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100

What is the te reo Māori word for a macron

(a macron is the line above a letter, e.g. ā, ē, ī, ō, ū).

A tohutō

100

What is the number 1 album in New Zealand at the moment? based on the top 40 chart.

(hint, this album was not made by a New Zealand artist).

Cowboy Carter by Beyonce


100

What is the te reo Māori word for tired?

Ngenge! 

(be careful not to mix this up with the word for sleepy = hiamoe).

100

How many school weeks are in term 4?

9.

200

What kind of letter does every te reo Māori word end with?

A vowel

A, E, I, O, U


200

Which movie released in 2023 made the most money worldwide?

Barbie! which made $1.446 billion

200
What is the re reo Māori word for Thursday?

Rāpare

200

How many year 10's take te reo Māori this year?

35!

15 on the roll for 10Māori1

20 on the roll for 10Māori2

300

What do te and ngā indicate?

Te = Singluar / one.

Ngā = Plural / more than one.

300

What is the most streamed song on Spotify?

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

300

Translate all 5 School days into te reo Māori:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Translations:

Rāhina, Rātu, Rāapa, Rāpare, Rāmere.

300

List the 5 train stations between Wellington Station and Porirua Station

Wellington Station

1. Takapu Station 2. Redwood Station

3. Tawa Station 4. Linden Station.

5. Kenepuru Station.

400

List 11 letters that are not part of the te reo Māori alphabet?

8 of the following 12:

C, D, F, G, J, L, Q, S, V, X, Y, Z

(G by itself is NOT used in te reo Māori, NG is used).

400

What was the most streamed album released in 2023?

Midnights by Taylor Swift - 4.86 billion streams

400

Translate the following sentence to english:

Kei te tākaro tātou

Kei te tākaro tātou

All of us are playing! / We are all playing.

400

Which school is hosting the Wellington regional Ngā Manu Kōrereo for 2024?

500

Translate the following into English:

1. Runga

2. Waho

3. Roto

4. Raro

5. Waenganui

Translations:

1. Above / on top

2. Outside

3. Inside

4. Below / underneath

5. Between / middle

500

How many MCU (Marvel - 2008 onward) movies have been released?


33 movies have released.


500

Translate the following sentence from te reo Māori to English.

Ka oma tāua ki te Makitanara

Ka oma tāua ki te Makitanara:

We will run to the McDonald's

500
Matua George caught his form class watching a movie that is currently in theatres, which movie was it?

Dune 2!

500

A few lessons ago we looked at  40 tūmahi (verbs).

List as many of these as you can, only verbs from the 40 we looked at count.

(write them on your team's coloured card).

Matua will check each teams answers.