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Monday 8 June 2020

Tangata Whenua

      Tangata Whenua 

       This was our first lesson in Hurumanu 1 studying 'Where I came from' and our ancestors.
Tangata Whenua questions:

Use the questions below to help guide your note-taking. You need to identify the key points from the video and write your own notes. You can rewatch the video if you need to.

Your notes will be used to help you write a summary of the video.

  1. Where did the Māori people arrive from? East asia



  1. How did they arrive in NZ? In a waka



  1. What did they bring to NZ? Kai ,rats , dogs and seafood and even  some traditional kai 




  1. How did they get food? Huntedthe moa



  1. Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people

They lived on the Chatham Islands
They were passive people
They were Maori


  1. How did they prove that Māori and Moriori descended from the same people? They compared skeletons and dna.





  1. Explain how the Moa came to be extinct because rats ate there eggs , and they only layed one egg a year




  1. Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did? Because it was warm and they could grow food there, and also catch food there like fish and there was a lot of water.




  1. In your word bank, write the meaning of whānau means family , hapū means a group of iwi  and iwi means where they lived.. The indigenous people.

1 comment:

  1. V. good responses to questions Aliyah. Next time, weave your answers into a paragraph to post on your blog (a bit like the 'news report' we did of the interview with the Martian.

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