An ancient waka discovered on the banks of the Kuranui Stream, near Pātea, tells the story of the people who once owned it and their experience after the New Zealand wars.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: ancestors, colonisation, community, confiscation, conservator, culture, Kuranui, New Zealand Wars, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāwaka Taurua, Pātea, peace, Taranaki, Te Pakakohi, Tītokowaru, tūpuna, waka, whakapapa, whenua