Response to Text

 Response to Text

1. Who was the article about? (Full name, and title)

Sir Āpirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou)

2. When and where was he born?

 3rd of July 1874 

3. Which Iwi was Apirana Ngata most connected to?

Ngāti Porou 

4. What was he the first Maori person to do?

first Māori in New Zealand to graduate from University

5. Finish these sentences from the text:

1. “Apirana dedicated himself to the improvement of… Āpirana dedicated himself to the improvement of Māori, both socially, culturally, and economically”

2. “Apirana was a proud Maori, and fought to... set up businesses and schools for Māori throughout New Zealand, and it is this kind of work that created his legacy - in a world where Māori were looked down upon by the European colonists Āpirana fought to keep their traditions alive, not by fighting them in wars, but by playing the game the Europeans and protecting Māori culture with the power of the law . ”

3. “...he used these connections to educate himself in… in the ways of European politics and law”

6. Why do you think it was important for Apirana to educate himself like a European? So he could  teach the maori  eroreopen suff.