Piki mai, kake mai!

Get ready

1

Read the question: "What is the ultimate holiday destination?". Write down the determiner, the adjective and the noun.

Determiner: 
Adjective: 
Noun: 

2

Drag the right word to reformulate the question.

I have to say which country in the world is the 

place to 

.

3

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter.

4

Check with this table what you already know.

Exercice 2 : Observe and listen

1

Match the letters on the picture with the following Maori words.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

2

Listen to the audio guide and choose the best answer to complete the sentences. Justify your choice.

a) The haka war dance is a display of the tribe’s (hostility / strength / pride).
➝

b) Now, the haka war dance is part of New Zealand’s (past / culture / habit).
➝ 

3

Who wears a cloak in a Maori tribe? Look at the picture again to guess the answer.

Let’s have fun

1

Listen to the poem and repeat it.

2

Find these words in the first stanza of the poem.

a) /dɑːnst/ →
b) /geɪts/ →
c) /wɔː/ →
d) /ˈgɑːdn/ →
e) /əm/ →
f) /bɪˈjɒnd/ →
g) /ˈfɒləʊd/ →
h) /gɒd/ →

I am te-ngau-reka-a-tu

I once danced with killers

who followed the War God

beyond the gates of hell

to kill in the gardens of pleasure.