Tane Mahuta

Tane Mahuta

What is Tane Mahuta?

Tane Mahuta is a kauri tree but he is special he is the widest tree in
the kauri forest.

How old is he?

Tane mahuta is 2,000 years old and still growing.

When was he planted?

He was discovered in and identified in early January 1924.

How tall and wide is he?

He is 42.2 metres tall. The trunk is 17.8 m tall and contains 255
metres of wood.

 

Tane Mahuta is a special tree he is the widest tree in the kauri forest
Tane Mahuta is 2,000 years old and still growing that's amazing.
Tane Mahuta was discovered a January 117.8 m tall and contains 255
11 metres of wood.

Reflection - I like how we had to learn about Tane Mahuta and learn facts about him.

Kupe

Kupe

Walt: Learn about Kupe

Kupe was a great chief of Hawaiki (Tahiti), whose father was from
Rarotonga, and whose mother was from Rangiatea (Ra'iatea), where
her father lived. These were the three islands over which Kupe’s
mana (power) extended. One day Kupe's fishermen went out with
lines and hooks to their traditional fishing grounds.

Kupe was a man who sailed to New Zealand on a waka and named
New Zealand Aotearoa. Te Pehi Kupe’s portrait, painted in England
in 1824, shows an elaborately tattooed man aged about 30; from this
portrait, his date of birth has been estimated in 1795.

Reflection - I like how we had to find out information about Kupe and how we learned about his life .