Tuesday 28 March 2017

Toroa's Ōpāwaho Research Project

You and your buddy will be responsible for producing an A3 poster in Google Docs. Your poster must feature your research question as a header. Your poster must include at least two paragraphs. Your poster must include three high-quality, relevant images.

Choose from the following three questions, or suggest your own to Ms Y.

How might Māori have hunted for fish and birds around the Ōpāwaho? - Bella

What are the differences between the river now and in pre-European times? - Anna

Why did Māori choose to build the pā on the banks of the Ōpāwaho? - Zara


What do we already know about Ōpāwaho (the pā)? 

The Ōpāwaho is an excellent food resource for animals. - Zac

Blind eel were a main source of food. - Max He.

The area used to be a marsh. It was covered in lots of plants. - Sorell

Many of the plants could be used. For example, flax could be made into baskets. - Brie C.

People could eat fish from the river. - Zara

The Ōpāwaho was a habitat for lots of animals and plants. There were more plants and animals in the past. - Lilah

The Ōpāwaho used to be much wider. It was more lush, cleaner, and a lot nicer. - Bella

The pā was much, much larger than St Mark's School. - Anna


Our Quality Questions about Māori and the Ōpāwaho 

How might we help clean the Ōpāwaho? - Lilah

How might Māori have hunted for fish and birds? - Bella 

How did the Ōpāwaho change over the years and why? - Sophia S.

What are the differences between the river now and in pre-European times? - Anna 

How did the Ōpāwaho get narrower? - Bonnie

How might we stop people littering in the Ōpāwaho? - Alice

Why did Māori choose to build the pā on the banks of the Ōpāwaho? - Zara 

What might the river look like in the future? - Ashley

Key Search Terms 
Māori hunting strategies, spear, trap, Ōpāwaho, Māori, Māori heritage, Heathcote River, Māori resources, Māori building, pā, pre-European Māori settlement, riverbank pā, Māori pā, Māori weapons, Māori tools, how Māori weave baskets, pā location,


Research Skills
Skim and scan.
Use synonyms to search.
If a site doesn't have what you want, quickly move on.

2 comments:

  1. a website link for how the maori caught birds
    http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/te-tahere-manu-bird-catching/page-4

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  2. We think that Te Ara is a great source for facts about pre-european maori, we are using it for hunting facts. They have a range of different pages around different things.
    Link (for hunting question: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/te-tahere-manu-bird-catching/page-3

    -Inaki and Solomon

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