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Ka taea koe ki te hōmai i nga pikitia mo te horowhenua?

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:44:43 GMT

He aha etahi korero e pā ana ki te Horowhenua

Taumata: Kura waenganui / Kura Tuarua

Ko te pae tukutuku pai rawa ko http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/en/site. Nga te whare pukapukpa o Horowhenua i hanga mo te hapori.

Ko tētahi pae tukutuku tino pai ko Te Ara .
Kei roto i te reo Māori te nuinga o ngā kōrero.

What are New Zealand's exports and imports?

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:30:39 GMT

What are New Zealand's exports and imports?

Level: Intermediate / Secondary

A good place to start is the New Zealand School of Export Students Page which lists all the exports and imports and also trading countries. We recommend this site because it is a quality site from an educational institution.

Another reliable site is the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

HOT TIP: We chose these sites because they are either from a government organisation or a university. You can tell this by their web address - they have ither .org or .govt in their address. One is also a New Zealand site so relevant for us.

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:19:39 GMT

Soccer World Cup

The best place to find information about the World Cup in South Africa, is the official FIFA World Cup website.

The official site also has the rules of soccer.

He aha ngā tikanga o ngā puhi o te waka?

Tue, 25 May 2010 12:14:16 GMT

He aha ngā tikanga o ngā puhi o te waka?

Taumata: Kura waenganui / Kura Tuarua

Kāhore nei mātou i kite i etahi whārangi ipurangi hei whakautu i tēnei pātai , engari, tēnei tētahi pukapuka pea hei awhina i koe:

Ingoa: Te Waka Taua
Kaituhi: Jeff Evans

Pātai ki ngā kaimahi o tōu whare pukapuka ki te whare pukapuka tūmatanui rānei mō te pukapuka ne.

What were the causes of World War One?

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:07:27 GMT

What were the causes of World War I?

Level: Intermediate, Primary

To find the origins of World War I, we used BBC- Schools which has easier to read information for kids, BBC - Schools.

Scroll down to the seach box on the left hand side.

Write the keywords, World War One into the search box.

HOT TIP: Use the word One instead of the digit 1 when writing World War One.

Click on the site, BBC - Schools Online World War One - Homepage. Have a look at these links:

True stories - The Observer
Timeline under HQ

There is also lots of other information including diaries, letters, scrapbooks, newspapers, photos and poems about World War One.

Ngā Whetu me ngā Rua Pango “ Black Holes”

Thu, 06 May 2010 10:35:50 GMT

He aha te whānaungatanga e waenganui ngā whetu me ngā rua pango?

Taumata: Kura waenganui / Kura Tuarua

Ko tētahi pūkaha rapu pai ko Ask Kids http://www.askkids.com/

Tuhia ngā kupu rapu arā “stars and black holes”. Nā, ka puta mai he rārangi whakautu
Ko te mea pai, kei te taha maui he wāhi e kōrero ana “ narrow your search” arā, whakawhaiti tō rapu. I reira he hononga ki ngā pae tukutuku mō ngā tamariki. Pāwhirihia i taua hononga.
Nā, ka puta mai ētahi whakataunga pai ake mō ngā tauira pērā ki te mea tuawhā
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/black_holes.html

Ākina Rapu: Tirohia te tuhi kāinga. Nō NASA tēnei kōrero. Ko NASA te “National Aeronautics and Space Administration”. He whakahaerenga tuturu nō te kawanatanga o Amerika. Mā tēnei ka mōhio koe he mōhiohio tuturu..

Ngaa maunga o Tuwharetoa

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:21:07 GMT

Ko te aha nga maunga o Ngati Tuwharetoa?

Taumata: Kura waenganui, kura tuarua ranei

Me timata ki ngaa whaarangi o Te Ara i te tuatahi
Ki roto i te pouaka 'search' tuhia i nga kupu 'tuwharetoa mountains' - ko te tikanga ka puta ko te rarangi whakautu
Pawhiria i te mea tuatahi - 'mountains and lakes'. I konei ka kitea i etahi o nga momo maunga o te takiwa nei. E taea ana e koe te tipako i etahi o nga ingoa nei hei rapuhanga mau.
Ano hoki, he tuhinga korero e pa ana ki nga maunga ki te ipu whaarangi o Te Papa Atawhai.

Anzac Day Poppy

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:28:43 GMT

What is the significance of the red poppy on Anzac Day?

LEVEL: All

Red poppies are usually sold the Friday before Anzac Day.

Some of our favourite sites have information about Poppy Day:

NZHistory.net has a great page on why red poppies were chosen to represent war rememberance, and their history in New Zealand.
The National Library also has some links and more information.

The New Zealand RSA sell the poppies for fundraising - you can find out more on their website.

Gallipoli

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:39:29 GMT

Why is Gallipoli so important?

LEVEL: Intermediate / Secondary

The Gallipoli campaign began at dawn on 25 April 1915, and is the reason New Zealand and Australia commemorate their armed forces on Anzac Day.

For a great background to the Gallipoli Campaign, start with the NZHistorynet article. NZHistorynet is a great place for New Zealand history information.

Another great government site is Anzac.govt.nz - they also have information about Gallipoli. They also have photos taken at Gallipoli and the surrounding areas.

NZ On Air has video extracts from a documentary Gallipoli: The New Zealand story.

The New Zealand RSA site has a timeline, taken from The New Zealanders at Gallipoli.

FirstWorldWar.com has a lot of information, too - from the wider perspective of the allied campaign, rather than focused on the ANZAC contribution.

Did you know that Robert Ballard, an underwater explorer, has led a team to look at Gallipoli? You can find out more on the expedition's National Geographic site.

See also our other entries on Anzac Day, and the causes of World War One.

Te umanga takuta

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:49:20 GMT

Kupu Matua Takuta
Ka taea e au ki te mahi hei takuta i nga tau kai te haramai i te wa he
mama tonu ahau
Taumata : Kura tuarua
Haere ki te pae tukutuku Kiaorahauora. He wāhi tino pai t ēnei mō ngā kōrero katoa e pa ana ki nga umanga hauora. I roto ra ka taea te kite ahakoa e hia o tau , he māmā, he aha atu koe ka taea te whai atu ēnei momo huarahi . I reira hoki ngā mōhiohio mō ngā karahipi.