Homework Week 5 - Pepeha

Pepeha

Your next homework challenge is to share something about your family. You are to write and share your own pepeha or mihi. We have talked in class about how you can do this. If you have another language you use at home you can use this – just write a translation for the class. It can be written in english but remember that a pepeha tells me about who you are and your whakapapa. So find out places or landmarks of importance to your family or culture. Ask for help from people who know. If you are Maori you might already have a pepeha framework that your family uses. 

Your pepeha can be written in another language. 

Room 7 Pepeha Framework.

Ko ____________ te māunga
Ko ____________ te awa/roto/moana
Ko ____________ te waka
Ko ____________ tōku tīpuna
Ko ____________ tōku iwi
Ko ____________ tōku hapū
Ko ____________ tōku marae
Nō ____________ ahau
Ko ____________ rāua ko __________ ōku mātua
Ko ____________ tōku ingoa


The mountain that I affiliate to is _________________________
The river/lake/sea that I affiliate to is ____________________
The waka that I affiliate to is ____________________________
My (founding) ancestor is _______________
My tribe is _____________________________
My sub-tribe is _________________________
My marae is ___________________________
I am from _____________________________
My parents are __________ and ___________
My name is ____________________________

(affiliate means to connect to, belong to or associate with)

An example of Mr Dufty’s Pepeha

Ko Ruapehu te māunga
Ko Waikato te awa
Ko Taupo te roto
Ko MacDonald tōku iwi
Ko MacErlich tōku hapū
Ko Ebbett Park School te kura
Nō Heretaunga ahau
Ko Jessica rāua ko Maurice ōku mātua
Ko Hamish Dufty tōku ingoa

Your pepeha can also have pictures. 

Examples from past students.


My name is Georgie Brooker.
I am from Englend.
I come from Essex,Witham, this is in the southern part of England.
My Dad is Martyn Brooker.
My Mum is Annette Brooker.
I have two brothers, Charlie the older and Bobbie the youngest.
My sister Sharnie is the oldest of all of us.
We moved to New Zealand in 2012.
I live in Hastings, New Zealand.
My school is Ebbett Park.
I was born in 2002.


Ko Kahuranaki te māunga
Ko Poukawa te waiu
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Tukituki rāua ko Ngaruroro ōku awa
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu tōku iwi
Ko Whatuiapiti raua ko Rangikoianaki ōku hapu
Ko Te Hauke te Marae
Ko Paharakeke tōku kainga
Ko Ron Bird rāua ko April MacDonald ōku mātua
Ko Joshua MacDonald tōku ingoa
Tena koutou katoa

Mr Dufty's Rules for Research.

• Don't use Google!! Mum, Dad and your family should be the first people you speak to. Every family has someone who is a family historian!
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information!
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• One page only - so PLAN before you put it in your book!!!!
• Get Mum or Dad to check that you have answered all the questions. Ask them for some help as they will know lots of stuff!