overweight people and obesityis now huge. The term “Obesity epidemic” is a common phrase usedin society‚ particularly by health professionals and doctors‚ whoemphasise their concern for our society and future generations’health. Undoubtedly‚ there are New Zealanders‚ both adults andchildren who are obese‚ but can we consider this an epidemic?The word epidemic is rather emotive as it has medical connotationsgiving the implication that mass amounts of people are suffering fromsome kind of “condition” or
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card with you. 5 .If you love to relax on the beach in the sunshine‚ chances are that you’ll not like touring around on a coach in the Scottish highlands. 6. Whatever your passion‚ whether it be zip lining through the Amazon‚ bungee jumping in New Zealand or romantic hidden beaches in the Caribbean‚ you will get much more out of your holiday and be much more relaxed if you plan a holiday you all enjoy. 7 .The more you know‚ the better you can enjoy or appreciate the place and their traditions.
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In Witi Ihimaera’s novel "Whale Rider" we follow Rawiri as he goes through his life watching the growth‚ incidents and magic of his niece Kahu. Kahu is destined to be the next chief of the Maori in Whangara‚ New Zealand‚ a tribe that has descended from the legendary "whale rider." However‚ Kahu is‚ as Nanny Flowers says‚ "Hungry for [her grandfather’s] love‚" (Ihimaera 34) and struggles to receive it because she is a girl. The author presents this story through Kahu’s Uncle Rawiri’s point of view
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to children as well as English so that it does not become a lost language or culture and would mean that Europeans have almost completely taken over the land that Maori once use to own and created a lost culture which would be a terrible day in New Zealand
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Difference is because Tuta is a Maori boy and the governor-general is pakehas‚ so there is a lot of difference between a Pakehas and Maori apart from being human. The style‚ living‚ eating‚ drinking‚ manners and communicating skills are all going to be new and different to Tuta than his. He felt like his going to be left out and won’t have real fun because the government house and the people who are invited and are going to be so professional and well mannered‚ Tuta hesitated and got confused he didn’t
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if your family isn’t from multiple cultures. When you grow up in a society where there are many diverse cultures influencing your behaviour‚ your attitude‚ it shapes your personality and you as a person. This poem relates to many people around New Zealand‚ especially in South Auckland because we’re so multi-cultural and so many people have parents‚ partners‚ cousins‚ aunties and uncles from many different cultures. Even though I’m from Pakistan some people think I’m Indian and others think I’m from
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the early 1400s and continuing into the early 1600s‚ during which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trade routes to feed growing capitalism in Europe. The most commonly sought after new trade route was to the Spice Islands‚ which are now the Indonesian archipelago‚ in southern Asia. Spices were originally brought to Western Europe by land routes‚ but because of a lack cargo space and extremely long travel times the prices were very
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agreement between the British crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs and was also made to bring the two cultures together. Another reason was also because the Maori had wanted the British to protect them from other countries who had wanted to colonize in New Zealand. For the treaty signing to have taken place the treaty was written in English and was then translated to Maori by the missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward. Due to Henry Williams translating the treaty it has been a subject of debate as
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The film Whale Rider I about a young girl named Paikea. When Paikea was born‚ she had a twin brother‚ but unfortunately her brother died along with her mother. Whale Rider was filmed in Whangara in New Zealand. The film does not only show us one girl’s experience of growing up‚ but also tells us about the Maori culture‚ tradition how gender is treated‚ and their leadership. Firstly‚ tradition is expressed in the film when Koro was teaching the boys how to fight like warriors with a taiaha ‘The
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Whale Rider Analysis Most heroes are big strong men‚ or mythical creatures that have thousands of stories and tales written about them. This hero is an unlikely one‚ a small girl‚ from a small tribe‚ in a small village in New Zealand. Paikea is a small girl that is 13 years old‚ and is a direct descendant of Paikea‚ the original whale rider. On her journey to become the leader of the tribe‚ she comes across numerous amounts of challenges from her grandfather‚ Koro. In the Paikea tribe‚ only
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