Painted Hoe
The first peaceful meetings between Māori and Europeans took place in 1769, when James Cook landed in the Tairāwhiti region.
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Series: School Journal Level 2 June 2018
Reading year level: 4
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: art, canoes, design, Endeavour, first meetings, Gisborne, history, hoe, James Cook, kōwhaiwhai, Māori, New Zealand history, paddles, taonga, Te Hā, Tupaia, Tūranganui-a- Kiwa, waka, Whareongaonga.
Painted Hoe
Words by Steve Gibbs
During those meetings, Māori traded a number of painted hoe (paddles) for cloth, seeds, potatoes, and other items. The paddles are decorated with the earliest examples of what we now call kōwhaiwhai. They ended up in museums around the world. “Painted Hoe” describes those early meetings.
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School Journal Level 2 June 2018
Inside this School Journal there are three articles (A Hoe!; Ngatu: Keeping the Tradition Alive and Painted Hoe) and one story (As Easy as One, Two, Three).
1 of 4A Hoe!
The first peaceful meetings between Māori and Europeans took place in 1769, when James Cook landed in the Tairāwhiti region.
2 of 4As Easy as One, Two, Three
After crash landing on an unfriendly planet, Tane and Mia must find an energy crystal to recharge their ship. Tane has found a crystal, but he’s stuck in security goo outside the Meruvian fortress.
3 of 4Ngatu - Keeping the Tradition Alive
Megan and Lita are cousins who belong to the Tongan community in Wellington.
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