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Friday 25 September 2015

Reading research

This is my research that I have done so far on were we a going to camp
Te Tii Marae
1. It's in waitangi

2. Metiria Turei has become the first woman politician to speak on Te Tii Marae

3.Women are traditionally not allowed to speak on the marae

4. Speaker David Carter has ordered a review of rules banning women from sitting in the front row
Ruapekapeka
1.There was a war there
2. It's in the northland region
3.It's one of the largest places in new Zealand
4. 300 British troops and 400 Maori began their advance on Ruapekapeka in early December 1845.
Waitangi Treaty Grounds
1.Today the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, part of the 1000 acre gifted site, are referred to as the birthplace of New Zealand.

2.On 6 February 1840, representatives of the British Crown met with prominent Maori chiefs from the northern regions of the North Island, to sign the Treaty of Waitangi.

3.In 1932, the grounds where the Treaty was first signed were gifted to the nation in trust by Lord and Lady Bledisloe. Lord Bledisloe was a former Governor General of New Zealand.

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Te Whare Runanga
1.It’s a marae
2.It’s a community house to all people
3. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses
4.generally situated as the focal point of a marae
Haruru falls
1.People can swim in there

2.In the 1800s, more than 100 Maori villages lined the banks of the Haruru River

3.Maori legend says that a taniwha (water monster) lives in the lagoon below Haruru Falls.

4. Haruru means Big noise.
Paihia
1. Paihia is the main tourist town
2. It is located close to the historic towns of Russell and Kerikeri

3.Henry Williams and his wife settled in Paihia in 1823
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