I am a Year 10 student at Bay of Islands College in Kawakawa, New Zealand. This is a place where I share my learning.
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
maths
for the past few weeks I have been doing some math it has sorta been really helpful with my learning and boredom for this lockdown and hope everyone is safe I guess and see some of u on monday...
Friday, 8 May 2020
history of Rongoa
T-Shaped Learning: Rongoa - Maori Medicine
- Make a copy of this Doc and place it in your Reading Folder.
- Call it __(deenys)__ T Shaped Learning - Rongoa
- Share it with your partner if you are working with one.
- Link to our hand in sheet.
- Read one article each day and write notes using the focus questions down the side.
What is rongoa
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It is a type of medicine
Traditional Maori medicine.
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Rongoa is a traditional
Māori medicine. It includes herbs,plants they say it's like a massage or spiritual healing |
Rongoa is a herb
Or plant that the Māori
use to heal wounds,cuts |
A Māori tradition that helps
heal people. |
History of rongoa
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It was a sacred skill,
passed down from a tohunga pu (expert) |
Māori were ravaged by
the arrival of European diseases like measles and influenza. |
Unlike pakeha the
Māori went to the rongoa native /natural healing plant. As they may call it a traditional maori healing plant. |
When banned from
practicing rongoa - they practiced in secret. |
How is rongoa used
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Through karakia/chants
Using herbs or native plants
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Today there is a
resurgence of interest and awareness in rongoa. |
New zealand native
herbs have been valued by both maori and by early european settlers for their unique healing properties. |
Using plants to
heal and having a spiritual knowledge.
Having a good
knowledge of animals, plants, insects and nature |
Where do the
ingredients come from |
Nature - native bush
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Herbs and plants
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Nature, knowledge
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passed down through
generations. |
What are common
plants used and how do they help? ( select 2-3) |
Manuka - burns, as a
sedative, to heal skin disease. |
Kumarahou
- to heal coughs. | ||
European influence
on rongoa. |
They brought diseases
that Maori couldn’t fix as they didn’t have them, such as flu, measles and fevers. |
They brought diseases
that Maori couldn’t fix - but maori kept trying.
They banned the use of
tohuna and rongoa because they thought tohunga had supernatural powers. | ||
Using rongoa in the
modern world |
Science has proved that these
plants have the healing powers that rongoa suggests. |
Rongoa making a comeback.
Wanting it to be used alongside
european/modern medicine. |
Here are some extra resources to help with your writing too. You may want to create another
table to make notes or just read the information within them to help you better understand your topic.
table to make notes or just read the information within them to help you better understand your topic.
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