Hautapu
Hautapu
Mānawatia a Matariki
This lesson focuses on the entire Hautapu ceremony. Over the past few weeks, students have been learning about the different components of the Hautapu. They will now apply these learnings to a roleplay Hautapu at kura.
See the “About this resource” box below to download resources:
- Mahere-Ako-14-Hautapu-Māori.pdf
- Mahere-Ako-14-Hautapu-English.pdf
Kawenga Mahi
Task
Start this lesson with the Kahoot game before watching the Living By The Stars Video.
Students must make preparations for a Hautapu ceremony at school celebrating Matariki.
Once preparations have been decided, students will roleplay the Hautapu ceremony.
Here are some prompts to help you get started:
How will you organise the Hautapu at your kura?
Things to sort out:
- Who will do the karakia?
- Will there be a group of you?
- As you saw at the Official Hautapu ceremony there were kaikaranga - who will do this?
- What food will you prepare for the hautapu?
- Where will you perform the Hautapu? On a hilltop? On the field? On a roof?
- Where will you face to perform the Hautapu? To the eastern sky? To the western sky?
- What will be the order of karakia/karanga?
- Who will you invite to your Hautapu?
- What roles will your manuhiri play? Do they have a job to fulfil within the Hautapu ceremony?
- What clothes will you wear?
- How will you practice the karakia and karanga?
- What date will you perform the Hautapu? Why this date?
Kahoot Questions
- Whakamāramahia mai te tikanga o te kōrero, “Ko te pā kairiri o te tohunga ko te karakia”?
- Mā te karakia koe e ārahi.
- He kahupeka te karakia hei ārai i te tohunga.
- Mā te karakia te tohunga e whakaora, he rite ki te rākau riri a Tū.
- He aha te karakia?
- He kupu nā te tohunga ki ōna atua, ki ōna kaitiaki.
- He huarahi e ea ai ngā wawata.
- He whakaari.
- He mahi hei mahi mā te tohunga anake.
- E ai ki a Tā Pou Temara i te ataata, ko ngā karakia e hāngai ana ki ēnei rangi moroki nei anake hei karakia mā tātau
- Tika
- Teka
- Ko ēhea kai i raro iho nei ngā kai e hāngai ana ki a Waitī?
- Tuna
- Tāmure
- Wātakirīhi
- Wheke
- Ko ēhea kai i raro iho nei ngā kai e hāngai ana ki a Tupu-ā-rangi?
- Tītī
- Kūmara
- Hua rākau
- Kōura
- Ko ēhea ngā whetū heri kai mai?
- Tupu-ā-rangi, Waitī, Pōhutukawa, Waitā
- Waitā, Waitī, Hiwa-i-te-rangi, Tupu-ā-nuku
- Tupu-ā-nuku, Waitā, Waitī, Waipunarangi
- Waitī, Waitā, Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi
- Ko ngā kai o ngā whetū heri kai mai anake ngā kai e whakaaetia ana i tō te umu kohukohu whetū?
- Tika
- Teka
- Me whakatū tō umu kohukohu whetū i te aranga i te rā.
- Tika
- Teka
- Me mātua tae tētehi tohunga e tutuki ai tō hautapu.
- Tika
- Teka
- “Matariki tāpuapua”
- Matariki, te ua māturuturu o te hōtoke
- Matariki, te wāhanga kohikohi o te tau
- Matariki, e kai tahi nei ngā whānau
- Matariki mātaotao
- “Matariki kāinga kore”
- Matariki e neke tonu nei
- Matariki e kitea ana i te kāinga
- Matariki, te kāinga o ngā whetū
- “Ka rere ngā purapura o Matariki”
- Ka rewa a Matariki, ka rere te huka
- Ka rewa a Matariki, ka puāwai ngā rākau
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About this resource
Wāhanga Ako: Te Reo Māori, Tikanga ā-Iwi, Ngā mahi a Rēhia
Taumata: Taumata 6, Taumata 7, Taumata 8
Whāinga Ako: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the components of the Hautapu ceremony and process through roleplay.
Rauemi: Powerpoint, Video, Kahoot, Worksheet
Kaupapa: Te Mātahi o te Tau Matariki Ahunga Nui
Kohinga: Mānawatia a Matariki