16849-MOE-RTR-Helping at the Marae-online.pdf

Helping at the Marae Published 2017 by the Ministry of Education, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. www.education.govt.nz Text copyright © Crown 2017 Illustrations copyright © Crown 2017 All rights reserved....

Helping at the Marae Published 2017 by the Ministry of Education, PO Box 1666, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. www.education.govt.nz Text copyright © Crown 2017 Illustrations copyright © Crown 2017 All rights reserved. Helping at the Marae Enquiries should be made to the publisher. Publishing services: Lift Education E Tū Editor: Bernadette Wilson Designer: Liz Tui Morris Literacy Consultant: Kay Hancock Consulting Editors: Hōne Apanui, Ross Calman, and Emeli Sione ISBN 978 0 478 16849 5 (print) ISBN 978 1 77690 386 3 (online) Replacement copies may be ordered from Ministry of Education Customer Services, online at www.thechair.co.nz by email: [email protected] or freephone 0800 660 662 Please quote item number 16849. The teacher support material (TSM) and audio for this text can be found online at www.readytoread.tki.org.nz Running words: 200 kai (kye) food marae (mah-rye) a traditional Māori ka pai (kah-pye) good gathering place kia ora (kee-a orah) a greeting Nikau (Nee-ko) by André Ngāpō Koro (Kaw-raw) Grandad Tama (Tah-mah) For more support with pronunciation, go to www.readytoread.tki.org.nz to hear an audio version of the text. illustrated by Phillip Paea Ministry of Education  “Come on, Tama,” I said. “We need to go to the marae.” “Here are the paintbrushes,” said Tama. “Ka pai,” said Dad. “Let’s go,” I said. “Koro and Nan will be waiting for us.” “Kia ora, kia ora,” said Nan. “Here you are.” Koro smiled and looked at me. He said, “Nikau, you go and help Uncle.” He smiled at Tama. “Tama, you can help me in the kitchen.” 2 3  I helped Uncle fix the gate. Uncle said, “Ka pai, Nikau. Mum and Dad helped Nan The gate is fixed. Good work.” in the garden. Aunty mowed the lawns, and my cousins painted the fence. Then my cousins called me. “Nikau! Come and help us paint the fence.” 4 5  I went back to the fence – but the paint was gone. “Where is the paint?” I said. “And where is my brush?” Mum laughed. “Look over there,” she said. We worked and worked. Koro and Tama came out with some kai. We stopped for morning tea, and then we all went back to work. 6 7  There was the paint – and there was Tama. Tama was painting the fence. “You are working hard today, Tama,” laughed Nan. “We are all working hard today,” said Koro. 8 The teacher support material (TSM) and audio for Ready to Read texts can be found online at www.readytoread.tki.org.nz To go directly to audio and TSM for this book, scan the QR code or use the short URL. Helping at the Marae bit.ly/2RyKmiU