Wednesday 6 February 2008

Waitangi Day - Te Tiriti o Waitangi

February the 6th is Waitangi Day in New Zealand and we have all had a holiday from school. To recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi KPE is publishing on this blog a podcast made many episodes ago by Jadyn and Shonty Lee. It is published on iTunes as KPE Episode 76.

"The Tree Hut Treaty" by Wiremu Grace is a book that all schools in New Zealand have in their libraries. Shonty Lee and Jaydn tell us about the story and also give us an overview of the Treaty of Waitangi as they discuss the themes of the book.

The picture book follows the adventures of four young New Zealanders looking for a way to resolve a disagreement over a shared tree hut. They come up with the idea of a treaty and the book follows the process and principles that are agreed upon to create their treaty and resolve their disagreement.

The story is presented twice: once in English and once in Maori, with each of the two covers being the beginning of each version (upside down to each other, meeting in the middle - and at the centre is a page about the Treaty of Waitangi).

It was published as part of the Treaty of Waitangi Information Programme, which was established to increase public knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi. It gives us a simple introduction to the concept of a treaty.

This is the first podcast these two students had published.

Tell us how YOU spent Waitangi Day in 2008.

6 comments:

  1. Great job on your podcast! Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I really like the story. My favourite part is when you talked about the treaty.

    Vivenne R10
    Pt England

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  3. Well done that was a awesome podcast.It was really cool because you talked about the treaty.It was a very interesting podcast!!!

    shyarn room17

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  4. Very cool podcast Shonty lee and jaydn. That would have helped you with our focus question this term. You both had wonderful clear voices and great expression. I can't wait for you next podcast.

    Tinei

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  5. Great podcast Jaydn and Shonty lee. I liked your use of good expression. Was this book really about the Treaty of Waitangi?. I know that the 3P's mean Protection, partnership and participation.
    Taiapa rm18

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  6. Hi I'm Joshua from room12.
    Jack was selfish and how long
    did the fight go on? Who started the fight first?

    How did Tia know about Tree treaty Waitangi?

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