Room 30's Tiki Tour of New Zealand

This term for inquiry learning, we are learning about People and Places. Our big idea is:

Where someone lives influences how they live.

This week we are looking at Cape Reinga and have learnt a lot about how it is such a special place in New Zealand.

Here are some things we have learnt so far about Cape Reinga:

• It is at the very tip of New Zealand.
• A lighthouse is a landmark on this landform.
• The Tasman Sea is on the west and the Pacific Ocean is on the East.
• It is a spiritual place for Maori.
• Maori believe that when their people die, their spirits travel to Cape Reinga before they pass on to their heaven - this is just what some people believe, it is not necessarily what we believe!
• There is a Pohutukawa tree on the headland and it is believed to be 800 years old and has never bloomed.
• Lots of tourists visit Cape Reinga.
• There is a post that shows lots of main cities around the world and in what direction they are.

Next stop on our tiki tour of New Zealand...Tane Mahuta - the Giant Kauri Tree of Waipoua Forest. Visit us soon to learn more about this place!

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