What is the main message of this song?
It shows the significance of the events and things that have happened in Parihaka.
What line explains their passive resistance method?
Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit
This showed that their voices instead of actually fight for freedom
What does "You can't pull out the roots refer to?
This means that Parihaka was their land and rightfully theirs and they had it before the British.
Give evidence of their determination?
Rise up, defend yourself, never give in,
Look to the sky, the spirit of Te Whiti
How does this song show the significance of Parihaka?
It shows that Parihaka had affected heaps and heaps of people and that they were taken to jail.
What makes an event significant?
Because our native people were taken to jail because the British claimed the land for their own, even though it was rightfully their land in the first place.
How many people are affected?
Still a lot of people about like thousand and thousands of people. Some of them are still affected.
How long were people affected?
Hundreds of years and some of them are probably still affected to this day.
To what extent were people affected?
Native people were hurt from this, it still affects people in many such as people coming on their land and they are not even from there or native.
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ReplyDeleteHi Lincoln, Tobey Here.
ReplyDeleteThis is very informative and it shows me about Parihaka and how this song connects with it.
I like how you added lyrics that relate to this topic.
Next time you could remember to use correct punctuation.
Good work Lincoln.
Nice blog Lincoln,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you made the questions in bold to help differentiate between the questions and your answers. Though still wondering why some of the text is larger than the others, you should make it more consistent.