Ko te whakapono o te Māori, i ahu mai ngā waka tuatahi nō roto i te ao atua. Ko ngā waka atua te mātāmua i roto i ngā kōrero whakatere a te Māori. Koinei ētahi o aua waka, nō mua noa atu i ngā waka tūpuna i heke ai i Hawaiki ki Aotearoa.
Māori believe that the first waka came from the world of the atua.
Kupu Rāhui: Star, Moon, Sun.
Watch the clip, you'll have to read the subtitles, then answer the questions:
What is the name of Tamarereti's waka?
What pattern did Tāne hope to replicate when placing the stars?
In what order were the children of Tangotango and Wainui placed on Ranginui?
Describe Atutahi.
Who is Rehua?
Hawaiki is a place of great importance in Māori tradition, and appears in many songs, proverbs and whakapapa. In tradition, the ancestors of Māori came to New Zealand from Hawaiki, navigating the seas in their canoes.
Kupu Rāhui: Canoe, Captain, Paddle, Sea.
According to Māori there were 7 main waka that sailed the seas to Aotearoa. The names of those waka are Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu. For the next hei mahi find the captains of each waka and what regions each waka are affiliated with.
Kupu Rāhui: Octopus, bird, hook, fish.
Your next hei mahi is to create some dialogue for this clip. It annotates the battle between Kupe and the Wheke. You will create a voice over to tell the story.
Only do it to 4 minutes.
Hei pānuitanga mā koutou. Here is the story of 'Kupe and the Wheke', take a read and learn up.