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The creation story
The creation story
It is important to know that everyone has their own beliefs and that that's OK. Through this module, we don't ask that you believe our creation story. All that is required of you is an open mind and readiness to understand the Māori world view.
Hei Mahi #1
Kupu Rāhui: God, Earth, Sky, beginning.
Watch the clips below. Write/Type the questions and answers to the following in another doc or your workbook, title the page Te ōrokohanga:
What are the names of the parents of ngā atua Māori?
Describe Ranginui and Papatūānuku's embrace. There is a name for this phase of the creation story, it is called _ _ _ _.
Name the atua and their realms.
What did the children of Ranginui and Papatūānuku agree to do about their living conditions?
Who was not in favour of this separation? What did he do about it?
Who forced Ranginui and Papatūānuku apart?
Te Tīmatanga o te Ao
Hei Mahi #2
Kupu Rāhui: song/sing, hand actions, darkness, legend/story.
In the pūrākau above you would have learnt about the Māori creation story or te ōrokohanga. In the pūrākau it explained how the atua where surrounded in 'Te Pō' and how they came into 'Te Ao Mārama'. Below are two clips of a waiata that is taught to young children which explains the stages of 'Te Pō' and coming into 'Te Ao Mārama'. For your first assessment of the year you will have to learn this song as well as the hand actions that go with it. You do not have to have the voice of an angel to pass, you simply need to know the words and the actions. Kia kaha koutou!
Ngā tamariki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku
Tangotango and Wainui
Tangotango and Wainui
Ranginui and Papatūānuku had many children. Here is a list of these children according to Wikipedia. In this next part we will be speaking on 'Te Whānau Marama.' This is a brief part of a conversation between Dr Rangi Mātāmua, a Māori astrologist and a radio host.
"Tāne, the god of the forest, forced Rangi (Ranginui) the sky father and Papa (Papatuanuku) the earth mother apart. Why – having created a void between earth and sky – did Tāne then put stars in it?"
Rangi: "He was concerned that when he pushed Rangi and Papa apart that there was no light in the world. And this is a truncated version of the story. People say when he separated his parents light flooded into the world. Well, no. When he separated his parents it was still dark. There was no light. So he travelled to see his two siblings Tangotango and Wainui, who are the parents of Te Whānau Mārama, or the Family of Light. The children were the sun, the moon, all of the stars. Hinātore is a phosphorous light, Parikoikoi is a gloomy light, and the last child of the six was Hinerauāmoa, a petite star. He asked his siblings ‘The world is in darkness. Give me your children to adorn our father’s chest so light shines across the breast of our mother‘. They agreed, so he went through that journey to put them in the sky."
Hei Mahi #3
Kupu Rāhui: children, family, light
Wāhanga A: Write out the whakapapa of Ranginui and Papatūānuku. Make sure to include the eight children mentioned in the first clip we watch before, and Tangotango and Wainui. Your drawing should start with Ranginui and Papatūānuku and end at Tangotango and Wainui's children.
Wāhanga E: Now that you have the hang of writing out whakapapa, you can now write your own. Start from your grandparents, and end it with you and your siblings.
Kia Kaha te Kōrero Māori
Kia Kaha te Kōrero Māori
Communicating about your whānau
Communicating about your whānau
Now that you have learnt how to write your own family tree, we will look at how to communicate that in te reo Māori. These notes will go over two structure that help you communicate about your whānau. The first structure looks at introducing yourself and members of your whānau. The second structure looks at how to ask who somebody is.
Ngā kete o te mātauranga
Ngā kete o te mātauranga
Tāne Mahuta
Tāne Mahuta
Watch the clips below. Write/Type the questions and answers to the following in another doc or your workbook, title the page Tāne and the baskets of knowledge:
Where did Tāne retrieve the kete from?
What are the names of the two heavenly kaitiaki?
Name the 3 kete and the mātauranga in each kete.
What are the names of the two homes of the atua that are mentioned?
In the story Tāne is immersed in wai to cleanse himself, where is a place where we use water to cleanse ourselves?
Hei Mahi #4
Kupu Rāhui: basket, knowledge, wind, guardian, water.
Your second assessment for this year is to learn this waiata. You have til this time next week to know the words and the tune of this song.
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