DAY 1: In the Beginning...
Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points]
According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.
To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.
Fun Facts about New Zealand
Did you now that New Zealand is 30% forest.
There are luckily no snakes in New Zealand,
that means no snake bites for us.
If you in New Zealand you must drive on the
left hand side of the road.
Hi Alex
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the Summer Learning Journey for 2018. It is really great to see that you have started the programme and I am looking forward to reading your posts. My name is Allie and I am the cluster manager for Toki Pounamu. I am part of the team that will be commenting on your blog over the summer.
We live in a really great place here in New Zealand with so many cool things to see and do.
I am so pleased that we do not have snakes here in New Zealand as I am not a big fan of them! How about you? Seeing as we have so many trees covering the country it is great that there are no snakes hiding in the trees!
I hope that you are having a great holiday so far and I am excited that you have joined us again. It is a beautiful day today, so I hope you have something fun planned.
Looking forward to reading your work!
Keep up the great work Alex.
Until next time
Allie :)
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DeleteThanks for your comment. I'm glad there are no snakes here in New Zealand.
DeleteThanks, see you later
-Alex
Hello Alexander,
ReplyDeleteI am Vitaraag. I did not know that 30 percent of New Zealand was forest. You put so much effort into this. This is an amazing blog post and needs no change. Keep up the good work!
Vitaraag