Independent Learn Task:

Kuri

Make a copy of this document and answer the 10 questions.

All of the answers are in the article that you have read, so make sure that you go all the way through to find the answers.

Remember to  write your answers in full sentences… if you can’t remember how to do this, go back to last weeks work and check!

When did the early Polynesians begin sailing across the Pacific Ocean looking for new lands?  They began sailing over two thousand years ago looking for new land.

2. What are Kuri? Kuri are dog they help people in the old days.

3. What have people found in Hawaii? People found dog bones that are hundreds or even thousand of years old.

4. Who did Kuri arrive with? Kuri arrived with Polynesian voyagers.

5. Who was Taneatua? Taneatua was a well-known  explorer.

6. What is Mataatua? Mataatua is a waka that landed at Whakatane.

7. What is the hill called? The hill is called Urewera.

8. What valley did Taneatua leave another one of his dogs in?  Taneatua left another of his dog in the Ruatoki valley.

9. Who is Captain Cook? (you might need to do some research) Captain Cook real name is James cook. James Cook  was born on October 27, 1728, in Marton-in-Cleveland. James Cook was a naval captain, navigator and explorer who, in 1770, discovered and charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMB Endeavour.

10. What happened to the dogs when they attacked sheep? Farmers don’t like dogs running wild and attacking their sheep so the dogs got shot by the farmers.

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