Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024

Share what you people did to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

2023 2022 2021 2020

I come from Germany and travelled to New Zealand for four weeks in 2022. Now I'm writing my second novel about New Zealand. I also incorporated the significance of Te Reo into the first one. In my second novel, I would also like to include other idioms. That's when I came across Te Reo.

Iris

Taught my workplace colleagues 2 Te Reo Maori words a day.

Martha

i am slowly slowly keep learning maori. . its enjoyable

pawan

This year my 89 year old mother and I have decided to write a oiriori about her childhood. Mum is the mokopuna of Hāmiora Mangakāhia rāua kō Meri Mangakāhia (née Te Tai daughter of Rei Te Tai) was born in Panguru and was raised in Whangapoua. My 13 year old granddaughter will help us with the lyrics.

Sande

We use Te Reo Māori everyday at our Puna, we also added in new waiata

Nik

Incorporating karakia maori in everyday mahi start of hui start of my days

Cameron

reading my sons text messages while he and my moko's were in Japan.

Archie

I participated by myself. I have been learning new words, speaking new words, and writing new words. Today's new word is Hei Hei or chicken. Yesterday's was Kuri or dog, in which I didn't know that they are native dogs that were eaten. They were also skinned to make clothing etc. I find the history absolutely fascinating. I also recently watched the series hosted by Sam Niel about Captain Cook. There was a lot that I never knew. I have been speaking with friends about it. I am currently studying at the Open Polytech, this is where my interest has been re-ignited. I am next to study The Treaty of Waitangi and te Titiri o Waitangi. I hope I do well with the assessments! !

Luna

I a tau, i a tau e hikoi ana taaku kura ki te taone o Whakaoriori. I kooreroreo maatou i a raa hoki.

Karen

Ka kōrero au waiata hoki ki aku mokopuna. I tautoko au i nga pākihi Māori anake.

Manawa

I teach English to Refugees and migrants. Every year, when we celebrate Te Wiki O Te Red Maori, we learn the greetings and practice the common words in Maori. We also learnt the counting in Maori.

Indu

I teach free sewing classes around South Auckland . For te wiki o te reo māori, in my sewing classes I taught, those that wished to learn, how to make poi , and anything else that can be sewn, with a māori whakaaro.

Heather

For the past 40 years in my organisation Network Waitangi Otautahi we have offered learning opportunities on-line and kanohi ki te kanohi to assist people and organisations to understand Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the framework for the future for us all . In Maori Language week I led a 2day course open to members of the public.

Katherine

Te wiki o te reo maori is a great language I did a project at school for the wiki o the reo maori.

Tawhiri

I made the commitment and signed up for another term to learn te Reo Māori😃

Karin

Our campus celebrated by learning key words that our students and staff use daily!

Sonia

By greeting our customers with 'Morena' and leaving them with 'Pai to rā' (Have a good day) I always do but Maori Language Week feels sooo special! Having customers greet back in te reo is even more special aswell. But because we missed out on the beautiful kākahu we had to improvise having Maori items on display so made a Maori Book Display at checkouts! Tino Pai 🙌

Celia

Even though we are a Māori whanau that lives overseas, we started to learn Te Reo last year. I try to inject kupu wherever I can during the day. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024 was a week to reaffirm our commitment to keeping our cultural identity alive for the next generation. Ka mau te wehi!

Duane

Tēnā koutou 🌿 Our kura had the honor of hosting the remarkable Dr Hinemoa Elder for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Signed pukapuka Aroha, Waitohu and Wawata as gifts. Tino pai tō mātou wā

Dannilla

Ngā mihi nui to our Kōrero Mai rōpū for coming together to celebrate Wiki o Te Reo Māori with a shared lunch at Te Tūhunga Rau! A beautiful gathering filled with kōrero, laughter, waiata, and kai as we continue our journey to strengthen our connection to Te Reo Māori and each other. Kei te tino harikoa mātou ki te ako tahi i te reo me ngā tikanga o tēnei taonga. #WikiTeReoMāori #Kotahitanga #Manaakitanga #Mātauranga

Manu

Me and my daughter Alyssa went to doubtful sound, deep cove camp and she had a go at the He Honore challenge at the tail race by Helena falls

Jacinta

I used te reo more often and taught others as well.

Ali

I wore māori Kakahu everyday. Karakia everyday & made an effort to learn a new one. We had waiata practice for our kapa haka comp to celebrate kotahitanga for the kaupapa māori orgs in Te mātau a Māui. Im learning a new technique to create my Tukutuku panel 'Tumatakahuki'

Kym

We are always celebrating te reo Māori in our whare, but especially made big effort throughout te wiki o te reo Māori by watching and keeping whakatā Māori on listening to tōku reo and ōpaki, me te kōrero I roto i te reo Māori i a rā, i a rā! Kia kaha te reo Māori, AKE, Ake, Ake! ! !

Merepeka

Painted a mat at mums group this week to help teach my hoha tamariki to wipe their sand off their feet. Will it work? Who knows 😂

Charley

Song Maori song with kids

Aroha

Used Te Reo when posting a kitesurfing session into the Woo app for Woo Worlds 2024. There is no kupu for kitesurfing in Te Aka but a bilingual sports broadcaster I know suggested rere ngaru so I’m using that.

Kim

During our kaitahi event on Friday, we presented a number of our kaimahi with Reo Maori coffee mugs to acknowledge people who had participated enthusiastically, supported and encouraged others in their use of Te Reo Maori, or stepped firmly outside of their comfort zone and gave it a go.

Ebony

The tohutoa for the Reo Maori moment wero was awarded to the Tokoroa Library team, who will be the kaitiaki until Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2025.

Ebony

We unveiled a tohutoa to bestow on the team who wins the Reo Maori moment wero.

Ebony

I’m currently on a cultural exchange in France, where I shared my pepeha, one of my favourite waiata (Taukaea aroha), and a video of my school’s kapa haka performance with my host family. Although I’m not Māori, I really wanted to them to know about Māori culture and te reo o te whenua o Aotearoa. They loved and really appreciated te reo Māori and were amazed by the performances, saying ‘ils vivent leur culture, c’est très impressionnant’ (the way they live the culture is powerful).

Tessa

kei te kōrero Māori au i te whare. We practiced pukana for fun!

Zixin

At Taitā Central School celebrated the week by getting into our Buddy Classes and each day we rotated classes. We did Rakau, Raranga and Mahi Toi in each of the classes. Our Akomanga Māori class were meant to go to the hikoi in Wellington but due to the weather it was cancelled so instead we had a school parade around our quad area. To end the week we had a whole school shared kai afternoon.

Merehana

I tērā wiki 🥳 We celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a special flag ceremony, a moving Māori Language Moment, and lunchtimes filled with kōrero, waiata, and fun kēmu. Our Kapa Haka also proudly represented our kura at the Mahuru Festival. Kia kaha te reo Māori. Ake, ake, ake. 💜

Shanice

kei te kōrero Māori au i te whare. We practiced pukana for fun!

Zixin

Spoke Te Reo Māori to my 9 year old. Conversations

Aroha

136 Fanshawe street celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a kapa haka performance from our talented performers from Tower Insurance, 2 Degrees and Fidelity life!

Dylan

I taught my cousins our Kāi Tahu karakia and haka <3

Rachel

I joined our new kapa haka group here in my residential treatment, and learnt new waiata, and games thoroughly enjoyed, , encouraged my peers to do so. also, , we shared some basic kupu with peers to use around the whare which they embraced and are using them regularly, , and I learnt my pepeha as I didn't know it all on both sides was absolutely enjoyable and great for the wairua. . . Loved been apart of te wiki o te reo maori

Tia

Kia Ora This is the quality Board based at Ward 14 Whangarei Hospital. We are a diverse team with staff from all over the world. We try to work together to raise awareness of Te Wiki O te Reo Maori. The staff are all asked to complete a form with two questions; Ingoa: Ko toku tino kupu Maori/My favorite Maori word:

kristie

I celebrated te wiki o te reo maori by learning new waiata, reading books in te reo maori with my whanau and learning my pepeha, we also made a hangi and maori bread it was reka

Rose

I tērā Rātū me Rāhoroi, i haere au ki te wananga o Aotearoa ki ako te reo. He kaiako ahau, I korero ahau ki ōku hoa, me ōku tauira.

Bernadette

I am on my Te Reo journey and practiced greetings and farewells vocally and in emails

Pari

We had a hangi for our maori week with steam pudding and fry bread

Shaquia

I started my Te Reo Māori journey by enrolling in a Te Wānanga o Aotearoa course. It is fantastic.

Wendy

Started my week with an audio book titled "Māori made easy" by Scotty Morrison followed by listening to this ataahua waiata.

Jade

Kia ora we learned some words and short phrases and had a shared kai to celebrate

Cara

Just one of the ways we celebrated at work to get everyone involved. Match the item to the word, take a photo as proof and you were rewarded with a chocolate.

Barb

We made pledges about how we would participate in TWOTRM 2024

Kararaina

I always start my day in prayer in maori and bedtime. Etehi wa ka karakia te inoi; E to matou. . . . . Tino rawe te reo maori, he rongoa pai mo taku tinana. Kia kaha e hoa ma. Ka hoki au ki te panui taku Paipera Tapu. Kia pai o koutou ra.

Mahingarangi Mahia

Our office waiata group 'Manawareia' taught the wider office the waiata 'Pāpaki Tū Ana' which is an important waiata and story that is about the links between Tainui and Tauranga Moana.

Kararaina

Had a family get together round the bonfire, Had boilup & Hangis & Sang waiatas

Aroha

Me and my five babies have been using our Māori kupu as much as we can. We are all used to saying morning but made sure we changed that to either Mōrena or Ata marie. It has been good practice for my babies as well just getting into the habit of using Māori kupu as much as possible. We've really enjoyed it. Everyday should be spent as such.

Sam

I read a few verses from my Maori Bible/ Paipera Tapu. When i wake up and bed time. .

Mahingarangi Mahia

Had a family get together round the bonfire, Had boilup & Hangis & Sang waiatas

Aroha

At Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, we had a wonderful time celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a week filled with fun and learning. Each day, we shared a Kupu o te Rā (word of the day) to encourage everyone to use te reo Māori around the office. During our staff hui, we enjoyed kēmu reo (language games), karakia (prayers), and waiata (songs), which brought us together and allowed us to connect through te reo. A highlight for many was the Wharewhare (bingo) session, where we all had a great time learning and playing together. The highlight of the week was our poi making workshop, where everyone got creative making their own poi, followed by a short performance. We then shared a delicious hāngī lunch and were treated to an incredible performance from the Te Pā o Rākaihautū kapa haka group. It was truly tumeke (amazing) to watch their powerful waiata and haka. Overall, it was a fantastic week that brought us closer as a team and strengthened our commitment to te reo Māori. We’re already looking forward to continuing this journey next year. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Fiona

I am blessed to be a Pākeha working within a large organisation within Te Ao Maori. I have been able to utilise my learning of Reo at Level 4 and Tikanga at Level 3 daily in the workplace. From leading morning karakia for our office to contributing and participation in Pōwhiri, I have used every opportunity to ask and respond to others in Reo. I have also been researching the deeper meaning of kupu to better understand the origin and intended use of the kupu.

Paul

We organised a online waiata session with several of our English language classes across the motu. The learners come from a range of countries including Myanmar, Afghanistan, Colombia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam, China, India, Syria, Pakistan and many more!

English Language Partners

Year 0 children singing 'E Toru Nga Mea'

Ann

I whakatūwherahia te wiki reo rangatira i te hui ā kura, i karakiatahi, i waiatahia, i kōrerotia te reo Māori (850+ 5 - 13yr olds). I te wiki, i mahia ngā nekehanga Māori me ngā tākaro. I haere te Rōpū kapa haka ki ētahi wāhi, ā i tae mai hoki te Rōpū Haka nei o Te Pūtahi Māori o Manurewa hei whakanui ngātahi ai tō tātou reo rangatira. Nā ētahi akomanga i haere ki te Whare Pukapuka o Waimaahia mō tētahi pakiwaitara reo, reorua hoki - mō te reo, ko te reo te tino take.

Angela

Kia whakaako ngā waiata, i roto i te kura tuatahi, he tika te toiere 👌

Tania

Lisa

i watched my daughters school do kapa haka perfromance

kararaina

To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori at work, our amazing akuhoa mahi aka Troy the GOAT helped us partner up with Te Taura Whiri to launch some of our amazing kākahu in-stores! They flew off the shelves so fast that I think we need a restock ASAP so I can get my hands on one! ! ! To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori at home, my family and I had our own hui, I ran a family Reo quiz using our companies very own kupu card set (created by me! ) and gave the kupu card set away to the winner. We ended the night off singing Māori waiata and sharing some Mean Māori Mean kai.

Saige

We had morning karakia and waiata session each day, practised some basis phrases with each other, shared kai on Thursday with a chance to share our pepeha.

Veronique

I made sure to incorporate Reo Māori in as much of my speaking.

Tangaroa

I work in a maori owned and operated business being the only pakeha. I love the maori culture and language and learnt key greeting phrases and everyday sayings in te reo maori and signed up to a tikanga course

Aimee-Leigh

Preformed at Tuhono festival in Christchurch, Taught the rangatahi from my school and got to influence people through Kapa Haka and speaking Te Reo Maori

Bri

shared greetings, kupu, whakatauki & whakatauaki, videos explanations of Maoritanga

Demetrius

It is my partners birthday on Monday and over the weekend I went to a cake making and decorating class. The class was all in korero Pakeha, unfortunately I left the recipe behind at class but the recipe was written in Te Reo. The keke pictured above was the cake I made for him and decorated. There were five wahine in the class.

Aroha

We went to see Nga Rorirori at Te Pou Theatre in Henderson.

Andrea

Our whole school participated in Te Wiki o te Reo - karakia, waiata, quiz, tuakana - teina activities, kapa haka presentation and ex pupils' messages of how they have incorporated Te Reo in their lives and careers. This coming Thursday we are celebrating a Mihi Maori and have invited our whanau to join us. The video posted is our Year 0 class singing 'E Toru Nga Mea' and ending with the Sign of the Cross.

Ann

We celebrated te wiki o te reo māori by baking paraoa parai!

Caitlin

With my tamariki, we started every morning by saying our kura karakia and completed our calendar (ko te aha tenei ra? Ko te aha tenei marama? Ko te aha tenei kaupeka). We also did our karakia for kai everday. We learnt some basic kupu, each day was a different focus and completed some activities. The picture is of my new display in my classroom. I have only been in Aotearoa for just under 2 years and really tried to immerse myself in the Māori culture and language this year, which I feel like I have started to do.

Samantha

I tried to get as many hoa mahi me whānau members involved with kākahu. Then as many tamariki at kura involved with pānui, waiata, kupu, movies and a wonderful assembly. Some staff got certificates for achievements in their māori ako (coincidentally) and the whole kura did a haka for them 🥰

Katherine

Mā te kōrero i ngā wā katoa. Ko au tētahi o ngā Kaiāwhina ki taku Kōhanga, ko au hoki te kaitiaki o te reo nā reira, mā te whakaako ki ngā mokopuna, te reanga o nāianei, Kia ora ai te reo!

Hui

I texted a client a message all in Te Reo

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I texted a client a message all in Te Reo