:Te Tohu Huarere — Weather Forecast
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Approach:  One to one  
Focus:  Inferential listening.
Resources: Audio recording on laptop computer.
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Questions/instructions:

This activity uses the computer.
Click the Weather Forecast button.


Imagine your sports team wants to go to Wellington. You are going to play outdoors for the whole day. You want fine, dry and calm weather to do this. The weather forecast you will hear tells you the weather for a week. Listen to the forecast so you can tell me what day you would choose to go to Wellington. Remember, you want weather that is fine, dry and calm.

Click the Play button.

He mahi rorohiko tënei.
Päwhiria te pätene Te Tohu Huarere.

Kei te hiahia tö tïma täkaro ki te haere ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Ka täkaro koutou i waho mö te katoa o tënei rä. Ko te hiahia kia paki te rä, kia maroke, kia marino hoki. Mä te tohu huarere ka rongo koe ka pëhea te wiki. Whakarongo ki te Tohu Huarere, ä, körero mai ko tëhea te rä ka hiahia koe ki te haere ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Kia maumahara, kia paki, kia maroke, kia marino hoki te rangi.

Päwhiria te pätene Tïmataria.

Audio script:
And now the 5-day forecast for the Wellington region.
Monday:
Strong westerlies over the Tararua Ranges with some snow flurries over 800 metres.
Some light rain with skies clearing later in the day.
Tuesday:
Light rain forecast for the morning, with continued drizzle expected throughout the day, lifting by early evening.
Calm weather with little wind.
Wednesday:
Clear, calm weather expected throughout the region. Warm and sunny in all areas. Temperatures dropping at night-time with frost in some areas.
Thursday:
Winds rising in the morning. Mostly fine, however, a few cloudy areas expected night and morning with rain in the east.
Friday:
Continued wind with driving rain spreading throughout the region.

Audio script:
Anei te Huarere mö te wähanga o raro iho o Te Ika-a-Maui.
Te Mane:
Ko ngä hau kaha o te hauäuru mai i ngä paeroa o te Tararua, me ëtahi rerenga hukapapa neke atu i te waru rau mita.Anö te häuaua me te märama haere o te rangi i muri mai.
Te Türei:
He häuaua i te ata, ä, haere tonu he könehunehu i te nuinga o te rä, katahi ai ka hiki i te ahiahi. Ka marino te rangi anä, iti noa te hau.
Te Wenerei:
Ka mahea, ka tau te huarere aupaki ki te rohe. He mahana, me te whiti o te rä i ngä rohe katoa. Ka heke iho te pämahana i te ahiahi me te whai hukapapa i ëtahi rohe.
Te Täite:
Ka kaha ake ngä hau i te ata. I te nuinga o te wä, he rä paki, ahakoa he kapua ka kitea i te pö me te ata, me te paku marangai i te räwhiti.
Te Paraire:
Ka pupuhi tonu te hau, ä, ka hora atu i te rohe katoa.




% responses
Ged
MI
1. Which day would you choose?
     Ko tëhea te rä köwhiri ai koe?
Wednesday
95
69
2. Why would you choose that day?
     He aha koe i köwhiri ai i taua rä?
lack of rain
38
16
lack of wind
68
24
clear/sunny/frosty
84
76
 
Total score:

4
24
11
3
43
16
2
29
41
1
1
16
0
3
16

Commentary:
Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings scored statistically significantly higher than students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings.

 
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