Maori

We are learning to greet each other in Te Reo Maori.

Tena Koe. Hello to One

Tena Koe. Hello to One

Haere Mai

(This song welcomes all tribes, young men and women, onto the marae. It encourages us to lift up the prestige of Maori.)

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Have a Good Day, Kia Pai to Ra

Oh Mr Sun

This song is not a Maori song, but it reminds us about having a karohirohi day!

Zip a dee doo dah!

 Another fun song to remind us to be happy!

We are learning to talk about the features of some traditional Maori musical instruments.

Taonga puoro

How is the sound made?

What is the tanonga puoro made from?

What other instruments are played the same way as the taonga puoro?

Maori flute and conch

What are the instruments made from?

How is the sound produced?

Porotiti

How can you describe the sound of the porotiti?

How is the sound produced?

How do you think you could make a porotiti?

Click the link HERE to find recordings of the following traditional Maori musical instruments:

koauau, putatara, putorino, pukaea, nguru. A photo of some traditional Maori musical instruments can be found HERE   

We are learning the importance of raranga (weaving) to Maori culture.

What is the history of weaving in Maori culture?

What materials were traditionally used for weaving?

What were some items that Maori wove?

What tikanga was used for weaving?

Retelling the Maori myth of how weaving was discovered.

We are learning the importance of harakeke (flax) in Maori culture.

What is harakeke and what did Maori use it for?

How were the harakeke muka (fibres) found?

How does the flax plant resemble a family?

What tikanga was used when cutting harakeke?

What is the meaning of the whakatauki, 'E hara taku toa, I te toa takitahi engari he toa taku tini.' (My strength is not from myself alone, but from the strength of the group.)

Maori items that are woven from harakeke (flax)

How to cut harakeke.

How to weave a flax kete.

We are learning to make and use a traditional Maori instrument.

E rere taku poi

rere - flying

ki runga - up high

ki raro - down low

ki roto - inwards

ki waho - outwards

Rere Atu

We are learning to say body parts in Te Reo Maori.

Te Tinana (body parts)

We are learning to understand and say common action words in Te Reo Maori.

We are learning to pronounce Maori vowel sounds.

A E I O U

A E I O U

(Can you learn the actions by watching these students?)

We are learning to sing some Christmas waiatas (songs) in Te Reo Maori

Te Harinui

Marie Te Po (Silent Night)

Our learning in Term 3

We are learning colour names in Te Reo Maori.

Ma is White

Ma is White

Ma is White

We are learning some Maori words in a song.

Oneday a Taniwha

We are learning the names of classroom objects in Te Reo Maori.

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