This week for mahi, I learnt Maori words for places that I live next to. For example, the Maori name for Mt Wellington is Maungarei.
After i found the Maori names for the places I live next to, I had to trace pictures of the places that I live next to. I thought this activity was difficult because i found it challenging to figure out when to use poly-lines or curve.
To lean the teachings of our tupuna ancestors and the history of new Zealand native people and their land.
This week we went to the Auckland museum. We watched a movie. This movie told us what to do when we got to the museum. When we got there we looked at the weapons in the Maori war. We went into the the whare.
After we learnt about some weapons we had to find two small weapons and two long weapons. We also found what the name was for the museum, what hill is the museum on and what is the whera. Then we learnt some moves with the tahia.
.Hotunui was the name for the whare.
.The name for the museum was called Tamaki Paenga Hira.
. The name for hill is called Pukawa.
. The name for the two small weapons are patit and mere.
. The name for the two long weapon are tahia and tefafa.
Today we watched a kapa haka group perform for the school.
The first thing that happened was that they did an entrance ceremony and then started to perform. When they entered they used a conch to let the people know they are coming. Then they would introduce weapons and tools during a song and dance.
The last thing my class did was play a Maori game called Maui and Matua with Matua Ngarimu. We used the rakau's and we would have to move to the left if they said Maui but if they say Matau we would move right.
We thanked the kapa haka group by the boys from our kapa haka group performing the haka.
This week we finished two tasks.
Our first task was called Maori Names - Toru. When we were translating Maori names there are letters that change in the Maori alphabet. For example J - h, d-t, d and l- r, and v-w. Some names I learnt was: Hone is john, and Hana is Hanah.
Our last task was called Maori Conversations. This task was about translating different conversations. For example, "Tena koutou katoa" is "Greetings to you all"; and "Ko John toku ingoa" is "My name is john.
I had fun doing this task.
This week we translated place names.
The first thing I did was matching the words I knew. For example Mt Richmond is Otuhuhu. Then I used the Maori dictionary to help me figurout the other places. For example One Tree Hill is Maungakiekie.
I really enjoyed doing this task and learning how to say place in Maori.
This week we translated people names.
We matched the English words to Maori words. When we were traslating people names some letters were changed. For example Hakopa is Jacob and Haimona is Simon. We had to do the name we knew first.
After that we use the Maori dictionary to figure out the Maori words we didn't know.
LI.To traslate people names.
This week for Maori we translated body parts in Maori.
We highlighted the words on the list we know and the one we didn't know we left it blank.
I didn't highlight any words because I didn't know any of them. This helps me so when we do our body song I know how to say the body parts in Maori.
My name is Taua. I am Tongan. I am 11 years old. I have one sister and one brother. The sports I play are rugby and tag. My favourite hobbies at school are sports and math. I love eating food. My favourite food is fried rice with pork. My goal for this year is to work hard.
