Weekly outline

  • Course Outline

    E ngā tore kaihuruhuru o te kura waenganui o Mission Heights, nau mai, haere mai ki te taumata tiketike o te reo Maori! Ko Matua Anthony ahau. Ko tōku hiahia, he tino ngahau ā tātou haerenga ki te whakapakari ō koutou reo Māori i tēnei tau. Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui!

    Welcome to year 10 Te Reo Māori! The aim of this course is to strengthen your understanding of tikanga Māori and improve your ability to communicate in te reo Maori. I am sure we will enjoy our journey together this year. If you need any help or have any queries please do not hesitate to email akeung@mhjc.school.nz or visit me in mountains whānau (M10).

    Ngā mihi nui

    Matua Anthony

    TOPICS                                                     Weeks              Hours

    1. Whakawhanaungatanga                 1                       2

    2. Mihimihi                                           4                       8

    3. Whānau                                            8                     16

    4. Tōku kainga                                     12                    24

    5. Marae & Pōhwiri                              15                    30

                                                         Total      40                    80


  • 3 February - 9 February

    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


  • 10 February - 16 February

    TOPIC 2: MIHIMIHI                                  Time frame: 5 weeks, 10 lessons


    Tikanga Māori - Inoi / Karakia/ Mihimihi/ Waiata tautoko

    In Te Ao Māori karakia are ritual chants invoking spiritual guidance and protection. They are performed in every aspect of life. For example: welcoming the dawn and farewelling the day, to ensure a safe journey, blessing food, carving a wharenui etc. With the introduction of Christianity to New Zealand in the 19th Century, new karakia were written to acknowledge the Christian God and Jesus Christ.


    Similarly in most gatherings (hui) it is customary for a person to welcome everyone that is attending by performing a mihi whakatau. Following the mihi a waiata is sung in support of the person who welcomed everyone. In class this year all students will learn waiata and how to give a mihi whakatau.


    Achievement Objectives:

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

    1.5 communicate about location

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

    3.1 communicate, including comparing and contrasting, about habits, routines and customs

    Activity:

    In following tikanga Māori, at the beginning and end of each class, everyone will stand and recite the karakia together. To begin with, students will repeat each line of the karakia after the teacher until they are able to remember the words and perform it comfortably on their own.

    Following the karakia timatanga, a class member will stand and perform a mihi whakatau to welcome everyone to class. This will be followed by a waiata tautoko performed by the whole class.


    Success Criteria

    By the end of the unit you should be able to:

    • describe the when mihi usually occurs

    • describe the common speaking order

    • name the things/people that get acknowledged in a mihi

    • know what a pepeha is and be familiar with either their own or the school pepeha

    • know what a pepeha is and be familiar with either their own or the school pepeha

    • know a range of standard acknowledgements 

    KUPU:

    mihi                 acknowledgement   tikanga            custom

    hunga mate     the deceased          hunga ora        the living

    pepeha            tribal saying             maunga           mountain     

    awa                  river                           iwi                   tribe                             

    kōrua               you (2)                       hoa mahi         work mates

    koutou             you (2+)                    whāea             mother, aunt, polite term for older woman 

    matua              polite term for older man



  • 17 February - 23 February

  • 24 February - 1 March

  • 2 March - 8 March

  • 9 March - 15 March

  • 16 March - 22 March

  • 23 March - 29 March

  • 30 March - 5 April

  • 6 April - 12 April

  • 13 April - 19 April

  • 20 April - 26 April

  • 27 April - 3 May

  • 4 May - 10 May

  • 11 May - 17 May

  • 18 May - 24 May

  • 25 May - 31 May

  • 1 June - 7 June

  • 8 June - 14 June

  • 15 June - 21 June

  • 22 June - 28 June

  • 29 June - 5 July

  • 6 July - 12 July

  • 13 July - 19 July

  • 20 July - 26 July

  • 27 July - 2 August

  • 3 August - 9 August

  • 10 August - 16 August

  • 17 August - 23 August

  • 24 August - 30 August

  • 31 August - 6 September

  • 7 September - 13 September

  • 14 September - 20 September

  • 21 September - 26 September

  • 28 September - 4 October

  • 5 October - 11 October

  • 12 October - 18 October

  • 19 October - 25 October

  • 26 October - 1 November

  • 2 November - 8 November

  • 9 November - 15 November

  • 16 November - 22 November

  • 23 November - 29 November

  • 30 November - 6 December

  • 7 December - 13 December

  • 14 December - 20 December