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Tohutohu mō te Whakanui i a Matariki

Pānuihia ngā kōrero, kātahi ka whakautu i ngā pātai. Whakamahia ngā kupu Māori ki te taea. Read the information, then answer the questions. Use Māori words where you can.

He mahere mō te hui o Matariki | Planning a Matariki gathering

He wā a Matariki hei maumahara ki ngā mate, hei whakanui i te wā nei, hei whakaaro hoki mō te tau hou. Ka whakarite a Hana rāua ko Wiremu i tētahi hui mā ō rāua whānau. Ka whai rāua i ēnei tohutohu. 1. Kōrero ki tō whānau, ka kōwhiri i te wā me te wāhi mō te hui. 2. Tonoa ngā tāngata, ā, whakaritea he kai hei tohatoha. Pātai atu mēnā he kai kāore e kainga e tētahi. 3. Whakapaipaihia te wāhi ki ngā whetū pepa. Whakaritea he wāhi mahana, haumaru hoki hei hui. 4. I te tīmatanga, mihi ki ngā manuhiri. Kōrero mō te tikanga o Matariki ki tō whānau. 5. Tohaina te kai, waiatahia he waiata, ā, whakarongo ki ngā kōrero a ngā kaumātua. 6. Whakakapia te hui mā te whakatō i tētahi tipu, mā te whakatakoto rānei i tētahi whāinga mō te tau hou. 7. Whakapaihia te wāhi, ka mihi ki te hunga i āwhina.

1.He aha te kaupapa matua o ngā tohutohu? What is the main purpose of the instructions?

Hei whakaatu me pēhea te whakarite hui mō Matariki.
Hei whakaako me pēhea te kimi whetū.
Hei whakamārama me pēhea te tunu kai.

2.He aha te mahi tuatahi a Hana rāua ko Wiremu? What do Hana and Wiremu do first?

3.Ka whakarite a Hana rāua ko Wiremu i te kai mā rāua anake. True or false: Hana and Wiremu prepare food just for themselves.

TrueFalse

4.Whakaōritehia ia kupu Māori ki tōna whakamāramatanga.

mihi
tohatoha
whakapaipai
whāinga

share out
goal
decorate
greet or acknowledge

5.Whakakīia te āputa: “ ki ngā manuhiri” means “Greet the visitors.”

6.He aha i pātai atu ai a Hana rāua ko Wiremu mēnā he kai kāore e kainga e tētahi? Why do they ask whether anyone has food they do not eat?

7.Tuhia kia rua ngā mea ka mahia e te tangata i te wā o Matariki, e ai ki te kōrero. Name two things people do at Matariki, according to the passage.

8.He aha te take ka kōrero mō te tikanga o Matariki ki te whānau i te hui? Whakamāramatia tō whakaaro mā te whakamahi i tētahi kōrero o te pānui. Why might the family talk about what Matariki means to them? Use one detail from the passage.

9.Tuhia ngā tau 1–4 ki te taha o ēnei mahi, kia hāngai ki te raupapa o te pānui: ___ whakapaipaihia te wāhi; ___ mihi ki ngā manuhiri; ___ kōrero ki te whānau mō te wā me te wāhi; ___ tohaina te kai.

10.Tuhia kia toru ngā tohutohu mō tētahi hui o Matariki. Whakamahia ngā kupu mahi pēnei i te kōwhiri, te whakarite, te tohatoha, te mihi, te waiata, te whakatō rānei. Write three clear instructions for a Matariki gathering.