Te Reo Māori: A new era for the language | Hēmi Kelly | TEDxAuckland

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  • Опубліковано 11 лют 2019
  • Te reo Māori, the native language of Aotearoa/New Zealand, was declared an official language of the country as recently as 1987. However, today it is increasingly common to hear te reo used. In this talk, Hemi Kelly explores the benefits of learning te reo Māori, and addresses possible obstacles that have hindered learning in the past, so that the language can continue to flourish and reach new heights of recognition in the future. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @bogdanrosztas7936
    @bogdanrosztas7936 4 роки тому +107

    I'm living in Romania🇷🇴, and I'm trying to learn🌺 Te Reo Māori🌺because I love the polynesian culture and would like to move out in Aotearoa🇳🇿

    • @1stfire_shadow
      @1stfire_shadow 3 роки тому +1

      Ko koe toku whaiaipo? 😂

    • @secularsekai8910
      @secularsekai8910 3 роки тому

      Good luck, friend! I also wish to move to Aotearoa

    • @x.Rhymiie.x
      @x.Rhymiie.x 3 роки тому +4

      Thank you so much for your interest in our language! As we are told by many it has no use in the world, seeing the people in the world embrace it feels better than proving them wrong x

    • @x.Rhymiie.x
      @x.Rhymiie.x 3 роки тому

      @@1stfire_shadow I see he isn't interested by that silence lol x

    • @briggs5569
      @briggs5569 3 роки тому

      chur

  • @shadowboxing7029
    @shadowboxing7029 3 роки тому +36

    As a Maori person I don't see the language as belonging to me or to Maori but to Aotearoa. It is for all to share and exclusion will never move any of us forward. Togetherness should be the goal, for our relationships with each other and our future.

    • @marcusty6957
      @marcusty6957 3 роки тому +6

      Well said my bro! I couldn’t say it any better. I am a Cook Islander. Born and breed in Southland and I want to learn Te reo and so does my mates who are mostly pakeha! We want to learn because we believe in the bigger picture for our nation, and be uniquely different than the rest of the world, since America dodgy race issues it’s just makes us more eager to be as one with Te reo!

    • @shadowboxing7029
      @shadowboxing7029 3 роки тому +3

      @@marcusty6957 Tu meke!

    • @jwk-dog6747
      @jwk-dog6747 Рік тому +1

      Couldnt agree more bro ka pai

  • @QuirkyShiny
    @QuirkyShiny 3 роки тому +20

    My tupuna (grandad) had the "Māori strapped out of him" as a school kid in Invercargill and grew up trying to "whiten" us all as a way to protect us. It breaks my heart thinking of the information/knowledge we've lost due to the colonial system. We owe so much to the brave activists who kept our language alive despite all of the resistance we came up against. This was a beautiful TED talk. Much gratitude and respect xx

    • @duanewaihi4453
      @duanewaihi4453 25 днів тому

      Same with my grandfather growing up in Ruatoria. I never heard him speak Maori. So sad.

  • @rovinamaniapoto7768
    @rovinamaniapoto7768 5 років тому +60

    IN 1973 I WAS EMPLOYED AS A REG. SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER AT FOREST VIEW H.S. - TOKOROA AS H.O.D. TE REO MAORI. THIS WAS THE 2ND INTAKE OF TE REO IN NEW ZEALAND. I HAVE JUST FINISHED WRITING A "LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF TE REO " AND MANY WOULD BE SURPRISED AT MY DISCOVERY. I HAVE ALSO JUST AT THE END OF MY PHD. (WAIKATO UNIVERSITY) TOTALLY WRITTEN IN TE REO MAORI - TITLE - "I BELONG, THERFORE I AM".

    • @Jannfndnanakid
      @Jannfndnanakid 5 років тому

      cool

    • @tereosingalong5421
      @tereosingalong5421 4 роки тому +5

      Rovina Maniapoto, I would love to know more about your Linguistic Analysis of Te Reo. If you see this message, please contact me by messaging me on my facebook page Te Reo Māori Challenge. Ngā mihi. Sharon Holt

    • @BrentStrathdeePehi
      @BrentStrathdeePehi 4 роки тому +3

      Tena koe e te whaea - e hiahia ana au ki te panui to pepa. Ki te whakaae, kei hea tera ?

    • @andretahu1296
      @andretahu1296 4 роки тому +2

      Kia Ora Aunty

  • @BigBoiTurboslav
    @BigBoiTurboslav 4 роки тому +23

    You guys are awesome. I have so much respect for people of Polynesia.

  • @mileroy9196
    @mileroy9196 3 роки тому +5

    the langage is the doorway to Maori world..... so true... I had some lessons in french polynesia, and I discovered that, through the langage, I better understood their way of life, their vision of the world. For instance, no word for "empty"... it doesn't exist... there is "always something" in there... far from our vision, isn't it ? I spent one year in Tahiti and islands around, and learned a lot....

  • @honeriley
    @honeriley 4 роки тому +9

    5:55 👍👍👍 "It's also been suggested that the obsession with correct pronunciation only discourages people from trying. As a teacher, I understand that the safe learning environment I aim to foster in my classroom where practice is encouraged doesn't always transfer into the public domain... and others don't always use supportive methods of correcting. I can only urge my fellow speakers to be mindful of anyone trying..."

    • @roseadams8003
      @roseadams8003 3 роки тому +1

      honeriley yes it definitely does discourage. Maybe deep down they don’t actually want pakeha to learn

    • @cigh7445
      @cigh7445 3 роки тому +1

      @@roseadams8003 If it discourages people then maybe they were never hungry enough and humble enough to learn the language in the first place.
      Phonetics are more important for minority languages because the sounds themselves are endangered and could die out even if a learners version of the language lives on

    • @taongatakaro8411
      @taongatakaro8411 2 роки тому +1

      it's a very vulnerable place to put oneself in, the way we treat each other in vulnerable situations says a lot about ourselves, and whether we've dealt with our own trauma to be safe enuff to manaaki others.

  • @michelecoxhead2134
    @michelecoxhead2134 5 років тому +12

    Kia ora Hēmi! He rawe tō kōrero :-)

  • @lea6555
    @lea6555 3 роки тому +5

    You know what I don’t see or hear anymore - there used to be a song we all sang in class (we’re going back to the 70s where unbelievably when I look back on it, correct pronunciation was really important and we had regular Te Reo lessons at primary school and could choose to take it as a language class in high school) to help get the vowel pronunciation right - does anyone else remember it? I use it every day still, it would be a shame if it’s been sort of forgotten ☹ Maybe because I come from the East Coast it was more normalized back then, don’t know kind of took it for granted growing up. “Ahhhh ehhhh eeeeee awwww ooooo” obv with a tune 😊

    • @roseadams8003
      @roseadams8003 3 роки тому +2

      Lea cav. Yes I’m from Tokoroa and we all sang the vowel sounds too. Plenty of songs etc as well It helps with pronunciation. Kids at public days are learning so much more. But like you I am wondering is that only in some areas

    • @shadowboxing7029
      @shadowboxing7029 3 роки тому +1

      @@roseadams8003 Like NZ history and Te Reo Maori, it's really dependent on where you are. Certainly for myself growing up in cities, I learned next to nothing apart from one school that taught a little but the teacher was woefully ill equipped. She tried for a bit but eventually sunk back in to improper pronunciation. Being a stickler for pronunciation I looked for other avenues to get it right. I wasn't taught that song but I know of it.

    • @cigh7445
      @cigh7445 3 роки тому +2

      @@shadowboxing7029 It seems to be a problem with minority languages and new speakers. For example, Breton now sounds like French, Irish now sounds like English (except for native speakers who were born pre-70s), Basque tends to sound Spanish...

    • @mihakabercic4457
      @mihakabercic4457 2 роки тому +2

      tena koe e hoa, is "a haka mana" the song your talking about?

    • @vivim29
      @vivim29 Рік тому

      A E I O U , A E I O U,
      Pika pika pika toru, piko,
      toru toru toru piko, toru (sorry don't know the spelling just phonetically spelt!)

  • @moustafaqureshi-tizon1123
    @moustafaqureshi-tizon1123 5 років тому +43

    That my guys is my Maori teacher from AUT University

  • @mishapurser7542
    @mishapurser7542 4 роки тому +11

    I'm a Briton who would love to learn Te Reo Māori. I think it's a beautiful and powerful language.

  • @frankeeandrews5564
    @frankeeandrews5564 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you Hēmi 🙏

  • @secularsekai8910
    @secularsekai8910 3 роки тому +3

    Kia ora whanau! Let’s keep teaching more people the language

    • @dustin88nz
      @dustin88nz Рік тому +1

      Koia koe. Kia ora e te whanau

  • @rupk5578
    @rupk5578 3 роки тому +1

    Beautifully said

  • @naaimsmall6480
    @naaimsmall6480 4 роки тому

    Loved your interview with Blindboy

  • @baz8227
    @baz8227 5 років тому +5

    So cool Hemi!

  • @1stfire_shadow
    @1stfire_shadow 3 роки тому +1

    This made me smile. Kia mau ki to Reo Maori

  • @ruarobert1395
    @ruarobert1395 4 роки тому +1

    Kia ora mai koe Hemi. Tautokona nga korero!

  • @suzannemorris7830
    @suzannemorris7830 Рік тому

    my journey started in 2002 when i signed up to learn my beautiful language Te Reo Rangatira me ōna Tikanga. I struggled with learning my language from pronounace and writing in Te Reo Māori over the years my reo as come along way. I learnt alot more about myself and where i belong and come from?

  • @jenniferward-lealand89
    @jenniferward-lealand89 5 років тому +17

    Kōrero! Ka nui te mihi e hoa. "Nō te whenua te reo" Tika tonu.

    • @ngatihine6072
      @ngatihine6072 4 роки тому +4

      And you're an inspiration too. Pirangi nui ahau kei te whakapakari te reo hoki. AE no te whenua🌿🌿🌿

  • @LingoLewi-27
    @LingoLewi-27 3 роки тому

    Kia kaha! 🙏💯

  • @maori_fairy_smiling_nz
    @maori_fairy_smiling_nz 3 роки тому +1

    Kia ora Heemi...rawe te koorero xxoo

  • @steviehenry3940
    @steviehenry3940 3 роки тому

    Ka rawe 🤲🏾❤️

  • @matirei3266
    @matirei3266 2 роки тому +3

    As a spanish speaker (Argentina) I feel like te reo pronunciation is really similar to spanish!!

    • @eddiesauceda8530
      @eddiesauceda8530 2 роки тому +1

      I agree! I grew up in a Spanish speaking household and was recently complimented on my te reo pronunciation (in a presentation, I'm not a speaker of te reo), which I think is just because Spanish pronunciation is so similar.

  • @poopernut
    @poopernut 5 років тому +4

    Kia ora!

  • @nakiaudaku8691
    @nakiaudaku8691 5 років тому +2

    YESHHHH 👏

  • @geoffallen601
    @geoffallen601 4 роки тому

    Kia ora Hemi, he whakaaro pai. Mēnā ka haere atu au tāwahi, ka tarai au ki ako etahi o tō rātou reo. mi piace Geoff (italy) he tauira. Nō reira, āe marika, he pai mō ngā Pākeha o Aotearoa ki mohio ngā rua reo mātua o te motu, ne. Kia kaha te haerenga e hoa.

  • @vinnynz
    @vinnynz Рік тому

    Ka pai Hemi

  • @ukidding
    @ukidding 3 роки тому

    Ata Marie!

  • @tangihorofitzgerald915
    @tangihorofitzgerald915 4 місяці тому +1

    In The BEGINNING Was
    TE REO....
    I TE TIMATANGA... "TE REO"

  • @emmahribar
    @emmahribar 2 роки тому

    😭

  • @MANU-ho3uq
    @MANU-ho3uq 5 років тому +2

    Kia Ora e Hoa . Ataahua korero . Mauri Ora

    • @MANU-ho3uq
      @MANU-ho3uq 5 років тому +1

      Zeb Nicklin why nga for korero though ? That’s plural right ?

    • @MANU-ho3uq
      @MANU-ho3uq 5 років тому

      Zeb Nicklin Tena Rawa Atu Koe e Hoa 🤙🏼

  • @maddiemf7024
    @maddiemf7024 4 роки тому +1

    You got your LANGUAGE. We STILL don't have ours✊🏿

    • @Marts1122
      @Marts1122 3 роки тому +3

      We got our language back yet our kuia and koroua still have to live with the pain they endured well speaking our native language , now if you want your Language back make a stand

    • @shadowboxing7029
      @shadowboxing7029 3 роки тому +2

      I wouldn't say we got it so much as we fought for what we do have (still have a long way to go). I can only hope the same for your people, get in behind those who are fighting for it in your country, be the change you want to see.

  • @lightninggaming476
    @lightninggaming476 2 роки тому

    wish I was taught in school back in the 1970's - what a lost opportunity for my generation.

  • @jaymac6107
    @jaymac6107 5 років тому +2

    tautoko to korero he hoa

  • @moviesync3131
    @moviesync3131 Рік тому

    I here for the fresh haircut

  • @yesterdaysjam8464
    @yesterdaysjam8464 3 роки тому +1

    ko hēmi kelly tōku kaiako i te tau nei

  • @ngatihine6072
    @ngatihine6072 4 роки тому

    Noho au ki Ahitereiria mokemoke au mo t reo rangatira. Hoki au ki Aotearoa ka ako te reo me te mita o te reo. Ka mua au e mahue te ao. KIA ORA E HOA!

  • @numbereightyseven
    @numbereightyseven Рік тому +1

    I won't be learning any Maori, because I don't want to be accused of cultural appropriation.