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

Tried some new reo in the classroom. My students really appreciated the efforts.

Jamie

I revised my mihi this year to include my arrival in Auckland but not to include my mountain and loch which I have previously included as they are important in my culture, though in a different way from that recognised in Māori pepeha. My class have also been learning their mihi or pepeha as appropriate to their own cultures so that we can recits them this week and whenever called upon. We then went outside and sang waiata with most of our school at 12pm to join together and celebrate.

Karen

Whole school waiata. Tuakana teina te reo games, teaching I te timatanga

Janine

Pip

Mō te roanga o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, ki Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa, i ako mātou i te waiata 'Whakataka te hau', nā, koinei mātou e waiata ana mō te wā tuku reo Māori i te Tāite te 14 o Hepetema.

Janay

Myself and my mahanga Kani Kani our way through te wiki o te reo māori & embracing our language and our culture x if our tamariki can create their path with our language and culture so can we x

Aroha

I teach high school my class learnt their pepeha. I invited a senior teacher to visit our class and my students shared their pepeha. The senior English teacher said it was a waste of her time😢 Teaching the senior teachers the value of our language will be my mission.

Ramari

Supporting the kaupapa at our playcentre. Awesome team sung waiata and tamariki had poi.

Cheyenne

I waiatatia e matou ko Hampton Hill School tētahi iwi anthem medley i te wa tuku reo.

Kahurangi

Wellsford School got together at this time to sing our school waiata together under the beautiful blue sky.

Kelly

At our kura we participated in a variety of activities, but the majority chose waiata. We sung together and as always, it felt pretty emotional knowing there were millions of other people doing the same at the same time as us. Love the te reo Māori moment! Kia kaha te reo Māori.

Hazel

In Takiwira, Dargaville, some of our local schools and ECEs gathered together at Dargaville Primary where we were welcomed with a Powhiri and then we all joined together to waiata. This was finished with Kai - a beautiful opportunity to come together for our tamariki! Thanks to the Māori advisors from the Council who facilitated this event!

Kylie

I learnt way more vocab and I learnt about Aotearoa history and along the way I learnt some words too!

Maxwell

I promote and use Te Reo Māori at mahi at every opportunity. I share my knowledge of tikanga and te reo everyday! Arohatia te reo Māori! !

Billie

I participated in a te reo Māori language class and at the end of the wiki we all sang a Waiata in the main atrium of our work site. We had probably 40 or 50 people joining in.

Katie

Listened to Taringa on the daily commute

Li

I whakanuia e matou i runga I te kaha nui, a. I powhiria e taku whanau katoa te tau 2023 me te tino kaha, me te harikoa iia wa, I ia wa, Kya timata ahau ki te ako I te reo maori I te mea e aroha ana ahau ki nga tikanga o Aotearoa kya mohio ahau na te panui engari inaianei kei te pirangi ahau ki te tuhura me te rongo tonu.

Veena

I led our rōpu waiata at Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ in singing our waiata written for us by our Kaihautu Rhonda Paku - Hei orange mo te iwi e.

Amaria

I tried to do my mihi and got a few colleagues and members to say something in Te Reo and posted it up on our work story.

Ana

Ordered my coffee in te reo Māori. Used commonly spoken te reo maori words more often than usual.

Mary

Watch Company blog about Te Reo in our company

Brad

Learning common phrases

Yvonne

Myself and 4 colleagues at Wellington City Libraries, plus a visiting class from a local primary school said karakia and sung waiata.

Sylvia

Our free mobile game Colibrium is now translated into the Kāi Tahu dialect of te reo Māori, the local dialect where we are based, in Ōtepoti/Dunedin. It is one of very few mobile video games in te reo Māori. Play it free now! www. Technaturally. games 😊

Technaturally Games

This year I was lucky enough to be teaching in a class of years 1 & 2. As I had not long learnt a new waiata E rere taku poi and the actions on a recent marae visit, it was a great opportunity to introduce this waiata with the poi to the tamariki in the class. We practised this every day and the tamariki were always excited to get the poi out and have a go.

Ziggy

Celebrating with the community in the neighbourhood. We paid respect to the day of when Māori language movement was first presented to the parliament in 1972. We had kai, waiata and kōrero ❤️

Frida

I spent the whole week trying even more with te reo māori through waiata, korero kanohi ki te kanohi, kemu māori, te kupu hou I tenei rā, kapa haka.

Ashlee

Kei to ako au te karakia ki Te Whatu Ora. I learnt the ending karakia that Te Whatu Ora regularly use to close a hui.

Sharon

Teaching tamariki to introduce themselves in Te Reo.

Tere

I attended a weekly group meeting and, although I was nervous, I introduced myself in Te Reo and told them my name and welcomed them to Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori. Then I went on to say I was a great-grandmother and so on. They stayed awake so it can't have been too bad! I learned Te Reo for 2 years at my workplace through the wonderful teacher from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi and have a Qualification Certificate, of which I am very proud.

Paula

At work we did a te reo quiz during te wiki o te reo

Aimee

I awhina au ki te whakahaere i tētahi whānau hui hei whakamana i Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Nā matua josh rātou ko Denver, ko Taz, ko ēathi atu ākonga te hui i whakahaere. Nā ngā ākonga o Te Tau Tekau mā AThi ngā keke i tunu. Te tino reka o te kai!

Vanessa

Greeted my dental practice staff in Reo. Chatted with coffeeshop people in simple sentences

Jan

No Ōrākau ahau. I am away from home atm but I have been encouraging people down here to pronounce place names correctly and greet each other in te reo Māori. I ve been watching Whakaata Māori TV and tonight I’m going to watch Lion King in Te Reo

Sue

I te Rāpare, te tekau mā whā o Mahuru, I te tau 2023. I te rima tekau mā whā ki te tekau mā rua karaka. Kua tuhi ahau I tētahi pukapuka o karere hiko mō te Whaea Debbie Ngawera-Packer. He karakia tēnei. He pukapuka I te Reo Māori katoa. (Well, as much as I could). Tihei mauri ora. Ngā mihi me Aroha nui. Ko Nathalie tōku ingoa. Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Chanelle

Hi my family and I talk maori and I speake it when I am out and I am learning it as well.

Finn

I waiata tahi mātou ki Te Rā Mākete ki Te Herenga Waka. Nā te tīma Āwhina i tū ai tēnei kaupapa! #tookureotookuohooho

Te Mapihi

We absolutely enjoyed getting together with staff across our organization to put together the Te Wiki o te Reo Māori display and celebrating the occaission at Te Hononga Civic Building in Ōtautahi. The display included the, KidsFest night walk posters in Te Reo and English, about native species and plants, printed resources and literature, arts and crafts, selfie frame, Te Wiki te Reo Māori banner, Native plants labelled in Te Reo Māori and a couple of videos sub-titled in Te Reo Māori about Ngāi Tahu Mahinga Kai and Ngā Ringa Toi o Tahu. Mid-week our staff Waiata group performed a mini concert lunch time in Te Reo Maori. Our Kitchen Cafe also had booklets at the counter for customers to order their Kawhe in Te Reo and they created some yummy fusion kai.

Sina

Setting up a selfie frame as part of celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Maori at Te Hononga Civic Building in Otautahi. This was placed in the atrium inviting staff and visitors to take this as a photo oppurtunity.

Sina

Ngā Tuakana o Te Whānau Maunga at Ngongotahā School stood to share their mihi with the class. Being able to mihi is a precious taonga within Māori customs and Tikanga. These tamariki will grow to use mihi in many areas of their lives. Auahi ana tamariki mā! ! !

Tawi

With the support of a few teachers from Orewa College, i was able to write my pepeha. Coming from the UK in the late 70’s, i was bullied for my accent (it was strong), so i was always conscious of my voice and speaking Te Reo was challenging, but i wanted to show the year 7’s how to overcome the fear and do it anyway I got to present my pepeha to a year 7 class a few weeks back. It was the first time ever speaking my pepeha out loud. I could not have done it with the support and guidance of the teachers and students. Ka Pai!

Louise

Said a karakia and sang a waiata with my tamariki.

Kat

learned in class about it

James

The whole of Birchville School walked down to the awa and sung 3 waiata, Tēnei au he kākano, Haramai Porotaka and E minaka ana. We are infront of where two awa meet The hutt river on the left meeting Te Awakairangi. .

Missey

Christchurch City Council Staff across our Organisation in Otautahi gathered in front of Te Hononga Civic Building, Pouwhenua Te Pou Herenga Waka at midday to mark the moment! Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori!

Sina

Celebrated by doing rakau with the tamariki and colouring a taniwha while singing ❣️

Carolina

My son and I learnt karakia and waiata and only spoke te reo in our whare this week

Renee

I kōrerorero māua tōku hoa rangitira i tētehi whare kawhe i te tāone puna o Hanmer Springs, i raro i Te Tihi o Rauhea i te rānui i te 14 o Mahuru, he whakaaro ki te reo Māori. I mihi au ki ngā tāne o te Hēti Tāne o taua tāone mō tō rātou manaakitanga. Nā te mea, i waihangatia e rātou he tokotoko, ā, i makā aua tokotoko ki tētehi taiaroa i te timatanga o te ara ki te Tihi o Rauhea. I wareware au i taku tokotoko, nō reira harikoa tōku ngāku i te kitenga o aua tokotoko! Pēnei me te waewae tuatoru ki ahau te tokotoko a te Hēti Tāne mō te hīkoi ki te Tihi o Rauhea. Ki ōku whakaaro nei, he hapori marae aua tāne, nō reira i mihi atu ahau ki a rātou.

Jocelyn

This is how I celebrated Te Wiki O Te reo Māori By either doing a waiata or doing some kupu on our social Tiktok, I am all about embracing our culture, embracing our language and being proud of being Māori x

Aroha

Kia Ora te Reo, Kia Māori te Reo, This week Aotearoa celebrates Māori Language Week by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and this is Mahuru Māori. SOUNZ is celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori by introducing our kaimahi for 2023. Take a walk through our office to meet our team! There are a lot of new faces and new roles here at SOUNZ as we continue our mission to Champion the Sounds of Aotearoa. Kia Kaha te Reo Māori! Te Wiki o te Reo Māori #kiakahatereomāori #reomāori #tewikiotereomāori

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music

I work for the council in my local district and we have a waiata group. When I joined the group we basically started with no experience, zero songs and now we have enough songs to support blessings, pōwhiri, mihi whakatau and so on. We have reached out to the community and have offered the public to attend our practice sessions once a week during Mahuru Māori to learn waiata of the local area and also songs to support the Te Reo Māori Movement eg: Toku reo, Toku ohooho, Whakarongo and Karanga rā.

Kahurangi

Used some new Maori greetings

Sam

listened to Aotearoa Maori Chorale and appreciated again how much waiata was useful in calming children during chch EQs

Anahera

Kia ora we listened to Waiata with our tamariki, and whānau, as we enjoyed some fried bread.

Quannah

We learnt about it at school

Archie

Our kura came together to sing waiata and celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Mel

This year we attended Polyfest in Dunedin. This was the first time our kindergarten whānau had been to the cultural celebration. This visit was to observe, listen and feel the wairua of the 30th celebration of the event. Next year the goal is to perform.

Jolene

West from Te Paepae o Aotea singing He Pikinga Poupou

Erica

I ako au tētahi waiata hou. I kōrero au ki ngā whānau i te reo Māori.

Mandy

Kia Ora my name is Emma and I love sharing my culture to the world through waiata and dance so my friend Ash had made this dance on tictok to the song Māori Whenua Waiata from Papas Pack and shared it for everyone to share and duet to us

Emma

Ka pānui pukapuka māua ki māmā

Ruruhira

Rowandale School

Kelly

Our whole school came together for singing the waiata we love and to share what we had done during the week.

Ali

Played Tākaro at the Newtown Community Centre with friends and sang some waiata as part of 12pm moment. Went to te reo class and going to make my first boil up this weekend. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori!

Rowena

Kia ora koutou, ā few of some lovely people in our community gathered at the library which has some amazing pieces of Māori kaupapa art and heard their story in māori in Te Reo. . . Rawe. . . Me shared kai and kōrero afterwards.

Dene

Our class spent most of the week remembering ngā kupu we already know, as well as learning new words and phrases through play! We gave each other robot directions in reo, learned new waiata and wrote a pukapuka inspired by our singing. We choreographed, we kanikani'd, we designed, and we takaro'd in order to practise and remember our new kupu. At the time of the moment, we were saying our kaikarakia, ready for lunch.

Sara

Kia ora koutou, anei tā mātou karaehe o te reo Māori at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. This semester one of our tutorial class runs Thursdays at 12noon. Kau mau te wehi! !

Maria

Kia ora! I work at the hospital in the adult acute mental health ward, we shared about Te whare tapa wha with the tangata whaiora and created a poster to put on the wall in the ward that included the map of Aotearoa with all the iwi on it. We did pepeha with tangata whaiora some made poi. We listened to maori waiata while they created art work. We did karakia. We cooked a boil up for tangata whaiora which they loved. Kei te Tika tenei wiki o te reo Maori I taku mahi. Nga mihi!

Kaia

Whakatauki me te reo awhina whsnau

Juliana

Using Maori in our everyday lives we are not fluent yet, but we know enough to have a korero and have been watching lives with my mokopuna.

Sophie

Leila

Angela

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Frederick

I taki karakia ki roto i tēnei wharekarakia ki Killeavy, Airihi -, I kinaki enei kupu i te himene, Ka Waiata, Kia Maria…💜 Kei te rangahau maua ko taku tane i nfa whakapapa a whānau 💛

Kararaina

Peter Daly and Fe Day played (viola and banjo ukelele) & sang ALL the verses of Tuini Ngawai's song Putiputi Kaneihana in Peters music room in Strathmore Park Wellington. . .

Fe

Ny

Ko tenei te ra ko te whakawhanautanga

Brendon

We had a two hour waiata session at Thames Coromandel District Council learning waiata from Hauraki. We had 30 people in person and 20 online singing Te Ākau o Te Aroha for our Te Reo moment

Frank Kīngi

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Frederick

We shared 10 or 11 posts throughout the week. . . the only words we know relating to butterflie and moths.

Jacqui

Had a fantastic response to our posts in social media.

Jacqui

Ko au te whau, ko te whau ko au. I am the whau and the whau is me. Ko tēnei tō mātou kura o Whau Valley. E waiata ana mātou katoa mo Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori. Ko tō mātou kaupapa - Kia ako tahi, kia tupu tahi.

Sierra

We celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Maori week by starting our working day with Karakia, Waiata and Whakataukī and sharing a Kupu o te Rā throughout the office. We had a shared kai midweek and a quiz testing our knowledge in te Reo. Thursday 14th we stopped what we are doing and celebrate te reo Māori at 12pm! What an awesome time embracing the beautiful language of this country. Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori.

Aditi

I helping my client at work to speak Te Reo Māori, Starting with the basics, by saying good morning every day

Lorraine

Orewa Beach Kura met together in our school hall for waiata. We were led by Hamish Ross. This is one of our waiata 'Utaina'. Kia kaha te reo Māori.

Debbie

Our Akonga at Motivationz

Sonz

Our Akonga at Catholic Cathedral College sharing their Mihi and Karakia

Sonz

Horomaka Akonga sharing karakia

Sonz

He mihi 🥰

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Hei Ako I ngā kara!

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Tōku reo, tōku ohooho, tōku reo, tōku māpihi maurea! Every year, for the past three years our kura has worked on something special for our Wā Tuku Reo Māori. This year our rangatahi formed their own komiti to plan and run activities for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and this year’s Māori Language Moment. This year we think our Moment is the best one yet, so mātakitaki mai! !

mereana

Kia ora!

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Mihi Mai 😃

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Sent my partner a text

Kirsty

Kei te piu e. . .

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Ngã tamariki e mihi ana.

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

We sang waiata with guitar accompaniment

Martin

Observing my tamariki at mahi, use words in Te reo and being able to reply and understand what is being said in Māori

Nikita

He mihi 🥰

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Tētahi tamaiti e mihi Mai ana ♥️

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

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Te Wiki 2023

Tētahi tamaiti e mihi Mai ana ♥️