Term 1 Week 2

Achievement Objectives:

1.4 communicate about personal information such as name, parents and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapū, mountains, and river, or home town and place of origin

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• identify the whenua & landmarks that are significant to the place which a chosen ancestor originated from
• compose a meaningful pepeha that connects them to their ancestors and the whenua from which they cane.
• Recite their pepeha

Pepeha

Pepeha is a way of introducing yourself in te ao Māori. A pepeha connects you to your ancestors and the whenua that they came from. It identifies important places like the maunga, awa, waka, iwi, hapū and marae to which you are connected

This week you will research your own pepeha that will connect you to your ancestors to the whenua from which they came and the significant landmarks that were important to them. 

Mihimihi Kupu List

Take time to learn and practise using these kupu Māori

KUPU:

mihi                 acknowledgement         tikanga            custom
Atua                 God                                kaikarakia        person who says prayer
hunga mate     the deceased                hunga ora        the living
pepeha            tribal saying                    maunga           mountain     
awa                  river                                 iwi                   tribe                             
koe                  you (1)                              kōrua               you (2)                            
koutou             you (2+)                          hoa mahi         work mates
whāea             mother, aunt, polite term for older woman 
matua              polite term for older man