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 celebrated by participating in our weekly rōpū waiata at mahi.

Te Miria

Members of our workplace got together to share kai & sing waiata together ❤️

Kalani

As part of our Kaimahi Māori Wananga we learn’t and sang a waiata - Toku Reo Toku Ohoho acapella #aucklandcitymission

Mahara

Kia ora Te whatu ora, kei te hohipera au e mate manawa tonu Ana engari i kite au i te whakamarie i te panui i te Pukapuka Ratana.

Yang

Kia ora Tatou, I greeted people in te Reo Maaori. We supported our students as they practiced our college Haka and Waiata. I learnt new te Reo Maaori words and phrases and our daily roopu group prayer was Awe e Maria.

Patricia

We did a Te Wiki onTe Reo Maori amazing race at our mahi We got our whanau to make poi then go to a different place and sing a waiata with their poi then on to ordering an ice cream in te reo at maracas then find a maori landmark, have a photo with it and tell us us about it then on to doing their pepeha to someone out in the public, if they did it back it was an extra point. Then back to the office to paint a word or pic on a canvas that represents Te Wiki o te Reo Maori for them 🥰 Was a fabulous day 😁

Anthea

I just signed up to a 6 week reo course in Taumarunui 😍🥰✌️

Tiffany

This week, with the rest of Aotearoa, we have been celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Our people have been encouraged to kōrero Māori as much as they can. Our Kaupapa Māori Advisor, Jason Reti-Thompson, has been sharing his knowledge on Māori culture and heritage. Each day Jason has shared a word of the day to help us learn more te reo phrases and kupu. Our Auckland team came together on Thursday at midday to mark Te wā tu ku Māori / the Māori Language Moment. Team members Jason, Matt and Jesse led the team in a waiata – an uplifting way to connect and celebrate te reo Māori!

Amy

To celebrate and participate in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 14 Hepetema, a group of us got together to sing waiata. We also practiced karakia and shared our individual experiences of using te reo and new kupu over the week.

Siv

As wahine Maori living in Las Vegas, NV, USA and founder and administrator of the group Kiwis in Las Vegas, I post daily on the Kiwis in Las Vegas page. Sharing Maori issues, current affairs, asking the group to share their favorite waiata and posting basic reo that can be used every day. I run workshops and presentations Year round on the difference between appreciation and appropriation.

Rata

Tena kotou katoa, I attended our Kuro Korero Toastmasters online Hui. All members used Te Reo during the meeting. We are all learning and are on different journeys but we are all trying and learning more each wiki. Come Korero with us.

Carol

Strangely ( but the context is I live in Southland) I spontaneously knocked on the window of a car to tell a lady that it was awesome to see her with moko. Seeing moko in Invercargill is rare. And that I felt quite emotional that there is so much selfish, non-generous thinking fomenting at the moment in our Nz. Seeing and hearing Te Reo in Southland in the fifth decade of my life, is enriching , And Not discomforting . And that I’m sorry many don’t yet realise this. I told her I wished there was a crash course of Te Reo in Invercargill to learn confidence in basic pronunciation and pleasantries in my everyday life. But this is the purpose too of Maori language week. Awesome

Li

Little Sunbeams Tore O Puanga shared one of their waiata they do at wā whāriki for their Māori language moment. Ngā kaiako support & encourage tamariki to give it a go by using lots of kupu, actions, positive guidance & to just have fun. Pāia tamariki ma! !

Jemma

Violence Free Tairawhiti Network hui hosted by Tauawhi Men's Centre

Tim

I whakarite a Ngāhuia Harawira e rua ngā whakataetae reo Māori , kotahi mō ngā tamariki o Te Raki, kotahi ano mō ngā matua .

Hilda

Jonathon

I pānui au i tētahi pukapuka reo Māori ki aku tauira nō Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha

Helen

🌿Read te reo books to tamariki at home and in ece educational settings 🌿Sing te reo songs to tamariki 🌿Wear te reo Māori hoodie 🌿Purchase a variety of te reo Māori bilingual books

Tuimala

I joined an exciting Mau Rakau session at my university’s recreation centre. The movement allowed me to feel the efforts behind it. It indeed took time to practice. I look forward to attending more sessions like this.

Qun

Learning and reciting longest Māori place name in Aotearoa

Julie

A big shout out to Noel from Pūhoro who gave us a daily Reo wero! He aha te whakautu o tēnei pātai? 968521 x 4 = ???

Shane

We decided to use the greenstone Porotiti we were given by our oldest daughter to bless our lounge

Michele

Kākāpō class celebrating with waiata. St Pius X School, Hamilton

Rachel

Ānei ngā hua. E puāwai ana te reo o Te Kura o Otangarei.

Terynne

I shared a whakatauki with staff at my kura daily every morning for them to take with them and share with their classes if they wished. I also complied a folder of Te Reo Māori rauemi that all staff have access to if they wished to use for their classes or if they wished to print out and hang on their walls.

Wahanga

Kia ora I'm doing my best to teach my 9 month old kuri "Xander" aka Poopers commands in Te Reo. . . we finally had success with 'haere mai' , and 'e noho'. He gets rewarded with a treat and "ka pai, e te kuri' or 'Ka rawe' ( he is a little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) 🥰

Carol

Derek

Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina. I ako te kura katoa ki tēnei waiata hei whakanui i te wiki o te reo Māori. Ākina! Tukua!

Evelyn

Te ara taiohi whakatapua kia ora ai Youthline learnt the waiata ‘E minaka ana’ and shared a kai of hangi and steam pudding. All week we had different activities to engage with te reo Māori and the waiata was something we wanted to do as a rōpū but also share with our wider whānau across Aotearoa. Kia kaha te Reo Māori!

Sierra

Tēnā Koutou katoa! Kei te Kura Taumata Rau o Te Kirikiri Mātou! We celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in our kura by engaging in Māori events daily throughout the week. We learnt a new karakia mō te kai, we designed our own Tikanga posters to share this learning with our community and visitors to our school, some of us went to the local High School with other Primary School students and played Māori Kemu, we had a Kapa Haka performance at a charity event and our entire kura participated in Te Wā Tuku Reo by singing 'Tutira Mai' together in our school hall. We have loved participating in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori this year and are continuing to learn together on this Te Ao Māori journey.

Megan

I tēnei wāhanga i ako tā mātou kura i te haka o te kura, 'Ākina' i roto i a mātou 'rōpū whare'. Ko tēnei te wā tuatahi i tū te kura katoa ki te haka. Ānei mātou o Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina e whakanui ana i te wiki o Te Reo Māori!

Evelyn

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maaori has been a week of entertainment, learning, fun and practice. Our students and kaiako really took up the challenge to embrace the reo!

Jeannette

Blockhouse Bay Primary enjoyed some waiata in the sunshine! The whole kura joined together for Toia Mai and Whakataka te Hau before enjoying performances from our two Kapa Haka groups. Ka rawe tamariki mā!

Nicky

I taught my class a new waiata and then we worked on activities for maths, counting in te reo to 20

Andrea

Ngā tamariki in Ōtautahi waiata Tūtira Mai ngā iwi

Nerissa

Part of our team learning this week alongside He Mapuna te Tamaiti was to learn and understand new karakia and its importance for opening and closing workshop sessions. This was a wonderful experience.

Brenda

Sang this Waiata and had a Hāngi prepared by the Whānau at Manurewa High School. Mauri ora! !

Danelle

The two boys have been colouring in a ngeru and a wakarererangi and I have been reading them pukapuka koro Makatanara and Te Kuia me Te Pungawerewere, which we are going to watch a play in the Reo Maori on Tuesday of Te Kuia me Te pungawerewere. We always have kai karakia before all meals we do Maori waiata days of the week with Anika Moore and the months and Takaporepore. They also no whakahoki Taonga, horoi O ringaringa and whakapiri O ringaringa. We will continue to use basic and simple words for this age group. Nga mihi Nui me korero I Nga wa katoa ko . He aha he iti he pounamu.

Bobbie

We have many WHYS here at Te Akonga Early Learning Centre, some personal, some that align within our own personal teaching journey but one that is very visible within our video is - the beautiful tamariki who grace our centre each morning. We do it for them. We do it for the many Māori, non Māori whānau and kaiako that come into our place. We do it because we want to keep te reo Māori breathing within our place and the love we have for te ao Māori. We do it because we are passionate. We do it because we can. Kia kaha te reo Māori 💜🧡

Karen

We played games, including Kaupapa, pakiaka, tākaro, wharewhare, te wero and matching games. We played a paper doll dress-up by TeacherTalk. We had a spinning wheel with prizes including miraka kirīmi, stickers and Maimoa art prints. The whole school participated in a quiz competition, and enjoyed kapa haka performances, as well as a poi challenge and a screening of Whale Rider.

Rosie

Everyone at Titirangi Primary in Tamaki Makaurau gathered together to sing waiata. Here we are waiting for the countdown to 12 pm!

Victoria

In all that we do- i tenei wiki we matched a whakatauki to a well known maori tiktok. Each pair were given their own tiktok. They loved it. We did whole school waiata and actions under our maunga, we played maori kemu and we cooked kai in maori.

Alexia

I was delivering a webinar to the New Zealand Winegrowers members and I did a short intro to acknowledge Te Wiki o te rea Māori

Charlotte

The ACC kaimahi in Kirikiriroa had a waiata sesh for our Te wā tuku reo Māori. It was so awesome and wairua boosting to be able to sing with my fellow kaimahi. We also enjoyed a shared kai afterwards. We are going to organise a regular waiata group to keep it going <3

Mel

Ruma whā enjoyed a great game of wharewhare! We had to recognise ngā nama up to Kotahi Rau! ! !

Anne

I akona he waiata hou; i hono atu māua ko ōku whanaunga ki tētehi pō patapātai (ko te wiki o te reo māori te kaupapa); i purei i te wharewhare nā te taura whiri i whakahaere, ā whaihoki, ka purei te "panga" reo māori o te rā, ia rā ia rā :)

Moana

"Kia pai te rā" and "Nau mai, haere mai" are just a couple of things I learnt during my time at school. Learning te reo Maori has had a great impact on my life, I now have a better understanding of Aotearoa and English itself. In our class, we learnt many karakia's and say them every morning. Many good things have changed in our school because of Maori, now instead of saying "May I use the bathroom please?" we say it in Maori including asking if we can get a drink or other things.

Raina

We celebrated the week at school learning lots of Te reo Māori, words, waiata and whakataukī. The week was rounded up with a day of learning tī rākau, poi makingTe And Kōwhaiwhai drawing and a school disco.

Atamai

Read my favourite Te Reo book ‘Koha Te Taniwha’ to all children that visited the library I work in both in Te Reo and English. Loved all their questions 😊

Aditi

We practice our reo everyday in class and this year we participated in the Kapa Haka Festival.

Tracy

My team and our tamariki went outside to sing waiata and perform Hapa Haka. We have also been practicing our pepehas and playing nature pingo which the tamariki have loved!

Michelle

Our tamariki have been increasing their kupu Māori this week. They have been using the kuwi & friends quiz. Te Reo Māori Kēmu Patapatai / Quiz!

Liz

Tēnā koutou I wore my Kia kaha Kōrero Māori Hoodie i won from you for Mātāriki which everyone was a bit hae to mahi and Kōrero where i could. 😊

Tracey

Tamariki learnt the waiata E minaka ana. Ia ra ia ra they practised this waiata. They sang with such enthusiasm and pride. Kei te tino poho kererū ahau.

Liz

Kia Kaha Korero Māori! May Road School keeping te reo Māori alive. Sharing our kura pepeha and welcoming all with a waiata.

Aamel

St Clair School, Dunedin NZ

Verity

Celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori with kanikani and reo.

Tovah

Kia ora koutou, arohanui from Geraldine Kindergarten.

Geraldine

Mirror Services celebrated by coming together at 12pm to sing "Ka Pīoioi e" together. We acknowledged the importance of the Māori language petition and how far we have come with te reo Māori!

Amy

We did a really cool Te Reo Māori quiz at work. It was really fun I learnt a lot!

Kurt

At Landsdowne Terrace Playcentre we explored te reo Māori through colours in our māra

Kate

I spent TWTRM sharing some kōrero with Ecolab staff from across ANZ. This included learning to introduce yourself and asking Kei te pehea koe?

Liam

Took the time to refresh my mihi.

Jason

We celebrated our Māori moment by holding a tautohetohe in our place of mahi. The tautohetohe was "Kōrero tuku iho is important for the survival of Te Reo Māori" and we had an "agree" and "disagree" side. We are a film, animation and sound industry called Māoriland here in Otaki and we contributed to this kaupapa with our rangatahi Māori by holding this tautohetohe in Reo Māori only.

Te Ata

At Mahi nga tamariki and I created a weaved wall display out of red flax. Following instructions they worked away and taking their flax strands under and over and vice versa. They were focused and had fun. I shared stories and taught them a song. We shared literacy and numeracy recognition in reo. We shared about our whakapapa, and a family sharing with me how they just recently discovered they whakapapa back to Ngai Tahi. The tones and expressions shared his and his child's happiness. It has been a blessed week.

Victoria

The Kāpiti Coast District Libraries and Council team came together to sing 'Homai tō Poho' at Paraparaumu Library for Te Wa Tuku Reo Māori. We were joined by members of our community, which made it even more special! Before singing, we shared kai, learnt a karakia mō te kai and practiced food vocabulary and phrases. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Rachel A

Here is a video of Oratia Primary school singing the waiata 'Purea nei' be Hirini Melbourne - to celebrate Te wiki o te reo māori -

David

Our kapahaka group at mahi sang Ngā Iwi E in the break room at midday. We told everyone else in the room to join us, and they did with singing, and stomping along (cus no one is talented enough to play the guitar. . . ). Also switched out as MANY English words for Reo Māori throughout the week!

Adriana

My tīma had a session on Monday to learn more Te Reo, which also challenged us to learn 3 more words and use what we learnt through the week. It was whakamiharo.

Monica

For our moment, a group of us at work did a Te Reo quiz using Menti. com. Our colleague created and hosted the quiz, focused on vocabulary related to common aspects of the taiao, kai, ahurea i Aotearoa. It was fun, fast, competitive and non-judgemental. I won! And felt super proud. We have started a Te Reo group for ongoing stories, learning and opportunities and participated in a number of learning interactions using Kōrerorero and Rongo apps and Education Perfect , which I know many of us will continue. I also attended an online pōwhiri and waiata performance with the client I'm currently working with. It's been fantastic.

Katie

Mauri ora e te iwi. Anei te Kapa haka ō Melville Primary. I whakanuia te kaupapa ō te wiki ō te reo Māori.

Karamea

Nei ra nga mahita o te kura taatahi o Waihi (waihi beach school) e ako ana nga kara i roto i te reo maori. Aroha atu, aroha mai.

Te Kura Taatahi o Waihi

Anna

Kaimahi at the Runanga came together and had Waiata wananga and we learnt and sung "E minaka ana"

Fiona

Kia Ora To participate in te wā tuku reo Māori we did a poi dance E rere taku poi.

Sarah

I attended the local community gathering to celebrate this special occasion of celebrating the Māori Language week and the day when the first proposal was presented to the government back in 1972. It was great to meet fellow locals from the neighbourhood ❤️❤️

Frida

We introduced the Māori language in the German classroom by teaching students greetings, numbers, and colors. The students enjoyed the multi-lingual approach.

Lani

I cooked a mean as boil up for my pakeha husband. Pork bones, puha, motumotus, riwai, kūmara and made a takaka to go on the side. He absolutely loved it. Plus my 14month old moko and her parents came to visit. I spoke to her in Maori. Just some easy kupu. She just looked at me unfortunately with a weird look. 😊 But that’s ok. She’ll understand in time. 0

Mia

Waiata au ki taku ngeru

Barbara

this s a marae i went to

Finn

We did a haka off and stuff

Hazel

This Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori Catalyse ran a Geolingo event for children living on or around Nelson Street in Auckland CBD. The idea for #geolingo is that you write a word in te reo on one side of the rock, then write it in English on the other side, and then decorate! You can take the rock home with you, gift it to someone else, or leave it somewhere for someone to find. It's and easy, fun, and creative way to engage with te reo, so feel free to try at home!

Annie

Today we challenged ourselves to a guessing multi choice quiz, with pictures of everyday items and living creatures, with a multi choice to guess the right Maori word. We scored 90%!

Gregory

Salvation Army Officers learning Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi at the Officers Hui.

Anihera

Ko ngā tīma toa o Booth College of Mission :)

Anihera

E waiata ana mātou i te wā tuku Reo Māori. He whakaaturanga 'REO, KARAKIA, PEPEHA, MIHI, TIKANGA IN OUR WORKPLACES'. Kia kaha te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga!

Jim

Daily īmera with reo tips and general knowledge of Te Āo Māori were sent to all of our colleagues. We celebrated with seafood chowder and a kēmu Kahoot i roto i te reo.

Anahera

Me and my mum tried to korero tounge twisters in Māori

Taylor

The amazing Tamariki at Beststart Russell Street, Palmerston North sang their little hearts out to every waiata we could think of! Ka rawe! The children and teachers inside that could not make it did their own te reo singing inside.

Joy

Te Puni Kōkiri kaimahi singing Maranga Mai Aotearoa na Tapeta Wehi commissioned by Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Maori, for the Public Sector.

Dee

My favourite part of te wiki te reo Māori was when we got to sing and everyone participated and sang along and it was nice and loud and I just really enjoyed it

Jamal

Te Kura Hau Karetu no Te Awakairangi ki Uta Gathered around our Awa and did a Karanga then waiata at 12midday it was amazing to hear them waiata so so confidently Mauri Ora

Kiri

450 attendees of The Philanthropy Conference 2023 - Uniquely Aotearoa, took a moment to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Inā rawa!

Emily

I taught my grandson’s class to say a karakia before afternoon tea.

Anita

Practiced singing Whakarongo Mai using a recording of colleagues in celebration mode

Louise

We spent the week collecting porotiti for replacing every day kupu and rerenga with te reo Māori. It was a fierce competition with the winning studio collecting over 1500 porotiti! Our Māori-medium tamariki also taught a new kīwaha each day and a new waiata to the English-medium.

Rebecca

I sang a waiata Tu tiramai nga iwi

Aroha

I learnt information on the week from my homeroom classroom and honestly found it pretty cool :)

Aurora

I did extra learning about the Maori language

Annie

Hi Robert Zimmerman I am ngai tahu and nga puhi I find it hard to learn te reo maori

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Hi Robert Zimmerman I am ngai tahu and nga puhi I find it hard to learn te reo maori