NZ Alphabet Frieze (including Māori Macrons and Diphthongs)

$8.50




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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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