TKW Newsletter : Ka whakanuia te wiki o te reo Māori

Kia ora e hoa 👋

Ko Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori tēnei!

But we’re sure you knew that already 😄 There’s loads of amazing resources, people, spaces and activities sharing the kaupapa this week, and we want to ensure is that our reo is not just a one week in 52 thing. It’s an everyday thing - ia rā, ia rā!

One of the things Amy is looking forward to this week is attending a class at her gym, BFT Te Awamutu that’ll be coached fully in Te Reo Māori - Mīharo!

We’ve pulled together a fun list of “cool things worth sharing” below, that you can check out for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. It’s a lengthy one today, might require a second kapu tī, but it’s all good stuff!

Karawhiua!

In this newsletter we’ve got:

• Spotlight: Empowering Voices Through Culture

• Spotlight: kōmiri on Te Kāinga Wāhine - The Podcast

• Things to Read, Listen to, Watch, and Learn for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

🗞️ Spotlight: Empowering Voices Through Culture

🎧🎙 Spotlight: kōmiri on The Podcast

Just for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, kōmiri has a 30% discount on all products purchased! Jump over and take a look today

📖 Something to Read

Indie is a website that hosts a collection of indigenous stories, helping indigenous creatives share their stories far and wide. Here are some great bilingual stories you can check out:

• He aroha mau kino e / A forbidden love Written by Morehu Wilson;

• Te wāhi tika / The right place Written by Shelley Dunn;

• Te wehenga o Rangi rāua ko Papa / The separation of Rangi and Papa Written by Hēmi Kelly;

• He pūrākau mō Hatupatu rāua ko Kurangaituku / A story of Hatupatu & Kurangaituku Written by Hana Mereraiha.

Some of the must have books on the book shelf include:

• Anything Scotty Morrison - Māori Made Easy, we particularly love this version in our whare - Māori at Home;

• Kuwi and Friends Māori Picture Dictionary - this is a fantastic book for the whole whānau, our copy is well used and full of post it notes!

• Have you got a copy of NUKU : Stories of 100 Indigenous Women? It’s well worth a read, and it includes one of our TKW Coaches - Lizzie Dunn!

🎧🎙 Something to Listen To

A waiata, a podcast, a kōrero - there are plenty of ways you can listen to te reo:

• Everyday Māori - a podcast with Hēmi Kelly and Āpera Woodfine to help you learn everyday Māori for everyday situations;

• Taringa Podcast - a podcast in both English and Te Reo that brings a fun and relaxed way to learn more about Te Ao Māori and Te Reo Māori;

• Waiata Reo Māori - a Spotify Playlist, over 5 hours of play time;

• Te Ahi Kaa - a podcast made by RNZ as an online archive for the former weekly series.

📺 Something to Watch

If you were like us and grew up watching Te Karere while Nana peeled potatoes in front of the TV, you’ll love some of these other options too:

• An interview of kōmiri founder, Nalisha Tahere on 1 News last night;

• Disney Reo Māori has taken off and there are some must watch favourites like Lion King, Frozen and Moana;

• Whakaata Māori - Māori television ia rā, ia rā;

• Indigenous 100 - Māori thought leaders speak with Julian Wilcox, sharing their unique journeys and perspectives.

🤩 Some Te Kāinga Wāhine favourites

Here are a few other things we’ve put together that we really love at Te Kāinga Wāhine:

• A blog - Hi there - I mean, Kia Ora

• A podcast episode - Reconnecting to a language

• A post (by MWDI) - Kupu o te ao Pakihi

• A shop - Maimoa Creative

• A TikTok account - Pairama Wright

• A dictionary - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

• A game - Tākaro!

• A kiwaha - Tūwhitia te hopo!

Ngā manaakitanga,
Amy from Te Kāinga Wāhine