Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand
According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.
To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.
1) New Zealanders are also called kiwis but kiwi is not a fruit. It is New Zealand’s native flightless bird.
2) The Maori name of New Zealand is Aotearoa which means the land of the long white cloud.
3) The country is part of the Pacific Rim of Fire and its most active volcano is Mount Ruapehu, found in the middle of the North Island.
Kia ora Rowana,
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the Summer Learning Journey! We are so glad that you have decided to participate in the programme again. We always look forward to reading all your blog posts.
My name is Sophie and I am a part of the SLJ team who will be reading and commenting on your blog posts this summer. It is awesome to see that you have already done so many activities! I will work to comment on them as soon as possible.
Thank you for telling me these great facts about New Zealand. We are so lucky to live in such an awesome country. Please do make sure that you put everything into your own words.
It's great to see you using images to illustrate your blog posts. Every time that we use an image on our blog, it's really important that we tell our readers where we found it, and give credit to the owner of the picture. To properly credit a picture you will need to include a link to the site where you found the image. We have created a guide that you might find helpful. You can check it out here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VKjkMGwBrk2YI6Vtmg91OAQljr_T3ZSV6YZtu6MWFNM/
Keep up the great blogging!
Talk soon,
Sophie