Pūtaiao

papaneke

tectonic plate

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Koia nei ngā wāhanga rahi o te mata o te kirinuku. E nekeneke ana i ngā wā katoa i runga i te pīoioi o te nukuratarata e noho ana ki raro. Kei te kapi katoa a Papatūānuku i ēnei papaneke, ānō nei he pangahono. Ko ētahi he papaneke moana, ko ētahi he papaneke paparahi.

Massive slabs of the Earth’s crust which are constantly moving on the underlying mantle. They cover the whole of the Earth and fit together like a jig-saw. There are two types of plates – oceanic and continental.

Tauira KŌrero

Pēhea nei te tere o te nekeneke o te papaneke?

Hoahoatia tētahi papaneke.

He motuhake tonu te nekeneke o ia papaneke.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Koia nei ngā papaneke o te kirinuku o Papatūānuku:

Ka takea mai ngā papaneke i te nekeneke tonu o te tokarewa kakā ki roto rā anō i te nukuratarata. He pōturi tonu te nekeneke o ngā papaneke, kāore e nui ake i te 12cm i ia tau, engari ka puta tonu i konei ngā rū whenua me ngā hūnga puia, ka hangaia hoki he pae maunga, he rua rānei i te papa o te moana:

Takenga Mai

papa - anything broad, flat and hard, Earth floor, bed of a lake

neke - move

Tauira KŌrero

Pēhea nei te tere o te nekeneke o te papaneke?

Hoahoatia tētahi papaneke.

He motuhake tonu te nekeneke o ia papaneke.