: Ngä Tängata Rongonui o Aotearoa — Famous New Zealanders
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Approach:   One to one
Focus:     Qualities of famous people.
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Resources:     Book cover: “Alan Duff’s Mäori Heroes.”
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This is the cover from a book called “Alan Duff’s Mäori Heroes”. It is a book about famous Mäori New Zealanders. Alan Duff had his own reasons for choosing the people he has written about in his book.

Whakaaturia te uhi pukapuka.
He uhi tënei nö te pukapuka Mäori Heroes, nä Alan Duff. E pä ana tënei pukapuka ki ëtahi Mäori rongonui o Aotearoa. I a Alan Duff tonu öna whakaaro mö te köwhiritanga i aua tängata mö täna pukapuka.

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1. If you were going to write a book about famous people, how would you choose the people to go into your book? What sort of people would they need to be?
Mënä ka tuhi pukapuka koe mö ëtahi tängata rongonui ka pëwhea töu köwhiri tängata mö töu pukapuka? He aha ngä ähua mö aua tümomo tängata?		    
2. How does a person get to be famous?
Me aha te tangata kia rongonuitia?		    
 
very well known (usually highly admired)
63 77
 
done something unique or for the first time
10 13
 
done something extremely well
49 52
 
shown exceptional courage/bravery
2 0
 
shown exceptional persistance/perserverence
30 13
 
made exceptional contribution to people/community
4 19
 
made exceptional contribution to particular cause/business/activity
4 6
 
shown exceptional ability to promote self, attract attention, become well known
12 10
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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