Kapa haka group - Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Paatetere

This is Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Paatetere's Kapa haka group who performed at the Tainui Waka Secondary Kapa Haka Regionals in 2021. They are a Māori school from Putaruru.

What was your favourite part?

He Tāua, He Tāua

Create a DLO that helps students learn the actions of the haka He Tauā, He Tauā. These resources will be used to help the junior classes learn the haka. 

Boys create a DLO of the boys actions.

Girls create a DLO of the girls actions.

Panmure Bridge School Haka.

K:  He tauā, he tauā!

K:  A war party, a war party!

 

R:  I ahaha!

  Yes indeed!

He tauā matatini, he tauā mata-kahi-kātoa

A war party of many faces, a war party who carry tools

  E kari nei i te māra tapu o te mātauranga

      to dig in the sacred garden of knowledge 

 

K:  Ko wai rā, ko wai rā?

       Who are we, who are we?

 

Ko te pou ki mua ko Te Hoe o Tainui.

The foremost pillar is Te Hoe o Tainui

Ko te pou ki waho ko Waiheke

The outer pillar is Waiheke

Ko te pou ki uta ko Mokoia e!

The inner pillar is Mokoia

 

Ko te pou ki uta ko Mokoia e!

      The pillar of the descendants is….

        

Koia Pāoa! koia Pāoa!

      It is Pāoa! It is Pāoa!

      ko te parekura!

      From calamity and destruction

      ko te hupane….hupane, kaupane whiti te rā!

      We have risen again!

      Hī!!

Tāwhirimātea LS2 Work

Our students in LS2 have been learning about Tāwhirimātea and the myth and legend surrounding the separation of his family. 

Tāwhirimātea – god of the weather

Tāwhirimātea

 Watch the video above and complete the following tasks.

1) Find and write down the sentence in English that that uses the words ki runga, ki raro. For an extra challenge try and write the sentence down in Māori by listening to the words.

2) What does Ngā mata o te ariki, o te Ariki mean in English?

3) Write a story explaining what the video was about. Consider the following questions.

• Who is the story about?
• What was the main character angry about?
• How do we know the main character is angry?
• What did the other gods want to do about Ranginui and Papatūānuku?
• What does the main character have to do with the story of Matariki?

4) Attempt drawing Tāwhirimātea, whether its a physical picture of him or a representation of what he is. E.g. the different elements of weather. What it looks like when Tāwhirimātea is upset/angry. 

Whānau - Jr School

 Vocabulary 

Whānau - Family

Māmā - Mum

Pāpā - Dad

Koro - Grandfather

Kuia - Grandmother

Tuakana - older sibling of the same gender

Teina or Tena  (both are correct spelling) - younger sibling of the same gender

Tuahine - sister of a boy

Tungāne - brother of a girl

Activity

Create a family portrait using traditional Māori koru's. 

Step 1) Practice your koru's on a whiteboard or scrap paper. 

Step 2) Draw and colour a koru to represent each family member.

Step 3) Glue them to a piece of black paper.

Step 4) Label your family members using the terminology above.