Māori Language Week is a great way to promote Te Reo Māori.
We are going to learn Ti Rakau games!
Make your own rakau at home by using an old magazine. Roll it up, tape it up!
We are going to re-create the image of the Sun being caught by Maui and his brothers using crayon, dye and black outlines.
A pepeha is a way to introduce yourself. It tells other people who you are and where you come from. Everyone has a PEPEHA.
Read the text, listen to the audio.
Karakia Timatanga
Me karakia tatou
E te Matua nui i te rangi
Manaakitia matou
mo te roanga,
ake o tenei ra
Whakaki o matou ngakau
i te aroha
me te rangimarie
Amine
Mihi
E tu ana ahau,
ki te mihi ki a koutou.
E mihi ana ahau ki te kaikarakia.
Tena koe _______.
E mihi ana ahau ki nga kaiako.
*Tena koutou katoa. (3 or more adults)
*Tena Korua. (2 adults)
*Tena Koe _______. (1 adult)
E mihi ana ahau ki nga taitamariki o tenei whanau.
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa.
Kai Karakia
E te Atua Whakapaingia enei kai
Hei oranga
mo matau tinana
Mo matau wairua hoki