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Matariki Worksheet

Read the short passage, then complete each activity. Use the Māori words and clues in the passage to help you.

Pānuitia | Read

Ko Matariki te ingoa Māori mō te kāhui whetū e kīia ana ko Pleiades. I Aotearoa, he tohu te putanga mai o Matariki i te ata hāpara mō te tīmatanga o te tau hou Māori. He wā tēnei hei maumahara ki te hunga kua mate, hei whakanui i ngā mea kei a tātou, ā, hei titiro whakamua. E hono ana ngā whetū o Matariki ki te taiao. Ka tiaki a Tupuānuku i ngā kai e tupu ana i te whenua, ā, ka tiaki a Tupuārangi i ngā kai o runga, pērā i ngā manu me ngā hua rākau. E hono ana a Waitī ki ngā wai māori, a Waitā ki te moana, a Waipunarangi ki te ua, a Ururangi ki ngā hau, ā, a Pōhutukawa ki te hunga kua mate. Ko ngā wawata ka whakaarohia i te tīmatanga o te tau, ā, ka tukuna ki a Hiwa-i-te-rangi. Ka kitea ngā ingoa me ngā kōrero mō ngā whetū i roto i ngā tikanga rerekē o ngā iwi.

Ngā mahi | Activities

Whakamahia ngā kōrero i runga ake nei hei whakaoti i ngā mahi.

1.Whiriwhiria te whakautu tika: He aha te ingoa Māori o Matariki e tohu ana?

He whetū kotahi e tohu ana i te raumati.
He kāhui whetū e kīia ana ko Pleiades.
He ingoa mō te moana o Aotearoa.
He hau e pupuhi ana i te takurua.

2.E ai ki te pānui, he aha te tohu o te putanga mai o Matariki i te ata hāpara?

3.Tuhia te reta o te hononga tika ki te taha o ia ingoa whetū.

1. Tupuānuku
2. Waipunarangi
3. Waitī
4. Hiwa-i-te-rangi

B. Ngā wai māori
D. Ngā wawata
C. Ngā kai e tupu ana i te whenua
A. Te ua

4.Pānuitia te kōrero: “Ka tiaki a Waitā i ngā wai māori.” He pono, he kāore rānei tēnei kōrero? Whakatikahia te kōrero mēnā e hē ana.

TrueFalse

5.Whakaotia te rerenga ki te kupu tika: “Ka tukuna ngā ki a Hiwa-i-te-rangi.”

6.I roto i te rerenga “Ka tukuna ngā wawata ki a Hiwa-i-te-rangi”, he aha te tikanga o te kupu “wawata”?

Ngā mea e tino hiahia ana, e tūmanako ana rānei tātou
Ngā kai o te moana
Ngā whetū e kitea ana i te awatea
Ngā hau kaha

7.Whakamāramatia te take e whai tikanga ai a Matariki hei wā maumahara, whakanui, me te titiro whakamua.

8.Ko tēhea whetū e hono ana ki ngā hau? Tuhia tōna ingoa Māori.

9.Whakamahia te tīmatanga rerenga “Ko taku wawata mō te tau hou, ko…” hei tuhi i tētahi wawata mō te tau hou. Ka taea te tuhi i te reo Māori, i te reo Pākehā rānei.

10.E ai ki te pānui, he ōrite ngā ingoa me ngā kōrero mō ngā whetū o Matariki ki ngā iwi katoa? Tuhia he rerenga hei tautoko i tō whakautu.