Response to Text (T1, W10)

 Response to Text

1. Who was the article about? (Full name, and title)

             Sir Āpirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou)

2. When and where was he born?

           Āpirana Ngata, of Ngāti Porou was born 3rd of July 1874 in Te          

           Araroa on the East Coast of New Zealand’s North Island.  

3.  Iwi was Apirana Ngata most connected to?

Ngāti Porou was one of the Iwi in New Zealand that had developed close relationships with the British Crown, and  he used these connections to educate himself in the ways of the European politics and law. 

4. What was he the first Maori person to do?

 He studied hard from the very beginning, eventually earning his way   into Canterbury College and becoming the first Māori in New Zealand to graduate from University.

5. Finish these sentences from the text:

1. “Apirana dedicated himself to the improvement of 

Māori, both socially, culturally, and economically.”

“Apirana was a proud Maori, and fought to

set up businesses and school for Māori

throughout New Zealand, and it is this kind of work that created his legacy - in a world

where Māori were looked down upon by the European colonists Āpirana fought to keep

their traditions alive, not by fighting them in wars, but by playing the game the Europeans

and protecting Māori culture with the power of the law .