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Matariki Food and Stars

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Matariki Food and Stars

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📚 Wāhanga 1: Kupu me ngā Whetū (Multiple choice & matching)

Success criteria: I can whakahua (say) the star names, choose the correct answer, and draw a line to match each star to its mahi. Panui haere (read aloud) with one short pause. Ka noho pārekareka, kotahi kaupae i te wā.

1. Ko tēhea te mahi a Tupuānuku i ngā kōrero mō Matariki?

He tiaki kai whenua — ngā hua me ngā huawhenua

He tiaki mō te moana — ika me ngā ika waka

He whetū e tohu ana i ngā moemoeā (wishes)

2. Honoa ngā ingoa wātea ki tā rātou tikanga (draw a line to match):
1. Tupuānuku
2. Tupuārangi
3. Waitī
4. Hiwa-i-te-rangi
A. kai i roto i ngā rākau me ngā manu (forest & birds)
B. kai nō te whenua (kumara, huawhenua)
C. kai nō ngā wai māori (ika/wai ranei)
D. whetū mō ngā hiahia me ngā moemoeā (wishes)
3. Tirohia ngā kōwhiringa tika — He aha ngā kai e whakamahia ai i ngā hui Matariki? (Tirohia ngā katoa e tika ana)

Ika

Huawhenua (tānerua, kūmara)

Parāoa / rewana

Hākari whakarite (kai pēke/kaimoana katoa)

✏️ Wāhanga 2: Panui, Tuhituhi, Pāngarau me te Toi

Success criteria: Ka pānuihia te panui mō te 2–3 hēkona ia wehenga, ka tuhi rerenga poto i te reo Māori, ka tohu ngā nama mai i te 1 ki te 12 mō te pāngarau, me te whakarārangi ngā ingoa whetū. Whakaaro iti, mahi āta, ka mahia te mahi toi (colouring) kia māngai ngawari.

4. Pānui (Panui haere): Panuihia tēnei panui, kātahi ka whakautu.

Panui: "I te wā o Matariki ka whakanui mātou. Ka tiakina e Tupuānuku ngā kai nō te whenua. Ka tunu mātou ika, kumara me ngā huawhenua. Ka waiata tātou, ka tākaro, ka whakapātaritari mō ngā moemoeā."

He aha ngā kai i tuhia i roto i te panui?
5. Tuhituhi: Tuhia he rerenga poto i te reo Māori e kī ana ko wai te tiaki kai (Tupuānuku). (Panui haere, ka tuhituhi)
6. Pāngarau / Dot-to-dot: Tātai ngā nama 1 ki te 12 kia hono. Ka oti te hono, tāia te ata o te ika. E hia ngā whetū katoa?
7. Toi / Mahi karakara: Tāia, tākai, ka tae tō pouaka kai mō Matariki — whakauruhia ngā whetū (whakamahia ngā tae). Tāpiri ngā ingoa whetū e 3 (he iti nei).

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