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Piki Kōtuku

Piki Kōtuku.

by Ariana Tikao

Taku piki kōtuku e, ka tau mai koe i hea? I rere mai i tūārangi, i Rangiātea. Ehara i te mea poka noa tō taenga mokorea. 

My rare feather plume, where are you from? You flew in from far away, from Rangiātea. Your arrival at this time is not by chance. 

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Series: School Journal Level 2 June 2022

Learning area: English, Health and Physical Education, Learning Languages

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 4

Topics: ancestors, culture, heritage, history, identity, inheritance, kōtuku, language, lullaby, metaphor, oriori, poetry, responsibility, stories, taonga, te reo Māori, tūpuna, values, whakapapa, whānau

In: School Journal Level 2 June 2022

Publication date: June 2022

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