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  • TOPIC ONE: WHAKAWHANAUNGATANGA                                                      Timeframe: 1 week, 2 lessons

    A famous Māori proverb says, “He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!” (What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people!) Manaakitanga or caring for people is of the utmost importance in te ao Māori. Whakawhanaungatanga is about building relationships, acknowledging people for who they are and trying to make connections. 


    Achievement Objectives:

    Students should be able to:

    1.1 greet, farewell, and acknowledge people and respond to greetings and acknowledgments

    1.2 introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions

    1.6 understand and use simple polite conventions, for example, ways of acknowledging people, expressing regret and complimenting people

    1.7 use and respond to simple classroom language (including asking for the word to express something in te reo Māori).


    Activity 1:

    Learning about your classmates. Finding similarities and differences between your classmates.

    Activity 2:

    This is an intro activity which students can use these 3 sets of basic questions and answers to begin building a connection in their own class. 

    • We will practice saying these sentences using the correct pronunciation and tone.

    • Students will pair up and then ask each other these questions.

    • Students will then move around the classroom and ask 5 other students in the classroom.

    • The final activity is in your pairs they will introduce each other to the classroom using the last 2 sentences in the resources provided.


    Resources:

    Patai: Questions Whakautu: Answers

    Ko wai tō ingoa? What is your name? Ko ...... toku ingoa My name is ........

    No hea koe? Where are you from? No .......... ahau I am from ...........

    Kei hea tō kainga? Where do you live? Kei …..tōku kainga I live in ………...


    Kupu Hou: Word list

    Pronouns (singular)                             Possessives (singular/plural)

    au/ahau I, me                                         taku/aku my, mine

    koe you                                                   to/o your(s)

    ia he/she                                                 tana/ana his or hers


    ingoa name                                             kainga home