AO WHĀNUI
World Geography
AITUĀ TAIAO Natural Disasters
AOTEAROA
NZ Geography
KUPU TAIAO
Nature Words
Pāpāmoa me te Ao Māori
100

Which continent is this?

Africa

Āwherika

100

Ko wai te atua e hono ana ki ngā rū whenua?

Which atua is connected to earthquakes?

Rūaumoko

100

What is the capital city of New Zealand?

Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Wellington

100

He aia te kupu Māori mō "Volcano"?

He Puia

100

Ko wai te māmā o Hikurangi?

Who is Hikurangi's Mum? 

Ko Maungamana tāna māmā!

200

Which country's flag is this?

Scotland

Kōtirana

200

Which disaster struck Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay in 2023?

Āwhā Gabrielle

200

What is the tallest mountain in Aotearoa?

Aoraki

200

He aha te kupu Māori mō "mist"?

Kohu

200

Whakapākehatia: Mauao

Caught by the light 

300

What is the capital of Egypt? Īhipa

Cairo
Kairo

300

Name a way that Māori communities can be impacted by natural disasters

Damage to marae, urupā, taonga

loss of wahi tapū

whānau displaced 

300

He aha te ingoa Māori mō "North Island"?

Te ika ā Māui

300

He aha te kupu Māori mō "lightning"?

Uira

300

Ko wai te atua o te moana?

Who is the atua of the ocean? 

Tangaroa

400

Which continent is this? 

Asia

Āhia

400

Which atua is associated with Tsunami? 

Tangaroa 

Rūaumoko

400

What is the Māori name for the NZ city that experienced many earthquakes in 2010 and 2011? 

Ōtautahi

400

This manu gets drunk from eating berries, making it easy prey!

Kererū

400

In which season is Matariki celebrated? 

Takurua

Winter

500

What is the name of the largest country in the world?

Russia 

Rūhia

500

Name a natural disaster that Pāpāmoa is prone to

Tsunami

Cyclone

Flooding

500

Where in Aotearoa can you find the Pancake Rocks?

Punakaiki, West Coast, South Island

500

Finish this saying:
Red sky at night, shepherd's _______

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's _____

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight

Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning

500

Name one of our Te Pākura values and give an example of it

Manaakitanga
Whanaungatanga
Kaitiakitanga