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- Read by a teacher to a class.
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 | This bilingual story introduces animals from different countries and continents of the world – including taniwha. The end of the story features a Māori proverb associated with the Tainui people, about a taniwha at each bend of the Waikato River. | |
 | In this bilingual story, Rīpeka recites her pepeha, describing the land features around Taranaki – her tūrangawaewae (place of belonging). She also introduces her key family members, through the use of repeated sentence structures.It turns out that her younger sister Merenia wants to steal the show! | |
 | In this bilingual story, two boys go to the school sports shed to collect some P.E. equipment. Simple sentence structures are used to explain the names for each piece of equipment and what they are used for.At the end of the story, the boys find a scary surprise in the shed which sends them running back to the classroom – without any sports gear! | |
 | In this bilingual story, Ana has a busy week with different physical activities and clothing each day. The story includes the words for the days of the week, clothing and physical activities.By the end of the week, Ana has a very messy room, resulting in a lot of washing. | |
 | In this bilingual story, we meet Iraia, the new baby. We then go through the ages and stages of education with Matiu at kohanga, Fatima at primary school, Vijay at intermediate school, Mei-Li at secondary school, Hone at university and Soti at work. Finally, we meet Mandy in hospital – with her new baby Iraia.Simple sentence structures introduce the people in the story, including their ages and levels of schooling. | |
 | In this bilingual story, we follow a week of weather in Aotearoa. It’s raining in Auckland, windy in Wellington, cloudy in Taranaki, snowing in Wanaka and frosty in Wakatipu. Turn to the last page to see where the sun is shining every day of the week.Simple sentence structures lead us through the days of the week, different kinds of weather and some local placenames. |