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Thursday, 8 April 2021

Response to Text (T1, W10)

 Response to Text



Who was the article about? (Full name, and title)  

Sir Apirana Ngata


When and where was he born?

3rd July 1874, in Te Araroa East coast 


Which Iwi=was Apirana Ngata most connected to?

In New Zealand North Island


What was he the first Maori person to do?

In new Zealand he was the first Maori to graduate from University


Finish these sentences from the text:

  1. “Apirana dedicated himself to the improvement of… 

Māori, both socially, culturally, and economically.


  1. “Apirana was a proud Maori, and fought to...

Set up businesses and school for maori throughout New zealand”


  1. “...he used these connections to educate himself in…

       the ways of the European politics and law.


What do you think motivated him to fight so hard to keep Maori Culture alive ? 

7.  Maori were being encouraged to live, and behave like Europeans, and while           Apirana did act, and behave in a European way, he knew that if somebody did not fight to keep Māori culture alive, it would likely go extinct.


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