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NGĀKUKU, TĀRORE - and the Little Book

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1. In what year did the Browns move to live with the Ngāti Houā tribe? (P3)

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2. In what place was their first school set up? (P3)

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3. What were the names of the missionary couple who came? (P3)

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4. Tārore was the daughter of who? (P3)

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5. The special book that Tārore had, was owned by who? (P11)

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6. In karakia, “Ihu Karaiti” is the Māori way of saying what? (P5)

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7. The book was called “Te Rongopai a Ruka”. What does this mean? (P5)

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8. Who bought the first printing press to New Zealand to print this and other books? (P5)

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9. What was wrong with the printing press when it arrived? (P6)

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10. In the story, what other problem did they face when it came to printing Te Rongopai a Ruka? (P6)

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11. What were the two reasons for printing only a portion of the Bible? (P6)

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12. The very strong custom at that time was utu.  What did “utu” mean in this context? (P8)

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13. When Ngākuku pointed to his copy of Te Rongopai a Ruka (as on page 8) and said “This is the gun and the war axe that Ihu Karaiti wants us to fight with”, what did he mean?

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14. An enemy tribe was coming to attack local Maori.  What was the reason for their attack? (P8)

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15. When he heard about the coming attack, what did Ngākuku decide was the best thing to do? (P8)

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16. When the attackers were coming near, what woke the sleeping people? (P10)

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17. In the attack, who was killed? (P11)

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18. As well as taking the life of a person, we know the attackers stole something.  What was it? (P11)

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19. In the story, what words in the book influenced the killer to turn from the practice of warfare they had followed for centuries? (P15)

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20. When the killer came to ask for forgiveness, what was the response of Ngākuku? (P19)

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