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A te reo Māori Kaiako is encouraging people to embrace the spirit of Mahuru Māori – even if they’re not up to spending a whole month speaking only te reo Māori.
Mahuru Māori started in 2014 as a social experiment by Paraone Gloyne from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and it was subsequently picked up by the wananga.
Broadcaster Kawe Roes, who also teaches at the wananga, says this year the start date has been moved to September 15, to align with the rising of the star Mahuru above the horizon.
“So what we’re doing is going back to the maramataka to bring a bit of tikanga to connect our people back to the environment and see the depths of how our tupuna looked at their environment and how they used the reo. Sometimes some people are going for the fluency and they will not speak English. That’s not me. If I’m going to McDonalds I’m going to do an order in English. I might say ‘kia ora,'” he says.
Kawe Roes says Mahuru is a good chance for people to review where they are on their reo journey.
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