Easy Māori legends word search
Māui, Tāne, Kupe and a taniwha: ten short words from the old stories in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs straight across or straight down.
- Fish
- Hook
- Kupe
- Māui
- Moon
- Rona
- Sun
- Tāne
- Taniwha
- Waka
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionMāori legends for young kids
Name
| A | M | O | O | N | O | K | A | T | T |
| W | A | K | A | D | G | H | C | A | D |
| S | U | N | S | F | I | S | H | N | T |
| D | I | F | L | L | G | M | O | I | I |
| O | H | S | R | P | C | T | O | W | E |
| R | T | R | O | N | A | D | K | H | T |
| G | V | I | O | B | O | N | U | A | I |
| P | H | T | A | N | E | V | P | S | G |
| D | F | K | D | W | A | K | E | M | L |
| T | E | S | T | T | A | I | O | H | T |
Find these words
- Fish
- Hook
- Kupe
- Māui
- Moon
- Rona
- Sun
- Tāne
- Taniwha
- Waka
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About this word search
Māori legends are full of adventure. Māui caught the sun with ropes and slowed it down, and with his magic hook he fished up the North Island. Taniwha are powerful creatures of rivers and the sea, and Rona was taken up to the moon.
The grid is ten by ten and every word runs to the right or straight down. Taniwha is the longest with seven letters. Sun has only three. Māui and Tāne lose their macrons in the grid. Moon and Hook both have a double O, and Waka and Kupe both have a K.
Tell the story of Māui and the sun, or of Māui fishing up the North Island, and let the children find each word as soon as they hear it. Then they can draw the hook and the giant fish.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
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