ABC Booklet - My Cook Islands Maori Alphabet

With Numbers and Colours Written by Bradley Walker & Naomi Strickland

PASIFIKA EDUCATION CENTRE

Written by Bradley Walker and Naomi Strickland Illustrated by Tukara Matthews ISBN 978-1-927153-03-1 First Published in 2010 by Native Council PO Box 90157, Victoria Street West, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. www.nativecouncil.co.nz for Pasifika Education Centre Empowering Pacific People Through Education P O Box 22-654, Otahuhu, Auckland 1640, New Zealand. www.pec.ac.nz Š 2010 – Native Council All rights reserved.

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Designed, typeset and printed in Aotearoa, New Zealand

With Numbers and Colours Written by Bradley Walker & Naomi Strickland

PASIFIKA EDUCATION CENTRE

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Pasifika Education Centre who are dedicated to empowering Pacific people through education.

Without their support, this book would never have been produced.

Aa

A’i

Fire

Ee

’Eke

Octopus

Ii

Ika

Fish

Kk

Kuru

Breadfruit

Mm

Maunga

Mountain

Ng ng

Ngarara Lizard

Nn

Nu

Coconut Tree

Oo

One Sand

Pp

Pepe

Butterfly

Rr

Rangi

Sky

Tt

Taro

Taro

Uu

Ua Rain

Vv

Vaka

Canoe

Te au kara Auika Blue

Kerekere Black Rengarenga Yellow Teatea White

Kaki

Brown

Colours Matie Green

Tarona Pink

Muramura Red

Vare’au Purple

Makara Orange

Tare Numero 1

Ta’i

E ta’i Reva

One

One flag

2 3

Toru

Rua

E rua Manu

Two

Two birds

E toru Tangaroa

Three Three Tangaroa

4

’A

E ’a kete

Four Four baskets

Numbers 5

Rima E rima Akari Five

Five coconuts

6 7

’Itu

E ’itu Ikaetu

Seven Seven starfish

Ono E ono Ika Six

Six fish

8

Varu

E varu Tiare

Eight Eight flowers

9

10

Iva

E iva Meika

Nine Nine bananas

Ta’ingauru

E ta’ingauru Parau

Ten

Ten sea shells

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With Numbers and Colours My Cook Islands Maori Alphabet Book introduces the alphabet, colours and numbers. It is part of a larger range of Cook Islands Maori and Pacific languages resources created by the Pasifika Education Centre.

The Pasifika Education Centre is dedicated to empowering Pacific people through education. This book is part of a wider strategy to protect Pacific Languages and encourage their learning and everyday use.

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ISBN

978-1-927153-03-1

9 421902 387104