First Contact With The Māori People 1
Activity
Read the information on page 12, then complete the activities below. 1. The 8th – 9th of October at Turanganui is celebrated in New Zealand for various reasons. Explain why this time is celebrated from the points of view specified below. Point of View
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The landing place of the Horouta canoe that brought the star navigators from Polynesia about 1250 A.D. Cook’s first landing on New Zealand soil and formal meeting with the Māori people. The first Māori meeting with Tupaia, the highpriest from the ancestors’ homeland.
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2. What do you think would have happened if Tupaia had not gone ashore with Cook for the first meeting with the Māori people at Turanganui?
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o c . c e her r _______________________________________________________________________ o t s super _______________________________________________________________________ 3. Why was mapping the New Zealand coastline such an important part of Captain Cook’s mission?
_______________________________________________________________________ 4. Cook’s orders, written one year before he landed in Tahiti, instructed him to return home from New Zealand by any route that he thought best. Why do you think Cook headed west towards Van Diemen’s Land? _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Section 1: Captain James Cook
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