Climate change and the carbon cycle – kuputaka
This resource contains kuputaka Māori mo āhuarangi hurihuri a hurihanga waro – reo Māori words associated with climate change and the carbon cycle.
Climate or atmospheric tohu
Māori developed detailed knowledge of tohu that enabled them to monitor and forecast trends in the health of the taiao and taonga species.
Explore māramatanga Māori (insights and understandings) regarding climate change in these articles:
Kuputaka
Glossary of kupu Māori mō te āhuarangi hurihuri a hurihanga waro(Māori words associated with climate change and the carbon cycle)
āhuarangi hurihuri | climate change |
ahumahi | industry |
ao koiora | biosphere |
hāora | oxygen |
hau | wind |
haurehu | gas |
haurehu kati mahana | greenhouse gas |
hurihanga waro | carbon cycle |
kaipūtaiao | scientist |
kora mātātoka | fossil fuel |
mewaro | methane |
moana | ocean |
ngahere | forest |
oneone | soil |
paemahana | temperature |
puia | volcano |
pūtaiao | science |
pūtake | source |
putunga waro | carbon sink |
tāone nui | city |
tapuwae waro | carbon footprint |
toka | rock |
tūnuku | transport |
waro | carbon |
Download a Word version of the above table.
Related content
Drive it Down! – a context for learning provides pedagogical suggestions and links to the New Zealand Curriculum. It includes Drive it Down! – the carbon cycle and climate, which curates articles, media and activities covering climate change, greenhouse gases, the carbon cycle and climate action.
Useful links
Visit Paekupu to view te hurihanga waro in te reo Māori.
Use GNS Science’s interactive booklet The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change to complete a crossword puzzle using some of the kupu listed in this resource.
Acknowledgement
This resource has been adapted from resources created for the Drive it Down! Measuring and mitigating school-gate emissions project. Scientists from GNS Science alongside educators developed the project and resources with funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through the Unlocking Curious Minds fund and Te Herenga Waka University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship. Further funding was provided by the Royal Society Te Apārangi Catalyst Fund (2020).
Contributors to Drive it Down!
Scientists from GNS Science developed the Drive it Down! project and resources. Funding was through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Unlocking Curious Minds fund, Te Herenga Waka University of Wellington Doctoral Scholarship and the Royal Society Te Apārangi Catalyst Fund (2020).
