Activity 3: Wise Words [4 points]
Sir Āpirana Ngata and Dame Whina Cooper were both influential leaders who fought for Māori rights. Āpirana Ngata was a lawyer and politician. He worked hard to give rights to Māori land owners, and he also spent a lot of his career encouraging Māori to preserve the culture - haka, poi, whakairo (carving), waiata (song), sport and the construction of more marae around Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Whina Cooper was the first president of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, which worked on improving health, education, housing and welfare for Māori women in New Zealand in the 1950s. She led the Māori land hikoi (march) from Northland to Wellington to protest against the loss of Māori land. She was nearly 80 years old at the time. Both of these individuals are examples of wise, inspiring leaders and role models.
For this activity, please identify someone in your life who is a role model to you. This could be a parent, grandparent, neighbour, minister, imam, rabbi etc. Please ask them to share one piece of wisdom (advice) with you that they think you and your blog readers should hear.
On your blog, share this wisdom with your readers.
My dad is my role model because he teachs me what I should and shouldn't do. He also teachs me to be respectful.
His Advise:
Make good choices even when you don't want to.
My dad is my role model because he teachs me what I should and shouldn't do. He also teachs me to be respectful.
His Advise:
Make good choices even when you don't want to.
Kia ora Lukas,
ReplyDeleteYour dad sounds like a great role model - knowing the difference between what you should and shouldn't do is so important. It also takes a lot of bravery to make choices, especially when they are hard or difficult. Ka pai.
What do you think makes a good role model? Does it take a lot of life experience? Or can it be anyone - they just need to have a good moral compass?
I'm curious to know what you think.
Nga mihi
Erica