Maori Battalion
(Te Hokowhitu-a-tu)
Response to Text. Highlight or answer each question to the best of your ability, including important information and detail to your answers.
Level One – Skim and Scan
- What did New Zealanders start to call themselves during the First World War?
| The New Zealand people called themselves the kiwis because the kiwis was they’re native bird. |
- How did the government encourage Māori to join the war?
| The Maori Decided to to join the British then the Maori told each other
“do your bit” |
- What was the war cry used to encourage Māori to fight?
| The Maori Shouted out “E te iwi, whìtiki! Whiti! Whiti e!” (“O people,
prepare yourselves for battle! Spring up! Spring up!”) |
Level Two: Vocabulary
| Word | Definition | Your own sentence |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | A Rural is a person that lives in the countryside rather than the City side. | The Maori lived at the rural houses |
| Contingent | A group of people sharing something in common. | The Mafia Contingent was hanging out at their base. |
| Conscripted | It means you signed up in the armed forces. | I was conscripted to play in Soccer . |
Level Three: Inference (Responses require AT LEAST one full sentence)
- Why did some Māori feel unwilling to fight in the war?
| The Maori didn’t want to fight in the war because the British |
- What did the British high command feel uncomfortable about, and why did they initially keep the Māori soldiers busy with digging trenches?
| The British high
command was uncomfortable with the idea of native people fighting alongside Europeans. |
- What does the chaplain’s prayer tell us about who the Māori soldiers were responsible for?
| They were responsible for the Mana,Honor and the good for the Maori People. |
- How did the First World War change the relationship between Māori and Pākehā?
| The WW1 didn’t really help equal the Maori and The British because the British didn’t really care about New Zealand no more. |
- How did World War One change, and shape New Zealand’s national identity?
| Foreign observers gave them international recognition, and in meeting soldiers from other countries Kiwis judged themselves against others. |