Homegrown · te reo from home
Pakapaka
baked dryThe spring has dried up and the far north is in drought. Quinton finds a language lesson in it, and in the pork crackling.
5 short steps · about 2 minutes
Watch the key moments, answer as you go, then use it at home.
Really dry
Words for really dry periods.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
Which real Ngāpuhi word does Quinton give?
Pork crackling
Pakapaka literally means baked.
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Why is pork crackling called pakapaka?
Crisps or fries?
Another word up here that uses pakapaka.
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Match each piece of te reo to its meaning.
A word for drought
A word from a generation or two before today's kaumātua.
Play the clip. It stops so you can guess.
What was the old word for a dry period?
Use it at home
This week, try one:
Lesson 39 complete
Ka rawe!
Pakapaka: baked dry.
Homegrown · made from the Māori in a Minute video "Language Insight #188". Only the key teaching moments are kept.