Melville Intermediate - Colours in Maori

As part of our celebration of Maori Language for Maori Language Week students were required to complete one lesson in Maori Language for others to learn. This is Braes work from Room Five.

Colour in Maori Part Two from Myles Webb

Melville Intermediate - Colours in Maori Lesson

Colours in Maori from Myles Webb

Melville Intermediate - Mihi Explanation

A Mihi is an introduction to tell people who you are and where you come from.  A Mihi is used when you meet or greet someone or a group of people.  There are different things contained in each Mihi, but these are some of the common things:

• Ko _____________ the maunga (the mountain nearest to where you were born)
• Ko _____________ the river (nearest to where you were born)
• Ko _____________ te iwi (tribe you associate with)
• Ko _____________ te hapu (sub tribe)
• Ko _____________ te Waka (traditional Maori Waka associated with your area)
• Ko _____________ taku matua (name of your Dad, their first name)
• Ko _____________ taku mama (name of your Mum, their first name)
• Ko _____________ taku ingoa (your first name)

Then you finish you Mihi with a saying, like Tena Koutou, Tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.  The video below is me going through all of the steps.

Melville Intermediate - Simple Maori Greetings

As regular followers of this class page will be aware we've been using it to post videos and skype with classrooms teaching Maori language. This video has been created for Pukekohe East Primary School, one of the classrooms were working with. They've got junior students and were looking for some Maori phrases to learn to converse with each other. In this video filmed by Sita and presented by Kaea you need to list for the following Maori Phrases:

• Tino Pai - I'm Good
• Kei te pehea koe? - How are you?
• Kia Ora - Hello/Hi
• Ka Kite - Bye/See You!
• Miri Kirihimete - Merry Christmas!

The words will appear on screen in English and Maori at the correct time so you can learn and practise with the presenters!

Simple Maori Greetings from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Skyping with Burham School

Later this week students of Melville Intermediate School will be Skyping with students in Room Two Burham Primary School in Christchurch. We're going to assist them in their learning of Te Reo Maori. They've published this Google Docs on their class page, its a discussion that we think is a wonderful idea! We're going to view this as a class tomorrow to work out how we can help them! If you want to visit their wonderful class page then click here.