Ko wai a Zeus?

Te Kōrero o nehera a Zeus.  

Ko Zeus te Ātua o te rangi me te rangatira o ngā Ātua taumāhekeheke.  Ko Cronus tōna pāpā, ko Rhea tōna māmā, ko Athena tōna tamahine.  

Zeus is the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. Cronus is his father, Rhea is his mother and Athena is his daughter.  

I te wā o mua kei te whawhai a Zeus ki ōna teina ko Poseidon, rāua ko Hades mo te kingitanga o Cronus.  Ko Cronus te kingi o ngā kingi kātoa.  Ko Zeus te tamatoa hei wini i tana rakau pahu whaitiri.  

Back in the day Zeus fought his younger brothers Poseidon and Hades for the throne of their father Cronus.  Cronus was the king of kings.  Zeus won the battle between his brothers with the help of his weapon the thunderbolt.  

Ko Poseideon te Ātua o te moana, ko Hades te Ātua o te whenua kore.  

Poseidon is the god of the sea and Hades is the god of the underworld.  

Nā Jubilee 

Te Rotarota Maumahara / Remembering Poem

Te Rotarota Maumahara:

On cold winter days ....

I maumahara ahau ōku matiwae kei roto i te Onepu. 

My feet remembers sinking in the sand.  

I maumahara ahau ōku waewae i whanawhana i roto te moana. 

My legs remember smashing into the water.  

I maumahara ahau ki te takahuri i tōku tinana ki te Onepu.  

My body remembers rolling in the sand.  

I maumahara ahau ki te tautoro ōku ringa ki te rangi.  

My arms remember stretching up high into the sky.  

I maumahara ahau ki te tipakohia i ngā anga.  

My hands remembers picking some shells.  

I maumahara ahau te werawera o Tama-nui-tera ki tōku kanohi.  

My face remembers how hot the sun is. 

I maumahara ahau ki te maumai ngā rongoa wera ki tōku kiri.  

My mind remembers to put sun screen on a hot, hot day.

Na Diezel 

Te Rotarota Maumahara

I maumahara ōku tinana ki ngā hukahuka o te moana.  

My body remembers splashing along the foamy surf.  

I maumahara ōku waewae ki pekepeke ana i roto i te hukahuka o te moana.  

My feet remembers jumping in the foamy surf.  

I maumahara ōku mahunga ki nga mirimiri o tōku māmā i te waa ka pirangi au ki te moe.  

My head remembers my mum massaging my head so that I could go to sleep.  

I maumahara ahau i tōku wehenga ki te moana ka hari koa tōku ngakau.  

My mind remembers going to the beach and having fun.  

I maumahara ōku ringaringa i mahi tahi ki te hanga tētahi whare Onepu i te moana.  

My hands remembers building a sandcastle on the beach.  

I maumahara ōku rākau mata i whero ai ngā te mahanatanga o Tama-nui-tera.  

My face remembers the burning hot sun piercing into my skin.  

I maumahara ōku hinengaro i noho mangere ana mā runga i te Onepu.  

My mind remembers relaxing on the nice hot sand.  

Na Psalm 

Remembering Summer: He rotarota/Poem

Kia ora koutou e te whaanau,

Nau mai haere mai ki te waahanga tuatoru o tenei tau.  Ko te mea nui ko ngaa tamariki nga rangatira mo apopo.  No reira e te whaanau teena koutou,  teena koutou, teena taatou kaatoa.

Kei a matou tamariki ki te ako tetahi rotarota mai te rotarota a "Remembering Summer."

Ko teenei rotarota na Ezra Tewano te kaituhi.

Remembering Summer:

I maumahara tōku kānohi ki te peke aporo i te wai makariri.  

My face remembers going Apple bobbing in the cold water,

I maumahara ahau ki te whanawhana e21 ōna wā ōku waewae.  

My legs remember falling over 21 times, 

I maumahara ahau ki te kaukau ana i roto i te wai makariri. 

My body remembers swimming in the cold water, 

I maumahara ahau ki ngenge me te mamae i ōku amo. 

My arms remember getting tired and sore,

I maumahara ahau te papa wera rawa i ōku matiwae.  

My feet remember burning concrete, 

I maumahara ahau te makariri i tōku hinengaro.  

My mind remembers getting a brain freeze, 

I maumahara ahau ki te whiu poro tenehi i ōku ringa.  

My hands remember throwing my tennis ball, 

Ko te tumanako ka hoki mai a te wā raumati.  

Oh, how I wish it was summer again.  

Na Ezra Tewano