Term 3 - Week 2

Groups 3 & 4, Reading an Article

Resource: SJ, Part 3, Number 3, 2010

"Where No Boat Could Live," by Roger Fyfe

1. Where is Chatham Island, and what is the weather like there?In New Zealand  

2. Who were the first people to arrive there? They come from new zealand around a thousand Years ago. How did they get there?They got there with a waka.

3. How did the Moriori live?By eating fish,taro,kurama.  Give some example of what they did to survive?They went fishing and got some fish and eaten.

4. What is a wash - through wake?Wash through waka. What was it used for?Going around to get fish.

5. Why were the wake korai and the wake paging so special? Because they become fishmen.

6. What do the words ballast and capsize mean?A natural Ballast actually helped the waka to remain stable.This made them almost impossible to capsize.

7. Please give a brief summary of the article.

8. Why were the Moriori considered backward? Because they drave backward to get fish

9. What do you think about the skills and designs of the Moriori and why? Please upload questions 7,8,& 9 to your blog with a picture to support your ideas.