Rylans maori reasponse to text

 Response to text:

Kakahu Pekepeke 

by Keri Welham

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. A whakairo is… 

a) another word for taonga b) a Maori food

c) a traditional carving d) a gift 

2. The whakairo was gifted to the school in...

a) 1990 b) 1992

c) 2000 d) 2002

3. Explain why the whakairo is called “Kakahu Pekepeke”

→The carving on the carving tells a story of three springs long ago the people nagi who drank from the first spring bathed in the second spring and washed their clothes in the third spring 

4. True or False: A pekepeke is a cloak.

a) True b) False

5. Which of the following is NOT a taonga that Ōtūmoetai School has?

a) Carvings of Tākitimu waka b) The prow of the Tākitimu waka

c) Murals of the first Principal d) A 125 year old Oak Tree

6. What can the idea of “kakahu pekepeke” (giving a cloak to a family who is mourning) tell us about Maori, and their sense of community?

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It tells us that maori culture cares about others and wishes to help them