Ākona te Tau - Hine Raumati

Taumata 1

The units explore festivities, food and weather that are associated with Summer and each of these themes is supported by a “puna” of traditional Māori literary forms, from which the activities have been derived. Throughout the units there are links to existing resources, and other media that will be useful. Feel free to adapt the units to suit you and your students. There is a broad overview at the beginning of each unit and ideas for assessment are included throughout the units.

Kapa Haka
Summer Food – Kānga
Summer Weather

Kapa Haka

Section	Lesson	Activities	Learning areas
He Atua! He Kōrero!	Te Whakapapa o Tānerore	Learn the whakapapa of Tānerore. Make atua masks. Perform mini whakapapa plays.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi Hangarau
	Hine Takurua rāua ko Hine Raumati	Listen to the story of Hine Takurua rāua ko Hine Takurua. Roll and retell. Haka painting.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Te Whānau a Tamanuiterā	Listen to waiata, Te Whānau a Tamanuiterā. Use the interactive ‘whakaranu puoro’ to create beats for the waiata.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Te Haka a Tānerore	Learn the karakia. Create a haka from the karakia.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	E tū i te tū a Tānerore	Retell the story of Tānerore.	Te Reo Māori
Kapa Haka	Whakaranu Puoro	Use the whakapapa of Tānerore and the ‘whakaranu puoro’ interactive tool to compose a waiata or rap.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Tītī Torea	Make tītī torea. Teach tītī torea to your students and practise locatives e.g. taha matau, taha mauī, mua, runga.	Te Reo Māori Hangarau Ngā Toi
	Story Stones	Make story stones and use them to tell or retell stories.	Te Reo Māori

Summer Food – Kānga

Section	Lesson	Activities	Learning areas
He Atua! He Kōrero!	Te Whakapapa o Rongomātāne	Learn and recite the whakapapa of Rongomātāne. Make a class collage of words and pictures about Rongo.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Ka Pīoioi	Learn the waiata Ka Pīoioi.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Nau mai e Rongo	Learn the karakia Nau mai e Rongo. Play syllable games.	Te Reo Māori
	He kai kei aku ringa	Make a class artwork to represent the whakataukī.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
Kānga	Ngā Kōhine e Toru	Listen to the story Ngā Kōhine e Toru. Make a companion garden in a bucket.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao
	He Kānga te Kai	Make some corn recipes. Have a hākari.	Te Reo Māori Tikanga ā-Iwi Hangarau

Summer Weather

Section	Lesson	Activities	Learning areas
He Atua! He Kōrero!	Te Whakapapa o Tamanuiterā	Learn and recite the whakapapa of Tamanuiterā. Make a whakapapa mobile.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Hine Takurua rāua ko Hine Raumati	Listen to the story, Hine Takurua rāua ko Hine Raumati. Use ‘story lines’ to retell the story as a class. Identify story parts.	Te Reo Māori
	Tākiri ko te Ata	Learn and perform Tākiri ko te Ata as a karakia and a waiata. Language patterns.	Te Reo Māori Ngā Toi
	Ka tō he rā, ka rere he rā	View Māui me te Rā video. Explore ‘day’ and ‘night’. Make a class day night mural.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao
Tamanuiterā	Sunscreen Science	Make hand prints with the black paper, sun and sunscreen.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao
	Making Raisins	Make raisins from grapes.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao
	Make a Sundial	Make and use sundials.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao Hangarau
	What melts in the Sun?	Test different objects to see if they melt in the sun.	Te Reo Māori Pūtaiao