Section outline

  • Achievement Objective (Level 4)

    Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places, and environments.


    To DO: Use the following website

    https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/encounters


    • Explore the web to find information on Captain James Cook and create an informative document about him.  Use the following questions to help your 'fact finding mission' but see if you can add lots of other interesting facts about him                                                                              

    1. Which country has he born in?   

    2. What was his main job before sailing to NZ?

    3. What year did he begin exploring in NZ and where did he travel to?

    4. What do you think some of the challenges were that he faced while exploring?

    5. What information did you find to describe the type of environment they were exploring?

    6. Add a map of where they explored and a picture of him if you can find one.


    Abel Tasman

    James Cook

    Donald Sutherland

    Charles Heaphy

    Thomas Brunner

    Kehu

    Marion du Fresne

    Jean François Marie de Surville

    Owen F. Smith 

    Samuel Marsden

    Henry Williams

    William Colenso

    Bishop George Selwyn

    Frederick Tuckett’s

    TJohn Turnball Thompson

    Patrick Caples

    Ernst Dieffenbach

    Julius von Haast

    Ferdinand von Hochstetter

    Andreas Reischek

    Fedrick Carrington

    Joseph Thomas

    John Rochford 

    William Mein Smith

    Stephenson Percy Smith

    William Fox

    Edward and Arthur Dobson

    James Mackay

    James Hector

    Arthur Paul Harper

    Nathanael Chalmers

    Alphonse J. Barrington

    Joseph Banks

    Dr Daniel Solander





    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

      • We are EXPLORING...who discovered New Zealand by researching the history of explorers to NZ and collecting key information about them
      • We are EXPLORING how early settlers in NZ discovered places by investigating different resources to find the information we need to learn about the challenges and opportunities that faced these explorers
      • We are EXPLORING the great walks of NZ by researching about the opportunities that tourism can benefit from by marketing these experiences.