Kahurangi Dance Group

We were treated to a performance by Kahurangi a dance group from the North Island.

They told us Maori legends through dance. We loved their traditional Maori costumes. We saw lots of koru on their costumes. Now we are spotting koru everywhere!! Our favourite part was when they showed us how they use weapons and even got some Gore Main boys up to demonstrate too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kowhaiwhai Art

We have been learning about koru. We have noticed this design is often used in many logos around NZ. First we practised drawing koru then we drew with scissors to cut out koru before we designed our own kowhaiwhai pattern on a black triangle. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

This week is Māori language week (te wiki o te reo Māori). 

The key message for this year is:

ākina te reo!  Give te reo Māori a go!

Here are some phrases you might like to try at home:

1. Tino pai te rangi, nē rā? (Lovely day, isn’t it?)
2. Haere mai ki konei (Come over here)
3. Tēnā homai he kaputi (Please give me a cup of tea)
4. I pēhea tāu kai?(What was your food like?)
5. Kei te pēhea koe? (How are you?)
6. Māku e āwhina (I will help)
7. Kei te aroha au ki a koe (I love you!)
8. He aha māu? (What would you like?)
9. Mā mātou e horoi ngā rīhi (We’ll wash the dishes)
10. Horoia ō ringaringa (Wash your hands)

Cultural Festival

Today at Mataura School we were part of the Gore and Districts Cultural Festival. We sung 3 songs with other schools and performed our own song Whakarongo on stage.

Here we are performing....

We got to watch Jenny Mitchell performing and all of the other schools performing their items too! We had so much fun and survived the super hot day by wearing our sun hats, wearing sun block and drinking lots of water!