Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 | Your Moments

From schools, to workplaces to whānau and friends. Thousands of New Zealanders stopped to share in a moment of unity for our people and our language. In joining our Māori Language Moment, you became part of a movement that began a generation ago.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Kia kaha Aotearoa!

Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko Theodorus, rātou ko Maria, ko John, ko Valerie ōku kaumātua. Ko Hedy rāua ko Steven ōku mātua. Ko Nicholas rāua ko River ōku teina. Nō Hōrana, nō Ingarangi ōku kaumātua. Nō Te Whanganui-a-Tara ahau. E mahi ana ahau ki Hiamo, hei kaiwhakahaere matua. Ko Alex Hockley tōku ingoa. Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

My Moko and I practiced Waiata and I also learnt some new phrases

I am coming back to learning maori after 20 years out of the country.

Kia Ora I live in Brisbane and I’m on a Te Reo Maori journey. As part of my commitment I have signed on to Te Reo Maori classes held at Marsden High School every Mondays. This has been an awesome start to my journey. I will keep you informed of my development.

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Until We Meet Again (Kia Tūtaki Anō Rā) This waiata was written during Covid lockdown in August 2021. It is based on the benediction in Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. "Kia tau ki a koutou katoa te atawhai o te Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, me te aroha o te Atua, me te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te Wairua Tapu. " (2 Koriniti 13:14). The chorus was translated into Te Reo Māori by Rev. Kerry Davis of Te Mīhana Māori o Tāmaki Makaurau. Kia tau te rangimārie Te rangimārie o te Atua ki a tātou Kia tūtaki anō rā Kia tau te aroha Te aroha o te Atua ki a tātou Kia tūtaki anō rā

Kia Ora ko Leeann Brown toku Ingoa. I am awakening te Reo within myself. When I was younger I was fluent but as my mother grew up through colonisation she was very scared to speak te Reo , I have now given her back the passion of our language. Her Parents were both maori and she grew up on the east coast in a maori village. Our goal is to get more confidence in ourselves to be our try selves (maori) and to get our moko kauae done to show our children and mokos what our culture truely is so they can live and grow there knowledge to pass on to our future generations. Ma te wa

For Māori Language Week, I recorded a video of me revising almost 500 words on memrise and talking about some stuff. Needless to say, the editing+upload came way late. . . but hopefully better late than never?? Link if you're interested in watching: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=t7yHqysz02M

I really want to learn te reo

I picked up the pen and went back to my learning just because it is hard to learn so far away does not mean we shouldn't, I would mourn the loss if this language was ever truly lost

Kia ora koutou all, I have been encouraging my staff to include te reo Maori greeting in their day to day mahi. My staff have presented their Pepeha at our morning line up’s.

Kia ora, I rang a friend to kōrero at noon, shared my mihi and a (very) short chat in te reo. I also listened to the new waiata anthem album. The next wiki, I participated in a two day te reo in the workplace course. Kia kaha, te reo Māori!

Whangarei – Terenga Paraoa Mount Manaia - Tu tea o Tu te po Legend tells that the five key rock formations represent five people, running an eerie race across the mountain top; the paramount chief Manaia, his two children, Pito the beautiful wife he stole from the chief Hautatu. The aggrieved Hautatu is in pursuit brandishing his mere (stone weapon). Manaia is the ancestral mountain to all the tribes in whangarei, many whom can trace their genealogy back to this great chief, Manaia. There is a walking track to the summit provides the most spectacular views over the most dramatic harbour entrance in Aotearoa/New Zealand. When people of the north are travelling home, you climb up the bryndewyn hills, once you reach the peak - you look down and out to the sea - your eyes are drawn to our sacred mountain Manaia, you have the ataahua feeling that are you home and this your true feeling in your that you are home- your true haukainga. On personal note my sister, my daughter and our mokopuna’s have climbed this mountain and have told me the view is absolutely amazing and they felt such Wairau.

Kia ora everyone! I am practicing te reo in few simple ways of using greetings at the beginning and ending of my messages, i. e. , the use of greetings and phrases like mōrena, kia ora, ngā mihi, ngā mihi mahana, kia pai tō rā whakatā. The one I like most is when I use kia ora, such a profound greeting in Māori and such a great way of acknowledging a person's being and showing respect to someone. - Ngā mihi mahana!

Ko Rangi kei runga Ko au kei waenganui Ko au Papatuanku kei raro TIHEI MAURI ORA Ko taku I te wiki o te reo maori ko te taotoko me te awhina i mokopuna ki te takutaku i o ratou whakapapa me te pehea ia ra ia wiki mo nga wiki e Ono ( ko Tumu te Varovaro me ngati Maru nga iwi. . . . . . . . . . .

I worked at home and connected with thousands of collegues in Teams to share the precious moment. We sang together and that was amazing!

Here is my Pepeha Kia Ora tatou, tena tatou katoa Greetings All I whanau mai ahau, i whakatipuhia hoki ahau ki Punjab - he whenua e rima nga awa Ko Sutluj, ko Beas, ko Ravi, ko Jhelum me Chenab ngā awa I was born and brought up in Punjab – a land of 5 Rivers (Sutluj, Beas, Ravi, Jhelum and Chenab) (Note: ‘Punj’ means 5 and ‘ab’ means river in punjabi. So ‘Punjab’ means land of 5 rivers) Nō te hāhi haamoriraa sikh ahau Ka tukuna ōku karakia ki a Guru Granth Sahib ji, tō matou Guru mutunga kore. I belong to the Sikh religion, and we worship Guru Granth Sahib ji as our Eternal Guru. He kaiārahi i a maatau ki te noho i te koiora me te whakaaro kia tapatahi nga taangata katoa. It guides us in living the life of truth and to consider everyone as equal. Mōku, ko Shri Darbar Sahib i Amritsar toku waka, toku moana, me toku marae I consider Shri Darbar Sahib (pilgrimage place) in Amritsar (location) as my waka, sea and place Ā, ko Shri Hemkund Sahib i nga Hamalayas hei maunga mōku And, Shri Hemkund Sahib in the Himalayas as my Mountain. I tenei wa, he Kaitiaki putea ahau mo Te Kaunihera ā Takiwā o Waikato At present, I am working as Accountant at WDC Kei Taupiri ahau e noho ana i tēnei wā - ka kite ahau i te maunga Taupiri me te awa o Waikato e rere ana. And, residing in Taupiri – where the Taupiri mountain is and where the Waikato river flows. Ko Harsh Singh Garcha toku ingoa Harsh Singh Garcha is my name E mihi ana ki a tatou katoa, kua hui mai nei i runga Kia pai te ra! Mauri Ora, tena tatou katoa Congratulations to all of us, who have gathered here Have a nice day! Greetings all

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Kia oea this is my eldest son mark, in the picture it sits on our kitchen dining room window, reminds me to be m ore maori everyday .

I've been participating in a Learn Te Reo Maaori Course online, and attempting to speak Te Reo Maaori whenever possible. I'm also participating in a Whakairo course at present

I worked on my basic Te Reo, and made a commitment within our Toastmasters club to continue to do so.

I asked for a cup of Coffee in Maori, every day of Maori Language Week

I spent the actual Māori Language Moment on a huitīma with my work colleagues - I whakarongohia au. This image shows my kohikohinga of knowledge so far. The kete and tīhāte are koha from my hoamahi for participating in our workplace Te Reo Māori course and Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Ngā pukapuka/pepa are from the various courses (online and in-person) I've done over the past couple of years. I acknowledge my priviledge in being able to undertake this learning. I am greatful for all the kaiako and kaitiaki who have helped me along the way, and those who will help me in the future.

As a Pākehā, for years I have wanted to learn Te Reo so that I could respectfully communicate and understand better (instead of just broken phrases and waiata). This year I have committed to improving and have added a Te Reo Māori major to my Bachelor of Arts. . . so now I have no excuses! Feeling connected to our country and honouring our treaty partners is so important to me. I love the language, the culture and the connectedness and cannot wait to begin this journey.

Kia ora koutou katoa. Ko Mita toku ingoa. Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, Ngatiporou te iwi. No reira e hoa ma, Tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. . .

During Covid lockdown, we Tauira unable to get to our Wananga created our own little off site group so to keep up with & support each other in our own personal journey. We tried hard to meet each week on a regular time & location at each others homes when available & kept up to date with our learning that way. It is great to have so many Tauira around me with the same Wairua/Kaupapa & or korero, Most of us trying to fill this emptiness of not knowing our Te Reo Maori language or the feeling of having been left out or behind. "KO MAORI AHAU"Iam Maori. . . but to be pono to myself & my other Tauira Iam still lost without my te reo maori . This year has been very frustrating with the Covid levels affecting our learning @ TWOA Huntly campus, not having the resources or technical devices available or working properly has probably been a good thing as it has made all of us in this small group more resourceful and committed to completing what we started. Our Kaiako. . . Matua Dan John Hiramana Rua has kept the ahi kaa alive & I can not think of a better way to thank him or appreciate him but to make him proud of having me as a student of te reo maori & completing my own personal journey & to take our language out there to those that are in that lost space to let them know TE REO MAORI is your light in the darkness. Kia Kaha, arohanui whanau. Nathan Simon.

As part of a team, every day I greet my team using our teams page. Within my greeting I always say Morena, include the day in Maori with an English translation and add Maori reo where appropriate to expand mine and my team's knowledge. When we have team meetings, I perform Karakia and encourage others to lead or end with karakia.

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I te ako ngā ākonga i ngā rerenga ki te mahi kapu tī, kawhe rānei

Nau mai, haere mai. I'm at the very beginning of my journey. I learnt my first karakia and I love its meaning. I can recite it fully now. Thanks for being so welcoming.

I completed a 12 week course Te Tau Here programme, let me tell yous the journey I had was absolutely great I felt more connected to my roots and learnt great knowledge about Te reo Maori, the best experience , so much awhi and tautoko I've ever felt. :) Learnt some really awesome Te reo Maori kupus at least 5 to 7 times a day.

We did a te reo maori Chatbot Project using Scratch to do counting, days of week or anything.

Kei te ako au o te reo Maori. We are starting with hīkoi pēpi and enjoying the process! Thanks to our kōkā who is a wahine pukumahi and super encouraging in our journey. For our moment my pēpi and I sung waiata with our kōkā.

I am communicating more regularly in Te Reo Māori, especially greetings, starting and ending emails.

The above picture is a software I developed a little while ago (I can't disclose more details due to commercial and security reasons), I have been making the software dual-language capable, so users can choose either English/Te Reo Māori as their language of operation. I am excited and proud of what I'm achieving. I'm also feeling more comfortable starting and ending my emails in Te Reo Māori, as I continue to learn from others and from my mistakes.

I have been learning Te Reo for two years and I do whakairo most weekends

I auaha au i ngā mahi toi hei tāpiri i ngā kōrero Māori, kātahi ka tuku i tōku Instagram. I had a lot of fun drawing pikitia & posting i te reo Māori tuatahi. He tino āwhina tēnei mahi ki tōku reo me tōku whakamanawa hoki.

kei tōku kāinga, he kōrero maori te tuatahi / at home, spoke/speak in Maori first

So in the line of Mahi I do I'm not a strong speaker at te reo maori but I do love it when people Mihi at me. . . . with a Kia Ora or Morena. . My main goal would be to take classes and have more of a understanding in te reo and be more confident in speaking Nga mihi

I created my pepeha

Enrolled in a course.

I enrolled for māori studies

Ia rā i Māhuru i tuku au tētahi pikitia me te whakaaturanga i te reo Māori ki Instagam me Twitter. Kātahi ka hanga au tētahi pukapuka i ngā pōhi o Instagram. Every day in September I posted a photo with a description in te reo to Instagram and Twitter. Then I made a book with the Instagram posts. https://read. bookcreator. com/uEJkCGS2bHaLPf8CtnYtxBm2qi52/RT3NB0gnTR-iaA-t9LSXrQ

Kia Ora koutou katoa I hosted a programme in honour of Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori on Freshfm. net, a community access radio station in the Top of the South. The programme is called Kiwi NikNaks and is about sharing and celebrating our cultural diversity in our region. https://accessmedia. nz/Player. aspx?eid=e3105325-1277-4b21-a1a0-b9462007f2d6 This particular programme includes some language sharing, my pepeha and music about Aotearoa. In the preceding month, during our 2nd nationwide lockdown, I interviewed children from China, South Africa and England, two of whom did their pepeha. https://accessmedia. nz/Player. aspx?eid=2ddac6ba-308d-4cb8-be26-00bf5040d665 I also regularly include Te Reo Maori greetings and also music. I hope you will enjoy and I look forward to any feedback I can learn from! Nga mihi Lindsay

Kia ora I am just beginning my te reo journey with a recent return to NZ and LOVE how much te reo is spoken in Aotearoa… I am committed to making this my year to learn

My whanau and I sang a waiata in Maori that we had learnt that week. I also wore my Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori hoodie to my Reo class.

Greeting family and friends, singing Waiata with my mokopuna, encouraging those around me to use and pronounce Te Reo correctly, particularly place names.

I tried to incorporate as much Te Reo into my language as I was confident with. Found it easier than I thought and will continue. Have also encouraged friends and family, especially with correct pronunciation. Really working on greetings and place names pronunciation.

I listened to kaiwaiata maori and had a kanikani with my tamariki

Our cool manager arranged with the local coffee cart that if we went and did a little pepeha, we’d get a free coffee. It was so much fun speaking Te Reo Maori in real life! PS Thank you everyone for sharing your awesomeness with all your inspiring moments on the website

Kia Ora Ko Wikitoria toku ingoa

Kia ora getting ready for a get together with friends.

We shared on the Seesaw. me programme for kids in our school to upload a video or mahi sharing how they were able to korero I Te Reo Maori. We then made a compilation of all the Reo Maori activities and shared it with our staff and parent community.

I celebrate maori language week throughout the years. But it’s time for this celebration to be constant and not just thought about over one week. There needs to be a representative maori language month for the appreciation of our language and culture. This is to expand the thoughts we have and we need more support from the higher ups to take back our language and culture, and show we are Aotearoa and that’s where we started. But overall loved the amount of people getting back into the culture this year and realising how much they’ve been missing out on.

I love Te reo

I've been teaching Maori language to everyone including my pakeha whanau and they love it

Kia ora, this is our first year involved and we had Māori waiata playing throughout the day in our centre. We look forward to uploading a video singing a Māori waiata tērā tau 2022. Ngā mihi!

All of the tamariki at our kura gathered in our school hall to sing Six60's 'Pepeha' together. . .

Kia Ora, i have been learning te reo maori for 3 years now and am still learning. I work in a kura kaupapa maori kura where i get to be immersed in the reo and put what i have learnt to good use .

I waiata mātou ki roto i tā mātou akomanga

He pai ki ahau nga mea katoa mo te Maori - I love everything about Maori

After re starting my Te reo journey this year level 4 at Te Wananga o Aotearoa after 15 years in the wilderness i am at the stage of my journey that i am ready to re engage with my whakapapa my reo where as i wasn’t back then so I’ve taken up the wero this year and loving every minute of it and haven’t looked back. Te so Maori is where I love to be.

Ka whakaatu ahau i ōku tama tokorua, ratou ko ōna Rūma Whānau, i kapa haka ana. Me tatari ana te rōpu, a ka tū, toru ngā tamaiti, ā ka mihimihi ana ia ratou Pepehā. Ko te Kura ō Kōraunui te kura tauke nei. Ko Pheanix raua ko Jim-Charles aku tama. E tekau ngā tau, a Pheanix. E whitu ngā tau a Jim-Chalres. E tohatohaina i te kaiako tēnei ataata ki runga i te pukamata hoki.

Kia ora my Name is Areta Jonae Maria Cox I'm Maori and I am trying to Speak Maori but I am listening to a Maori song and I am wanting to speak Maori now.

I have been learning Maori for nearly two years. My friend Ewarini is fluent and she helps lots.

Te Rōpū Taiohi (Spirit Taiohi Panel) supports Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Find out more about our youth panel here https://www. spiritofadventure. org. nz/Youth_Engagement_Panel

I was at our local Community Services Centre Op-shop and I had set my phone for a midday alarm to remind me to take the opportunity to speak Te reo. I had made some purchases and the lovely Pakeha, Elderly lady Volunteer was helping me load a shelving rack into my car boot. We finished tying down my boot, I thanked her kindly and then my phone alarm went off. . . its midday. . . the big moment. . . I waved goodbye and said to her "Ka kite" to which she smiled and said "Oh thats right, its Maori language week" and said "Kaa keetaay". We smiled at each other and went on our way. . . it was a special moment for me. . . a little ol' lovely Pakeha lady acknowledging and speaking in Maori to me. Its the fact that she knew it was Maori language week and replied in her own way (I wasnt going to spoil the moment and correct her pronounciation) she tried. . . thats all that mattered right?, that was so awesome and amazing. I had a huge smile on my face and was so stoked to have shared a beautiful moment with someone I didnt know and was in service to others as a Community Volunteer. When I got home I turned on You Tube and listened to Maori music of NZ artists, NZ school Kapa haka groups and Kapa haka groups based overseas. I cranked up the volume and sang and danced and loved every minute of it. That was my 2 moments I choose to do on the day and to share. Arohanui Harriet M.

For Māori language week I learnt a whole Māori song to listen and sing along to :D

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Our school's PRIDE TV episode teaching a sentence structure, recapping te wiki and setting a challenge.

Kōrero i te reo!

I am Loving the learning Māori movement and want to learn and teach my kids

I was lucky enough to be a my job as a preschool teacher. We sung waitia and read pukapuka with our tamariki. It makes us feel so impowered as teachers to be able so all NZ children about this wonderful language and culture.

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As a Catholic Special Character School, the hīmene Mō Maria has always had a special link for us. It is something we waiata on every special occasion, so thought it would be a fantastic way for us to participate this year in our first Māori Language Moment. We look forward to next year!

I love whakatauki . . . every morning I added writing repeatedly whakatauki that resonated with me so I can store them in my head and I may be able to use them some time in future 😀 my favorite is so far. . Ehara take toa, he Takahashi, he toa takitini My success should not be bestowed unto me alone, as it was not an individual success, but success of a collective .

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Each of our classes played 'Simon Says' or 'Ka kii a Haimona' at Māori Language Moment, to practice kupu mahi -verbs.

I used to learn te reo maori but losted it. I have 11 adult childrens and 29 grandchildren and 10 great moko

Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Raewyn van Lingen taku ingoa Kei waiuku taku kāinga He pai ki ahau te mahi mara Ko Frank van Lingen taku hoa rangatira Kei te ako tonu ahau I te reo rangatira

Our Kura participated in Whakataetae Reo Maaori which included 16, 800 aakonga!

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Our Team signing 'E Minaka Ana' for our Māori Language Moment via Teams

E korero ana taku tamaiti i a ia e whakapaipai ana i te kaauta.

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We practiced our pepeha and used the last sentence to create this video introducing the class.

I couldnt get her to sit down haha mummy mummy i want E rere Taku Poi. Put it on your ohone haha. These were poi we made ourselves from old pillows old Countdown 70 micron bags and electrical tape and wool plaited the girls love Waiata but Aylas favourite is E rere Taku Poi. I think being an action song also drives her haha my 4 year old loves Tutira Mai. She ceuises around the house singing E rere Taku poi. I love it

This is the spoon my whanau and I created for “Spoonville” in Te Atatu Peninsula for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Language week

I added the following company values to my outgoing emails. Thanks for all of the support, Ka hoatu e matou he kanga Kei roto katoa matou Ka oti katoa i a matou He tika ta matou mahi Tu kaha me tautoko tetahi ki tetahi

Infrastructure and Environmental Services Directorate, Auckland Council Te Wā Tuku Reo – The Reo Māori Moment Kia ora koutou katoa. The Infrastructure & Environmental Services Directorate of Auckland Council whānau whānui participated in Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 | The Māori Moment on Tuesday 14th September lead by the Directorate Kaihautū Barry Potter and the team at 12. 00pm. The session started with a brief overview of the history of Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori and was followed by ngā kaitātaki reciting their individual mihi. With 118 staff online for Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021, a basic format for mihi was shared as an opportunity for whānau to learn about and develop an individualised mihi and at the same time become more familiar with and using te reo Māori in our day to day working life. Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021 was a part of the full week of twice daily sessions for the Infrastructure and Environmental Services Directorate of Auckland Council that focussed on Karakia and Kia Kaha te Reo Taiao. Happening online as Auckland was in alert level four the I&ES whanau had the opportunity each day to learn a range of karakia, Kupu Māori, Ngā whakatauākī / whakataukī, kīwaha me wētahi atu kīanga. Each session had around 20% of the directorate attending and received universally positive feedback about the supportive environment the sessions created to give it a go. Plans are afoot to keep the te reo momentum going so watch this space. No reira…. Well Done I&ES and KORERO MĀORI – GIVE IT A GO!

Nga mihi o Te Kura o Urenui. We were not able to have a whole school assembly. Instead, each class sang along to our school waiata. We were lucky as the kaiako who shared our school waiata was in our class. Tino waimarie.

My whānau and I celebrated by trying to celebrate te reo maori language each day throughout the week. My fiancée is becoming more and more fluent in te reo but I'm still learning. Shes studying and extra te reo paper on top of her bachelor in teaching at university of Canterbury and is dedicating herself to embrace her whakapapa and her iwi beliefs.

Bruce McLaren Intermediate Kura entered this competition of 16, 800. Kapai Ākonga!

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Attempting to teach my puppy commands in Te Reo.

i did some epic stuffs

We had an organisational Māori Moment over zoom. We shared kupu and we sung waiata for 30 min. It was lovely. Ataahua!

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Kia Hora Te Marino by Christopher Tin during ‘Sentinel of the Ocean’ Kaitiakiatanga Two of the world's best sailors, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, have spent much of lives on the water. Now they’re champions for the incredible Antipodean albatross and the dangers it faces at sea. (Mātauranga /Papatūānuku Breathes: The World Is Our Waka) By Ian Taylor

Kia hora te Marino used during ‘The Untold Story’ by Ian Taylor

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Here is Pirongia School's Māori Language Week video with a few snap shots of learning done in some of our classrooms - waiata, word learning, school house hui, myths & legends, art creations and more! We are constantly trying to incorporate te reo Māori into our everyday lives at Pirongia School. The teachers try so hard and the students try so hard to give it a go! We are enjoying our te reo journey of learning.

In Ruma Tahi, we practised our ti rākau skills.

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These are some of the waiata I grew up hearing and whenever I waiata it's as though I'm back in te ra . I can see and hear the whanau . . . Precious are the memories . . .

We sung our waiata - we did a selection of them including kotahi matimati and kina kina. Our tamariki relish in ngā waiata - they love the kapa haka that goes with it. Our tuakana really enjoy being our kaiārahi. There were smiles, our tamariki of all ages join in where they can!

Almost 100 ESR staff took part in this year's Māori Language Moment. The session was organised by Social Scientist Suzanne Manning and led by talented singer and Victoria University music and biomedical science student Morgan-Andrew King. Morgan taught us the waiata Pūrea Nei written and composed by the late Hirini Melbourne. Morgan's advice to anyone learning to sing in Māori, is to work on the vowel sounds, a, e, i, o, u and the diphthongs or double vowels, e. g. aa, ae, ai, ao, au. Kia kaha te reo Māori!

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Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounmau kaimahi sharing their kupu o te rā for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, 2021.

I sang waiata, I said a karakia.

This is my eldest moko Lia Grace Catherine Bull my moko loves to waiata maori and with her baby sister and her Mumny and twin baby brothers but she also loves to Waiata Maori with me on facebook video call when we dont physically see each other that is her there before school in the morning singing me a waiata

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Our tamariki - Aurora (age 8) and Lorelei (age 6) - made a video for te wiki o te reo Māori. The video shows how they painted a series of pictures with names/phrases written in te reo and how they created a display in our window for people to see as they walk along the pathway around the Ōrewa estuary.

We dressed in our Kapa Haka uniforms and sung Waiata.