Family word search
Mum, Dad, Nana and Koro, the cousins and the pōtiki who gets away with everything. Twenty whānau words in English and te reo Māori.
- Aunty
- Baby
- Brother
- Cousin
- Dad
- Family tree
- Grandparents
- Koro
- Kuia
- Mokopuna
- Mum
- Nana
- Pōtiki
- Sister
- Tamariki
- Teina
- Tuakana
- Twins
- Uncle
- Whānau
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 versionWhānau and family
Name
| F | L | A | E | B | A | B | Y | P | L | M | L | I | T |
| G | A | T | U | A | K | A | N | A | G | O | P | T | M |
| R | Y | M | U | N | T | F | L | T | E | I | N | A | U |
| A | F | S | I | S | T | E | R | U | C | S | N | M | M |
| N | U | N | C | L | E | Y | A | C | I | A | E | A | T |
| D | G | R | U | N | Y | N | O | K | N | S | E | R | I |
| P | I | E | I | L | A | T | I | U | T | O | E | I | N |
| A | E | E | T | H | X | T | R | E | M | H | S | K | O |
| R | N | M | W | H | O | N | O | E | T | H | H | I | A |
| E | W | O | N | P | I | O | R | O | E | W | E | A | A |
| N | R | T | S | S | R | N | R | A | L | F | I | Y | E |
| T | E | A | U | O | S | B | S | A | D | S | H | N | E |
| S | M | O | K | O | P | U | N | A | O | S | S | P | S |
| R | C | C | E | T | F | E | D | H | M | K | U | I | A |
Find these words
- Aunty
- Baby
- Brother
- Cousin
- Dad
- Family tree
- Grandparents
- Koro
- Kuia
- Mokopuna
- Mum
- Nana
- Pōtiki
- Sister
- Tamariki
- Teina
- Tuakana
- Twins
- Uncle
- Whānau
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Whānau and family
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About this word search
Whānau means family, but in New Zealand it usually means more than parents and children. Nana and Koro, aunties, uncles and cousins are all part of it, and te reo Māori has its own words for how people are related. Tuakana is an older sibling or cousin of the same gender, teina a younger one, and the pōtiki is the youngest in the family.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and the words run across, down or diagonally, never backwards. Grandparents is the longest with twelve letters, then family tree with ten. Mum and dad have only three letters and hide very easily. Whānau and pōtiki lose their macrons in the grid. The K turns up in six words, from koro to kuia, so it is a good letter to scan for.
Use the sheet to make a simple family map. Write the names of real people next to each word, and ask an older relative for the ones you do not know.
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.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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