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Read the page by yourself

Discuss with the group any words, concepts or phrases you don’t understand and record the meanings in your own words

New words: 

English word

Meaning

Maori word

Meaning

Pakeha

Warily

Intently

contingent

Colonial

confiscation

Europeans 

Un trustworthy

Interested

A group of people sharing values/actions

 Something related to a colony

To take something away 

Pakeha

Whare

Whaea

Tipuna

Iwi

Korowai

Europeans

House

Respected adult female

Ancestor

Tribe

Cloak made of bird feathers

Your summaries:

Railey: during September 19th 1914 a man named Tipu was having a rugby game and he was against a man named George. They were both very competitive and they knew the rules inside out. During the game people cheered and cheered for both sides. But after the game Tipu said he wanted to go against the Germans  in the war. But sadly he was too young.

Comprehension.

What is meant by “a native contingent” 

A group of Moari people

How are the two boys feeling about signing up to fight? Provide direct quotes as evidence.

Tipu - confident 

Rongo - Unsure

Explain in your own words - “Tipu listens as she reminds Rongo of the land confiscation in the Waikato during the 1860s, of the lives lost trying to defend that land in the colonial wars.

There was a war about who gets the land. The Maori people were fighting to protect their land and pakeha. 

Railey - There was a war about who gets the land  or not . and it was between maori and british.

Eh Htoo - There was a land war about who got the land Maori tried to defend their land for pakeha then they had a war.

There was war for the Maori peoples land.

There was a big war between Maroi and the British it was called the land wars it started when the British tried to get land off the Maori

Write about the Maori Contingent in your own words (where did they come from, how many people, where did they go to fight etc).  

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/maori-soldiers-sail-war

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-units-nzef

https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/roll-ww1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_(M%C4%81ori)_Pioneer_Battalion

 The first contingent sailed from Wellington in February 1915. There was about 500 men that left Wellington on the 14 of February 1915. By 1916 the battalion was in desperate need of reinforcements, 

The first contingent sailed from Wellington aboard the ship warrimoo in february 1915. Its motto was ‘Te Hokowhitu a Tu (the seventy twice-told warriors of the war god). Some moari had been in gallipoli from the beginning, having enlisted in the provincial infantry battalions. In the war 336 people died and 734 people were wounded. An old boy of Wellington college grace was a talented sportsman.