Tikanga ā-Iwi

paparahi

continent

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He wehenga whenua rahi. E whitu ngā paparahi o te ao, arā, ko Āhia, ko Āwherika, ko Amerika ki te Raki, ko Amerika ki te Tonga, ko Ūropi, ko Ahitereiria, ko Te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga. He pāpaku te moana kei ngā tapa o ngā paparahi (tae atu ki te 200 mita te hōhonu), ā, ka kīia ēnei wāhi ko ngā paenga paparahi.

A large land mass. The seven continents of the Earth are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica. The sea is shallow at the edges of the continents, up to a depth of 200 metres, and these areas are called the continental shelf.

Tauira KŌrero

Ko wai ētahi o ngā whenua i te paparahi o Āhia?

Whakaahuatia te piri tahi o ngā paparahi o te ao i neherā noa atu.

Ko Āhia te paparahi nui rawa atu o te ao.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

He wā i piri tahi ai ngā paparahi o te ao, ka kīia ko Pangaea hei ingoa mō taua whenua rahi. Kotahi rau toru tekau miriona tau ki muri, ka tīmata te wehewehe haere o ngā paparahi e whitu. Ka tapaina te paparahi nui o te tonga, ko Te Uri Māroa (Gondwanaland). Ko Āwherika, ko Amerika ki te Tonga, ko Ahitereiria, ko Te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga ngā paparahi i puta i te wehewehenga o Te Uri Māroa, tae atu ki tō tātou whenua o Aotearoa anō hoki:

He mahere ao tēnei e whakaatu ana i ōna paparahi, i ōna moana matua, me ōna rohe:

Takenga Mai

papa - surface

rahi - large

KUPU KĒ ATU

whenua rahi

Tauira KŌrero

Ko wai ētahi o ngā whenua i te paparahi o Āhia?

Whakaahuatia te piri tahi o ngā paparahi o te ao i neherā noa atu.

Ko Āhia te paparahi nui rawa atu o te ao.