Thursday, 9 June 2016

A visit from Shantytown

This morning we had a fun session with the Shantytown teachers.They taught us about early bartering (trading) between Maori and early European settlers. We got to act out scenes and dress up in costume. It was pretty fun. Check out these pictures!


Whalers/Sealers

Sailors

The Maori chief getting a moko

Maori warriors

Settlers

Trading blankets moko

Trading a musket for flax fibre

Trading kumara for seafood

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