Kei hea ngā tāniwha?

This week was full of fun experiences with the walk to the river, developing knowledge about Waikato te awa and tāniwha.

The children really enjoyed listening to the tāniwha story and a question came up as whether a tāniwha was real or not. Some said it is imaginary, and some said it is real and lives in Waikato te awa. They said that they saw the tāniwha cave which he/she lives in.

We looked at different drawing styles of tāniwha. Everyone has different ideas about what tāniwha might look like, and I really wanted to see the children's creative ideas. Look at what they have drawn...

I love how each tāniwha looks so unique and that they have captured the interesting features of a tāniwha which were long, colourful, and has a tongue poking out. Tino pai everyone!