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Friday, 5 June 2020

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?

            eastern Polynesia they came from Fiji, Samoa, cook island, Tonga

  1. How did they arrive in NZ? 

           They arrived on a Waka 


  1. What did they bring to aotearoa?
              Birds, fish and shellfish for the moari´s diet

  1. How did they get food?

          They hunted the Moa to get food and they did not know that the moas lay eggs once a year  

  1. Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people

They settled on the Chatham islands
They were passive
And they were Maori


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

They checked out skeletons and DNA


  1. Explain how the Moa came to be extinct

They only laid one egg a year and the rats ate the eggs. Maori thought Moa would be like hens and lay lots of eggs.


  1. Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did?
They could grow and catch food there, get water and keep warm.


  1. In your word bank, write the meaning of Whānau, Hapū and iwi

Family,  a group of your iwi,  your tribe/ancestors

  1. Explain the role of the rangatira - list at least 5 roles

They were chiefs, teachers, landowners, guardians of cultural treasures and leaders.

1 comment:

  1. You've answered the questions well Quaiden. Next time, use the information to write a summary to post on your blog (like a report using all the information).

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