Winter Learning Journey ~ Day 6

Day #6: Native Aotearoa

Welcome to Day #6 of your journey and the last day in the south island. You are going to start the day by traveling 63 km north up State Highway 1 from Dunedin to a place called ‘Shag Point.’ Shag Point is one of five places in the south island where the Maori arrived hundreds of years ago to settle in New Zealand. They arrived at Shag Point in large canoes called ‘wakas.’ For more information on Shag Point and other Maori landing places, go to the Waka landing places website.

 

 

Activity 1: Let’s imagine that you were on the first waka to arrive at Shag Point. You had never been to New Zealand before and you had no idea what to expect. Write a poem describing how you would have felt when you arrived in New Zealand. Would you have been excited or scared? I would have felt pretty nervous, I reckon…

Nervous but excited at the same time

Kinda don't want to go, is that a crime

Blue skies, beautiful beaches in the daylight

I don't want to sleep here at night

Don't no how or what to feel but I can tell you

I pray, I pray this will be a journey believe me it is true

Maoris from many villages and tribes

Oh no this is giving me some spooky vibes

I think to myself, everything will be fine

Please god if it's not, give me a big old sign

This is how a would probably fell

But don't be frightened, let's make it a deal…….!!!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(canoe)

Activity 2: After visiting Shag Point, you hop back in the van and drive all the way up the east coast of the south island until you reach the town of Picton. You get out of the van and onto the Interislander ferry. It travels back across the Cook Strait to Wellington. Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand and every winter the city hosts a huge Matariki festival to celebrate the Maori New Year. This year part of the festival is being held at Te Papa, a big museum in Wellington.

Read about the Matariki festival at Te Papa.  There are so many different things to see and do at the festival this year. On your blog, tell us about three of the events. You can choose any three events that you wish.

1. Star Weaving
2. Latin making work shop
3. Watch Matariki Fireworks

Bonus Activity: As part of the Matariki festival, there is a two day Kapa Haka competition. The haka is a traditional war dance that Maori performed before going into battle. The haka is now performed by children/adults in the community and by professional sporting teams, including our national rugby team, the ‘All Blacks.’  The All Blacks have performed various haka over the years. Watch the following three haka videos (1 – 3) and, on your blog, list the haka videos in order from best (#1) to worst (#3). There are no right or wrong answers ☺

#1. World Cup 2015 – All Blacks vs Argentina

#2. All Blacks vs South Africa 2016

#3. Rugby World Cup 2011- All Blacks vs France

1 - All Blacks vs Argentina - I loved this one because I could see a lot of our oldies and it's so cool seeing that.

2 - All Blacks vs South Africa 2016 and Rugby World Cup 2011- All Blacks vs France - I could not pick who would come 2nd  place out of this 2.

At the end of your day at Te Papa, you head to your hotel in the centre of Wellington. You are staying on Cuba Street, one of the coolest streets in the city.

Bonus Activity: 8 points
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Winter Learning Journey ~ Day 5

Day #5: One Step at a Time…

After a long day at the beach, it is now time to move away from the water and drive inland, through the middle of the south island. You are going to start in Nelson and drive south before crossing a huge mountain range called the ‘Southern Alps.’ The scenery is going to be amazing!

Activity 1: After a few hours in the car, you, your group and Curious Kiwi arrive at your first stop – The Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve. It is a beautiful, regional park located at the base of the Southern Alps. You and your group get out of the van and follow Curious Kiwi. He is going to lead you on a short walk through the park. As you start walking, you notice a really cool looking tree on the side of the trail and you stop to take a closer look. When you turn back, the group (and Curious Kiwi) is nowhere to be found. Eek! You are all alone in the middle of a strange forest.

For this activity write a short story (8-10 sentences) about what might happen next. Please be sure to include lots of details about what you might be feeling, seeing and doing after you realise that you are all alone in the forest…

As I was walking I spotted a strange looking tree so I stopped and glared at it not even for 2 seconds as I turned around my group had vanished OH NO I say to myself. I looked at my surroundings how did I get her in a forest, I decided to stay calm and see if I could spot my group in the far distance. I sigh, Ahh well I wouldn't want to just waste all of my good time on nothing so I walked a few steps forward, Aghh this isn't that bad I said to myself. As I was walking through the forest I spotted a lot of beautiful and cute animals including insects. Oww I had stood on a something, I looking down and it was a silver cart charm. Hey this is one of the group members charm. HEY YOU, someone said I looked around and it was the group YAYYYYYYY.

To be continued

 

 

http://www.kiwidaydreaming.com/p/new-zealand-maps.html

Activity 2: After the adventure at The Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve, you are pretty happy to get back into the shuttle van and continue with your road trip. Over the next few hours you travel up and over the Southern Alps, arriving in the city of Christchurch to eat lunch. You have a delicious meal at a café downtown and then hop back into the van to travel to Twizel, a small town at the base of Aoraki-Mt Cook. Mt Cook is the largest mountain in New Zealand. It is also the mountain where Sir Edmund Hillary trained for his climb up Mt Everest – the tallest mountain in the world. Sir Edmund Hillary is very famous because he was the first person to ever reach the top of Mt Everest!

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1702543,00.html

Now it is your turn to learn about a famous New Zealander. Use Google to research one famous person from New Zealand and then create a DLO and post it on your blog. Be sure to include: 1. The name of the famous person, 2. Where they were born, 3. Why they are famous, and 4. Two other interesting facts about them.

Name - Lorde

When was Lorde Born - 7 Nov 1968

Where Lorde was Born - New Zealand, Auckland, Takapuna

Famous because : Lorde is Famous because she is a successful

Singer/songwriter. She is also well known for her song Royal.

Fact 1 Her real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor.

Fact 2 Lorde's mother is a prize-winning poet

 

Name - Kj Apa

When was Kj Born - 17 June 1997

Where Kj was Born - New Zealand, Auckland

Famous because : New Zealander Actor famous for his roles

in Riverdale and A Dogs Purpose

Fact 1 Kj is part Samoan

Fact 2 Real Name is Keneti James

Bonus Activity: You and your tour group have enjoyed your day in the mountains but you’re ready for a change of scenery. You ask Curious Kiwi to take you to Central Otago, a region of the south island with lots of rolling hills and flat, brown grasslands. While in Central Otago, you decide to join the Otago Central Rail Trail – a 150 km long cycle trail. Curious Kiwi and I (Rachel) cycled the Rail Trail in April and we loved it!

On your blog, tell us whether you would like to cycle the Otago Rail Trail one day. Does it sound like fun? Why or why not?

I surprising would like to go on this trail because it looks and sounds run, also because it would be a change.

Rachel on the Otago Rail Trail, April 2017

Bonus Activity: 10 points

Whew! It has been quite the day of sightseeing. You reach your hotel in Dunedin tired but excited. Tomorrow you are going to visit a very special and important place in the south island before you drive back to Auckland…

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Winter Learning Journey ~ Day 4

Day #4: Swimming with the Sharks

By the end of Day #3, you have seen a lot of the north island of New Zealand.  Hopefully you have enjoyed it and you’re excited for the next phase of your journey – the ferry trip across the Cook Strait from the bottom of the north island to the top of the south island. You will spend the next two days exploring the south island before you head back up to Auckland, via Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand).

 

Activity 1: When you arrive in the south island, Curious Kiwi rents a shuttle van and drives your group from Picton (the town where the ferry dropped you off) to a beautiful beach on the opposite side of the island. The beach area is called Golden Bay and, at one end of the bay, is a stunning area called Farewell Spit.

 

 

 Farewell Spit has been in the news recently as a number of whales accidentally swam into the spit and became stuck on the beach. They were unable to swim back to the ocean because the water was too shallow. Many local people tried to save the ‘beached’ whales. Please follow this Farewell Spit link to learn more about what happened. On your blog, describe what the local people did to try and save the beached whales.

The people that had helped the whales by digging out the sand around them, and they also made sure to keep the whales wet and cool, by pouring buckets of cold water on them.  

Activity 2: After a morning of learning about beached whales in Golden Bay, you and your group are driven to a nearby town, Nelson, to watch a special movie called ‘Whale rider.’ It is a famous movie about a young girl who was born and raised in New Zealand. Watch the following movie trailers for Whale Rider: Whale Rider trailer #1 and Whale Rider Trailer #2 and then write a summary of the movie on your blog. What is it about? Be sure to also give the movie a rating out of 5 based on the trailer [1 = bad movie, 2 = okay movie, 3 = pretty good, 4 = good movie, 5 = excellent movie].

This movie is about a courageous girl who is always getting into trouble because she wanted to participate in the activities the boys did, these activities was training them to become a true leader and sooner or later the leader would be chosen.  One day she was praying/singing to the ancestors/whales and the next day it was a shocking reveal. Whales had been pulled out of shore and were laying still on land. Everyone was worried including Pakea, She had known why they came out so she prayed and sang again to her ancestors/other. One day she knew what she needed to do………

To be continued

When ‘Whale Rider’ finishes, you and your tour group enjoy a delicious meal in downtown Nelson before heading back to your hotel. You need to go to bed early because you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. the next morning to travel back to Farewell Spit to see a group (pod) of Hector’s Dolphins. It is going to be an early morning!

Bonus Activity: Hector’s dolphins are a very special native animal found only in New Zealand. They are the smallest dolphin in the world measuring 1.5 metres long and they are quite rare. Sadly, many Hector’s dolphins are killed every year when they get caught in large fishing nets and can’t escape. Some people have argued that fishermen shouldn’t be allowed to fish in Farewell Spit in order to protect the dolphins living there. What do you think? On your blog, tell us whether you think that fishing in Farewell Spit should be banned (stopped).

YES DEFINITELY…….

I think Fishing in farewell spit should be banned because these creatures are being harmed for no possible reason, I mean come on it's like they don't even care, and I know that so many people stand for this to.

Bonus Activity: 10 points
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Winter Learning Journey ~ Day 3

Bonus Activity: A really cool new website called Wild Eyes has recently been launched in New Zealand. It is a programme for students who want to complete fun activities (called ‘missions’), take pictures and post them on the Wild Eyes site. For this bonus activity, go to the Wild Eyes site and complete the ‘Giant Moa Discovery’ mission. To earn full points you must post a picture of your Moa on the Wild Eyes website and on your personal blog site. The Wild Eyes team and I can’t wait to see what you create!

I have uploaded this piture on wild eyes but its taking to long to upload
I have taken a Penguin, I know its not a Moa, and wrapped it around a piece of
Clothing I had so YEAAA.
P.s I really tried

Bonus Activity: 20 points

Winter Learning Journey ~ Day 3

Day #3: Wild Eyes

You have now woken up after a long, comfortable sleep at your hotel in Dargaville. You’re ready for another day of adventuring! Today, you will drive around the North island and be introduced to amazing animals that live here in New Zealand. Some are native and some are non-native. Native animals are animals that normally live in New Zealand. Non-native animals are animals that were brought into New Zealand from another country. Examples of native New Zealand animals are the kakapo, the kiwi, the kea parrot, the yellow eyed penguin and the pekapeka bat.

 

 

 Activity 1: Curious Kiwi, a native New Zealand bird, is your tour guide for today. He is going to take you to visit the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park where many of his aunties and uncles currently live. The bird park is a five hour drive from Dargaville so you hit the road right after breakfast and arrive in Otorohanga at lunch time. As you walk through the birdhouse you learn about the work being done to conserve and protect the native birds of New Zealand. You decide to help out by ‘adopting’ a native animal. Visit the ‘Adopt a Critter page’ on the Otorohanga bird house website to choose one animal to adopt. On your blog, tell us the name of the animal that you chose and a little bit about them. What kind of animal are they? What do they eat? Where do they normally live? You can use Google to help you with your research.

Name : Tuatara

Tuataras are beautiful Reptiles, Lizards that come in different shapes,sizes and colours normally Navyish Green.

Type : Lizard, Reptile

Diet : Insects, Spiders, Earthworms, Beetles, Other small animals. Also can eat Greens, leaves and other

Location : Tuatara is normally found it New Zealand

Fact

• Tuataras have lived for 200 million years
• They can live up to 100 years
• Males are larger than females
• When they are born they have 3 eyes

http://www.newzealand.com/int/plan/business/otorohanga-kiwi-house-and-native-bird-park/

Activity 2: After your great visit to the Otorohanga bird house it is time to hop back onto the bus and head towards the Hawke’s Bay – your resting place for the evening. Hawke’s Bay is a beautiful region of New Zealand. It is known for its wineries and gorgeous scenery. When you arrive in Napier, the largest city in the region, you go for a walk through Waitangi Regional Park and notice that many of the leaves on the native trees have been damaged. Curious Kiwi tells you that they were damaged by possums, non-native predators, from Australia. People in New Zealand are working hard to trap and kill these predators. Their goal is to remove all of the possums (and other predators) by 2050. Go to the ‘Predator Free 2050 website’ to read more about their work.

http://www.outlawyarn.com/possum.html

On your blog, tell us whether you agree that New Zealand should be predator free. In your opinion, is it right to kill all of the predators (eg. possums) or should we just leave them alone? On your blog tell us what you think and give us, at least, three reasons why you think this way.

I think we should leave them alone……..

First reason is because they are just animals theres no reason why we should kill animals, innocent or not, all animals should be treated with kindness and should be treated equally

Second reason is because it's not like they have guidance and leadership, there wild animals that are probably just scared and afraid.

Lastly, because it's just not right, what kind of world would this be if everyone was killing all the predators or in other words to some people, animals they don't like, If this happened it would be 2 words, JUST WRONG.

Once you have finished your blog post, it is time to relax for the evening. You and your friends have a nice dinner and then head to bed. You are just about to fall asleep when you hear something moving around outside your hotel. It sounds like a large bird. Maybe it’s a Moa…

To learn more about the Moa bird go to the bonus activity for today!

http://www.pottonandburton.co.nz/from-moa-to-dinosaurs/

Bonus Activity: A really cool new website called Wild Eyes has recently been launched in New Zealand. It is a programme for students who want to complete fun activities (called ‘missions’), take pictures and post them on the Wild Eyes site. For this bonus activity, go to the Wild Eyes site and complete the ‘Giant Moa Discovery’ mission. To earn full points you must post a picture of your Moa on the Wild Eyes website and on your personal blog site. The Wild Eyes team and I can’t wait to see what you create!

Bonus Activity: 20 points
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