Māori@Marshland

Mabel Hart from Pukeko India Grace Leonard from Korimako

Not only is it the longest placename in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is the longest placename in the World! Watch this video and learn how to pronounce it! Impress all your wh ānau (family) and hoa m ā (friends) .

Weekly KUPU - WIN!! Week 4 Kupu of the Week Ka mau te wehi! - Fantastic! Whakamihi (Congratulations) to Brie Harding from Toroa Davies for suggesting this week's kupu.  Brie wins 20 house points and a special badge in the next assembly!

Whakamihi to Tom Stevens. He has learnt our whakatauk ī by heart, and knows what it means! Ka pai Tom!

Kupu of the Week Akomanga - Classroom Whakamihi (Congratulations) to McKenna Tyson from Korimako Roberts for suggesting this week's kupu.  McKenna wins 20 house points and a special badge in the next assembly!

Whakamihi (congratulations) to Ngarutoa in the Pukeko Nest. Isaac Nichols in the Pukeko Hub. And Azure Walker from the Korimako Hub. For using their te reo Māori the most in Week 3.

Kia ora koutou, Here is a link to a website which has some really useful te reo M āori phrases you could learn - http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/maori.php Karawhiua!

How have you got on this week learning and using the kupu? Have you tried it out on your parents? Friends? Teachers? Don’t forget it now, keep on using it! Karawhiua (give it heaps!).

Read a blog - here is a blog you can use - http://letslearntereomaori.blogspot.co.nz/ ,  Listen to waiata - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE3nXQ6UM8eqY4eYn2tyLPgfeknvkwAYK Practise your pronunciation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9081U86Ylf4 Go to the Great Apps page and download some great Apps to help you!  Karawhiua (give it heaps!)

Whakamihi (congratulations) to Maia Moon-Tukapua in the Pukeko hub for using her te reo Māori the most in Week 1. Kei te whakahīhī au ki a koe! - I am very proud of you! 

Kia ora koutou, We will be using 'karawhiua' as our kupu of the week for week 2, as week 1 and 2 are short weeks. I'll have a new kupu and questionnaire for you to win house points next Monday! Karawhiua! Give it heaps/go for it!

Register to http://kupu.maori.nz/ with your email address to receive Kupu o te Rā (word of the day) and Kupu o te Wiki (word of the week) by email. Open your email  Practise saying the kupu correctly out loud Use it your everyday language by inserting it instead of the English, e.g. I'm going to sit in my m āra (garden). Watch you te reo Māori grow!