: He Tipu — Plants
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Approach:  Station  
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Focus: Plant identification 
Resources: 8 pictures  
He whakatau kupu: taketake = native, indigenous   

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1. Titiro ki ngä pikitia o ngä tipu.
Hoatu te ingoa e tika ana ki ia pikitia.
Tuhia te tau (nama) o te tipu ki te taha o töna ingoa.

Look at the plant pictures. Match the plants in the pictures with their names.
Write the number of the plant beside its name.

 Ngä ingoa
Plant names
te tau (nama)
number
3tipu taketake
native plant
  
tïkouka
cabbage tree (tï)
7
87
pohutukawa
pohutukawa
2
82
paina
pine tree (paina)
1
67
nikau
nikau palm
3
31
köwhai
kowhai (köwhai)
6
90
auka (oak)
oak
5
59
toetoe
toetoe
8
69
harakeke
flax (harakeke)
4
88
2. Ko ëtahi o ënei räkau, he räkau taketake ake nö Aotearoa. He aha te tikanga o tënei mea te tipu “taketake”?

Some of these plants are native to New Zealand. What do we mean by “native” plants?
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3. Tohua ngä räkau taketake o Aotearoa. Tohua ki te pou e kïia ana ‘tipu taketake’.

Tick the plants that you think are native to New Zealand. Put your ticks in the “native plant” column.
 Identified as native (by name):
cabbage tree
47
pohutukawa
71
pine tree
12
nikau palm
37
kowhai
61
oak
8
toetoe
41
flax
69
 
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Commentary
Students were generally successful in matching pictures and names of trees (except for the nikau palm), and in determining that pine trees and oaks were not native trees. They were less certain which other trees were native or not native to New Zealand.
 
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