Let's learn about Voyages and Navigation
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Te Taki
Narrative
Y7 P4 N3 2009 18-23
Tūtama steps forward to challenge the visitors from the large European ship that has sailed into the bay.
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Close Call at Tristan Da Cunha
Narrative
P3 N3 2000 P 24-29
In 1849, ten-year-old John was on a ship sailing from Scotland to Otago. That voyage was to include the most exciting and frightening day of his life.
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Tupaia:
Master Navigator
L3 Aug 2019
This article recounts aspects of Tupaia's life, including: his early years and training as a navigator; his first encounters with British sailors; his work with Captain Cook on the Endeavour
Captain Cook: Charting our Islands
L4 May : 2016 : Pp28-37
This article describes Captain Cook’s first visit to New Zealand where he charted the coastline.
Following Gold
Y5 L3 May 2015 P18-19
This poem is written from the point of view of a Chinese miner, during the 1860's, describing his pursuit of gold in the rivers of New Zealand, far from his homeland.
Winings Wairau
Year 5 : Level 3 Nov : 2014 : Pgs 22-23
This poem describes the circumstances and life faced by early settlers are they lived out their day-to-day lives .
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The Apprenticeship
Narrative
SJ: P4 N1 1993
James Heberley was Wellington's first harbour pilot. Extracts from his journals give an idea of what serving
an apprenticeship at sea was like for an English lad in the early 1800s.
Sailing by Starlight
Poem
SJ: Y4 : P1 N3 2009 24-25
A Poem about voyaging under the stars.
Sailing the Pacific
Article
SJ: Y5 P2 N3 2003 P 12-17
This article explains the traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers.
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