@barberkona: It’s more than just words #Aotearoa #nz #newzealand #maori #culture

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soldsinner75
NZ Fordhard :
tell nz Government to run the country based on kaitiakitanga
2026-07-17 04:41:53
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jxme3
James Turner :
our language is a Taonga, "takiwātanga" is a word you can use for autism or ADHD, and the closest translation is "in their own time and space” and if that's not beautiful I don't know what is.......
2026-07-17 05:29:00
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brett6180
Brett :
that word is teke
2026-07-17 03:17:33
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heeby_sheebyz
heeby_sheebyz :
There’s a 50yr old white dude in Levin who’s absolutely fuming about this btw
2026-07-17 06:28:05
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youwouldntreadaboutit0
splendid :
it's definitely a unique language it binds to ya soul. iam pakehea ,my first year of primary school i was in the bilingual class. due to a neptisium situation. I enjoyed the visual learning stories and singing .I can probably recall more from that . than the rest of my schooling
2026-07-17 22:39:30
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yslsmokey420
ßR~Smokey420~ :
that's a win for us whanau 🫶🏽💚
2026-07-18 22:51:10
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petracampbell8
petracampbell8 :
Yet you don’t tell us what it means😵‍💫
2026-07-18 10:58:33
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anne..apple
anne..apple 🖤💛♥️ 🇦🇺🇲🇹 :
My dad was adopted by a beautiful Scottish couple but his mum was Maori. We only found out recently when he found his birth family. I hope to learn more about my ancestors
2026-07-18 08:00:30
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bullrunnings
Kaspa :
the word is winz g
2026-07-17 06:35:35
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justanotherwhitemaori
justanotherwhitemāori :
it's a shame our own government can't accept our beautiful culture but everyone else can😭😭
2026-07-17 07:28:19
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gothamore
vi༯ :
Someone is watching this in anger
2026-07-18 09:10:26
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dob.ob
dob.ob :
Just a word mate no need to make a whole thing about it
2026-07-17 16:21:19
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grow_in_grace3
Adri :
the haters in here are hilarious.... they be mad jealous it's not their language being recognized....
2026-07-17 23:59:17
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the_age_of_stupidity
The_Age_of_Stupidity :
I’m not Māori. But I’m proud of y’all through association. And what a winning word too. The world recognises what some of us take for granted - or dismiss. Love this 🕊🖤🤍❤️
2026-07-17 03:05:12
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teeth9698
nobody123 :
Is the word WINZ?
2026-07-17 07:28:02
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scott_base
Scott Base🇳🇿 :
that's an awesome win for Aotearoa 💯
2026-07-17 04:03:21
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robbie_black1
Robbie_black1 :
What about the word morimori?
2026-07-17 02:46:51
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rodomdt
Adohr :
My absolute favourite word and meaning was Kaitiakitanga, when I immigrated here.
2026-07-17 20:35:01
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dzza783
Dzza :
What’s the translation bro? What dose it mean
2026-07-17 05:28:11
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nga_mihinui
IN_IT_TO_WIN_IT :
Make this go viral, again something we can be proud of Mauri Ora
2026-07-17 05:51:38
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independence_1835
18_He Whakaputanga_35 :
They dont like that 😂😂😂
2026-07-17 02:45:55
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maxrigby55
maxrigby55 :
As a white Kiwi living in Canada I can tell you the Maori language is something we should be so proud of and use as much as possible. I can see a day when most kiwis are bilingual and fluent in both national languages.
2026-07-17 12:08:36
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kr.s.ty
kr.s.ty :
The Māori language is beautiful. As an Aussie - I feel like I butcher it when I say it out loud!
2026-07-17 12:52:49
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7ateralogy
Mike Hill 🇳🇿 :
I hate to burst bubbles here, because it is a beautiful word. But these "experts" choose kaitiakitanga from a list of just 223 words, from just 75 (75, not OVER 75) different languages....from all around the world? ....🤔.... So 223 words means literally less than 3 words per language (2.97), from 75 out of 7,164 different living languages in the world. Each with roughly 15,000 - 100,000+ words within their dictionaries. (English - 171,476, Korean - 1,100,373, Te Reo - ~ 13-18,000). Which means literally over 99.999% of words IN THE WORLD, were excluded from consideration for the most beautiful word IN THE WORLD "competition". ....."experts" you say???.....🤔...... ......spoiler.....it was a "competition" designed and run in-house by the people at the language app Babbel, as a curated promotional campaign rather than a genuine extensive search or academic study. Well done kaitiakitanga though I suppose.....go Aotearoa!!?? 🎉
2026-07-18 12:07:14
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jayne1086
Jayne🇦🇺 :
please please excuse my ignorance 🙏 but when did it start being Te Reo Maori and not just Maori Language
2026-07-17 09:30:38
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