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Ngāti Whakaue Tīpuna Stories
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Ngāti Whakaue Tīpuna Stories
🏛️ Part 1: Listening to Our Tīpuna
1. Circle the marae you heard about in the story:
Te Papaiouru Marae
Ohinemutu Marae
Tamatekapua Marae
2. What is a tīpuna?
An ancestor
A house
A song
3. Check all the things you might find at a marae:
Wharenui (meeting house)
Wharekai (dining hall)
Ātea (courtyard)
Shopping mall
🎨 Part 2: Draw Your Connection
4. Draw a picture of something special from the tīpuna story you heard:
5. Draw your whānau or someone special to you:
📝 Part 3: Kupu Māori (Māori Words)
6. Fill in the missing letters for these important Māori words:
M _ _ _ E (meeting place)
T Ī P _ _ _ (ancestor)
W H _ K _ P _ P _ (family connections)
K _ U M Ā T _ _ (elder)
7. Match the Māori words with their English meanings:
1. Marae
2. Waiata
3. Karakia
4. Whānau
A. Prayer or blessing
B. Song
C. Family
D. Meeting place
⏰ Part 4: Our Timeline
8. What comes first in our timeline? Circle the correct answer:
Our tīpuna (ancestors)
Us today
Our future children
9. Write or draw one thing you learned about Ngāti Whakaue today:
10. How did the kaumātua story make you feel? Draw or write:
🌟 Part 5: Reflection
11. What is one way you can show manaakitanga (caring for others)?
12. Complete this sentence: "My whakapapa connects me to ________________"
13. Circle how you felt during today's storytelling:
Happy 😊
Curious 🤔
Proud 💪
Peaceful ☮️
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