Response to Text: Kai (Food) (Tuesday (W8, T3)

 Response to text:

Māori Kai

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. A hangi is… 

a) a way Maori greet each other b) a type of food

c) an earth oven d) a way of storing food

2. Māori brought these animals with them as a source of food.

a) Pigs b) Cows

c) Dogs d) Sheep

3. Explain how Māori boiled their water

→They first heat the rock up past 100 degrees and place it in the wooden bowl of water to make it hot.

4. True or False: rua kūmara is an elevated storage platform

a) True b) False

5. Which of the following is NOT a species of whitebait?

a) Inanga b) Kōaro

c) Pikopiko     d) Kōkopu

6. Why do you think it was important for Māori to store their food underground, or above the ground?

→To keep it away from animals because they might easily eat it.

7. In your own words explain how to build a hangi.

→At the bottom of the hangi pit there are stones that have been heated up more than 100 degrees causing it to make hot steam so it can cook the food. I also didn’t mention that the stones were dipped in a wooden bowl of water to make it hot so it could also help the hot steam.