In Literacy we have been learning about writing reports and how we can use these to share information.

This Tuesday the Canterbury Museum came to share some tools early Māori used to survive and thrive. Here are some excerpts from our reports: 

The Early Maori used a waka kererū to help them catch kererū. It was a very small waka with water inside astring noose so that when a kererū drunk the water they would get stuck when they tried to fly away. They used this to catch food to eat and the feathers to make coats. - George

A pirori is a drill to drill small holes an to make new tools. Early Māori made them out of a stick, a piece of ponamu or shark tooth and some weaved harakeke for sting. For example they drilled a hole in to bone and filled it in to a fish hook. - Harrison

Kō is a tool used for digging holes. It is like a spear but with an extra bit tied on with rope. You stand on the extra bit after you put it in the ground. When you take it out it makes a hole. Māori used these holes to plant seeds for Kumera. - Addie