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The activities for Ngatu making are based on the School Journal story: Taiana's Ngatu (Part 3 Number 2, 1998).

a. Word List activity

b. Read the story (Taiana's Ngatu - School Journal Part 3 Number 2, 1998).

c. Sentence Sequence activity

d. The students could create a chart illustrating the process for making a Ngatu.

e. Extension: Make a Kupesi Board. The instructions for this activity follow the story Taiana's Ngatu in the School Journal (Pt 3, N 2, 1998).
Refer to:

  • Images of Ngatu & Tapa cloth - This site is the National Library site. You can find images of ngatu and tapa cloth. You search this site using letters according to what you are looking for. The username is timeframes and the password is images.




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