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Country Research: New Zealand My Pictures

March 2, 2011, March 3, 2011

Notes of New Zealand

**Component**: Social

**Sub-componen**t:Food

**Source**: Culture Grams

**Keywords** (Facts): Eat same as US. Love hamburgers. hamburgers have fried egg and a beet slice. //Vegemite hamburger// unique flavor. //Hangi// meat, seafood, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and vegetables inside. rich milk made from cows, delicious ice cream kiwi made. Favorite flavor Hokey-Pokey is vanilla ice cream mixed with candy.

**Sentences**: New Zealand people love to eat hamburgers. Their national hamburger have fried egg and a beet slice. //Vegemite// hamburgers have a unique flavor. //Hangi// a traditional meal is made of seafood, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and vegetables inside. They have rich milk and they're made from New Zealand cows. They also have delicious ice-cream made from the bird kiwi.They love to eat Hokey-Pokey ice-cream and it's vanilla and it's mixed with candy.

**Questions**:Why is vanilla flavored ice-cream mixed with candy is called Hokey-Pokey?

**Responses**: They like to eat hamburgers like US people.

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March 4, 2011

Notes of New Zealand

**Component**: Social/Arts

**Sub-component**: Sports


 * Source**: Culture Grams

**Keywords (Facts)**:  like to play soccer //cricket// baseball flat-surfaced bat. netball, like basketball no dribbling. love rugby rugby popular outside //tramping// bike sail swim more.

**Sentences**: They love to play rugby and rugby is popular in New Zealand. They spend lots of the time outside //tramping.// They bike, sail, swim and more stuff similar in outside //tramping//. They like to go outside tramping because New Zealand is a really beautiful place. They like to play a game called cricket. Cricket is a game that's kind off like baseball with a flat-surface bat. Netball is also popular in New Zealand it's a game that's kind of like basketball except you don't dribble the ball.


 * Questions: ** Why is rugby SO popular? Are there more sports? What sport do New Zealanders love the best? Do New Zealanders love to play all the sports?


 * Responses: ** Wow! They have lots of popular sports they can do.

** March, 7, 2011, March 17, 2011 ** ** Notes for New Zealand **

** Component: Location **

** Sub-component: Animals and Plants **

** Source: Grolier Webpath Express Culture Grams **

** Keywords (Facts): ** kiwi k akapo takahe can found forests now endangered. huge moa, hunted extinction humans. Maori brought dogs rats, Europeans brought deer, g **oats, rabbits from Australia and more. Kakapo= **  parrot can't fly. heaviest. sleep day wake night. live mountain. color soft green, black stripe back. female less bright male. eat leaves, buds, roots, flowers, fruit, seeds. mate 2-3years well fed. 90 % plants not found in other place. ** Sentences: ** Kiwi's, kakapo's and takehe can be found in forests and are endangered. Huge moa's are hunted by humans. Maori people brought dogs and rats. Europeans brought deers, goats, rabbits and more found in Australia and more animals. Kakapo is a parrot that can't fly, it's the heaviest too. There kind off like bats because they sleep in the morning and wake up during the night. They live on mountains. There color is soft green and has black stripes on the back. Female are less bright than Males. They eat leaves, fruit, seeds and similar stuff like them. Kakapo's mate only in 2~3 years but it will be longer if it's not well fed. About 90% of the plants in New Zealand aren't found in other places in the world!

** Questions: ** Why did people bring animals to New Zealand? How many kinds off animals does New Zealand have? What are some of plants in New Zealand?

** Responses: ** Wow! So many people helped to let New Zealand have animals.


 * March 8, 2011 **


 * Notes for New Zealand **


 * Component: ** Social


 * Sub-component: ** Holiday


 * Source: ** Culture Grams


 * Keywords (Facts): ** Christmas favorite. Christmas summer. Go to beach. Eat barbecue. Santa Claus=Father Christams. Celebrate Waitangi Feb 6th anniversary. April 25th national. Remember war.


 * Sentences: ** New Zealanders think Christmas is the best holiday because Christmas falls during summer and not in winter. During Christmas some people go to the beach to play while others eat barbecue. They don't call Santa Claus Santa Claus they call him Father Christmas. They celebrate Waitangi on February 6th to celebrate signing an agreement from Maori and Paheka. On April 25th it's New Zealands national day to remember the New Zealand war.


 * Questions: ** Do New Zealanders think Summer is the worst and Winter is the best?


 * Responses: ** Wow! New Zealanders have so many holidays that we don't celebrate!

March 10,2011

Notes for New Zealand


 * Comp **** onent: ** Location


 * Sub-component: ** Geography


 * Source: ** Culture Grams


 * Keywords (Facts): **large earthquake Wellington 1855 airport rose out ocean. island have amazing scenery in world huge mountains, rolling green hills, giant waterfalls and glaciers, and narrow sea-filled canyons called //fjords//. lots earthquake some small can't feel. winter about 40°F (4°C). Summer about 73°F (23°C). New Zealand on southern equator opposite than North America. Summer from December to March, and winter is from June to September!


 * Sentences: ** Their was a large earthquake in Wellington, 1855 and an airport rose out of an ocean! Every island you go to has the most amazing scene, it has the best scene in the whole world. There are mountains, waterfalls and fjords. Fjords are narrow sea-filled canyons. Lots of earthquakes in New Zealand are small that you can't feel them. In winter it's about 40 °F that's 4°C. Summer is about 73°F and that's 23°C. New Zealand is on the southern equator and it's opposite than North America so Summer is from December to March, and winter is from June to September.


 * Questions: ** When was the largest earthquake in New Zealand? Are there more water falls in New Zealand or hills? How many people died in Wellington's earthquake?


 * Responses: ** Wow! The earthquake in Wellington was SO big, even an airport rose out!

April 6, 2011

Notes for New Zealand


 * Component:** Social


 * Sub-component:** War


 * Source:** Culture Grams


 * Keywords (Facts):** Some Maori don't british people's rule. British took more more of farm. Today their working the events of past Pakeha Maori live peacefully together.


 * Sentences:** Some Maori people don't want to follow British people's rules. Each year more British people took more and more of Maori and they added farms there. Today New Zealanders are working out the events of the past. Now Paheka and Maori lived peacefully together.


 * Question:** Why did British use a lot of parts from New Zealand for farms? Why don't they build it in other places?


 * Responses:** It seemed like British people wanted to rule the whole New Zealand.

April 12th 2011

Notes for New Zealand


 * Component: ** Social


 * Sub-component: ** Language


 * Source: ** Culture Grams Culture Grams


 * Keywords (Facts): **English, Maori, and New Zealand Sign Language/ Nearly all Maori people speak English/ TV channel, Maori TV plays Maori programs, Maori cartoons/ New Zealand English is similar to North American English speak with different accent //gidday// (hello) and //biscuits// (cookies)/ Maori Language/ Hello=Kia ora=key-ah-AW-rah/ Good-Bye=Ka kite ano=ka KEE-tay AH-no/ Please+Koa+kwah/ Thank You=Kia ora rawa atu=key-ah AW-rah RAH-wah AH-too/ Yes=Ae=aae/ No=Kao=kaao

differnt language Barbie - barbecue/ Bring a plate - means bring a dish of food to share/ Cheers - thanks Dodgy - bad, unreliable, not good as in 'the car was a bit dodgy' Down the gurgler - failed plan Dunny - toilet, bathroom, lavatory Ear bashing - someone continually talking G'day - universal kiwi greeting, also spelled gidday Good on ya, mate! - congratulations, well done, proud of someone Good as gold - feeling good, not a problem, yes Gumboots or gummies - rubber boots, wellingtons Happy as larry - very happy as in 'he was as happy as Larry / Hard yakka - hard work / How's it going mate? - kiwi greeting / Jandal - thongs, sandals,flip-flops / Knackered - exhausted, tired / Lift - elevator / Loo - bathroom, toilet / Nana - grandmother, grandma / Pack a sad - bad mood, as in 'she packed a sad / Pressie - present / Rellies - relatives, family/ Strapped for cash - low on cash, no money/ Sunday driver - someone who drives very slow / Ta - thanks / Tiki tour - scenic tour, take the long route / Togs - swimsuit, bathing costume / Wobbly - to have a tantrum


 * Sentences: ** English, Maori and New Zealand Sign Languages are all spoken in New Zealand but mostly English. Nearly all Maori people can speak English. There are TV's that play Maori TV channels, Maori programs and of course Maori cartoons. New Zealand English is similar to North America's English except with a different accent like //gidday// is hello and //biscuits// is cookies. These are some Maori Languages. Hello in Maori is Kia ora you pronounce it as key-ah-AW-rah. Good-Bye in Maori is Ka kite ano you pronounce it as ka KEE-tay AH-no. Please in Maori is Koa you pronounce it as kwah. Thank you in Maori is Kia ora rawa atu you pronounce it as key-ah AW-rah RAH-wah AH-too. Yes in Maori is Ae you pronounce it as aee. No in Maori is Kao you pronounce it as kaoo.They speak in a different language like barbie is barbecue; bring a plate means bring a dish of food to share; cheers is thanks; dodgy is bad, unreliable; down the gurgler is failed plan; dunny is toilet, bathroom, lavatory; Ear bashing is someone continually talking; g;day is universal kiwi greeting, also spelled gidday; good on ya, mate! is congratulations, well done, proud of someone; good as gold is feeling good, not a problem, yes; gumboots or gummies is rubber boots, wellingtons; Happy as larry is very happy as in "he was as happy as Larry"; hard yakka is hard wrk; How's it going mate? is kivi greeting; Jandal is thongs, sandals, flip-flops; Knackered is exhausted, tired; Lift is elevator; Loo is bathroom, toilet; Nana is grandmother, grandma; Pack a sad is bad mood, as in "She packaged a sad"; Pressie is present; Rellies are relatives, family; Strpped for cash is low on cash, no money; Sunday driver is someone who drives very slow; Ta is thanks; Tiki tour is scenic tour, take the long route; Togs is swimsuit, bathing constume; Wobbly is to have a tantrum.


 * Questions: ** How do you do New Zealand sign languages?


 * Responses: ** Maori language is REALLY different than English!