Tangata Whenua questions:
- Where did the Māori people arrive from?
Eastern Polynesia
- How did they arrive in NZ?
On waka
- What did they bring to Aotearoa?
Food and crops
- How did they get food?
By hunting
- Write 3 sentences about the Moriori people
They settled on the Chatham islands
They were passive And they were Maori
- How did they prove that Māori and Moriori descended from the same people?
They checked out skeletons and DNA
- 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
- Why did Māori choose to settle in the places they did?
They could grow and catch food there, get water and keep warm.
- In your word bank, write the meaning of whānau, hapū and iwi
Family, a group of your iwi, your tribe/ancestors
- Explain the role of the rangatira - list at least 5 roles
They were chiefs, teachers, landowners, guardians of cultural treasures and leaders.
You've answered the questions well Matangi. Next time, use the information you've gathered to write a report to post on your blog (similar to the one we did when we interviewed Mark the Martian).
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