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Te Reo Para Vocabulary

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Te Reo Para Vocabulary

Recycling and rubbish sorting illustration

📚 Wāhanga 1 / Part 1: Vocabulary Matching

Instructions / Tohutohu: Draw lines to match the Te Reo Māori words with their English meanings.

Para
Kirihou
Karāhi
Pepa
Kōnuwhiri
Kaitiakitanga
Paper
Guardianship
Rubbish
Plastic
Aluminium
Glass

✏️ Wāhanga 2 / Part 2: Fill in the Blanks

Instructions / Tohutohu: Complete the sentences using the vocabulary words from the box.

Word Bank: para • kirihou • karāhi • pepa • kaitiakitanga
1. We put bottles made of _____________ in the glass recycling bin.
2. Old newspapers are made of _____________ and can be recycled.
3. Water bottles are made of _____________ and should not go in the rubbish bin.
4. When we don't want something anymore, it becomes _____________.
5. _____________ means looking after our environment and Papatūānuku.

🌱 Wāhanga 3 / Part 3: Write Your Own Sentences

Instructions / Tohutohu: Write a sentence using each Te Reo Māori word. You can write in English or Te Reo Māori.

1. Para (rubbish):
2. Kirihou (plastic):
3. Kaitiakitanga (guardianship):
4. Draw a picture showing how you can be a kaitiaki (guardian) of the environment:

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