Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa [4 points]
Many people believe that Kupe was the first explorer to discover Aotearoa, New Zealand in about 1300. He navigated his way by waka to Aotearoa from Hawaiki using traditional Polynesian navigation techniques - just like Nainoa Thompson (from Activity 1) did much later on. Legend says that he followed a great octopus all the way to Aotearoa/New Zealand and finally destroyed it in Cook Strait (the water between the North and South Islands).
Many years later, a Dutch explorer from The Netherlands, Abel Tasman, was exploring the Pacific Ocean when he came across New Zealand. He thought that he was the first person to ‘discover’ the country (despite the fact that Māori already lived in New Zealand!) and made the claim in 1642 that he had ‘discovered’ a new land. His exploration of New Zealand inspired many other European explorers to follow his lead and travel to the Oceania.
Kupe and Abel Tasman were two different men from two very different backgrounds (cultures) who shared a common interest - exploration.
On your blog, please tell us about your cultural background. Where do you and your family come from?
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ReplyDeleteGood afternoon Sione,
ReplyDeleteIts me Christopher. Just like you my parents are from Tonga and I am born in New Zealand. But if you had kids were would you want them to be born? Besides that you did an great job!
Kind Regards
Christopher
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ReplyDeleteHi Sione
ReplyDeleteIt's me Lukas.
Remember Sione to use your punctuation.
When you grow up would you want to go back to Tonga?
ANYWAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
😁👍✌
Kia ora Sione,
ReplyDeleteIt's Olive here. Congrats on being such an Activity Whizz! You're so fast! I love the enthusiasm! Great job on your latest post! I'll really enjoyed learning more about you. You must be so proud of your parents and the big move they made! I think the artwork you've included is great! Just remember to link the websites in your blog post! It's super important for you to show you readers where you got the picture from! Other than that, ka pai for a great post!
Ngā mihi,
Olive
Hello Sione,
ReplyDeleteWow!, I didn't know your parents were migrated to New Zealand for a better life, well I hope they had a good life.
What happened if you had to move back to Tonga? Would you be happy or sad? and why?
You are doing Great, Keep going,
Keep up the amazing work!
Hello Sione,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you are doing great in blogging for your SLJ. It is great to learn more about you and your family. Just wanted to ask you would be happy to go Tonga?
Keep it up!
Laki