He takoha nā Te irikouka

nā Mere Kepa

The story describes the relationship between Te Irikouka and her mokopuna.

Ngā hononga ki te marautanga

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, He tauira hei kōrerorero, Hauora.


Waiora	Koiri	Taiao	Tangata
Kia kōtuituia ēnei āhuatanga ki ngā whenu katoa:	Te wairua
	Ngā tikanga
	Te reo
	Ngā uara me ngā waia
Tupuranga 1. Ka whakawhiti kōrero, ka whakaputa kare ā-roto hoki e pā ana ki tōna tupu, pērā i te kai, te tiaki i a ia anō me te whai haere i ngā tikanga o te kāinga. Haumarutanga 2. Ka whakaahua mai i ngā tikanga māmā o te noho haumaru me ngā pūnaha haumaru.	Akoranga koiri 1. Ka whakawhanake i ngā nekehanga huhua. Whakamahinga pūkenga koiri 2. Ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā momo tākaro me ngā momo nekehanga, me te tautohu he aha i pārekareka ai ki a ia.	Hononga ki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku 1. Ka tautohu, ka whakaahua i ētahi whakapapa o te taiao me ngā hononga o te tangata ki te taiao, hei oranga mōna. Hononga ki ētahi atu taiao 2. Ka whakawhiti kōrero e pā ana ki ngā taiao e taunga ana ia.	Whanaungatanga 1. Ka whakaahua i tana whai wāhi atu ki te whānau me ētahi atu horopaki. Huatau o te whanaungatanga 2. Ka whakatinana i te aroha, i te manaaki me te awhi i te tangata, kia pūmau ai ngā taiao hei wāhi pārekareka mō te katoa.

Ask the students to create actions to portray this story in pairs using a Think, Pair, and Share technique. Instruct each group to perform for another pair.
Ask the students to explore the emotion in the last line of the story in pairs. Get each pair to share their thoughts with another pair.
Divide the class into groups of three. Ask each group to create a similar story that illustrates one aspect of atua Māori. Get each group to share their new story with the class.
Photocopy the text. Cut each sentence into two pieces. For example:

Instruct the students to work in pairs to match up corresponding pieces of text to complete each sentence.