Baskets of Fire
“Baskets of Fire” is a pakiwaitara – a traditional Māori story that explains natural phenomena or why something is the way it is.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Reading year level: 4
Category: Fiction
Topics: atua, explorers, fire, gods, Hawaiki, Lake Taupō, legends, magical powers, Māori, mountains, Ngāuruhoe, Ngātoro-i-rangi, Rūaumoko, Te Arawa, Te Hoata, Te Pupū, tikanga Māori, Tongariro, traditional stories, volcanic activity, volcanoes
Baskets of Fire
Words by Whiti Hereaka
This pakiwaitara tells how the Ngāti Tūwharetoa explorer Ngātoro-i-rangi discovers Mount Tongariro and wants to claim it for his people.
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School Journal Level 2 November 2018
Inside this School Journal are two articles (The Plastic-free Challenge; Tafoe O!), two stories (A Waste of Space; Baskets of Fire), one poem (Plastic Planet).
1 of 5A Waste of Space
"Warning!” said the ship’s computer. “Impact in –” Bang! Something slammed into the ship. Mia and Tane were thrown across the flight deck."
2 of 5Plastic Planet
"Plastic raincoats, plastic rain. Plastic in our hearts and brains. Long after we’ve come and gone, our plastic footprints will live on."
3 of 5The Plastic-free Challenge
When the Room 5 students at Motueka South School saw a video about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they were inspired to take action.
4 of 5Tafoe O!
Every Sunday, a group of Tokelau adults and children meet in Wellington to pass on cultural knowledge.
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