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TITLE: Waka Voyaging
TITLE: Waka Voyaging
Learning intention: Find literal information in a text in order to answer a question.
From the information provided, write up at least 3 facts of importance in each box.
Traditional navigators had no instruments. They had to keep a record of where they had been in their heads.
Navigators used a star compass to read the night sky and follow the stars.
Good navigators will take the sails down and wait for clear weather so they do not go off course on a dull or very dark night when they cannot see the stars or moon.:)
Nukutaiao waka hourua
The carvings represent ancestral gold.It weighs 4.5 tons and is fourteen meters long.
The Waka can have eight people sleeping in hatches.
Exploring the pacific.
Thousand of year ago our ancestors were exploring the pacific ocean for land.
They exploring the pacific for food because there families wanted more.It was a migration that took Thousands of year. These people were the greatest waka builders and salier.s
Waka- hourua
Aotearoa helped set up the tribe.
It was help to get fish and to fight.
Waka hourua is ancient craft that would have carried the first settlers to New Zealand.
Waka houruaFood managements.
Food is very important for survival when sailing on the open sea.
At times it can be cold and other times very tiring living on the moana.
Before sailing, the crew and whānau work out how long it will take to reach their destination.
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