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Tāne Mahuta Whakapapa Learning

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Tāne Mahuta Whakapapa Learning

Tāne Mahuta Whakapapa Learning

Tāne Mahuta and native birds illustration

🌳 Part 1: Whakapapa of Tāne Mahuta

1. Draw a line to match the whakapapa connections:
Io Matua Kore
Papatūānuku
Tāne Mahuta
God of the forest
Supreme being
Earth mother
2. Draw Tāne Mahuta in the box below:
3. Fill in the missing words:

Tāne Mahuta is the atua of the __________ and all the __________ that live there.

🐦 Part 2: Ngā Tamariki a Tāne Mahuta (Children of Tāne)

4. Circle the native New Zealand birds (tamariki a Tāne):

Kiwi

Ruru (morepork)

Rooster

Tūī

Sparrow

5. What sound does a ruru make? Write or draw your answer:
6. Tick all the things that live in Tāne's domain (the forest):

Rākau (trees)

Manu (birds)

Noke (earthworms)

Wai (water)

Hua rākau (fruit)

🪱 Part 3: Caring for Noke (Earthworms)

7. What do we call a worm farm in te reo Māori?

Tai __________ __________

8. Draw what noke like to eat:
9. Why is it important to care for noke? Write your answer:
10. Circle the correct way to feed noke:

Āta kai (gently feed)

Kino kai (roughly feed)

🎵 Part 4: Waiata and Memory

11. Match the te reo Māori words with their English meanings:
Manu
Rākau
Whenua
Waiata
Song
Land
Bird
Tree
12. Draw your favourite tamariki a Tāne (child of Tāne) and write its name:
13. Complete this whakataukī (proverb):

"He aha te mea nui o te ao? He __________, he __________, he __________"

(What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people)

🌿 Part 5: Reflection and Connection

14. How can we show manaakitanga (care) for Tāne's tamariki? Write or draw three ways:
15. What did you learn about whakapapa today?
16. Draw yourself caring for something in nature:

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