Year 9 Te Reo Māori (Half Year)

Te Reo Māori (Half Year)

Students who select half year Te Reo Māori will forgo 1 other option subject.

Year 9 Te Reo Māori

In Year 9 Te Reo Māori, we learn fundamental Māori language skills through being able to say who we are and where we are from. This is done by learning how to say mihi, pēpeha and whakapapa. From here we begin to learn more about who we are as a kura at Ōtūmoetai College, including being able to recite and perform our school karakia, tauparapara, haka, and waiata. We then learn how to describe things around us, using day-to-day phrases, greetings, farewells, commands and questions.

The following kaupapa (topics) are covered in the Year 9 Te Reo Māori half year course:

- Karakia / Tauparapara

- Ko wai au? (Pēpeha / Whakapapa)

- Ko wai tātou (School Haka / Waiata)

- Matariki (first half of the year)

- Tauranga Moanatanga (second half of the year)