Whakatau-pōtiki Te Tūpuhi Nui
Whakatau-pōtiki Te Tūpuhi Nui
Listen to the ancestral stories of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei as told by the Ngāti Whātua students of Selwyn College
Fill in the missing words, match the synonyms, match the kupu Māori to the English and match the sentences to the correct evidence from the story. Good luck!
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Question 1 of 4
1. Question
1 point(s)Now that you have watched the video, use the sub-titles to help you fill in the missing words.
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Whakatau-pōtiki Te Tūpuhi Nui
As the population of Hawaiki and resources became scarce, Whakatau-pōtiki and his son Rongomai in search of new .
Settling in Taporapora, Nuku-Roa now as Aotearoa, Rongomai married beautiful woman. As his success , so did the resentment his wife’s people, who plotted kill him.
Rongomai’s jealous in-laws him out fishing.
Oblivious their plan, Rongomai agreed, never made it home.
Whakatau-pōtiki heard his son Rongomai had drowned was shocked into disbelief. Rongomai sailed many rough seas harm. How could he drowned in a river?
Whakatau-pōtiki suspected his son Rongomai was murdered and out revenge conjured The Great Wave or Te Tūpuhi Nui.
Te Tūpuhi Nui was monstrous it came crashing over Taporapora, mercilessly killing Rongomai’s in-laws.
Taporapora, place where canoes are overturned the women are made widows.
To day, on the tomokanga the gateway of Ōrākei Marae, stands the Whakatau-pōtiki who stands guard his iwi and their marae.
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Question 2 of 4
2. Question
1 point(s)Match the synonyms
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- few
- accomplishment
- indignation
- wild
- doubt
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scarce
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success
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resentment
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rough
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disbelief
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Question 3 of 4
3. Question
1 point(s)Match the kupu Māori to the English
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- ika
- kāinga
- whenua
- awa
- waka
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fish
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home
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land
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river
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canoe
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Question 4 of 4
4. Question
1 point(s)Match the evidence in the story to its correct answer.
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- Oblivious to their plan, Rongomai agreed…
- Whakatau-pōtiki had heard that his son Rongomai had drowned and was shocked into disbelief
- Whakatau-pōtiki suspected that his son Rongomai was murdered
- …the women are made widows
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Rongomai did not know what was happening
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Whakatau-pōtiki doubted that his son had drowned
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Whakatau-pōtiki thought that someone had killed his son
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The male folk died and left the women behind
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