Ka Mau te Wehi Unit 15 Te tākaro pā whutupōro – Touch rugby

The purpose of this unit of work is to learn the Māori creation story and other Māori myths and legends. Students will also revise vocabulary around sport.

About this resource

Ka Mau te Wehi Unit 15: Te tākaro pā whutupōro – touch rugby

See Materials that come with this resource to download Unit 15 Te tākaro pā whutupōro playing touch rugby (.pdf).

Learning intentions

In this unit ākonga will:

revise and extend sporting vocabulary
learn to talk about the weather
hear and retell the story of Rangi and Papa
research, learn and retell another Māori legend
learn more kīwaha (idioms).

Success criteria

Before commencing the unit, discuss the learning intentions with ākonga and together agree on appropriate success criteria.

Resources

See Materials that come with this resource to download:

Unit 15 transcripts (.pdf)
Unit 15 Worksheet A (.pdf)
Unit 15 Teacher Sheet A (.pdf)

Activity 1

Learning intention

Ākonga will learn key vocabulary associated with playing sport.

Watch: Unit 15 Scene 1 – A friendly, family touch rugby game

Whānau plays touch rugby together.

Replay the scene, stop it at the end of each sentence, and have ākonga work out what was said. Use the transcripts of the script if necessary. Focus on words and phrases used to organise the team, give direction, to praise, and offer encouragement.

Explain to ākonga that they are going to play a team game where they can score a point each time they use one of the commands below (or another one in Māori) at the right time, as well as when they score a goal. The game could be netball, touch rugby, soccer, hockey, rugby, or basketball. Ask ākonga to brainstorm all the words and phrases they might need and write them on the whiteboard. Ask ākonga to add any other words in English and look up the translations in a Māori dictionary.

These commands might help:

Paohia! – Hit it!
Tukuna! – Serve it! (volleyball) Pass it! (hockey)
Whanaia! - Kick it!
Hopukina! – Catch it! (all ball games)
Makaia! – Pass it! (all hand ball games)
Whiua! – Throw it!
Kōkiritia! – Charge! Drive forward! (cycling/rugby)
Kurua! – Shoot it! Dunk it! (basketball)

Ask ākonga to organise themselves and play the game.

Activity 2

Learning intention

Ākonga will talk about the weather.

Watch: Unit 15 Scene 2 – Discussing the weather

In this video, Koro and Māriu are talking about the weather. Listen to the different types of sentences they use.

Show Teacher Sheet A. Ask ākonga if they know what the following sentences might mean in relation to the weather. See below for English translations.

He rangi ātaahua tēnei.	This is a beautiful day.
He tino makariri i te Wenerei.	It was very cold on Wednesday.
He makariri i Papaioea.	It was cold in Palmerston North.
Kei te heke te ua.	It is raining.

Give ākonga an opportunity to work out what each sentence might say. Ask students to make up other sentences by substituting words for makariri (cold), such as:

wera (hot)
mākū (wet)
mahana (warm)
paki (fine)

Give out Worksheet A to ākonga. Ask them to complete the sheet. When they have finished the sheet, ask ākonga for their answers. Encourage ākonga to read out each weather description.

Answers (Worksheet A)

9	6	5
4	3	2
1	8	7

Ask ākonga to cut the pictures out and stick them in their Wehi books. Write the correct descriptions under each picture.

Activity 3

Learning intention

Ākonga will hear, learn, and retell the story of Ranginui and Papatūānuku.

Replay Unit 15 Scene 2 where Koro says that Ranginui is crying when it starts to rain.

Ask ākonga if they know the Māori story of Rangi and Papa. If someone does, ask one ākonga to tell the story to the class.

Watch: He kōrero whakamārama – Use of “E tangi ana a Ranginui”

This video explains the phrase “E tangi ana a Ranginui – Ranginui is crying,” and tells the story of Ranginui and Papatūānuku.

Read the creation story of Rangi and Papa to ākonga. Organise ākonga to practise telling this story and then retell it to ākonga in the junior classes at your school.

Activity 4

Learning intention

Ākonga will learn another Māori legend and retell it to others.

Provide lots of resources on Māori myths and legends, including picture books, as well as website URLs, for ākonga to choose a legend, learn it, and then retell it to the class or another class.

Ākonga could choose a scene from the story on which to base their artwork.

Activity 5

Learning intention

Ākonga will learn two kīwaha (idioms).

Watch: He kōrero whakamārama – Kīwaha: tē tere hoki!

This kīwaha (idiom) is explained in the video.

Watch: He kōrero whakamārama – Kīwaha: hoki atu, hoki atu!

This kīwaha (idiom) is explained in the video.  

Tē tere hoki!	Not fast at all!
Hoki atu, hoki atu!	Whatever! (You’re repeating yourself, and I don’t want to listen).

Watch: Unit 15 Scene 3 – How fast?

Before you show ākonga Unit 15 Scene 3, where the cousins are talking over lunch, tell them that they need to listen out for the kīwaha.

Have ākonga add these kīwaha to their list in their Wehi books.

Encourage ākonga to watch how the weather is broadcast on Whakaata Māori. Alternatively, you could record the weather over a number of days from the Whakaata Māori channel. Ākonga could watch it in class to help extend their knowledge and vocabulary. Encourage them to look up any new or unfamiliar words.