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Tūwharetoa Taiopenga Kapa Haka Festival

O-a-tia gave us the reason to attend the 2023 Taiopenga held in the Taupo. The song was worked on during the year and was sung for the first time by t…

Combining Patterns and Culture

Room 13 learnt about beats, loops, teamwork, and rhythm whilst working with Māori rākau to create a short musical piece to Tutira mai. Māori used thes…
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Towel poe

Towel poe, too rang e, why rack ey.

Can’t recognise these? These are place names we say all of the time! What if it was written as Taupō, Turangi or …

Making Connections

To be a kaitiaki (guardian) of an environmental area you need to be active and connected to it because the land is a taonga (treasure). But what does …

Exploring Māori Tikanga and the of Gifting Pounamu

Pounamu holds a special place in Māori culture, symbolising the connections between people, their ancestors, and the land. To make the learning experi…

Matariki nine stars

As part of learning about Matariki, the students of Room 7 searched deeper into the meaning of the nine stars that are part of the Matariki cluster.
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Ngā Timatanga Hou - New Beginnings

Matariki signals the start of the Maori New Year. Reflecting, setting goals and making plans for the future are part of  the mahi that is done during …
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Learning Traditional Māori Stories

Traditional Māori stories or pūrākau are taonga (treasures). They are stories with magical elements that have been passed down orally from generation …
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To Tatou Maunga Kaha - Our Mighty Mountain

Our pepeha is a taonga because it gives us a deeper connection to our whenua and ancestry. Learning and understanding our pepeha is a way of celebrati…

Dragons, Dragons, Dragons!

The dragons in the Ready to Read book Dragons, Dragons, Dragons! by Feana Tu’akoi felt a bit lonely and sad. They realised they needed to make new fri…

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