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Whakapapa Connections Worksheet

Read the short passage, then answer the questions. Whakapapa connects people with their ancestors, whānau, places and the natural world. Share only information you are comfortable sharing; you may use the fictional example instead.

Pānui — Read

At a kiwi recovery project, Zoe, Ari and Ana are learning how people and places are connected. Their guide explains: “Whakapapa tells of relationships and connections across generations. It can connect people to tūpuna (ancestors), whānau (family), whenua (land) and the natural world. Each whānau may share its whakapapa in its own way. Listen respectfully, and ask before sharing someone else’s personal stories.” The group makes a fictional connection map for a kiwi called Kōtare. Kōtare’s map links the kiwi to the ngahere (forest) where it lives, the stream that provides water, and the people who help protect its habitat. The map is a learning example, not anyone’s real whakapapa.

1.According to the guide, name two kinds of connections whakapapa can show.

2.Match each te reo Māori word to its meaning: tūpuna, whenua, ngahere.

tūpuna
whenua
ngahere

ancestors
land
forest

3.Why did the group make a connection map for Kōtare?

To show links between the kiwi, its habitat and the people caring for it
To record a real person’s private family history
To list every kiwi in Aotearoa

4.The passage says every whānau shares its whakapapa in exactly the same way.

TrueFalse

5.The Māori word for family is .

6.Ari wants to tell a visitor a story about another person’s family. What should Ari do first, according to the guide?

7.Use the map space to show Kōtare’s connections from the passage. Include Kōtare, the ngahere, the stream and the people protecting the habitat. Draw lines between connected things and label at least two links. This is a fictional example.

Use the space for your map. You may draw the fictional Kōtare example or, if you choose, show connections that you are comfortable sharing.

8.How might caring for a kiwi habitat help protect connections between people and the natural world? Give one reason.

9.Choose one word from the passage—whakapapa, tūpuna, whānau, whenua or ngahere. Write its meaning and explain one connection it helped you notice.