Tag: Te Reo Māori

Family Tree | Te Reo Maori Challenges

LI: Students can communicate aspects of their genealogy

For this weeks Te Reo Maori challenge was to create a family tree DLO showing ko wai ō mātua/who my parents are. The family tree I’ve created includes both of my grandparents, my parents, and myself. The achivement objective in this task was to communicate about relationships between people.

I found this activity interesting because it gives me an opportunity share some of the important people in my life.

Kapa Haka Performance | Panmure Library

Today, the senior Kapa Haka group performed at the Panmure Library, to celebrate Matariki (Maori New Year).  The audience we performed in front of was four different kindergarden’s.

The first song we performed was E te Ariki. This is a traditional Maori hymn, and we performed as a waiata.

The second dance we presented was Tamaki E. This action song is a traditional welcoming song for the people. It reminds the audience to come onto our school grounds bringing the memories of their tipuna (ancestors).

The third dance we carried out was Rona. This dance is a poi and a taiaha item. It is an item about the moon, and how Rona is lonely up in the night sky.

The fourth item we performed was Tuia. Tuia is our second action dance. This is about the birds flying above the high sky. 

The last item we presented was the Haka. The haka we performed was our school haka and was the first time we have presented it in public.

I enjoyed doing this performance because this allowed all of our performers to build up their confidence to perform, and also work as a team. 

Hello world!

Welcome to your brand new blog at Edublogs!

To get started, simply visit your blog’s dashboard, edit or delete this post and check out all the other options available to you.

Like more help?

We can walk you through step-by-step in our guide to getting started with your blog.

Happy blogging!