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Te Reo Māori Recipes

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Te Reo Māori Recipes

Te Reo Māori Recipes

Traditional Māori cooking illustration

🥄 Kupu Hou – Word Bank (Ingredients in Te Reo Māori)

Huarākau (Fruits)

Fruit = Huarākau | Apple = Āporo | Banana = Panana

Orange = Ārani | Strawberry = Rōpere | Grapes = Kerepe

Watermelon = Merengi

Kai Tunu (Cooking Ingredients)

Flour = Puehu paraoa | Sugar = Huka | Milk = Miraka

Egg = Hēki | Butter = Pata | Baking powder = Puehu whakatipu

Salt = Tote | Honey = Honikoma | Oil = Hinu

Water = Wai | Vanilla = Wanira

🧂 Kupu Mahi – Action Words (Verbs)

1. Match the English cooking verbs with their Te Reo Māori translations:
1. Mix
2. Cut/slice
3. Pour
4. Add
5. Cook
A. Tapahi
B. Tunu
C. Riringi
D. Ranu
E. Tāpirihia
2. Fill in the missing Te Reo Māori verbs:

Stir = __________ | Measure = __________ | Mash = __________

Peel = __________ | Eat = __________

🍽️ Sentence Starters – Recipe Writing Frames

3. Complete these recipe sentence starters:

Title: Me pēhea te tunu i te... = How to make ___________

Ingredients list: Rārangi Kai = ___________

Instructions: Ngā Tohutohu = ___________

4. Translate these recipe instructions to English:

a) Tapahia te panana me te āporo: ___________________________

b) Tāpirihia te huka me te miraka: ___________________________

c) Ranu ngā kai katoa: ___________________________

d) Kai reka!: ___________________________

🍓 Recipe Translation Challenge

5. Read the Huamata Huarākau (Fruit Salad) recipe and answer these questions:

How many strawberries are needed?

He kotahi (1)

He rua (2)

He toru (3)

He whā (4)

6. What does "Mēnā e hiahia ana, tāpirihia te honikoma" mean?
7. Check all the ingredients needed for Panikeke (Pancakes):

Puehu paraoa (Flour)

Huka (Sugar)

Rōpere (Strawberries)

Hēki (Egg)

Miraka (Milk)

Merengi (Watermelon)

✍️ Create Your Own Recipe

8. Write your own simple recipe in Te Reo Māori using the word bank and sentence starters. Choose from: fruit smoothie, sandwich, or simple salad.

Title: Me pēhea te tunu i te _________________

Ngā Kai (Ingredients):

Ngā Tohutohu (Instructions):

9. Draw a picture of your finished dish:

🧃 Vocabulary Practice

10. Fill in the blanks to complete the Wai Huarākau (Fruit Juice) recipe:

Whakakōro, ________ ngā huarākau. (Peel and ________ the fruit)

Tāpirihia ki te mīhini pēhi wai. (Add to the ________ machine)

________ te wai. (________ the water)

Riringi ki te karaehe. (________ into the glass)

11. What is the difference between these two phrases?

a) "Kai reka!" = ___________________________

b) "Inu reka!" = ___________________________

12. Circle the correct measurement words:

One cup in Te Reo Māori is:

He kotahi kapu

He kotahi ipu

He kotahi kai

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