Marae Cultural Significance Worksheet

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.

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Marae illustration showing wharenui and manaia carvings

📖 Pānui | Read Carefully

He wāhi tapu, he wāhi rangatira te marae — he tohu nui o te ahurea Māori. Ko te marae te pūtake o te hapū, o te iwi hoki. I reira ka huihui ngā tāngata mō ngā kaupapa nui o te ao — pērā i ngā tangi, ngā hui, ngā pōwhiri, me ngā wānanga. He wāhi e honoa ai ngā tāngata ki ō rātou tīpuna, ki ō rātou whenua, ki ō rātou reo me ō rātou tikanga.

Ko te marae ātea te wāhi tuatahi e tūtaki ai ngā manuhiri me ngā tangata whenua. He wāhi noa, ā, he wāhi tapu hoki — ko ngā karanga me ngā whaikōrero ka rere i konei. Ka mutu te pōwhiri, ka tūtaki ngā tāngata katoa mā te hongi — ko tērā te tohu o te manaaki me te aroha.

Ko te wharenui te whare matua o te marae. He whare e tū ana hei tohu o te tīpuna — ko ngā kāwai o te wharenui ko ngā ringaringa, ko te tāhuhu ko te tuarā, ko ngā maihi ko ngā māhanga. Nō reira, ka noho ngā tāngata i roto i te tinana o tō rātou tīpuna. Ka kitea hoki ngā whakairo me ngā tukutuku i roto i te wharenui — ko ēnei he kōrero nā ngā mātua tūpuna mō ngā whakapapa me ngā pakiwaitara o te hapū.

Ko te whare kai ōku whare anō o te marae — he wāhi e kai ai ngā tāngata, e kōrero ai, e whanaungatanga ai. Ko te kai he tohu o te manaakitanga — ko tērā tino tikanga nui ki te ao Māori.

I ēnei rā, ka whakamahia tonu te marae hei wāhi ako, hei wāhi wānanga, hei wāhi hoki mō ngā kaupapa ā-hapū. Ka āta tiakina e ngā kaumātua me ngā rangatahi ngā tikanga o te marae kia ora tonu ai te ahurea Māori mō ngā uri whakatipu. Ko te marae te manawa o te hapū — ka ora te marae, ka ora te iwi.

🔵 Wāhanga Tuatahi | Part 1: Whiriwhiri Tika (Multiple Choice)

1. He aha te tikanga o te marae mō te hapū?

He wāhi hoko kai noa iho.

Ko te pūtake o te hapū — he wāhi huihui, wānanga, me te tiaki tikanga.

He wāhi mō ngā tamariki anake.

He wāhi haumaru i te āhua o te rangi.

2. Ko tēhea whare te wāhi e tūtaki ai ngā manuhiri me ngā tangata whenua?

Ko te whare kai.

Ko te wharenui.

Ko te marae ātea.

Ko te whare tapu.

3. He aha e tohu ana ngā whakairo me ngā tukutuku i roto i te wharenui?

He mahi toi noa iho, kāore he tikanga.

Ko ngā whakapapa me ngā pakiwaitara o te hapū.

He tohu mō ngā ture o te kāwanatanga.

He tohu mō te āhua o te rangi.

4. Tīpakohia ngā mahi katoa e tika ana mō te marae. (Tīpakohia ngā katoa e tika ana.)

Pōwhiri mō ngā manuhiri

Tangi

Hoko waka

Wānanga

Hui ā-hapū

✏️ Wāhanga Tuarua | Part 2: Whakautu Poto (Short Answers)

5. He aha te tikanga o te hongi? Whakamāramatia ōu whakaaro.

6. E ai ki te tuhinga, ko te wharenui he tohu o te tīpuna. Whakamāramatia tēnei — he aha ngā wāhanga o te wharenui e hāngai ana ki te tinana o te tīpuna?

7. Ki tō whakaaro, he aha te take e nui ai te manaakitanga i runga i te marae? Whakamahia ōu mōhiotanga ake, ōu wheako rānei.

8. 🌿 Hononga ki Te Taiao: Ko tēhea āhua o Te Taiao (taonga ā-taiao) ka kitea i runga i te marae, ā, he aha tōna tikanga ki tō hapū? Whakamāramatia.

9. Tuhia he rerenga kōrero Māori e whakamārama ana i te tikanga o te marae mō tō hapū. Whakamahia ōu kupu ake.

🖊️ Mahi Toi | Drawing Activity

10. Tīpakohia tētahi wāhi o te marae (pērā i te wharenui, te marae ātea, te whare kai rānei). Tuhia he āhua o taua wāhi, ā, tohua ngā ingoa o ngā wāhanga katoa i roto i te reo Māori.