Description
This bold, A4 sized kiwiana themed wall frieze is just what you need to brighten up any junior room!
THREE DIFFERENT FRIEZES INCLUDED – READ ON TO FIND OUT MORE!
New Zealand Alphabet frieze:
- Includes all letters A-Z
- ALSO includes the 2 digraphs found in the Māori alphabet (‘Wh’ & ‘Ng’) which makes it a complete ‘NZ’ alphabet
- Rainbow-bright & consecutively coloured with a Kiwiana theme. Features the following images & words:
- A = Apple & ant
- B = BBQ & Basketball
- C = Caravan & camping
- D = Dragonfly & dolphin (native)
- E – Egg & eel (native)
- F = Fish’n’chips & feijoas
- G = Gumboots
- H = Hat & huia feather
- I = Ice cream & insects (hokey-pokey & native insects)
- J = Jandals
- K = Kiwi & kiwifruit
- L = Lizard (native)
- M = Marama Moon
- N = North Island, NZ
- Ng = Ngata (native slugs & snails)
- O = Orange octopus (native)
- P = Pohutukawa, paua & pav
- Q = Quad bike & quail
- R = Te Ra & Rugby
- S = Silver fern
- T = Taniwha & tiki
- U = Umbrella
- V = Volcano
- W = Waka & water
- Wh = Wharenui
- X = X ray & wax-eye
- Y = Yellow (features kowhai, Mohua/Yellowhead & Hoiho/Yellow-eyed penguin)
- Z = Zoo
Maōri Alphabet frieze:
- Includes all the letters of the Māori alphabet (A, E, H, I, K, M, N, Ng, O, P, R, T, U, W, Wh)
- Red background with bright, bold images & Māori only wording. Images & words include:
- A = Awa (river)
- E = E tū/E noho (stand up/sit down)
- H = Harakeke (flax)
- I = Ipu (cup/container)
- K = Kete & Kiwi Kahu (bag & kiwi feather cloak)
- M = Maunga & Māui (mountain & Māui!)
- N = Nīkau (native palm tree)
- Ng = Ngata (native snails & slugs)
- O = One & onepū (sand & beach)
- P = Piupiu, poi & pounamu (flax skirt, poi & greenstone)
- R = Te Ra (the sun)
- T = Taniwha & tiki (mythical creature & greenstone image of a human figure)
- U = Uenuku (personification of rainbows)
- W = Waka & wai (canoe & water)
- Wh = Wharenui (Māori meeting house)
Māori Macrons, Vowels & Diphthongs
- Includes all the vowels with macrons: Āā, Ēē, Īī, Ōō, Ūū
- The diphthong combinations (ae, ai, ao, au, ea, ei, eo, eu, ia, ie, io, iu, oa, oe, oi, ou, ua, ue, ui, uo)
- Blue/Green background with bright, bold images & Māori only wording that best illustrates the diphthong sounds.
- Images & words include:
- Āā = Pāua (paua shell and flesh)
- ae = Tae (colour – colourful artists palette)
- ai = Kai (kete full of food plus hangi food)
- ao = Maomao (blue maomao fish)
- au – Maunga (mountain range)
- Ēē = Takahē (octopus)
- ea = Kea (Kea/mountain parrot)
- ei = Heitiki (greenstone heitiki)
- eo = Kaeo (Cook’s turban shell)
- eu = Māheuheu (weeds)
- Īī = Tūī (native Tūī bird)
- ia = Kia ora (waving children)
- ie = Tīeke (saddleback)
- io = Kiore (rat)
- iu – Piupiu (piupiu)
- Ōō = Pōhutukawa & Kōwhai (native flowers)
- oa = Toroa (albatross)
- oe = Hoe (paddles)
- oi = Poi (poi)
- ou = Pounamu (greenstone collection)
- Ūū = Kūtai (green lipped mussels)
- ua = Tuatua (shellfish)
- ue = Hue (gourds)
- ui = Huia & Uira (extinct huia bird and lightning)
- ou = Taonga Puoro (traditional Māori flutes)
Standard Alphabet
- Simply letters A-Z!
- Exactly the same as the NZ Alphabet above with the omission of the Māori digraphs ‘Wh’ & ‘Ng’.
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