Ika a Whiro
Under a moonless sky, two armoured warriors creep from tree burrows, long antennae sensing a challenger nearby.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 2 August 2019
Reading year level: 4
Topics: adaptation, battle, combat, environment, habitat, insects, language, nocturnal, poem, poetry, Tāne, te ao Māori, te reo Māori, traditional stories, verse, wētā, Whiro
Ika a Whiro
Words by Kelly Joseph
Illustration by Simon Waterfield