Summer Learning journey day 4

21/12/2017

Day 4: Hitting a High Note…

Activity 1: The Waiata - A Song in Your Heart

In the past, Māori would often use song as a way of sharing information or communicating emotions.  A waiata is the name given to a traditional Māori song. One of my all-time favourite waiata is Kia Paimarie. What about you?

Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it?

{My favourite waiata - E Te Ariki}

E Te Ariki is my favorite song because I sing it at school, we sing this song in church. I chose this song because it is a song of praise, when we sing this song we sing to worship God. My favourite part of the song to sing is the chorus.

                                 E te Ariki     (wahine / women only)                                    

Whakarongo mai ra     (tane / men only)

Whakarongo mai ra ki a matou

E te Ariki

Titiro mai ra     (tane / men only)

Titiro mai ra ki a matou

Tenei matou

O tamariki

E whakapono

Ana matou

Ki a koe

Aue!     (wahine / women only)

Aue!     (tane / men only)

Aue!     (wahine / women only)

Aue!     (tane / men only)

Te matua te tamaiti

Wairua tapu e

(Repeat)

English Translation

Oh Lord, Listen to us

Oh Lord, Look at us

This is us, Your children, We believe, In You

The Father The Son and the Holy Spirit

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Activity 2: Playing Games

Hundreds of years ago, young Māori children were taught to play a number of games, including Poi Rakau, Ki O Rahi, Koruru Taonga and Poi Toa. Read about each of these four games on the Rangatahi tu Rangatira website. Have you played any of them before? Isn’t it cool how the games have been passed down for generations?

Choose one game, and on your blog, tell us the (i) name of the game, (ii) the goal or purpose of the game, and (iii) two rules.

You could try playing some of the games with a friend.

{Koruru Taonga}

I chose this game because I have played it before really enjoyed.

{ Goal }

The goal of the game is to get through all of the levels without making a single mistake and try to beat your opponent/opponents..

{ Rules }

Once you make a mistake during the game for example you don’t catch your sky bone it’s your opponent's turn.

You have to use 5 bones that are similar in size so that the game is fair.

In certain stages you are allowed to do sweeps, sweeps are when you are allowed to sweep the knuckle bones closer together when you throw up your sky bone.

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Bonus Activity: Musical Festivals – Matatini

In New Zealand, a huge festival is held every two years, called Te Matatini. This performing arts festival celebrates the tikanga (culture or customs) of Māori. Kapa Haka groups from around New Zealand are invited to attend the festival and each group gives a 25-minute performance. The performances are judged and the best teams win prizes.

The gold medal winning team from this year (2017) was Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti.

Watch these three clips from previous Te Matatini festivals.

On your blog, rank the performances from your favourite (#1) to least favourite (#3) and tell us why you gave them the ranking that you did.

{ My Rankings }

# 1 Te Iti Kahurangi

I put Te Iti Kahurangi first place because I thought that their singing was really good, and they looked like they were putting their soul into the performance.

# 2 Tamatea Arikinui

I put Tamatea Arikinui second place because I was really entertained by the woman dancing with the poi’s, but I thought that the men could have done some other moves instead of the one move they were doing in the back.

# 3 Te Puku o Te Ika

I put Te Puku o Te Ika third place because it wasn’t as exciting and as all the other performances, also the man standing right in the middle of the stage playing the guitar was distracting and most of my attention was on him.

BONUS POINTS: 6