The Legend of Te Arohuruhuru

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For Maori Language Week, We had to find a Maori Legend, and Illustrate the Legend. We found the Legend of Te Arohuruhuru. It is a very sad story, about how Te Arohuruhuru committed suicide.

Here is how the story goes :

There was once an old man who was married to a very beautiful woman named Te Arohuruhuru. One night, he woke up. Te Arohuruhuru's cloak had slipped off, displaying her naked body. He thought she looked so beautiful that he called some friends over so he could kinaki (brag) and show them his beautiful wife's body. While they were staring at her, She woke up. She was very whakama (embarrassed). The next day, she put on all her jewellery and her best korowai ( cloaks) . She combed her lovely long hair, and put two feathers in it. Then she went to a cliff near the village. Her husband would go under this cliff on his way back from fishing. When her husband's fishing canoe was nearly under the cliff, Te Aro Huruhuru started to sing. The song was about her husband embarrassing

her. As her husband's cone went past, She jumped from the cliff. From that day on, The Cliff has been called Te Rerenga o Te Aro Huruhuru, Or Suicide Point, And this point is out at Akitio

Matariki Actvities

Acrostic Poem :

M - is for

Many stars sparkling in the sky.

A - is for

April, the stars of Matariki disappear in  late April.

T - is for

The stars appear again in the winter (in late May or early June).

A - is for

A new beginning, Matariki symbolizes a  new year, a new beginning.

R - is for

Ritual crops were planted during Matariki to please the gods Uenuku, Rongo & Whiro.

I - is for

In the months before Matariki, the Tui, Kereru & Kaka were plump and juicy from eating forest berries.

K - is for

Kites, Matariki is a time for making & flying kites.

I - is for

It is a time to make plans for the future, and to forgive and forget problems of the past.

My DLO:

Maori Mihimihi

Maori Greetings

Here is a video of Kilistina and I, Having a Maori Conversation.

Maori Words:-)

My Maori

My Maori Design and the Meaning

Ngaru - This design represents the cutting of the waves when the waka travelled.

Maori  Mihimihi Words                 

Ko (name) tōku ingoa   -  My name is

Ko (name) tōku māmā  -  My mother’s name is

Ko (name) tōku pāpā  -    My father's name

Ko (name) tōku nanny  -   My grandma’s name

Ko (name) tōku koro  - My grandpa’s name

Ko (name) tōku iwi -  

Kei (placename) tōku kāinga - My Place Name

Ka haere au ki te Kōhanga Reo/kura o (name)  - Ka haere au ki te St. Pius X Catholic School.

Anei te miraka            Here is the milk

Ko Sonya toku ingoa

Ko Maria toku mama

Ko Sonny toku Papa

Ko Siniva toku Nana

Ko Timu  toku Koro

Ko Samoa toku iwi

Kei Glen Innes toku kainga

Ka Haere au ki te St. Pius X  Catholic School

Maori Words

For Maori, we had to Match Maori(related to God words) to English.Match these Maori Words

1. Te Whanau	elderly woman 8
2.Matamua	grandparents 7
3.Tuakana	father/parent 6
4. Te Karaiti	mother 5
5. Whaea	Christ 4
6. Tupuna	older brother/other sister 3
7. Kuia	firstborn 2
8. Kaumatua	The family 1

A Haka Ma

This a video of Room 3 singing the Maori alphabet. A E I O U are the vowels. Check this out.        

My Mihimihi