Melville Intermediate - Maori Hand Games Lesson

Te Maori Ringaringa Kemu
Step One: You need five or more in a group.  The group forms a circle.
Step Two: to start the game you use the words below in a beat pattern.
Words:
Atawhai mai aku ringa
Hand Action:
Slap both hands on your knees and then clap your hands together.  Continue this in a rhythm.
Here are the words to use next in the game:
Pukana hi Pukana ha
Pukana, Pukana, Pukana, Pukana.
Step Three: the first person to start will say:
Words:
Pukana hi Pukana ha
Hand Action:
Clap facing towards the person to your right and go around the whole group first. 
Step Four: to get someone out you use these words:
Aue hi, Au ha pukana
Hand Action:
The right hand is a fist pointed to anyone in the group.  You left hand is across your chest.  If the beat is broken when you say Aui hi, Aue ha, you are also out of the game.  The winner of the game is the last person in the circle.

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Melville Intermediate: Maori Language Week - Hand Games

We've got a group of students producing resources for Maori Language Week again this year.  Makere and the Girls produced this video yesterday about a hand game that can be played.  During today their going to view it, think about it and then discuss if it can be improved.  If you'd like to comment or give advice then your more than welcome to.
So the girls reviewed their original video, thought about improvements that they could make, and how it would be easier to learn the game, and came up with this video: