Taki tahi – Over one under one
This poem is about a group of weavers skilfully working together to create a sail. As they weave, they talk about a range of things from MasterChef to Māui.
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Series: Connected
Taki tahi – Over one under one
Words by Briar Grace-Smith
Illustrations by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
In this poem, a group of weavers work together to create a sail, sharing stories ranging from MasterChef to Māui, then celebrating the completion of their work and watching with awe as the sail fills with wind and whisks a waka across the sea.
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Connected Level 2 2024 - Woven Taonga
This Level 2 Connected resource explores themes of mātauranga Māori, navigation, technology, and taonga. All three texts explore the weaving skills required to create a traditional Māori sail.
1 of 3Te Rā – The Last of Its Kind
This interview discusses the significance of Te Rā, a Māori sail used for travelling the awa and moana around Aotearoa.
2 of 3Tahu and the Dancing Feathers
This story is set in a kāinga beside an estuary in the 1880s. Tahu longs to help weave a new sail for the fishing waka.
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