Research one of the people in Keeping Promises and Write a Biography on them.
Include things like:
Who are they?
Where were they born?
What culture do they belong to?
Why were they get involved?
What was their role?
Read the quotations on pages 34 and 35.
“rautapu”
– to take without any right.
Write 3 questions to ask a friend about rautapu.
Make sure to be specific about the issue of Māori land being taken for Pākehā settlers.
Interview one of the group and record their perspective of rautapu.
You answer could start like this, “I think land should/should not have been confiscated from Māori to give to Pākehā settlers because ...”).
Write a blog post about rautapu including the interview and your point of view.