A WebQuest for Year 10/Te Reo Māori

‘Tāngata Rongonui’

“The Nominations are……………….”

Te Puea Herangi Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana Whina Cooper

Hone Heke Apirana Ngata

Introduction The Quest The Process Evaluation Conclusion

Introduction
Throughout New Zealand’s history there have been some amazing
Tāngata Rongonui (famous Māori people).
 “And the Winner is………..?”

2006 is the first year of the annual ‘Awesome kiwi’ awards and it is
going to be televised internationally.
Your group are part of the judging panel for the awards show and have
the important task of deciding who will win the most prestigious of the
‘Awesome Kiwi’ awards.

Who should receive the award for ‘Most Influential Tāngata Rongonui’?

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The Task

Your group’s task is to present a well-researched biography of the

person your group decides should receive the award for the
‘Most Influencial Tāngata Rongnui’.
All four members of your group will have specific tasks which you will
bring together in a presentation that supports your choice

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The Process

STEP ONE: As a group you need to decide who should win the ‘Most
influencial tāngata rongonui’ out of the five nominations.

If you decide, as a group, that there is someone else, who is not

nominated, who you think should win this award please talk to your
kaiako.

STEP TWO: Each group member should choose which role they want to
be and complete the individual tasks for each role:

The roles are:

 Timeliest
You are to research the timeline
of your tāngata rongonui’s life. You
are only interested in the years
that person lived and the events
that happened throughout their
life. You are going to focus on
questions like: When were they
born? What schools did they
attend? Who made up their
family?
Influence tester
You are interested in the influence
this person has had on today’s
society. You are going to find out
why this person is the most
influencial Māori New Zealander.
You are going to focus on
questions like: What effect has
this person had on today’s society?
Historian
You are interested in the effects
of the events of this person’s life.
You are going to look at questions
like: What is the person is famous
for? Why? What was happening in
New Zealand or the world at the
time which may have had an
influence on this person’s actions?
Event detailer
You are interested of the details
of an event in this person’s life.
You are to choose a major life
event and research it in detail. You
are interested in questions like:
When, who, where and how did this
event take place? What was their
involvement in this event?

To find resources about the tāngata rongonui you have chosen click on
the picture of that person above:

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1. STEP THREE: You now need to bring your information back

together and prepare a presentation to the class
2.
Your presentation should have as much Te Reo Māori as
possible!

STEP FOUR: Present your presentation to the rest of the class.

You need to convince your other class members that the person you
have chosen should win the ‘Most Influential Tāngata Rongonui’ award.
Kia Kaha!

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 Evaluation
Research and Presentation of an influencial Tāngata Rongonui.
Marking Schedule

Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score

1 2 3 4
Individual The student The student
The student The student
group contributed an contributed
contributed a fully
participation average amount most of the time
small amount to participated in
to the group in the group
the group work the group work
work work
The student The student
The student
There is researched researched
researched their
Researched evidence of a their role and their role and
role well and
information little research produced presented their
presented their
in the student’s information information to a
information to a
role that was of level of
level of merit
average quality excellence

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Conclusion
“And the Winner is………….”

You have researched and presented a biography of a tāngata rongonui,

you have used sentence structures and writing techniques discussed in
class and have used a technological tool to present it,
Well done!

Something to think about:

~ Do you think that there should be just one winner of the award?
~ What do you think would happen if there were no tāngata rongonui?
~ How important is it to have tāngata rongonui?
~ Discuss other tangāta rongonui you know of.

Introduction The Quest The Process Evaluation Conclusion