Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Huatau [ideas].

Māori language week is extra special this year as September 14th marks the 50th anniversary of the Māori Language Petition, an event that led to many of the kaupapa we have today, including Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Here are some things you can do to use and speak more te reo Māori. It could be as easy as greeting everyone you see with 'kia ora', starting your Zoom call with "mōrena", or playing te reo Māori songs in your workplace all day.

Whakarongo | Listen

• Listen to te reo Māori only for the hour or day.
• Play our ‘Te Wiki o te Reo Māori’ playlist in your business or workplace for everyone to hear!
• Hāni Dread sings 'Kokiri' in honour of the reo champions who marched to parliament to deliver the Māori Language Petition in 1972.
• Re-watch our Rarangatahi seminars where rangatahi Māori talk about their journey with te reo Māori.
• Listen to podcasts like Taringa or Everday Māori to sharpen your reo.
• Back2Kura is a new podcast where two millennials are documenting their journey through a full immersion course.
• Download the whare kōrero app to listen to Māori content from around the motu.
• Tune in to Māori Television.
• Listen to Hinewehi Mohi sing our national anthem in te reo Māori at the 1999 Rugby World Cup in England.
• If you have a young pēpi, play this beautiful new lullaby ‘I te Tōnga o te Rā’ from Te Hiringa Hauora.
• Listen to rangatahi from Ngāti Porou sing with Rob Ruha in their single '35'.
• Listen to the Waiata Anthems playlist, available on all platforms! Featuring hits 'Kia Mau ki Tō Ūkaipō / Don't Forget Your Roots', 'Kōrukutia / Bathe in the River', 'Karawhiua / 100' and more!

Kōrero | Speak

• Make 'kia ora' your first choice of greeting to everyone you speak to. If you're on TikTok, watch Sonny explain the beauty of kia ora!
• Open your moment with a kaikōhau (expression of hope).
• Learn and use #MyMihi to introduce yourself to anyone new.
• Prepare your whānau, friends or workplace to speak te reo Māori for the hour.
• Open your news bulletin with te reo Māori.
• Host a ‘Kōrero Kai’ for lunch where you only speak in te reo Māori.
• Start lunch off with a karakia for kai.
• Order your coffee in te reo Māori.
• Set a ‘reo Māori only’ zone within your workplace or home.
• Set a time where your whānau or workplace only speak te reo (i.e. 1-2pm).
• Call a mate or 2 and have a kōrero in te reo Māori.

Ako | Learn

• Organise a lunch time te reo Māori lesson.
• Attend a lunchtime reo seminar online.
• Take some te reo lessons online.
• Practice your pronunciation and learn the Māori alphabet.
• Watch Hēmi Kelly's learning videos on the Facebook group 'A Māori Phrase a Day'.
• Learn about Māori place names with Sonny.
• Watch a reo Māori learning show.
• Join the ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’ learning group on Facebook by Hēmi Kelly.
• Set out to learn a word a day for a year – see 365 Māori words.
• For kids, play Māori TV's learning content for tamariki.
• For tamariki you can re-watch learning content from Kura Mō Ngā Mokopuna.Developed during the first lockdown in 2019, this series of engaging educational videos is taught by experts as well as graduates from kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori.

Tākaro | Play

• Here is a reo Māori Kahoot quiz for beginners! Host your own session for whānau or colleagues. You'll need access to internet and some devices!
• Host a te reo Māori quiz on paper and test your organisation’s knowledge. Use our quiz questions to set-up your own.
• See Pania Papa’s video on easy Māori games to play with no equipment.
• Download some Māori apps and play with your tamariki. See Pāpapa, Pipi Mā Tae, find more apps here.
• Create and host an online Kahoot quiz with your whānau and friends!
• Have fun with kupu with Kaupapa game.
• Play Fortnite in te reo Māori with this rauemi from Mahuru Māori.
• Get your tamariki together to do reo Māori yoga for kids with Mauritau Yoga.
• If you're a game developer or collaborator, join the Māori Language Moment Game Jam and make games that celebrate te reo and Māoritanga.
• If you are into Cricket, check out the lockdown edition of CRIC-KIDS, 10 at-home activities available in Te reo Māori that requires minimal space and little to no equipment.

Pānui | Read

• Spend your lunch hour reading a te reo Māori book
• For beginners, try ‘Māori at Home’ ‘Māori 4 Work’ ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’ ‘Te Reo Māori: Basics Explained’ and ‘Māori Place Names’. For intermediate and higher see Mai i te Kakano, Te Rito and He Iti Kahurangi
• He Muka is our te reo Māori digital publication with guest contributors. Read some reo Māori articles and share them with your tari
• For rangatahi or Marvel lovers, read Māori legend comics in te reo or English with Sanctuary: Pūrakau Evolution
• Pick up a newly translated book by Kotahi Rau Pukapuka
• Use the signage list to put up signs around your workplace
• Learn more Māori metaphors and similies with He Iti te Kupu

Waiata | Sing

• Get a group together and sing an easy te reo song, see 'Tūtira Mai' ‘Te Aroha’‘National Anthem’
• Sing along to our ‘Te Wiki o te Reo Māori’ playlist
• Learn and sing the Māori alphabet
• Learn iwi anthems from across the motu
• Popular New Zealand hits have now been translated into te reo! Waiata Anthems features the hit 'Kia Mau ki tō Ūkaipō' by Six60 and Bathe in the River by Hollie Smith, now in te reo
• Listen to some talented and incredible rangatahi sing gospel songs on Mōhau - a Live Visual Album
• Dance and sing along to young talent, Atareta & Te Haakura! We love their smash song Pakipaki Mai
• If you have a young pēpi, listen and sing along to this beautiful new lullaby ‘I te Tōnga o te Rā’ from Te Hiringa Hauora

This article has been shared from ReoMāori.co.nz in celebration of Te Wiki o the Reo Māori