Golden Bay High School

13-19 Mahuru 2021
13-19 September 2021

Huatau | Ideas
Here are some things you can do for your Māori Language Moment. It could be as easy as greeting everyone you see with 'kia ora', starting your Zoom call with "mōrena", or playing te reo Māori songs in your workplace all day. How you do it is up to you, but you can get started with some ideas below!

This Māori Made Easy set of lessons accompanies the book by the same name written by Scotty Morrison.

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Golden Bay High Schools Wide Reading wiki.

This wiki has been set up to provide lists of resources for our students when selecting titles for their Wide Reading unit and also provide suggestions for themed reading. Just added Personal response list.

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Email library@gbh.school.nz for the Epic password for use at home.

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