Today for Te Reo we made a digital copy of our pepeha that we started yesterday.
We were given a lot of links and sources that we could use to make a digital copy of our pepeha.
They were Pepeha.nz, Google slides, Scratch, Gamefroot, Google Tour Builder, Screencastify, Book Creator, Puzzle Maker and there was Flipgrid aswell but we couldn't use it because the teachers hadn't set it up yet. I used Pepeha.nz.
This is my Pepeha. This is a link to Maori Dictionary so you will understand what it means.
Do you know what a pepeha is?
If you do great! If you don't catch up on your Maori culture. No just kidding, a pepeha is when you introduce yourself to someone in Maori.
First you start off with your Mountain/Maunga. My mountain was Mt Hutt because my family go skiing there every winter.
Next you do a river/awa near you or that you relate to.My river was the Rapaki river because it flows off Mt Hutt.
An then you do your tribe/iwi. (What country you belong to because back then you belonged to the land not the land belonged to you.) My tribe is Aeoteroea (New Zealand) because I have lived here my whole life.
Next you introduce your family. Alun (Dad), Carolyn (Mum) and Zoe (sister) are my family. Well and my dog Mika but I didn't add her in because she is not a person.
My dog Mika
Then you introduce yourself because the people from other tribes might be able to link you to people they know by you telling them your last name but I didn't add that in here because of CYBERSAFTEY.
My name is Izzy so I put in Izzy because Ko Izzy toku ingua (My name is Izzy)
Well now you know that may be able to make your own pepeha!
While you go and make your pepeha I will be writing my next post for you to read!
Noho iho rā see you next time!
