Māori Myths and Legends - Word Searches

A fabulous resource to have in New Zealand classrooms when studying Māori Myths and Legends. Great for a follow-up activity after reading the story, or to have as an early-finisher task.

12 word searches.

Eleven of the word searches have a Māori themed border or panel that can be coloured after finding all of the words. One word search has a flame/fire themed border (How Maui Found the Secret of Fire).

These word searches are designed to go with the fabulous stories written by Peter Gossage. These books are commonly found in NZ schools and are also easily available for purchase in book stores. If you are not sure what these books look like, I suggest you do a quick image search on the internet (I'm not able to include an image here due to copyright restrictions). The words used in the word searches are taken from the stories in these books.

The 12 Word Searches:
♦ How Maui Slowed the Sun
♦ The Fish of Maui
♦ How Maui Found his Father and the Magic Jawbone
♦ How Maui Found his Mother
♦ In the Beginning
♦ How Maui Defied the Goddess of Death
♦ How Maui Found the Secret of Fire
♦ Battle of the Mountains
♦ Pania of the Reef
♦ Rona and the Moon
♦ The Giant of Lake Wakatipu
♦ Hinemoa and Tūtānekai

Each word search is on A4 size paper and can easily be reduced to A5 if necessary. There are 16 words to be found on each word search.

ANSWER SHEETS are included.

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