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 Oceania.
Kupe and Abel Tasman were two different men from two very different backgrounds (cultures) who shared a common interest - exploration.Here is a google drawing of my culture background
I am Tongan on my Mums side
I am part Fijian from my Mums side aswell
And I am a New Zealander because I live in New Zealand
Kia ora Thomas,
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon! How are you doing? My name is Olive and I’m one of the blog commentators for The Summer Learning Journey. I’m super excited to see what you and your classmates will get up to these holidays!
Thank you so much for your effort on this blog post. I thoroughly enjoyed how you expressed your cultural background visually. The images you selected are really cool! Please remember to link your images in your posts. It’s really important that your readers can see where you got your artwork from. Your cultural backgrounds are super awesome! My Dad is Dutch and my Mum is English but we are also New Zealanders because we live here. Ka pai for a great effort!
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Ngā mihi,
Olive