Activity 3: Wise Words [4 points]
Sir Āpirana Ngata and Dame Whina Cooper were both influential leaders who fought for Māori rights. Āpirana Ngata was a lawyer and politician. He worked hard to give rights to Māori land owners, and he also spent a lot of his career encouraging Māori to preserve the culture - haka, poi, whakairo (carving), waiata (song), sport and the construction of more marae around Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Whina Cooper was the first president of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, which worked on improving health, education, housing and welfare for Māori women in New Zealand in the 1950s. She led the Māori land hikoi (march) from Northland to Wellington to protest against the loss of Māori land. She was nearly 80 years old at the time. Both of these individuals are examples of wise, inspiring leaders and role models.
My role model is my grandma. My grandma is the nicest and most beautiful person I know. Even though she is not alive she is still my role model. She was always protecting me from my older brothers and she was always telling me the right thing to do. She always takes care of me when my parents are here. Just like her when I grow up I want to read my bible every day, pray every day and always be kind to people no matter what.
Well done on posting and continuing to participate in the SLJ this year. What could you do to be a role model and changemaker Christopher? Keep blogging, and commenting on others, to increase your chance of winning one of the awesome prizes and to keep up your learning over the school break!
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