Karakia
Here are the karakia we use at school. There will be videos for them soon so you can recite them at home and teach your whānau too.
This first karakia is one we start our assemblies with. It's a good karakia to start anything with, a meeting, the start of a school day, the start of a lesson etc.
Whakataka te hau ki te uru
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga
Kia mākinakina ki uta
Kia mātaratara ki tai
E hī ake ana te atakura
He tio, he huka, he hau hū
Tīhei mauri ora!
Cease the winds from the west
Cease the winds from the south
Let the breeze blow over the land
Let the breeze blow over the ocean
Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air.
A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.