: Ngä Awa — Rivers
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Approach:   Station
Focus:     Uses of natural resource
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Resources:   None 
Questions / instructions:
Different groups of people use New Zealand’s rivers for different purposes.
These five people each use the river for a different purpose.
Try to write a different use each person would have for the river, and why they might say the river is important for them.
He rerekë te whakamahi a ëtahi tängata i ngä awa o Niu Tïreni.
He take rerekë tä ënei tokorima mö te whakamahinga awa.
Tuhia ngä whakamahinga rerekë o tënä me tënä, me te tino uara [value/importance] o te awa ki a rätou.
 I use the river for...
 ___________________________

 The river is important to me because...
 ___________________________
  Whakamahia ai e au te awa hei...   ___________________________

  He tino uara tö te awa ki ahau nä te mea...
  ___________________________
     
 I use the river for...
 ___________________________

 The river is important to me because...
 ___________________________
  Whakamahia ai e au te awa hei...   ___________________________

  He tino uara tö te awa ki ahau nä te mea...
  ___________________________
     
 I use the river for...
 ___________________________

 The river is important to me because...
 ___________________________
  Whakamahia ai e au te awa hei...   ___________________________

  He tino uara tö te awa ki ahau nä te mea...
  ___________________________
     
 I use the river for...
 ___________________________

 The river is important to me because...
 ___________________________
  Whakamahia ai e au te awa hei...   ___________________________

  He tino uara tö te awa ki ahau nä te mea...
  ___________________________
     
 I use the river for...
 ___________________________

 The river is important to me because...
 ___________________________
  Whakamahia ai e au te awa hei...   ___________________________

  He tino uara tö te awa ki ahau nä te mea...
  ___________________________

% responses
GEd
MI
Reasons:
recreation in and around the water
(swimming, playing in the water, exploring, looking for creatures, fishing for pleasure)
97 95
recreation on the water
(boating, rafting, etc)
53 64
view, atmosphere, “good of soul”
(includes photographs, picnics, etc)
29 43
nutrition for people and animals
(water, fish)
64 55
water for washing anything
41 43
water for economic purposes
(irrigation, electricity, transport)
12 14
     
Number of valid responses:
5
58 39
4
23 38
3
10 16
2
5 5
1
3 0
0
1 2
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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