Naumai hoki mai anō ki Mahuru Māori.
In line with our maramataka Māori, this year Mahuru Māori will start on Monday 22 September 2025 and end on Tuesday 21 October 2024.
It doesn’t matter whether your reo skills stop at kia ora, or you can whaikōrero on the marae with the best of them, Mahuru Māori is something we can all do.
So jump on the waka e hoa mā, and let’s give Mahuru Māori our best shot.
It can be anything that makes you speak more Māori. An hour a day, half the day, all day every day, or as a beginner just start with greeting and farewells in Māori.
Get a team of friends, family or workmates involved and plan some virtual catch ups. You’ll have more fun, stay motivated and feel more comfortable in the reo zone.
Speak te reo Māori as much as you can during Mahuru. Every time you do, you’re revitalising te reo and breathing life back into our native tongue. Be brave, be bold and be patient.
We’re all taking this year’s Mahuru Māori challenge. The aim is to learn and gain the confidence to speak te reo Māori in our everyday lives. Some of us are just beginning, others will immerse themselves all day long, everyday. Read more of our stories here.
✨Look at you speaking Māori! Tō kaha hoki e Mā!✨
💛 Marama Witehira has just completed our first Te Huanui intake. She tells us she has had lots of laughs with her Te Huanui whānau over the past 20 weeks, sometimes getting it wrong, eventually working it out and learning from it in a way that it stuck. That’s why her spoken Māori is flourishing.
”Just acknowledging that everybody is on the same journey. Yes we are at different levels, but it`s still at a pace that everybody can work with and I feel like it`s a safe space.”
💛 Marama said that although she was a bit nervous to start with, she recognises that it was just the fear of the unknown.
“It is a little bit daunting with so many others in the class. But we split off into a nice, tight group with the same kaiako every week, Tau is hilarious. ”
💛 Although Mā already had some reo in her kete kōrero, she wanted to go back to the beginning. Connecting, learning and speaking with others was key for her and also helped keep her accountable when life got busy. They made it enjoyable.
“If it`s not fun to learn, then you`re not going to do it. And then you`re not going to retain it. You`re not going to try and put it into practice.”
💛 She has made some changes to life at home including using reo around the kai table with her whānau and practicing karakia kai. Mā tells us the past 20 weeks has been a journey that she will continue to walk.
“Absolutely it is worth it. The icing on the cake would be to put it into practice. That`s the challenge for myself post 20 weeks.”
He reo kōrero, he reo ora. A spoken language is one that is alive and so we thank you for your commitment to our beautiful reo Māori.
Ka nui te mihi ki a koe e Mā, e te pou reo o tō whare!
SPEAK the reo. Don’t just learn it.
Kōrerohia te reo kei ngaro, e hoa mā!
#ReoKōrero #TeAtaarangi #AtaarangiONLINE #Kōrero #reoMāori #LanguageMatters
Kua tere rauwa ki runga o Te Whakarewarewa #wharereorangatira #wharereo #toitūtereo #maori #reomāori #pīnakitanga
Ōtara - Tāmaki - Pātaka - all get tohutō / macrons. It’s March and I’m only just finalising our fresh signage and flyers for the year… this process is hōhā (annoying) but necessary and satisfying when it’s done. Whakamana te reo Māori. Arohatia te reo Māori 🫶🏽
Āe, now I know I can do the kupu once and the tohutō once, join them and copy paste that around ahuhu!
#Māori #tereomāori #language #mana #respect #Ōtara #TāmakiMakaurau #Auckland #Aotearoa #NZ #canvadesign
Ko te kīwaha o te rā, ā tōna wā.
I te kiriata nei, ka kitea e koe te tikanga o te kīwaha me tana whakamahinga. 😎
Today’s kīwaha is, ā tōna wā.
In this video, you’ll see exactly what it means and when you could use it. 😎
#motereo #mahurumāori #tereomāori
Ko te kīwaha o te rā, hūiki.
Tirohia te kiriata ki te ako i te tikanga o tēnei kīwaha.
Today’s kīwaha is, hūiki.
Check out the video to learn the meaning behind this kīwaha. #motereo #mahurumāori #tereomāori
Ko te kīwaha o te rā, ō roke.
Tirohia te kiriata kia kitea me pēhea e whakamahi i te kīwaha i ō kōrero kai parāoa.
Today’s kīwaha is, ō roke.
Check out the video and see how you can use this kīwaha in your everyday kōrero.
#mōtereo #mahurumāori #tereomāori
Ko te kīwaha o te rā, he momo.
Tirohia te kiriata ki te ako i te tikanga o tēnei kīwaha.
Today’s kīwaha is, he momo.
Check out the video to learn the meaning behind this kīwaha.
#motereo #mahurumāori #tereomāori
He haerenga te ako i te reo Māori – e motuhake ana ki tēnā, ki tēnā o tātou. I tēnei ataata, ka kōrero a Te Mihinga mō tōna haerenga me ōna wheako nōna e whakapakari ake ana i tōna reo.
Ahakoa te taumata o tō reo, kāore koe e mokemoke ana! Whakatairangatia tō haerenga reo i ngā pae pāpori kātahi ka kōtuia a #mahurmaori e whai wāhi ai koe ki te mano tāngata puta noa i a Aotearoa me te ao whānui e whakapakari nei i ō rātou reo mā te wero o Mahuru.
