Tafoe O!
Every Sunday, a group of Tokelau adults and children meet in Wellington to pass on cultural knowledge.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Reading year level: 4
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: action songs, aganuku, belonging, carving, church, community, culture, dance, design, faith, fakatuatua, foe, generations, identity, kaulotu, learning, lotokaiga, lyrics, Pacific, paddles, performing, practice, song, tafoe, teaching, Tokelau, toki, traditions
Tafoe O!
Words by Hio Kelemete
Recently, artist and master carver Paulino Tuwhala guided the group through the task of carving foe (paddles), which they used to perform a tafoe (dance).
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School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Inside this School Journal are two articles (The Plastic-free Challenge; Tafoe O!), two stories (A Waste of Space; Baskets of Fire), one poem (Plastic Planet).
1 of 5A Waste of Space
"Warning!” said the ship’s computer. “Impact in –” Bang! Something slammed into the ship. Mia and Tane were thrown across the flight deck."
2 of 5Baskets of Fire
“Baskets of Fire” is a pakiwaitara – a traditional Māori story that explains natural phenomena or why something is the way it is.
3 of 5Plastic Planet
"Plastic raincoats, plastic rain. Plastic in our hearts and brains. Long after we’ve come and gone, our plastic footprints will live on."
4 of 5The Plastic-Free Challenge
When the room 5 students at Motueka South School saw a video about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they were inspired to take action.
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