: Te Whänau Hämoa — Samoan Family
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Approach:   Station
Focus:     Characteristics of New Zealand.
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Resources:     Samoa card.
Questions / instructions:
Imagine that the two children shown in the photograph are coming to live in New Zealand. They have lived all of their lives in Samoa, so New Zealand will seem a very different place for them.
The map shows Samoa and New Zealand.
Imagine that you are going to write a letter to the two children to give them important information about New Zealand — information that will help them to understand what New Zealand is like as a place to live, and what is special about New Zealand.
Instead of writing a full letter, think of all of the things you would put in the letter, then write them down as a list.
Don’t worry about spelling. If you need help with a word ask the teacher.
 Pohewatia [imagine] kei te haere mai ngä tamariki tokorua nei i roto i te whakaahua, ki te noho i Aotearoa. I noho räua i Hämoa mai räno nö reira he wähi tino tauhou a Aotearoa, ki a räua.
Kei te whakaatu te mahere i a Hämoa me Aotearoa.
Pohewatia kei te tuhi reta koe ki ngä tamariki tokorua nei ki te whakamöhio atu i ngä tino möhiohio o Aotearoa - he möhiohio whakamärama i te noho i Aotearoa, ä, he aha ngä painga motuhake o Aotearoa.
Kaua e tuhi reta, engari whakaarohia ëtahi mea, ä, kätahi ka whakarärangi.
Kaua e äwangawanga mö te tuhinga tika o ngä kupu [spelling]. Mehemea ka pïrangi äwhina koe mö tëtahi kupu pätai ki te kaiako.

% responses
GEd
MI

Included ideas related to:  
climate
24 11
population/people
47 27
geography/landscape, scenery/cities/ environment/flora/fauna
68 75
Mäori
10 34
Samoans in New Zealand
4 5
food
30 30
housing
21 16
transport
11 7
sports/recreation/leisure
56 59
schooling/education
31 25
clothing
10 7
language
14 14
religion
4 5
health
2 0
economy/jobs/commerce
12 14
other cultural features
25 27
explicit comparisons of Samoa and New Zealand
15 9
Total number of appropriate ideas:    
8 or more
4 20
6–7
10 14
4–5
29 39
2–3
40 18
0–1
17 9
Overall rating:
(what to expect in NZ)
excellent/very good
8 18
good
32 21
moderate
39 31
poor
21 30
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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