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Contents

Beating the Wind

by Bronwen Wall

Training for Success

by Dave Armstrong

Black is Back

by Rangi Te Kanawa

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

WHAT’S THE

EVIDENCE?

Medal: Copyright © Stephen Fuller, used with permission�Phoebe: By Adrian Heke copyright © Crown 2014

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WHAT’S THE EViDENCE

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Advisors

Dayle Anderson, Victoria University, science and mathematics and statistics

Cathy Buntting, Waikato University, science and technology

Rex Bartholomew, Victoria University, science

Bruce Granshaw, Victoria University, technology

Ian Stevens, Maths Adventures Limited, mathematics and statistics

Pauline Waiti, Ahu Whakamua,

Māori perspective

Melanie Winthrop, literacy

Production team

Hōne Apanui, consulting editor, Māori

David Chadwick, editor,

Lift Education E Tū

Matt Comeskey, publishing director,

Lift Education E Tū

Di Fuller, designer, Chrometoaster

Bas van Lunteren, developer, Chrometoaster�Aaron McKirdy, designer, Chrometoaster

Peggy Nesbitt, educator,

Lift Education E Tū

Neale Pitches, project director,

Lift Education E Tū

Emeli Sione, consulting editor, Pasifika

Nina Spence, digital director, Chrometoaster

Dave Turnbull, digital director, Chrometoaster

Acknowledgments

Title

Reading year

level

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ISSN 2324 5026 (web)

ISBN 978 0 478 43978 6 (online)