Tena Koutou, greetings,
We have been celebrating Maori Language Week. This year Arohatia te Reo is the theme which means cherish the language.We embrace and enjoy our Maori language and culture at kindergarten and our tamariki (children) know many lovely waiata and poi songs which they perform with great enthusiasm. They also love to sing our Natonal Anthem and you can will see some lovely photos below of them with their arms around each other as they sing. At mat time we often say "Kei te pehea koe?" meaning "How are you". "Kei te pai ahau" is the reply we are hoping for meaning "I'm good" or even better "Ka nui te ora" which means "I'm great". We have been reading some of our favourite stories such as 'Mere McGaskill's Boil up', 'The Kuia and the spider', 'Kei te pehea Koe?', Nana Mihi's Rainbow along with Maori myths and Legends. As a special treat we purchased some Rawena Paraoa, a traditional loaf made with potatoes. Because it takes a long time to prepare and cook we decided to buy the loaf but made some Maori Fried Bread to share as well. The plates were empty in no time at all and the children agreed that the bread was really, really good.
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| Ruby, Alex and Sasha - great friends singing our National Anthem. |
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| Tayla, Aimee and our new friend Emma singing beautifully. |
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| Jac, James, Tyler and Nick - Ka pai to mahi. Great work! |
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| Our enthusiastic helpers mix up the ingredients for the Maori fried bread |
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| Kneading the dough - what great teamwork! |
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| Master chef Megan at work |
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| Rawena Paraoa |
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| We shared the Paraoa outside. It was such a lovely, sunny day. |
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| Kimberly said the bread tasted "really yummy" |
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| A satisfied Stella finishing off the last piece. |
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