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Six Photographs by Dylan Owen

Make a copy of this document and save in your HUR 1 folder. You will complete the following work to share what you have learned from this reading. You must complete your answers in full sentences.

What was the main message of this story?

The story is mainly about different cultures and how different the clothing, living are as they go through the years.

The journal article looks at 6 different photos throughout NZ history. Re-read the paragraphs which match each photo and share 1 interesting fact for each photograph that you learned.

Family of T.W Ferry

The baby's face is blurry because the baby moved before they took the picture.

Māori at Parihaka

In the photo all the ladies have white feathers as a symbol of passive resistance.

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee

In this photo all the girls are wearing fancy dresses celebrating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Irini Kemara

In this photo you can see that she is wearing a piupiu which is a Maori skirt, she also has tattoos up her arm.

Māori Farm at Winiata Taihape

In this photo two people are milking cows and two little boys are sitting holding animals.

Kitchen Interior by William Williams

In this photo it shows a kitchen with a whole lot of guns and sharp knives on the wall.

Find Your Own Source: Complete some research about why it is important to remember our history. Find an article or website that supports this idea. Remember, it will likely not be the first website you come across. It needs to be appropriate for your learning level and you need to read it. Use key words like “for students”, “for children”, “in New Zealand” to help narrow your search results.

Places to help you start:

KiwiKids News

Te Ara - Encyclopedia of NZ

NZ History

Link to my article:

NZ History

I think this is a good source because…

I think that this is a good site because it gives a lot of information about the animals, nature, cultures, and how maori arrived in NZ hundreds of years before Europens.