Celebrate Matariki with Karori Library
Jun
17
Make a Taniwha puppet
Make a Matariki badge
Read a Matariki story
Thursday 23 June, 4 – 5 pm
Nau mai, haere mai ki a koutou katoa
Everybody welcome, bring your whānau & friends
Archive for the ‘Te Reo & Maori Culture’ Category
Kōhunga Kōrero – storytimes in te reo Māori
Jan
25
Preschool storytimes in te reo Māori are on soon at a library near you. Perfect for experiencing and learning te reo, practicing the language or simply snuggling up to hear a good story.
Kōhunga Kōrero is on in the following libraries:
Newtown Library: every 1st Wednesday of each month at 10.30 am
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library: every 2nd Thursday of each month at 10.15 am
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library: every 3rd Wednesday of each month at 10.30 am
Miramar Library: every 4th Thursday of each month at 10.15 am
Information on Kohunga Korero can be found here. See you there!
Christmas Holidays for Library Programmes
Dec
10
The week of 13th – 17th December is the final week for Baby Rock and Rhyme and Kohunga Korero for 2010, which will take a break over December – January and will restart in the first week of February 2010.
Wellington Central Library will continue to run Baby Rock and Rhyme sessions over this time – weekly on Wednesdays at 9.30 am (except for December 29th and January 5th), everyone is welcome.
A big festive thank you to everyone who has joined us at Baby Rock and Rhyme and Kohunga Korero this year, we will miss you over the holidays but we’re looking forward to seeing you in 2011 for more fun, stories and songs in the library.
Special Storytelling at Tawa Library
Nov
15
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library are hosting a special te reo Maori storytelling session this week! Perfect for 2-6 year olds and their caregivers. Come along to listen to actor and storyteller Toa Waaka weave stories and legends in Maori and English. A perfect opportunity to learn and experience te reo Maori through stories – all are welcome!
Tawa Library, Wednesday 17th November 2010, 10.30-11.15am, Free!
Kōhunga Kōrero – Storytimes in te reo Māori
Jul
29
Learn te reo! Listen to stories and sing songs! Find out about cool books about Māori myths, legends…
Come along to Kōhunga Kōrero for 30mins of stories, waiata and activities in te reo Māori. These monthly storytimes are held at Mervyn Kemp (Tawa), Cummings Park (Ngaio), Newtown and Miramar libraries. All free and all fun.
Happy Matariki!
Jun
21
Wellington Libraries’ Matariki Events are on now and are a lot of fun. It’s not too late to join in.
This week there are events at Kilbirnie and Karori Libraries- come along to watch Kapa Haka and story telling. You can make a Matariki Wish (you never know- it might come true) and there will even be a badge maker there for you to make your own badges.
Kilbirnie: Tuesday 22nd June 3.30pm
Karori: Thursday 24th June 4pm
See you there!
Kōhunga Kōrero – Pakiwaitara i roto i te Reo Māori
Feb
05
Preschool Storytimes in te reo Māori
From February 11th you’ll be able to hear stories read aloud in te Reo Māori at 4 library branches in Wellington. Kōhunga Kōrero will be filled with stories, rhymes, songs and fun, and will be held at Miramar, Newtown, Cummings Park (Ngaio) and Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Libraries.
Come along to learn some new words and test your language skills. Find out when they are happening here.
Suitable for 1-6 year olds and their caregivers.
Kia Ora!
Dec
22
Kia ora tamariki,
Kei te aha koutou i ngā rā hararei? What are you doing in the holidays?
How about exploring your local whare pukapuka? We have heaps of cool books, dvds, cds and magazines to keep you entertained.
Some great new books include:
Counting the stars by Gavin Bishop - four Māori myths (in English)
Te taniwha i warewaretia / The forgotten taniwha by Robin Kahukiwa ( in English and te reo Māori) – a picture book about the taniwha Ngākau Pono who has been looking after the people who live in the pā below his cave for hundreds of years. When the Pākehā arrive in Aotearoa the people start to leave – has Ngākau Pono been forgotten forever?
Rangitoto : te toka tu moana : the rock standing by Maria Gill - tells the story of Rangitoto island, it’s history and how it is being looked after today.
Ngā mihi o te Tau Hau ki a koutou katoa!
Special Event tomorrow!
Jul
31
Hey Tamariki,
Don’t forget tomrrow that we have Storyteller Moira Wairama performing a Te Reo storytelling session to Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2009 (Celebrate Māori Language Week 2009)
Where: Whare pukapuka matua (Central Library)
When: Te Rāhoroi 1 Here-turi-kōkā i te tau 2009 (Saturday 1st August 2009)
Time: 11.45am – 12.15 pm
Cost: Free! No bookings required.
Moira’s storytelling is tumeke (awesome)!
You can also go to a session today to learn how to make putiputi (flowers) with harakeke (flax) at Newlands Community Centre.
Here are some library words for you in Te Reo:
Book
Pukapuka
Non-fiction
kōrero pono
Fiction
Kōrero paki
Author
kaitito or kaituhi
Branch (library)
peka / pekanga
Te Wiki o te reo Māori
Jul
30
Tēnā koutou e hoa mā,
As part of Māori language week, our friends at the Newlands Community Centre have 2 sessions to learn how to make putiputi (flowers) with harakeke (flax).
You will learn;
A karakia
basic harvesting techniques and tikanga,
How to make three types of putiputi
At least 10 kupu Māori (Maori words).
When? Thursday 30th July 6pm to 7.15pm and Friday 31st July 3.30pm to 4.45pm (you only need to attend one)
Where? Drop in lounge at the Newlands Community Centre, 9 Batchelor Street Newlands.
Cost? Free
Nau mai haere mai! Everyone welcome.
