Activity 3: WISE WORDS
Sir Āpirana Ngata and Fame Whina Cooper were both influential leaders who fought for Māori rights. Āpirana Ngata was a lawyer and politician. He worked hard to give rights to Māori landowners, and he also spent a lot of his career encouraging Māori to preserve the culture - haka, poi, whakairo (carving), waiata (song), sport and the construction of more marae around Aotearoa, New Zealand.
When Cooper was the first president of the Māori Women's Welfare League, which worked on improving health, education, housing and welfare for Māori women in New Zealand in the 1950s. She led the Māori land hikoi (march) from Northland to Wellington to protest against the loss of Māori land. She was nearly 80 years old at the time. Both these individuals are examples of wise, inspiring leaders and role models.
For this activity, we had to identify someone in our life, who is a role model for us. This person could be our parent, grandparent, neighbour, minister, imam, rabba etc. After that, we had to ask them to share one piece of wisdom that they think people should hear.
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These words were said by Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu or Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer.
Hi Lyan!
ReplyDeleteWow what an interesting person! He does seem very wise, what made you choose him? :)
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Blog you later,
Gabe
Hi Gabe! I learned about him when I was watching a documentary with my father and sister.I hope you are having a great day so far. Thank you for your lovely comment.
DeleteHi Lyan,
DeleteAwesome! we can learn so much from documentaries. 😊 Do you have any specific topic that you like to learn about?
Hope you are enjoying your holidays!
Gabe