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Challenge your pupils to use their atlas to find New
Zealand towns, rivers, regions, mountains and other geographic features that have
Maori names that include any of the following Maori words in any combination.
Using the 'meanings chart', have students define and write a general meaning for each
place or feature found.
tara • |
peak |
kapua • |
clouds |
paonga toi • |
fern root |
wai • |
water |
rangi • |
sky/heavens |
Ao • |
world of |
naki • |
to move with even motion |
koura • |
crayfish |
maunga • |
mountain |
nui • |
big or plenty of |
rua • |
two or hole |
kai • |
food or to eat |
kato • |
to flow |
pehu • |
to explode |
whanga • |
harbour |
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Pupils now make pin 'signposts' indicating
the meaning of each town or city found and place on a large wall map of Aotearoa
New Zealand.
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