2022 is the second year we have started doing a shared Reo moment annually as part of Te wiki o Te Reo (Māori Language Week). This week at Te Rito Harakeke we have celebrated Te Wiki o Te Reo (Māori Language Week). Each hub has been working through activities around learning kupu (words), using kupu, waiata (songs) and history. On Tuesday at 11am each hub assembled outside their hubs and all sang 'Tutira Mai Ngā Iwi' together, it was a spine tingling moment and so beautiful to hear all our tamariki singing together! One of our activities involved learning about the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition. On 14 September 1972 representatives of Ngā Tamatoa and Te Rōpū Reo Māori (the Te Reo Māori Society) delivered the Māori language petition, with over 30,000 signatures, to Parliament. The petition asked for active recognition of te reo Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand, and for the language to be taught in schools. This week there was a national commemoration of th...
Haere Mai and Welcome to the Māori Blogger site for Marshland School. This site has been created to celebrate the teaching and learning of Māori at Marshland School. The Māori culture makes us unique and special as kiwis is our unique and beautiful indigenous culture. We can all connect with our ‘kiwiness’ through Te Reo me ōna Tikanga Māori, and showcase our unique gifts to the rest of the world! We welcome you as whānau, kaiako and ākonga to learn together and embrace the concept of AKO.