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Code Cracker

Secret codes like Morse code were invented so that spies could not understand or intercept messages. How good are you at deciphering and solving the code?

1. Write your name using Morse code
2. Try this wickED Code Cracker activity
3. Make up your own code by opening the ‘Secret Code’ document (Word, 27KB) and completing the chart and writing a message in code.

Send your code to ed@tki.org.nz.

New Zealand at war

New Zealand has been involved in civil war (New Zealanders fighting other New Zealanders) and international wars (New Zealanders fighting in support of other countries).

1. Take a tour of the lower and upper galleries in New Zealand’s army museum.
2. Using this world map locate where six wars or battles took place.
3. Calculate the distance from New Zealand to Turkey using this map. Click the enlarge button to see the map more clearly.

Send your information to ed@tki.org.nz.

Waka tauā

1. Tirohia ēnei whakaahua
2. Mā te whakamahi i ngā ‘draw tools’ ( Word 20KB) i runga i tō rorohiko, hangaia he kauwhata e whakaatu ana i ngā wāhanga o te waka.

• Whakamahia ēnei ingoa hei tāpiri ki tō kauwhata.
  • Tauihu front/bow section
  • Taurapa end/stern section
  • Hiwi hull
  • Whakairo carvings
  • Kei stern

Tukuna mai tō kauwhata ki a wiki@tki.org.nz.

Parihaka

He tata tonu te pā o Parihaka ki te maunga o Taranaki i Te Ika a Māui. He wāhi motuhake tōna i roto i ngā kōrero hītori o Aotearoa, ā, he wāhi i pakangahia i runga i te whakapono ki te ara hūmarie.

1. Rapua a Parihaka i runga i tēnei mahere whenua o te rohe o Taranaki.
2. Tirohia tēnei whakaahua o Parihaka i ngā tau 1880.
3. Huakinahia te pepa Word i runga i tō rorohiko ka kape, ka tāpiri hoki ki runga i te mahere whenua. Mā te whakamahi i te pouaka kōrero, tuhia tētahi whakamārama kia 30 kupu te roa, mō te āhua o Parihaka.

Tukuna mai tō mahere whenua ki a wiki@tki.org.nz.

Anzacs in Gallipoli

Anzacs were the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought together in World War I at a place called Gallipoli, in Turkey.

1. Look at these photographs of Gallipoli.
2. Open a Word document on your computer and cut and past three pictures to help you describe what the landscape and the conditions they Anzacs were fighting in.
3. List three difficulties soldiers had to face because of the land?
4. Read about ‘Life and Death at Gallipoli’ to learn more about how medical care was affected by the landscape.

Send your Word document to ed@tki.org.nz.

Dawn service

The ‘Last Post’ is always played at the Anzac Day dawn service.

1. Read about what happens at a typical Anzac Day service.
2. Use the information from the link above to complete the ‘Anzacs and Us’ cloze exercise.
3. Listen to this recording of the ‘Last Post’.
   • What type of instrument is used to play the ‘Last Post’? String, wind, brass, or percussion?
   • Is the speed of the music fast or slow? Does it change?
   • How does the speed help show feelings?

Email your answers to ed@tki.org.nz.

The poppy

Every year around Anzac day red poppies are sold to raise money for the Returned Services Association (RSA).

1. Click on the ‘side story’ link on the top right-hand side, to see different versions of the poppy.
2. Read about the history of the poppy
3. Answer these questions:
   • Who wrote the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’?
   • What was the name of the poem Moina Michael wrote?
   • Why did she write it?
4. Use these photographs to write your own poem about war.

Send your poem to ed@tki.org.nz.

Ake Ake Kia Kaha E!

I whakatūngia te 28th Māori Battalion mō Te Pakanga o te Ao Tuatahi me te Pakanga o te Ao Tuarua. Ko Tā Apirana Ngata o Ngāti Porou, tētahi o ngā tangata i uru atu ki ngā mahi ki te whakatū i te Māori Battalion.

1. Whakarongo ki te waiata rongonui a te Māori Battalion. Ka taea tō pānui i ngā kupu ki te waiata rā i runga i tēnei whārangi.
2. Tuhia tōu ake waiata me tō hīkoinga hoki mō te 28th Māori Battalion.

Tukuna mai tō waiata, tō hikoinga rānei ki a wiki i wiki@tki.org.nz.

Sidewalk to the future

What makes you different, special and unique? What things do you have in common with other people? The better we understand each other the easier it will be able to build a better future together.

1. Look at the ‘Sidewalk to the future’
2. Count the number of peace signs and words that show happiness. What does this tell you about other people?
3. Make your own square either online or with chalk.

Send your picture to ed@tki.org.nz.

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