He mea ora. Koia nei ngā tukanga me ngā mahi matua a tētahi rauropi: ka kai, ka tukupūngao, ka tukupara, ka tupu, ka urupare ki ngā momo whakakorikori, ka nuku, ka whakaputa uri. Kāore i ārikarika ngā momo rauropi e noho ana ki a Papatūānuku – he nui ake i te rua miriona. Hei tauira, ko te tangata, ko te kurī, ko te kūmara, ko te noke, ko te huakita, ko te pāua, ko te rākau.
A living thing. An organism performs the following functions: it takes in nutrients, it respires, it excretes waste, it grows, it responds to stimuli, it moves, it reproduces. There are over two million different species of organisms on the earth, for example, humans, dogs, kūmara, worms, bacteria, pāua and trees.