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?
| They called themselves the Kiwi because it’s New Zealand’s native bird. |
- How did the government encourage Māori to join the war?
| They travelled the country encouraging Maori to take part in the war |
Ng Maori to take part in the war
- What was the war cry used to encourage Māori to fight?
| E te iwi Whitiki whiti whitie ( O people prepare yourselves for the battle spring up spring up ! |
Level Two: Vocabulary
| Word | Definition | Your own sentence |
|---|---|---|
| Rural | remote rural areas, like countryside. | I live in a Rural area. |
| Contingent | A contagion who shared something in common. | The group that makes up the largest contingent of voters in this area is the elderly. |
| Conscripted | Signed up for arm service. | He was conscripted into the army. |
Level Three: Inference (Responses require AT LEAST one full sentence)
- Why did some Māori feel unwilling to fight in the war?
| They didn’t want to fight because of how young and scared they were. There was no other choice so they had to say yes and spend their last minutes with their family. They fought to protect their family and their country. |
- What did the British high command feel uncomfortable about, and why did they initially keep the Māori soldiers busy with digging trenches?
| The idea of native people fighting alongside Europeans.So at first, the Māori soldiers were kept busy digging trenches and building supply depots. |
- What does the chaplain’s prayer tell us about who the Māori soldiers were responsible for?
| Performing religious rites, conducting worship services providing confidential counselling |
- How did the First World War change the relationship between Māori and Pākehā?
| Maori lifestyle and were treated by Maori treated by Maori as both Maori and as useful go-between. |
- How did World War One change, and shape New Zealand’s national identity?
| A New Zealand identity had been emphasised during the war, but one within the imperial family. |