Writing a Pepeha

Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i Te Reo Māori – Kura Auraki Curriculum Guidelines for Teaching and Learning Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schools: Years 1-13 1.4 Communicate about personal information, such as name, parents’ and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapū, mountain, and … Read More

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Kaitiakitanga and Matariki

Guardianship, stewardship, protection, preservation of taonga. In Te Ao Māori there lies a deep relationship between humans and the natural world. All life is connected. Everything has a “mauri” or life force. A stream has a mauri that enables fish … Read More

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Flips and flaps

I have always loved putting a “flap” on top of pictures,words puzzles etc. This is one of the pages in a “Ngā tae” colour scrapbook I made. It is one of the large scrappies and every page has a compilation … Read More

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Matariki 2016

Ngā mihi mō te tau hōu Māori! My favourite time of year and I’m glad to say this post is very late because I have been  staying on a marae, (over) eating Māori kai,  and doing all those things that … Read More

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