Hi this is my second podcast on Human Rights. It is about the journey of Human Rights and how they were created. It took a lot to create them. There was a lot of fighting and war through the years but as a result we have 30 Human Rights that everyone has. But they are not subject to law so other country’s citizens may not have all of the 30 Rights others have. They are write down on the Deceleration Of Human Rights. They were made by the United nations on the 10th of December 1948.

What is a leader? The dictionary defines leadership as: “The action of leading a group of people or an organisation. The state or position of being a leader. The leaders of an organisation, country, etc.” So by definition, a leader is someone who stands at the head of a country; a prime minister, a president- personal qualities include: an ability to make difficult decisions, speak confidently in public, focus on the task at hand. This is leadership in the most robotic, successful and efficient sense. However that definition leaves out the humane aspects of leadership. The aspects that gain a leader respect and encourage others to follow. Traits such as open-mindedness, honesty, integrity and drive. Someone who is competent in both these aspects of leadership will excel as a leader. 

A person I believe displayed these qualities is Dame Whina Cooper; her determination in gaining equal rights for the Maori community and leading her people to fight for what they believe. Born in northern Hokianga in 1895, Whina Cooper quickly began to play an active role in the community, helping to set up Maori land development schemes- eleven in total, comprising forty thousand to ninety eight thousand acres. Following the death of her second husband, Bill Cooper, in 1949, Whina Cooper moved to Auckland where she became a pan-tribal Maori leader. She also founded the Women’s Welfare League, an organisation that by the mid-1950’s had over three hundred branches and four thousand members. However, Dame Whina Cooper is most well known for leading the 1975 land march from Te Hapua, the far north, to the parliament in Wellington. At the age of eighty, Whina Cooper walked over one hundred kilometres, to champion for the rights of her people. At the end of her journey, Whina Cooper presented the prime minister with a petition signed by over six thousand people- an incredible achievement from an eighty year old woman that shows that you are never too old to make a change. Dame Whina Cooper passed away in 1994 at the age of ninety eight. In my opinion Whina Cooper is an incredible example of a leader for the reasons stated above. 

 DFI course.

Day One

Ohaewai

  Digital Fluency Intensive (DFI)  course on Wednesday last week.  

Heard how Manaiakalani came into existence and how it has been put to use throughout many schools in NZ.

Course certainly lived up to its name, was intensive alright, but then it was  the first day and no matter what you do, in the beginning there is invariably always lots of new information to process.  Usually a matter of learning and becoming familiar with the basics, then hopefullythe rest will follow.  

Been doing a bit of recapping today and even though its early days I am starting to see that this is definitely a reflection of what is happening in the classroom and how students are learning, engaging with each other, school, the community and finding out about the world. What a fantastic creative way for people  to produce amazing slides and blogs to express themselves, put forth ideas and  I can see how it can increase student literacy. 

Looking forward to the learning and completing this course.

 can see how useful learning how to use  all the tools would be be to Teachers , students and staff at schools. We have gone over how to create groups. How to insert and save images, touched on Hapara .

Learnt how to remove background from pics.

I am looking forward to learning more over the next 9 weeks.

 What is a leader?

“The person who leads or commands a group, organisation, or country.”

A leader to me is someone who is able to gain someone’s respect, and to lead them in any way or matter, politically, in the military, someone as simple as a mother or a father. If leaders would not be respected, who would follow them, so in theory, this “leader” is an icon to people, someone people look up to and willingly follow them. To be a leader you also need qualities in your own way, integrity, ability to delegate, communication, self-awareness, gratitude, learning agility, influence, empathy etc. Leaders also have the power to convince someone, to persuade into believing and seeing something from their own point of view. They also motivate people, bring energy into them to do something. 

Kate Sheppard is a great example of a leader. She was born on the 10 of March 1848 till 13 July 1934. Kate Sheppard was the most prominent member of the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand and the country’s most famous suffragist. Kate was born in Liverpool, England, she emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1868. In New Zealand she became an active member of various religious and social organisations, including the Women’s Christian Temperance Union New Zealand (WCTU NZ). In 1887 she was appointed WCTU NZ’s National Superintendent for Franchise and Legislation, a position she later used to advance the cause of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. Kate promoted women’s suffrage by organising petitions and public meetings, writing letters to the press, and contacting politicians. She was also the editor of the first-women operated newspaper in New Zealand. Through Kate’s skilful writing and persuasive public speaking, she advocated women’s suffrage. Her pamphlets contributed to this cause. This work turned into a petition with 30,000 signatures calling for women’s suffrage which was presented to the parliament. As a result, New Zealand became the first country to establish universal suffrage.

To sum it all up, Kate believed. She believed in something, and she carried that out, and found that lots of people believe it too, that women had the right to vote. So Kate took her beliefs and convinced people to take a stand with her and fight for what they thought was the right thing to do. That’s what leaders do.

 In my class we have been reading a book called the Outsiders. We have red chapters 1-2 and have been doing comprehension and quizzes of what we have red so far. One of our questions was, what was an outsider?. To me an outsider was someone who is unwanted, unneeded an odd person. Someone was different and was disliked by others. In this story I have realised that main group of people in this book are treated like outsiders by some people. People judge them and jump them for being different. There main rivals are Socs and they are the main group of people who judge them.  They are judged from there looks, there personality, there interests and others.

So far in the story it talks about the main characters and there story’s. It talks about how they view other people and why. It also talks about how they treat each other in the group.  They have been through a lot together and i’m looking forward to reading the rest.

This week we have been learning about migration and what migration means. We have been asking our whanau about tupuna or ancestors about who have migrated either internally or externally. I have learnt that my aunty moved to Aussie when her child was 1. This topic is also like going somewhere and looking at ancient pieces of work or ruins that were painted or created back in the days where chiefs co existed and makes you think if your family is part of the building of this or that thing. This helps my learning because I get to learn about my family and their history. I get to learn things I’ve never known before and it helps when someone asks where they were from and if they travelled/moved anywhere. It becomes change for the future because we the new generation have the power to speak our minds and tell the story of our family’s history and migration. The topic is alright I much rather learn something else but overall it’s good and I’ll get to learn about my family and where I am from. Here is a piece of my work.