Kia ora ra e te whanau! It's Xmas so I thought today's episode can follow theme.

Whakatauki - Me oioi ki te ringa ka puta te tama a Upokoroa. [Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo, pg 54]

Pangapanga:

1. Mele Kalikimaka. No tewhea reo te mihi nei? - He reo Hawaii.
2. Tuturu ranei ki te reo Hawaii taua mihi na a Mele Kalikimaka? He kupu mino ke mai ranei? - Kupu mino mai.
3. Mo te kararehe nei a Ruana. Ko Ruana ihu aha ra ia? - Ko Ruana ihu wherowhero
4. Mo te waiata nei, He manu aha kei ro rakau ponga? - He Pukeko.
5. E whia ra ia nga kararehe kawe waka o Hana Koko? - E iwa.
6. Whakahuahuatia aua kararehe ingoa?

Ko Tata - Dasher (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/7620)

Ko Kani - Dancer (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/2171)

Ko Hiteki - Prancer (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/1272)

Ko Nunakia - Vixen (Play on words perhaps? Nanakia meaning tricky/crafty - Nunakia was the name of a ship https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/30011)

Ko Unahiroa - Comet (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/15093)

Ko Kuata - Cupid (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/42540)

Ko Whaitiri - Donner (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/9332)

Ko Uira - Blitzen (https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/8872)

Ko Ruana - Rudolf

He panui:

He mihi meri kirihimete no te tau 1898. Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 45, 22 December 1898, Page 1 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/JUBIL18981222.2.4]

Wetewete:

he mihi nui ake i roto i te ngakau mo tona kitenga i te ra whakamaharatanga i whanau ai to tatou Ariki a Ihu Karaiti

He Kirihimete haringa, me te tau hou.

Ko te kite a te tinana tangata, ko te korero a te mangai tangata.