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Te Reo Whānau Tree

Help Harrison and Mere prepare a whānau tree for a community food bank celebration. Read each clue, practise whānau kupu, and build a tree using the information given. Whānau can include people who care for and support one another.

Whānau kupu

Learn these words before you begin: māmā = mum; pāpā = dad; kuia = grandmother; koroua = grandfather; tuakana = older sibling; teina = younger sibling. Whāea can mean mother, aunt, or another respected older woman, depending on context.

1.Match each Te Reo Māori word to its English meaning.

kuia
koroua
tuakana
teina

younger sibling
older sibling
grandmother
grandfather

2.Georgia is Harrison’s grandmother. Which kupu names Georgia’s relationship to Harrison?

kuia
koroua
teina
pāpā

3.Mere is Harrison’s māmā. Georgia is Mere’s māmā. What is Georgia to Harrison?

4.Use these clues to place the names in the whānau tree: Georgia is Mere’s māmā; Mere is Harrison’s māmā; Harrison has a younger sibling called Tane. Draw or write the four names in order from oldest generation to youngest, and label each relationship to Harrison.

Draw a simple tree for Georgia, Mere, Harrison and Tane. Add branches to show how they are connected. Label the relationships using kuia, māmā and teina.

5.Complete the sentence with the correct kupu: “Ko Mere tōku .” Harrison is speaking, and Mere is his mother.

6.Harrison says, “Ko Tane tōku teina.” What does he mean?

Tane is my younger sibling.
Tane is my grandfather.
Tane is my mother.
Tane is my older sibling.

7.True or false: “Ko Georgia tōku kuia” means “Georgia is my grandmother.”

TrueFalse

8.Use the sentence frame to write about one person who is part of your whānau or support network: “Ko _____ tōku _____.” You may use a made-up name and choose māmā, pāpā, kuia, koroua, tuakana or teina.

9.At the food bank celebration, many people help one another. Name one way a whānau member or trusted person can show care. You may answer in English or use the kupu atawhai (kindness).