Hurumanu 1 Blog Post - Why Study History?
Studying history is important because it's important to learn about the past and mistakes that were made. Three Historic events I am familiar with in Aotearoa are Treaty of Waitangi, Matariki and Musket wars. More recent events that have happened in our country are Mosque shootings, Covid - 19 and Earthquakes.
We are listening to chapters from Gavin Bishop’s book ‘Piano Rock’.
He says he values his heritage because his mum’s dad was Tainui, from Waikato.
' It’s enormously important and it’s been a source of inspiration and ideas,
thinking about what life must have been like for my grandfather and his siblings.'
He says he values his heritage because his mum’s dad was Tainui, from Waikato.
' It’s enormously important and it’s been a source of inspiration and ideas,
thinking about what life must have been like for my grandfather and his siblings.'
