranga Mai! & oma! 😆

Tiffany

I was with colleagues and we gathered the tamariki to sing a waiata

Jemma

Akomanga 14 created a list of ways we wanted to celebrate te reo Māori. We decided to practice more waiata - learn a new one, create some art, work together, play Māori games, and learn a new whakatauki

Whaea

We joined in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori within our kura and within our cluster. At our kura celebration, we sang and performed haka with passion. At our cluster celebration, we joined Fergusson Intermediate and Plateau School to celebrate the kaupapa by te awa (as seen in the video). Both events demonstrated the mana and strength of our tamariki, kaimahi, whānau and hapori whānui. It is wonderful to be part of our rohe - with over 13 kura in Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta sharing their celebrations :) Kia kaha te reo Māori! 🖤🤍❤️

Shanice

Ko tāku moko e pirangi ana ki te moe 'marae styles' i hanga tona moenga #reomāori #reomoments

Terri

Learning about Kai Tahu #reomāori #reomoments

Terri

My class and I sang waiata and played hei tama tū tama!

Shel

What better way to enjoy your sweet kai than to pair it with the sweet sounds of waiata. Just a snippet though whānau. Mauri ora! #reomāori #reomoments

Terri

Sung loads of waiata. Shared stories while weaving.

Renee

Hakari to finish off the working week for our kaimahi at Waka Kotahi #reomāori #reomoments

Terri

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā ray rangatira mā. Ānei mātou o Te Paepae o Aotea kei Te Hāwera, Taranaki e mihi atu ki a koutou. Kia kaha Te Reo Māori!

Arapeta

My two mokos singing Tutira Mai with their koro (excuse the croaky singing from me). Moko on the left going extra at the end! #reomaori #reomoments

Terri

I pānui au ki te aku tamariki

Kat

I whakamahi i ngā momo waiata i akongia e mātou. Kahore tenei mahi te take tuatahi mo te wā tuku reo engarī hei aha. He waiata, he kata, he harikoa, he māori! This wasn’t the original plan for wā tuku reo, but we were in class and a couple of boys just asked to do some waiata. I told them I was going to record so sing up lol. Mea rawa ake, it went viral. I ended up sharing it because it reflects our reo journey perfectly in our kura. It is a cool journey with ups and downs, sometimes the wheels fall off but we can haka, sing and laugh. E ai ki te whakatauāki a Dory, me kahoe tonu ana, Mauri ora!

Junior

I wrote an assignment about the history of te Reo Māori.

Ana

In my school, we celebrated it from the bell, to lunchtime activities, and daily activities in our classes. We sang songs, shared Kai and had an amazing time! I’m absolutely looking forward to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori next year.

Arsh

Encouraged all the guests where I’m staying to pronounce Māori place name’s correctly and we watched the te reo version of Lion King

Sue

Running an agency wide Kahoot! gives the perfect opportunity for kaimahi from Northland to Southland to come together and harness their competitive spirit in a safe learning environment. The end result was a lot of fun, a few prizes and for one. . . . . bragging rights! #reomaori

Terri

Myself and my Speech Language Therapy colleagues made a conscious effort to use Te Reo greetings at all times in our department. Half of our team were not born in NZ so it was a great chance for all of us to practise our pronunciation! We also had a Te Reo word of the day relating to our role. We’re definitely going to keep it up!

Eilidh

Me and my brother said short sentences to each other in Māori, and we both did some art.

Vishaka

I was able to learn this karakia using the rakau at Te Whare Hononga in Ngāmotu.

Gail

Ko Te Reo Māori e ngunguru nei! Au, au, aue, hā! Ko Te Papa Tongarewa e ngunguru nei! Au, au, aue, ha!

Lee

Whakarongo te reo Māori waiata

Manaia

Tēnā tātou e ngā iwi katoa hurinoa i te motu Ānei mātou te puna wānanga o Puketāpapa (ngā kura e toru) e tūhonohono hei hikina te kaupapa. He mea whakahirahira ki a mātou te tiaki, te poipoi i tō tātou reo rangatira. Ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō hea, ko te tumanako me whakakotahi ai tātou mō tātou me ngā uri whakatipu, ngā rangatira mō āpōpō. #HIKINA TE REO

Jackie-Jade

Nan

Kia ora koutou Pictured is my draft featuring a frame for the Students to write their mihi to tautoko our 12pm acknowledgement & kōrero. The final frame to be shared with Staff & Students [collaborators acknowledged. ] We also completed a Te Reo Kahoot learning challenge.

Sherrall

Anei Te Kura o te Kai Hau ā Kupe e waiata ana mō te wā tuku reo. Ka mutu pea!

Waimarie

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Te Wiki 2023

Anei Te Kura o te Kai Hau ā Kupe e waiata ana mō te wā tuku reo. Ka mutu pea!