Summer Learning Journey

Summer Learning Journey - 21/12/17 - Day 5

Day 5: The Dawn of a New Era…

From the 1840s onwards, many European settlers
came to live in New Zealand. It was a difficult period
in New Zealand’s history. As the settlers began to
outnumber the Māori, a great war erupted between the
two groups as they fought for access to land to build
homes and establish communities.

Activity 1: Translating Phrases

Unlike the Māori, many of the European settlers
didn’t speak Te Reo Māori. Instead, they spoke English.
As you can imagine, it was very difficult for the two groups
to communicate because they did not have a dictionary or
a translator. These days we are able to use the Internet to
translate words and phrases from one language to another.

Use Google Translate to translate the following five phrases
from English to Te Reo Māori or from Te Reo Māori to English.
Post the translations on your blog. Be sure to include the phrase
in both the English and Māori to earn full points.

Phrases:

1. Nau mai ki Aotearoa - Welcome to New Zealand
2. is my name - Ko toku ingoa
3. What is your name - He aha te ingoa
4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro - I like to play rugby
5. Where do you come from - No hea koe

Activity 2: The Treaty of Waitangi

On 6 February 1840, a very special document
was signed by the Māori chiefs and the British
settlers in New Zealand. It was called the
Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and it
outlined how the two groups would live together
and work together in New Zealand. It was the first
document of its kind to be signed in the entire world.
The Treaty was signed in a place called Waitangi in northern New Zealand.

Follow this Waitangi village link to read about the village of Waitangi.

On your blog, tell us three fun things that you can do as a
visitor in Waitangi. Which one would you like to do the most?

1. You can make things out of flax and build other crafts out of flax
2. You can learn tons of facts about the past
3. You can visits Maraes and play maori games like
4. Ki o Rahi and you can explore the Marae’s and learn
5. new games and their language.

My favourite one

Number 3 because you get to explore Maraes and play
games and learn their language.

Bonus Activity: #EarnTheFern

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand became a British colony.
Many other countries in the world are also British colonies including Canada,
South Africa, Australia, India and Malaysia. As a group they were, and still are,
called the ‘Commonwealth’ countries. Years ago, a man named Melville Marks
Robinson was asked to organize a sporting competition for people living in the
Commonwealth countries. It is called the Commonwealth Games. The first ever
event took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

Athletes from New Zealand have competed in the Commonwealth
Games for years. In the most recent Commonwealth Games event in
Glasgow, Scotland New Zealand athletes won a total of 45 medals.
The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2018 in the
Gold Coast, Australia. Hundreds of athletes are competing
for the chance to represent NZ at the games (to 'Earn the Fern').

One of New Zealand’s gold-medal-winning Commonwealth a
thletes was a man named Bill Kini. Bill won a gold medal at the
1966 Commonwealth Games for being the best heavyweight boxer.
He was a man of many talents! He played rugby in Ōtāhuhu in the
1960s and later moved to Whangarei.

Imagine that you could interview Bill. What would you ask him
about his time at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.
What would you want to know? I’d like to know how he had time
to train for two sports at once.

On your blog, write four questions that you would ask Bill Kini.

1. How did you feel when you won a gold medal?
2. Did you feel like a star out there?
3. What was the best match that you have ever done?
4. Do you want to switch sports or stay with boxing?

BONUS POINTS: 8