Hard marae word search
Tikanga, kawa, whakapapa and pepeha: twenty-eight words from the marae in an eighteen by eighteen grid, in all eight directions. For older students and adults learning what happens from the waharoa to the wharekai.
- Harirū
- Hongi
- Hui
- Karakia
- Karanga
- Kaumātua
- Kawa
- Koha
- Kōwhaiwhai
- Kuia
- Manuhiri
- Marae ātea
- Mihi
- Pepeha
- Pou
- Pōwhiri
- Tangata whenua
- Tangihanga
- Tikanga
- Tukutuku
- Tūpuna
- Waharoa
- Waiata
- Whaikōrero
- Whakairo
- Whakapapa
- Wharekai
- Wharenui
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 versionVisiting a marae, extra hard
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Find these words
- Harirū
- Hongi
- Hui
- Karakia
- Karanga
- Kaumātua
- Kawa
- Koha
- Kōwhaiwhai
- Kuia
- Manuhiri
- Marae ātea
- Mihi
- Pepeha
- Pou
- Pōwhiri
- Tangata whenua
- Tangihanga
- Tikanga
- Tukutuku
- Tūpuna
- Waharoa
- Waiata
- Whaikōrero
- Whakairo
- Whakapapa
- Wharekai
- Wharenui
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About this word search
Behind every pōwhiri lies tikanga, the right way of doing things, and kawa, the protocol of a particular marae. Visitors often share a pepeha that introduces their mountain, river and people, speakers trace whakapapa back to the tūpuna, and a karakia opens and closes many hui. A tangihanga, the Māori funeral, usually lasts several days on the marae.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Tangata whenua is the longest with thirteen letters, followed by Whaikōrero, Kōwhaiwhai and Tangihanga with ten. Pou and Hui have only three letters. Macrons drop out, so Tūpuna is TUPUNA and Harirū is HARIRU. Karanga and Karakia both start with KARA, and Tangata whenua and Tangihanga with TANG, so check the rest. Pepeha and Whakapapa each have two P's.
Use it in a te reo Māori or social studies class: each student explains three words in their own words and when they happen during a visit. Words that nobody can explain are a good reason to ask someone from a local marae.
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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