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Ngā Pātai o te Moana - Te Reo Māori

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He aha te ingoa māori o te moana kei waenga a Aoteroa me ngā motu o te Pacific?

a)

Te Moana-nui-a-Tohē

b)

Te Moana-nui-a-Māui

c)

Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa

d)

Te Moana-roa-a-Tawhaki

2.

Kei raro, e rua ngā ingoa ētahi atu mō Whangārei, ēhea ngā ingoa?

a)

Whangārei Te Rerenga Parāoa

b)

Te Whangārei-o-Reitū

c)

Te Whanga-o-Reipae

d)

Whangārei Te Hau Āwhiowhio

3.

I whakaingoatia a Ngātiwai a Whangarei-te-Rerenga Parāoa, ēhea ētahi atu ingoa e rua te whakautu tika nōki?

a)

It is the gathering place of chiefs

b)

The currents in the harbour are swift

c)

Ngātiwai held all their hui on te motu a Matakohe

d)

It is the gathering place of whales

4.

Ko wai te mana whenua o te maunga a Manaia kei Whangārei?

a)

Ngāpuhi

b)

Patu Harakeke

c)

Ngāti Whātua

d)

Ngātiwai

5.

E tū ana koe kei Ahipara, titiro ki Te Reinga, he aha te ingoa o te roto tuatahi kei runga i Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē?

a)

Ngātu

b)

Waimimiha

c)

Tangonge

6.

Ko wai te rangatira ki runga i te waka Tinana?

a)

Patito

b)

Tamamoko

c)

Tumoana

d)

Kahutianui

7.

He aha te ingoa māori o te motu kei waenga i te whanga o Houhora?

a)

Tohorā

b)

Parāoa

c)

Paikea

d)

Tohoraha

8.

Tēhea te ika nui rawa atu ki te Iwi o Ngāi Takoto?

a)

Mangō Taniwha

b)

Pioke

c)

Mangō Ururoa

d)

Mako

9.

Ko wai a Heke-nuku-mai-ngā-iwi Puhipi?

a)

Hector Masters

b)

Harold Leef

c)

Hare Tepania

d)

Hector Busby

10.

Mā runga i te aha i tae mai a Paikea nō Ngāti Porou ki Aotearoa?

a)

Upon te waka Nukutaimemeha

b)

On a whale

c)

On a stingray

d)

He swam

11.

Ēhea ngā motu e rua e tū ana kei te raki o Te Reinga?

a)

Manawatāwhi

b)

Tohoraha

c)

Matapia

d)

Rangitāhua

12.

Ko wai e ngā pou e rua e tū tū ana ki te takutai o Otia, Ahipara; hei rāhuitia te moana nā te kohikohi mātaitai?

a)

Te Aho

b)

Kaue e tahae

c)

Te Omu

d)

Koutu

13.

He aha te rāhui kaimoana?

a)

No gathering of kai moana from a designated area for a predetermined time

b)

Can gather kai moana but only with the permission of hau kāinga

c)

Can gather kai moana for a tangihanga

d)

Can only gather after the schnappa have spawned

14.

He aha te ingoa māori o te North Island o Aotearoa?

a)

Te Tai Hauāuru

b)

Te Ika-a-Māui

c)

Te kei o te Waka

d)

Te Motu o te Norta

15.

He aha te kupu o te kāinga o te whai repo?

a)

Hoto

b)

Oru

c)

Pākaurua

d)

Roha

16.

Kei hea te motu o Rakiura?

a)

Bottom of the South Island

b)

Marlborough Sounds

c)

Te Tairāwhiti

d)

Houhora Harbour

17.

Ko wai te Atua o te Moana?

a)

Tane Mahuta

b)

Tane Rore

c)

Tangaroa

d)

Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga

18.

Tēhea te whakautu tika ki tēnei rārangi kōrero? Ko te ngaru nui, ko te ngaru roa, ko te ngaru ...?

a)

Nui rawa atu

b)

Tai āniwhaniwha

c)

Paewhenua

d)

Parawhenua

19.

He aha te whakapākehātia o Te Hiku o Te Ika?

a)

The backbone of the fish

b)

The head of the fish

c)

The tail of the fish

d)

The guts of the fish

20.

Tēhea te motu kei te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i whakaingoatia ngāi māori, he kumara?

a)

Tonga

b)

Fiji

c)

Rarotonga

d)

Samoa

21.

Ēhea ngā manu moana e rua?

a)

Pukeko

b)

Kaka

c)

Toroa

d)

Kuaka

22.

Ko wai te kaiwhakatere matua o Captain James Cook i te wā i tae mai rātou ki Aotearoa?

a)

Tutanekai

b)

Taranga

c)

Tupaia

d)

Tawhaki

23.

He aha te mahi o te Atua a Tāwhaki?

a)

Atua of lightening & thunder

b)

Atua of tsunami & cyclones

c)

Atua of all types of kaimoana

d)

Atua of all the waves

24.

He aha tētahi atu kupu o te kāinga mō kaimoana?

a)

Kohikohi kaimoana

b)

Te reka rawa o te moana

c)

Ngā pīnati o Tangaroa

d)

Mātaitai

25.

Which 2 descriptions describe fresh water & salt water and are often used in whaikōrero?

a)

Wai tai

b)

Wairere

c)

Waitī

d)

Waitapu

26.

Tēhea te rākau pai ake hei whakatū waka?

a)

Rimu

b)

Kauri

c)

Totara

d)

Karaka

27.

Kei hea e tatari ana a Hine-nui-te-Pō ki ōna nei tamāriki a te wā i wehe atu rātou mai i te ao kikokiko?

a)

Te pito o te whenua

b)

Rarohenga

c)

Te moana kei raro

d)

Te pō roa, te pō nui, te pō oti atu

28.

Tēhea ngā crustaceans e rua?

a)

Koura

b)

Pāpaka

c)

Paua

d)

Pūmoana