WALT...say the colours with the correct pronounciation
match the Englsh word to the Maori word and complete some fun activities using the Maori Nga Tae
We have been revisiting the Maori colours (Nga Tae) this week. Click on the image to practise your pronunciation. Nga Tae - ('Nga' meaning more than one, gives the plural meaning to a word, ' tae' is the colour')
Here are the words of a beautiful waiata.
Kahurangi the colour of the sky
Kakariki the colour of the grass
And there's Kowhai, the lovely kowhai tree
With its yellow flowers for us to see
Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, nga tae
Ma is white as the whitest, whitest snow
Whero red like the rata flower's glow
Mix them together and what do you think?
You get Mawhero, the colour we call pink.
Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, nga tae
Black is night time and pango is its name
Brown is Uru, purauri means the same
Kiwikiwi is grey like rainy skies
Karaka orange like flames of distant fires
Kahurangi, kakariki, kowhai, nga tae
3 comments:
We have been learning about Maori Language in our classroom. We are lucky to have students that know and speak the language at home but it can be very challenging for some of us! Including the teacher! We are trying to create some language lesson videos at our school to help us.
Mr Webb and Room 8, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton.
Hi there,
My sons preschool are doing this waiata at the moment and I was wondering if you knew where I could get some sheet music or a recording? Good luck with the great work. Thanks, Juliet
Kia Ora Jules,
I'm pretty sure the song originated from Addington Primary School in Christchurch, maybe if you contact them they may be able to help with the shhet music and definately recordings.
I have been singing this to my kids for years now, but always 4got the (mawhero section), which is why i googled it and found this blog!...lol.
Good luck! Naku Noa Wahinetoa.
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