Matariki Acrostic Poem

This week for Matariki we have been doing some work, for example my

acrostic poem. By the end of this week we will have to have

at least two activities finished.

My Mihimihi

Mihimihi

Caleb

I am learning to: introduce myself and others, and respond to introductions using my personal information

Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)
Nō Aotearoa ahau (where you are from / Aotearoa*)
Ko Maungakiekie tōku maunga (Mountain)
Ko Manukau Harbour tōku moana (ocean)
Kei Tāmaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei (I now live)
Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*)
Ko Soon tōku whānau (family name)
Ko Justin Soon tōku pāpā (father)
No Samoa ia (Father is from, share diverse backgrounds)
Ko Shari Meredith tōku māmā (mother, ask if maiden or family name)
No Samoa ia (Mother is from, share diverse backgrounds)
Ko Caleb Soon tōku ingoa (your name)
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greeting to us all).

New words

Maori words

Hangi

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  Steps :
  Tradition cooking for New Zealand maori
  You need to dig a big hole
  You also will need a tower of wood with the irons so the irons will heat up
  The will say a prayer to keep the trees safe
  They will dig a hole in the ground about 4 foot deep
  The irons need to be around 700 degrees celsius to be able to cook the food through all the layers
  You should have nicely cooked food
  They will put all the layers of the cloths on the top of the food
  They will wet the cloth
  And take out the embers
  They will put the food into the cages, they will put the cages into the
  They will take out the irons into the bottom of the hole
  After they will put lettuce leaves so the food won’t burn or be a bit smokey
  The foods that are better to cook are Beef, lamb, pork, poultry, potatoes, kumara and green vegetables/ normally watercress
  They do a karakia in maori (usually)
  It is a risk getting the irons into the hole
  You will put 3-4 layers of food and clothes so the food gets nicely cooked.
  Cook for 3 and a half hours
  And then you will carefully take the cages of food out of the hole and into the trailer
  And that’s how you make a Hangi
  
  
  What You Need
• Rakau=wood
  Rino=Irons
  Miti=Meat
  Kapeti=Cabbage
  ika=Fish
  Marama=Lighter
  Kakahu maeneene=Wet cloth
  kete=baskets
  Nga koko= Shovels
  Dirt to cover the cloths

Maori Verbs

In room 6 we have been learning verbs in Maori (action words) The question is 'Kei te aha ia?' which means what is s/he doing.  Ia is the pronoun for both he and she

We have matched  verbs up, filled in crosswords and played Simon Says

Pepeha

Tena Koutou Katoa

No samoa ahau (I am from)

No New Windsor tōku kainga inaianei (Where I live now)

Ko Te Hapara pai te kura (I go to Good Shepherd School)

Ko Justin tōku pāpā (is my Father)

No Samoa ia (From ______, )

Ko Shari, tōku māmā (My mother)

No samoa ia (From ______)

Ko, Caleb tōku ingoa (My name is)