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First Arrival in NZ

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What is the Maaori name for 'New Zealand'?

Aotearoa

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'Tangata whenua' is referred to the Maaori. What does that phrase mean?

The people of the land

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What do we call the people who first came to New Zealand? (not Maori)

Polynesian

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A long journey by boat is called a _______________.

Voyage

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What do we call people who live in Europe?

Europeans

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What is the Maaori name of the long boat that the Polynesian travelled in to New Zealand?

waka

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What is the name of the bird that became extinct?

Moa

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Name one reason the Māoris killed Moa back then.

1. To eat them 2. To use their bones as fish hooks 3. To use their feathers as clothing

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Which one is bigger? The Moa or a human?

A moa

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Europeans started to make voyages to New Zealand in the 1500s. True or false?

False. It was between 1642-1643

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What is the name of the Dutch explorer who first found and named New Zealand?

Abel Tasman

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Where is Abel Tasman National Park located? North or South island?

South Island

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What is the name of the British explorer who first visited NZ in 1769?

Captain Cook

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What is the Maori name for Europeans/non-Maori people who live in New Zealand?

Pākehā

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What are the three groups of early European settlers?

whalers, sealers and missionaries

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What animals and plants did the European settlers bring with them to New Zealand?

potatoes, pigs, rats

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