Culture

=**** In the senior syndicate this term we are learning about culture... ****= 

How do we see ourselves? How do we show we respect cultural difference? How is our culture similar or different to another Pacific Island?

Going Further ... Think about our big questions. What interests you about the Fiji culture? What would you like to learn more about?

=** What is culture? **= What makes our New Zealand culture? The arts Kiwiana People Have a look at these websites...


 * 1 || [[image:hero_culture.jpg width="70" height="59" link="http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/culture-home.cfm"]] || This will take you to the New Zealand website. You will learn about NZ art, maori culture, people and kiwiana. ||
 * 2 || [[image:nzflag.gif link="http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand/culture/"]] || This site will tell you about kiwiana, scenery and famous New Zealanders. ||
 * 3 || [[image:allbs.jpg width="75" height="48" link="http://www.matapihi.org.nz/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_CL=329&api_1=GET_COLLECTION_XML&pm_PRC=&pm_POI=329&pm_GS=30&ds_svAPI_RelGroups=2&api_2=GET_CHILDREN_GROUPS&pm_PRC=&pm_POI=329&pm_CGI=1&ds_svGeneric_CGI=1&ds_svAPI_RelContents=3&api_3=GET_GROUP_CONTENTS&lang=en"]] || The Matapihi site will show you kiwiana images. Why are these kiwiana? ||
 * 4 || [[image:people1.jpg width="68" height="47" link="http://www.innz.co.nz/about/people.html"]] || This site will tell you about the New Zealand population ||
 * 5 || [[image:motoway.jpg width="72" height="54" link="http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealandInBrief/Society/8/en"]] || This site will tell you about our modern society. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

=**Fiji is another country in the Pacific. We are similar in some ways and we are different in many ways.**= =** Have a look at these sites, think about what is different. **= =** Remember what Mrs Stedman said... **= "We treasure the monkey and eat the cow." =** What do people in Fiji treasure? **= =** "People in Fiji have suffered from political instability." 1. What does this statement mean? 2. What kind of instability have they suffered? 3. What is a coup? 4. Who lives in Fiji and why do they live there? 5. Compare your answer to question 4 to who lives in NZ. Why do so many different people choose to live here? 6. Explain how life is different in Fiji to NZ. **=


 * 1 || [[image:Fiji.jpg width="72" height="10" link="http://www.tropicalfiji.com/about_fiji/Culture/"]] || This site will give you a brief history of Fiji. ||
 * 2 || [[image:fiji1.jpg width="64" height="46" link="http://www.tourismfiji.com/fiji-culture-religion.html"]] || This site tells you the people of Fiji. You can also get to pages that tell you about etiquette, legends and sayings in Fijian. ||
 * 3 || [[image:frank_140409_4.jpg link="http://tvnz.co.nz/search/?q=*Fiji&submit=Search"]] || This link will take you to a list of recent articles about Fiji from them TVNZ website. ||
 * 4 || [[image:frank_231208_4.jpg link="http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/fiji-coup-ruled-unlawful-2633758/video"]] || This video will tell you about the illegal coup in Fiji. ||
 * 5 || [[image:barbara_dreaver_airport_4.jpg link="http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/fiji-coup-ruled-unlawful-2633758/video"]] || This video will tell you about the illegal coup. ||

These videos and sites have been made to encourage people to come to Fiji. What do they want you think about Fiji? How is this different from what you have already learnt about Fiji?


 * 1 || [[image:fijif.jpg link="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_rL7h1628"]] || This is a tourism video for Fiji ||
 * 2 || [[image:logo.gif width="114" height="23" link="http://google.nationalgeographic.com/search?site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&q=Fiji&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0"]] || This link will take you to a page with videos and articles about Fiji. ||
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