Ngā tohu huarere mō āpōpō (Weather forecast for tomorrow)
Scenario
Te Awarangi and Jenny are ‘performing’ their own weather forecast, using a cardboard box for the frame of the TV screen. Different props are introduced to make associations with different place names, for example, gumboot for Taihape, fish for Taupō. Te Awarangi takes on an interesting appearance when he reads the forecast about snow in Ōhakune.
Language Focus
You will learn an introductory sentence that’s useful for starting a weather forecast.
As well as verbal sentences to describe the weather, you will learn how to add a place name, for example, ‘Ki Ōhakune, ka pupuhi te hau’ (In Ōhakune, the wind will blow). Notice the verbal particle ‘ka’ – indicating future tense.
Tikanga
In line with the story about Māui fishing up his ‘fish’, the North Island, we hear Taupō being described as ‘te Puku o Te Ika a Māui’ (the belly of the fish of Māui).
Transcript and Translation
| Speaker | Māori | English |
| Rōpū tamariki (off-screen) | Ngā tohu huarere mō āpōpō | Weather forecast for tomorrow |
| Te Awarangi | Tēnā koutou katoa, anei ngā tohu huarere mō āpōpō. Ki Taihape, ka heke te ua. | Greetings all, here’s the weather forecast for tomorrow. In Taihape, the rain will fall. |
| Jenny | Ka heke te ua. | The rain will fall. |
| Te Awarangi | Ki Taupō, ki te Puku o Te Ika-a-Māui, ka whiti te rā. | In Taupō, in the centre of the North Island, the sun will shine. |
| Jenny | Ka whiti te rā. | The sun will shine. |
| Te Awarangi | Ki Ōhakune, ka pupuhi te hau. Ka tau te hukapapa. | In Ōhakune, the wind will blow. The frost will settle. |
| Jenny | Ka pupuhi te hau. | The wind will blow. |
| Jenny | Ka tau te hukapapa. | The frost will settle. |
