Kupu o te Wiki

Kupu o te Wiki 28/03/2016

March 28, 2016

The word this week is: kai (k-y-e) to eat, consume, feed, partake, devour There is a Kai fit for a king laid before you Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.  ...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 21/03/2016

March 21, 2016

The word this week is: rāhipere (rah-hee-pe-re sounds like the “e” in beg) raspberry Are those rāhipere ripe yet? Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.  ...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 14/03/2016

March 14, 2016

The word this week is: korirangi (kaw-ree-rah-ngi) Adams apple The  korirangi moves up and down. Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.  ...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 07/03/2016

March 7, 2016

The word this week is: āporo (aah-paw-raw) apple We are going to buy a bag of āporo from the fruit stall on the back road to Shannon. Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.      ...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 29/02/2016

February 29, 2016

The word this week is: māra (maa-ra) garden, cultivation Here we have farms and māra of every kind; of peaches, apples, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.    ...Read more

Kupu o te wiki 22/02/2016

February 22, 2016

The word this week is: Korare (cor-ra-rea) Silverbeet. Anyone can grow korare.  Even me 🙂 Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 15/02/2016

February 15, 2016

The word this week is: tukutuku (too-koo-too-koo) ornamental lattice work Look how beautiful the tukutuku panels are inside the meeting house. Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff.          ...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 08/02/2016

February 8, 2016

The word this week is: Kākaho  (car-car-haw) an indigenous species of plant often mistaken for the non-indigenous pampas grass The kākaho on that stand of Toetoe are ver long? Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 01/02/2016

February 1, 2016

The word this week is: toetoe  (toy-toy) an indigenous species of plant often mistaken for the non-indigenous pampas grass Can you see that stand of Toetoe on the cliff facing the sea? Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori...Read more

Kupu o te Wiki 25/01/2016

January 25, 2016

The word this week is: pīngao  (pee-gnow like “how”) a golden sand sedge Pingao is a coastal plant and need the shifting sands dunes to thrive. Kupu o te wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori staff...Read more

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