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 pupils define and write a general meaning for each place 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     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. Do you have a lesson you would like to share with other teachers? Simply email us an attached Word, Works or PDF file and we will add it to our library. Don't forget to include your name and school so we can acknowledge your work. Click on the email icon below.