Activity G18: Changing Environments

Great Barrier Island Activity	Teacher Manual P 41 Social Studies Level 2 Place and Environment Created 15/09/2001	AO1 -Students will demonstrate knowledge and understandings of how people's activities influence places and the environment and are influenced by them Process : Inquiry and Values Exploration. SLO - Students will be able to talk about and describe the changes in the natural environment resulting from Maori and Pakeha land use on Great Barrier Island. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read the background pages European Settlements, Maori History, Minerals and Mining, Kauri - a natural resource. When Maori came to Aotea (Great Barrier Island) they were able to catch and gather food, grow crops, build villages and construct pa (defence sites). Study the photo of Awana Bay on the Maori History page. On the sketch label good places for people to: catch food (eg birds, fish) gather food (berries, leaves, shellfish) grow crops (kumara) build a village (on flat land) construct a pa (on a hill) What changes did people make to the forest and the land when they grew crops? mined for silver? milled timber? When the logging was stopped what did the Forest Service (now the Department of Conservation) do to restore the kauri forest ecosystem? Was this a good idea? Why/why not?