Mapping Challenges

LI: To focus on translating Maori place names and mapping out those places.

For todays session with Whaea Odie, we were focusing on Maori place name revision and translating the different Aotearoa towns.

We were given a list of New Zealand towns in Maori and we had the task of translating and finding the english definition of them.

Once we found those definitions, we researched the places and then determined whether they were in ika (the north island) or waka (the south island). We created a map on google draws to show where those places are.

I enjoyed this task because I was able to revise my knowledge on the Maori language and expand my understanding of the New Zealand towns.