Stages of powhiri

Make a copy of the powerpoint below and match the different parts together. The first one has been done for you as an example. 

Traditional Powhiri Items

What is a marae and why is it important?

A marae is our focal point. A marae enables us to carry out our traditions and customs and express our values fully and with dignity. Marae kawa (local protocols) prevail when we gather on marae. Marae kawa differ from one marae to the next and across different tribal regions. We need marae for a number of reasons, including:

• Whaikōrero – that we may rise tall in oratory

• Tangihanga – that we may weep for our dead

• Karakia – that we may pray

• Hākari – that we may have our feasts

• Manaakitanga – that we may house our guests

• Hui – that we may have our meetings

• Mārena – that we may host weddings

• Hui whānau – that we may have family reunions

• Waiata and haka – that we may sing our waiata and perform our haka.

This weeks challenge is to learn one of the two items that is often performed on a marae and to understand why it is a commonly performed item. What makes these items special, especially for a powhiri? At some point in your life whether for high school, university, a tangi, work or just to accompany a friend you will likely attend at powhiri. Knowing these songs below will help you be part of a very tapu Māori tradition.

Tōia Mai te Waka

Tēnā Koutou

 

Assembly items

These three songs are sung or spoken in assembly weekly. One is a song of welcome, one is our national anthem and the other is an opening karakia. All three should be spoken/sung with respect and mana (pride). 

As an extra challenge for seniors, do a little bit of research and see if you can figure out what the karakia means. 

Powhiri

 

Seniors: Create an informational poster or DLO answering the following questions.

Juniors: Watch the video and talk about what a powhiri is. Get students to draw a picture (on their iPads or on paper) and write a sentence about one thing they learnt. 

1. What is a wero?
2. What is a karanga?
3. Who does the karanga?
4. Who are the manuhiri?
5. What does whaikorero mean?
6. What does koha mean?
7. What does a hongi represent?
8. During a powhiri, women walk on first. What is the reason for this?
9.  What marks the end of the powhiri?
10. Is there anything else you learnt/ know about a powhiri?

LS1 practicing the haka

Panmure Bridge has been very lucky to have a haka written for us by Professor Scotty Morrison. The haka reflects us as a school and our surrounding area. Our seniors have been lucky to learn the haka from Matua Kingi and have improved a lot over the past 8 weeks. Here is a snippet of some of the LS1 students practicing our haka He Tauā, He Tauā.

How Aotearoa came to be

Aotearoa

Watch the video below that tells the story of how Maūi fished up the North Island and how his voyage to visit his mother Papatūānuku resulted in the creation of the South Island. 

 

Year 7 & 8 Task

Digitally design the North & South Island based on how the Myth and Legend depicts them to look. Consider how your digital art helps to tell the story of Maui and how New Zealand came to be. 

Year 4, 5 & 6 Task

Students are to create a comic book that retells the story of the Myth and Legend. 

Junior School

Watch the video above, discuss the story. Students can draw a picture about the story and write a sentence about what they learnt. For new entrance students, teacher can dictate their sentence. 

Extra activity - there is a colouring in picture of Māui for students to colour in.

 

Te Ika a Māui (Juniors/Middle)

Read the story Te Ika a Māui or watch the video below. Talk about the story so students have a good understanding of the Māori myth and legend. Who are the main characters? What happens in the story?

 Māori Version

English Version

Below is a picture of a waka known as the South Island and an ika (fish) known as the North Island. Get students to draw their own fish and their own waka to symbolise the North and South Island. Label their pictures using the vocabulary below.

Vocabulary

Tail - hiku  (he-coo)

Head - Upoko

Fish - ika (ee-car)

Ocean - moana (more-un-ah)

Wing - parirau (puddy-rau)

Stomach - puku (pook-ew)

Water - wai (why)

North Island - Te Ika a Māui 

South Island - Te Waka o Aoraki 

Juniors school: Juniors can colour in the attached picture. Students can draw a picture of an ika on Maui's hook. Link to picture

Extra Challenge: For an extra challenge get students to label their picture in full sentences. E.g. Te upoko o te ika (the head of the fish), te hiku o te ika (the tail of the fish).

Different Greetings

Knowing when and how to use different greeting in Māori can be daunting. If you're unsure or just want a reminder than look know further. Farzana has put together a helpful reminder or the differences between tena koe, tena korua and tena koutou. 

If you are greeting a whole class of children which greeting would you use?

If you were greeting the Prime minister which greeting would you use? 

If you were greeting your friends grandparents which greeting would you use?

Comment below with the answers.

Juniors - Māori bookmark

Design a Māori bookmark. 

Vocabulary

To read - pānui

Book - pukapuka

Kowhaiwhai pattern - Tradition Māori art (example below)

Koru - A spiral shape often used in kowhaiwhai patterns. 

Fun fact: Carvings tell the story of our tīpuna (ancestors). Every carving you see is a carved story of the past, the present or the future.

Practice the koru shape over and over again in order to get better. It's not as easy as it looks. 

Māori Dictionary - Senior

Māori Dictionary is a wonderful tool to support your learning and understanding of Māori.

For this challenge you are going to pick 5-10 words that you would use in your everyday life and find their Māori translation. Take these words and create an engaging DLO to showcase the new words you have learnt.  

Example:

Computer - rorohiko

I use my rorohiko at school to support my learning.

Kahoot

Challenge

Make a kahoot for your friends about one of the following three categories:

• Numbers, 10 upwards
• Classroom objects
• Feelings/Emotions

Your kahoot should be 15+ questions long.

Junior Challenge - Animals

Pick two animals (from below) and write a story about their friendship. Replace their English name for their Māori name. Draw a picture of the animals you choose to go with your story.

Example: 

Reme and Kuri were the best of friends. Kuri has a very loud bark but Reme's baaaaa is much louder. Reme and Kuri have competitions on the farm to see who can be the loudest and Reme always wins.

Room 2 - Simon Says Maori Challenge

Our new entrance classroom played  Simon Says te reo Maori edition. Our tamariki learnt how to kanikani (dance), hurihuri (turn around), peki (jump) and lots more. We think their pictures are wonderful, what do you think?

 

Challenge #14 - Māori Place Names

 Māori Place Names

Year 7&8 Museum Trip

 

To learn the teachings of our tupuna (ancestors) and the history of New Zealand's native people and their land.

This week the yr 8 & 7 boys went on a trip to the aukland war memorial museum to discover the information and history of moari/kapa haka. We met in the hall with Mr ogilvie, Mrs Pride, Mrs Fisiahi matua Ngrimu and matua Kingi.

Museum

After we all met we started to line up and walked into the bus. While we were in there, everyone practiced the words of kamate. When we arrived we entered the back of the museum. When we were exploring I saw a lego rocket ship and a lego sailing boat. We went in the dining room to have some snacks then went into the maori history section. Matua kingi gave us some questions to answer and we had to explore to find out. Then we went into the hotonui and learnt about the carvings and the art and we also learned what they represent. Then we started to continue searching for the answers. When it was lunch we had pizza and we had to find a partner to share it with.

Taiaha

After that we started to walk down the pukekawa hill then we had to walk around a field. After that matua Ngarimu taught us how to use a taiaha and this included eight steps. After we did them we did the whole thing using all eight steps. Then we packed all the taiha up and went back on the bus to go back to PBS.

I enjoyed the museum because we learnt a lot of things in the Marae which was called hotonui and I also found the quiz hard barbecue there were answers that I forgot.

Written by Elaario, Year 7, LS2

LS2 students create Digital Pepehas

Some examples of LS2 student's digital pepehas. 

By Farzana

 

By Te Raumati

My Pepeha - Senior

Challenge One (2021)

Create a digital pepeha. You may need to gather information from your whanau in order to complete this challenge.   

What is a pepeha?

A pepeha is a way to introduce yourself. It is part of a mihi (a formal speech). You explain where you come from by looking back in time and connecting with your mountain, river, canoe and family. 

It is important to begin and end with a greeting. You can begin with Tēnā koutou katoa. (Greetings to you all) and you can end with Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. (Therefore, greetings, greetings, greetings).

Basic template

Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko ________Tōku maunga (mountain). 

Ko________Tōku awa/roto/moana (river, lake or sea). 

Nō ________ahau (I am from). 

Ko _________Tōku kura (school). 

Ko _________ingoa whānau (family name). 

Ko __________Tōku matua (father). 

Ko __________ Tōku whaea (mother). 

Ko __________Tōku ingoa (your name). 

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Advanced template

If you are non-Maori some of these questions might be tricky to answer. Adjust as best as you can. Miss Pryde is available for questions and support. 

Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko _________ Tōku maunga (mountain). 

Ko ____________Tōku awa/roto/moana (river, lake or sea). 

Ko ____________Tōku waka (canoe). 

Ko ____________Tōku iwi (tribe). 

Ko ____________Tōku hapū (sub-tribe). 

Ko ____________ Tōku marae. 

No ____________ ahau (I am from)

Kei ____________ Tōku kainga inaianei (I am now from). 

Ko ____________ Tōku kura (school). 

Ko _____________Tōku ingoa whānau (family name). 

Ko ____________Tōku matua (father). 

Ko _____________Tōku whaea (mother). 

Ko ______________Tōku ingoa (your name). 

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Junior Challenge - School Karakia

Materials: Each student will need a copy of E Te Atua

Whole class learning: Learn E Te Atua as a whole class - line by line. 

Follow up activity: To check students know the karakia, get students to cut each line out and glue it in, in order on a piece of paper. 

Extra entry: To get an extra entry in the Māori draw students can stand up in front of class and read the karakia.

 E Te Atua

Homai ki a matou

Te mana

Te mohio

Te aroha

Me te tautoko

Hei manaaki i a matou

Ko Ihu Karaiti 

To matou Ariki

Amene

Challenge #11 - Toku Tinana

Challenge #10 - Our Whakapapa

Seniors: Be creative and design an image to display your family tree.

Juniors: On an EE, draw a picture of the people you live with and label them using the glossary below. You can use a voice bite or a text box. For new entrants, they can start with just their mother and father.

Glossary

Great Grandfather - Tupuna Tāne

Great Grandmother - Tupuna Wāhine

Grandfather - Koroua

Grandmother - Kūia

Mother - Whāea

Father - Mātua

Stepmother - Whaea

Stepfather - Matua

Baby - Pēpi

Grandchild - Mokopuna

Older brother of a boy (e.g. If you're a boy, your older brother) - Tuakana

Older sister of a girl - Tuakana

Younger brother of a boy - Taina

Younger sister of a girl (e.g. If you're a girl, your younger sister) - Taina

Brother of a girl - Tungāne 

Sister of a boy - Tuāhine