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Māori Gardening Vocabulary

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Māori Gardening Vocabulary

Māori Gardening Vocabulary

Māori garden with traditional plants and tools

🌱 Part 1: Vocabulary Matching

1. Match the Te Reo Māori words with their English meanings:
1. māra
2. tipu
3. hoe
4. otaota
5. kōhatu
6. wai
A. water
B. plant/grow
C. garden
D. stone/rock
E. spade/hoe
F. weeds

🛠️ Part 2: Garden Tools and Actions

2. Circle the correct Te Reo Māori word for each garden tool:

Spade:

hoe

kūha

tīpune

Fork:

wai

kūha

māra

3. Check all the gardening actions below:

keri (dig)

whakatō (plant/sow)

kōhatu (stone)

wai (water)

tipu (grow)

📝 Part 3: Fill in the Blanks

4. Complete these sentences using the vocabulary words from the box:

Word Bank: māra, tipu, hoe, wai, keri, whakatō

a) He nui te ________ i te māra. (The plant is big in the garden.)

b) I te ________, ka whakatō au i ngā kākano. (In the garden, I plant the seeds.)

c) Me ________ te whenua ki te whakatō. (We must dig the soil to plant.)

d) He ________ māku ki te keri. (I have a spade to dig.)

e) Me whakangahau te ________ ki ngā tipu. (We must give water to the plants.)

🎨 Part 4: Draw and Label

5. Draw a simple garden scene and label 4 items using Te Reo Māori words:
6. Write one sentence in Te Reo Māori about what you like to do in a garden:

Start with: I te māra, ka... (In the garden, I...)

🗣️ Part 5: Conversation Practice

7. Complete this conversation between two friends about gardening:

Aroha: Kia ora! He aha tāu mahi i te māra? (Hi! What do you do in the garden?)

Tane: Kia ora! Ka ________ au i ngā otaota. (Hi! I ________ the weeds.)

Aroha: He pai! He aha ngā ________ nei? (Good! What are these ________?)

Tane: He kūmara ēnei. Me ________ ki a rātou. (These are kumara. We must ________ them.)

8. Write your own question about gardening in Te Reo Māori:

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