: Aotearoa — Aotearoa
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Approach:   One to one
Focus:     The naming of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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Resources:     Map of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Questions / instructions:


Show map.


Here is a map of New Zealand.



Whakaaturia te mahere o “New Zealand”.

Anei te mahere o New Zealand.
 
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1. How did New Zealand get the name “New Zealand”?
Prompt: Is there anything else you know about how New Zealand got its name?

Nä te aha i karangatia ai a New Zealand ko New Zealand?
He äwhina: Kei te möhio anö koe mö ëtahi atu take i tapaina ai te ingoa nei a New Zealand?
 
Named by:
(Abel) Tasman
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Dutch explorer, first (non-Mäori) to discover New Zealand
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Dutch explorer
0 0
first (non-Mäori) person to discover New Zealand
1 2
Captain Cook
16 2
the pakeha, Europeans
4 13
Reason for name:
after “Zeeland”, a place in Holland
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after a place Tasman knew
0 0
after a place the explorer knew
2 0
after another place (vague)
4 13
New Zealand is often called “Aotearoa”.   Point to name: Aotearoa.

I te nuinga o te wä, ka karangatia a New Zealand ko Aotearoa.   Whakaaturia te ingoa Aotearoa.
   
2. Try to explain the name “Aotearoa” to me.How did we get the name Aotearoa?
Prompt: Is there anything else you know about the name Aotearoa?
Whakamäramatia mai te ingoa “Aotearoa” kia a au. Nä te aha i whiwhi ai tätou i te ingoa nei, a Aotearoa?
He äwhina: Kei te möhio anö koe mö ëtahi atu mea i tapaina ai te ingoa nei a Aotearoa?

   
Named by:
early Mäori explorers/settlers
7 5
Kupë or Maui
4 21
Mäori people
41 14
explorers/settlers
1 0
Reason for name:
appearance–land of the long white cloud
16 20
part of above
18 18
Commentary:
The results achieved by Mäori students in general education (GEd) settings and students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings were not statistically significantly different.
 
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