Te Reo Māori History Terms Matching (Grade 6)
Free printable matching worksheet for Grade 6. Students match te reo Māori terms from Aotearoa New Zealand's histories (iwi, hapū, marae, pā, kūmara, pounamu, tikanga) to their meanings.
Grade 6 · History worksheet
Name
Date
History
Match the Term: Early Māori Life
Match each te reo Māori term on the left to its meaning on the right.
- 1.Match: pounamu
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 2.Match: kūmara
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 3.Match: rangatira
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 4.Match: waka
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 5.Match: wharenui
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 6.Match: hapū
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 7.Match: taonga
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
- 8.Match: kai
- a) greenstone, a treasured hard stone from the South Island
- b) food
- c) a canoe
- d) sweet potato, an important garden crop
- e) a clan or descent group within an iwi, made up of whānau
- f) a large meeting house
- g) a treasure, something highly valued
- h) a chief or leader
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- Te Ara: Tribal organisation — explains the pre-European structure of iwi made up of related hapū, themselves made up of whānau, and the significance of hapū and marae
- Te Ara: Māori: pre-European society — supports the description of daily life, gardens and social organisation before European contact
- Te Ara: Māori material culture: the pā — documents pā as fortified villages on hills and ridges containing houses, stores and kūmara pits