My Pepeha

 Kia ora Everyone!

Welcome to my first post of 2021. I've been a bit lazy with posting so I decided to post my Pepeha. A Pepeha is basically an introduction to yourself in Maori. The order for the Pepeha is:

A Formal Greeting,

Your Mountain (Maunga),

Your River (Awa),

Where you're from (Ahau),

Where you live now,

Your School (Kura),

Your Family (Whanau),

Your Father (Matua),

Your Mother (Whaea),

Your Siblings,

Your Grandfather (Koro),

Your Grandmother (Kuia),

Your Self (Ingoa),

A Formal Closing Message.

Take a Look at My Pepeha.

Summary Of The First Settlers Of Aotearoa

Today in Hurumanu 1 we learnt about the first settlers of Aotearoa. We learnt that Abel Tasman was the first European explorer in Aotearoa and he arrived in 1642. We also learnt that Captain James Cook was the second explorer and he arrived in 1769 Some other things that we learnt were that the Europeans brought pigs, ship rats, potatoes, and a bunch of diseases with them. Before Europeans arrived New Zealand was called Novell Zealandia. The Europeans had a Maori chief navigator called TuPaia.

Some other things that the Europeans brought to Aotearoa are muskets. Muskets are a weapon that fires gunpowder and they are very lethal. In 1840 the ratio for Maori to Pakeha was 40 Maori to 1 Pakeha.

I think that learning about the first settlers in Aotearoa is very interesting because its new to me and I haven't learnt about it before. If you have any questions I should be able to answer it.

Tangata Whenua Who are we Hurumanu1

Today in Hurumanu1 Who are we. We got to watch a video and take notes about The first Māori people that arrived in Aoteroa from Hawaiki around 1280. They came from SE Asia, Taiwan, Solomon islands and Papua New Guinea. Some scientists think they even got as far from South America.

We watched the video and took notes about the history of Aotearoa. We had to take notes about what they brang to Aotearoa like Kumura, Taro and paper mulberry. Aotearoa was dicscovered between 1200-1300 by Kupe and his wife Kuramārōtini when they were chasing Te-weke-a-Muturangi.
Once Kupe and his wife Kuramārōtini had gone back to Hawaiki the people came to Aotearoa in  groups of 12-25 waka with at least 150 people each.


This was really fun and also interesting as well. Any questions or comments please feel free to comment!

My Canva

This week for Te Ao Maori we made a bookmark about weather with Maori Names. It was kinda fun but I got kinda bored. This is what mine looks like.