The invasion of Parihaka

 

1. Where is Parihaka located? it is located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea in the north island of New Zealand

2. Fact card 1 includes a metaphor - what is it?" I am for peace let the lions rage I am still for peace".

3. Explain the metaphor in your own words, what does it mean? the metaphor means that he te whiti believes in peace for the world

4. When did the invasion of Parihaka occur? 5th of November 1881

5. Summarise fact card 3 in your own words. the government said they can have their land then came back and said they can't keep it. this made the people off Parihaka sad and upset so they had a non-violent protest called passive resistance. the government put the protesters in jail and gave them an ultimatum to leave or they will all be removed

6. How do you think the people of Parihaka were feeling when the troops entered their village? scared and worried

7. Why do you think John Bryce wanted to keep journalists away from Parihaka when the invasion was taking place. it causes what he was doing was wrong and the journalists they believe the government
   

   

gold rush

 The first recorded discovery of gold in New Zealand was by Charles Ring a TasmanianOtago’s first gold rush was in 1861 after Gabriel Read found gold in what would be called Gabriels Gully. Thousands of diggers, later including men from China, went there to make their fortune. The Otago provincial government had offered a £1000 reward for the discovery of ‘payable quantities’ of gold. Read, a prospector from Tasmania claimed the reward
         The Otago gold rush peaked in the mid-1860s, after which miners left in large numbers for the new West Coast goldfields. Read returned to Tasmania in 1864 and spent his final years in a mental hospital. equivalent to more than $110,000 today) after finding gold ‘shining like the stars in Orion’. His discovery sparked the country’s first major gold rush.

What does the scenery look like in Hunter’s Gold? lots of water and gold hunters looking for gold, not a lot of people they had horses and not cars
How do you think the little boy felt when his father didn’t return? Why do you think he felt that way? sad he did not get to see his father
Think of a time when you haven’t seen someone for a long time. Who was it? Why couldn’t you see them? How were you feeling while you waited to see them again? my cusion they where in lockdown in tempelten