Kia Ora, this week in reading we are doing reciprocal reading with my group Tui.
Summarising: The book we were reading Rongoa for the land it’s about a land that went through 20 generations it was covered in native bush and trees such as: Ti kouka, manuka, rewarewa, titoki, kahikatea, Nikau and Kawakawa these variety ensured the health of the land and the people, then they came up with a plan. The history of Taiporutu starts with the great voyaging Waka Takitimu which landed at various places, also their oral history tells us that the word “Taiporutu” came from Hawaiki.
Predicting: In the next paragraph there is going to be plants planted in the farm and they would be able to eat them, in the future there were going to be space for lots of native birds and trees and wild life and a place for artists to do there work.
In this book I learnt that the trees were essential resource for early Maori and was used multiple times they were especially valued as a source of food and for weaving which is why they planted it, people stripped away the outer leaves to reveal a small white core.
