5. LANGUAGES:Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "languages". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. STAYING YOUNG:Rank these with your partner. Put the best ways to...
The word means “common” or “ordinary”. It is said that when the first settlers asked the inhabitants who they were, they replied “tangata Māori” which means ordinary people. Until World War II, most native people spoke Te Reo as their first language. From the 20th century, the ...
The speeches continued. A surprising number of the groom’s friends wanted to put in a word, but it seemed they had nothing to say. They stumbled for the most part towards the facetious, a sort of boastful inarticulacy. Why, I wondered, did the white New Zealanders, well educated and ...
The Maori peoples in New Zealand are its First Nations, the people who first inhabited the country. At least three meanings for the word "Maori" are recorded, and the groups that believe each to be the best definition sometimes engage in heated debate.One...
('pounamu' is the Maori word for jade or greenstone), basalt weapon (eg patu), wooden weapon (eg taiaha), bone weapon (eg whalebone taiaha), cache of edible fern-root, kahukiwi (kiwi-feather cloak) bird- snaring tools, huia feathers (treasured and rare, used for headdresses), raw...
Designed for students to train and improve fundamental language skills & knowledge. Made by teachers to support and cater to different learning styles. - Visual (Picture Game) - Auditory (Listening Quiz) - Read-Write (Writing & Multichoice Quiz, Word Guess) ...
The program of science is to formulate theories that explain observed natural phenomena. In this effort, we don’t need to use the terms ‘truth’ or ‘absolute reality’ because we only look for agreement with observations. As was said above, the word ...
Maoriis a Polynesian word meaning common or normal, used by the Maori to distinguish themselves from foreigners. In the 1700s, Europeans came in their sailing ships, and the Maori traded with European whalers and those who were taking seals from Aoterroa's coasts. The Maori traded fish and ...
Non-Maori women tend to have children earlier than Maori women.
These decisions have triggered a sharp backlash in the white community, which is known by the Maori word Pakeha for Europeans. There has been considerable fear that New Zealand’s Labor Party government would compromise Pakeha property rights and return private property to the Maori. ...