Taumata 2: He Kākano

Challenge Level 2: The Basics

Introductions/Basics:
Your Mahuru challenge goals are:

Greet and farewell people in Māori everyday of Mahuru.
Speak/write/sing/play in/learn/listen to te reo Māori for up to one hour per day.

Next Steps:

Prepare for your Mahuru challenge now. Review your basic greetings online.
Review your greetings and sign off’s for emails or on the phone.
Get some helpful resources including phrasebooks from our site or visit Te Taurawhiri i te Reo website for more.

Huatau | Language learning ideas

What you do to start learning and speaking is up to you but you won’t be alone. There are people from all sorts of backgrounds and levels of ability needed to revitalise te reo Māori, so get started using our ideas below. See how you can incorporate te reo Māori into your everyday life and be one in a million speakers by 2040. It could be as easy as playing a Māori language song, starting your Zoom call with “mōrena”, or starting lunch with a karakia!

Tēnā tirohia ēnei whakaaro whakatairanga – kōwhiria, mahia!

So check out these ideas – choose and use!

Pānui | Read

Spend your lunch hour reading a te reo Māori book
For beginners, try ‘Māori at Home’ ‘Māori 4 Work’ and ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’. For intermediate and higher see Mai i te Kakano, Te Rito and He Iti Kahurangi.
Read the reo rua articles on Stuff NZ and share them with your organisation
He Muka is the Māori Language Commission’s 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
Learn more Māori metaphors and similies with He Iti te Kupu
Use the signage list to put up signs around your workplace or try these labels.
For rangatahi or Marvel lovers, read Māori legend comics in te reo or English with Sanctuary: Pūrakau Evolution.

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
Learn about Māori place names with Sonny
Watch Hēmi Kelly’s learning videos on the Facebook group ‘A Māori Phrase a Day’
Watch a reo Māori learning show
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

The Māori Language Commission have created 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 and test your organisation’s knowledge. Use these quiz questions to set-up your own – some are easy, some are hard, so grab some friends and a Māori dictionary!
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.

Waiata | Sing

Learn and sing the Māori alphabet
Sing along to the Te Taura Whiro i te Reo Māori ‘Te Wiki o te Reo Māori’ playlist
Learn iwi anthems from across the motu
Get a group together and sing an easy te reo song, see ’Tūtira Mai’ ‘Te Aroha’ ‘National Anthem’
Do or teach lunchtime kapa haka
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! Check out 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

Whakarongo | Listen

Listen to te reo Māori only for the day
Play the ‘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 the Māori Language Commsission’s 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 new 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!
Hear Professor Rawinia Higgins talk about the thinking behind the Māori Language Act 2016

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

Thanks to the Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori team for collating and sharing these ideas. For more visit www.reomaori.co.nz/ideas

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