Websites Year 9 Term 2  2005

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/   basic whale information

http://www.whalewatch.co.nz/     good NZ information

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/Whales/LessonPlans/WhaleSongs.HTML  whale songs

http://www.matapihi.org.nz/   an excellent NZ resource site – photos

http://www.teara.govt.nz/    NZ on-line encyclopedia

http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/CanoeNavigation/3/en   Maori navigation using whale migration patterns, stars etc

http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/NgatiRongomaiwahine/en    At Māhia Peninsula, on the eastern coast of New Zealand, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine have extensive traditional fishing grounds. The area has many sacred sites which reflect the significance of whales to the tribe, including a whale-shaped hill, Te Ara-a-Paikea.

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/  National Library – excellent source of information. Try asking for real help at ANY QUESTIONS

http://timeframes1.natlib.gov  source of photos

http://www.archives.govt.nz/index.html  NZ archives

http://maaori.com/people/maoriara.htm  migration information

http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/   land rights

http://www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/forschools/towe/   life before the Pakeha

http://www.waitangi.com/politics/sign.html  Treaty of Waitangi

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/treaty/protest71.htm    Land rights

http://www.carc.org/pubs/v23no2/two.htm  in depth articles about the Treaty

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