Maori | Patupaiarehe and the Mountains

LI: To learn the geography of Aotearoa.
LI: To identify what Patupaiarehe are.

Mount Maunganui is a mountain in Tauranga. The Hunua and Waitakere ranges are mountains in Auckland. Patupaiarehe are fairies that lived on the mountains in Maori myths.

I learned about the Patupaiarehe and mountains by listening to two stories. The legend of Mauoa and the Turehu wars. I learned where the maountains are by looking on Google maps. We created a document on the definition of Patupaiarehe.

Definitions:
What is a Patupaiarehe?
A patupaiarehe is a pale white fairy that have magic powers that humans don't have. They are bush dwellers. They only come out at night and are scared of the sun as the heat will burn their skin. They usually live in the shadows of a forest. These creatures helped form Mauoa by dragging it into Tauranga. Patupaiarehe can be naughty, nice and all types of other things.

I enjoyed this activity.