Tohora Nui. Maori song/poem and activity with verbs, adjectives and nouns.

Tohora Nui is a catchy and simple song to study for poetry with a focus on Te Reo. Traditional Māori poetry is sung or chanted, and has musical rhythms rather than linguistic devices.

This can be used as a poetry activity during Māori Language Week.

This document includes lesson notes, poem page, worksheet and answers.

This is part of a New Zealand poetry unit. Over the lessons students will be exposed to a variety of well-known New Zealand poems and taught the main language features of poetry.