Friday 30 October 2020
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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Niue Art Forms Questions
Niue Art Forms - Questions
Please read the article on Niue here before answering the questions.
1) What are the two popular weaving techniques?
a) Lalaga and Hiapo b) Lalaga and Tia
c) Lalaga and Carving d) Tia and Hiapo
2) What materials do Niueans use in New Zealand to weave?
a) Seaweed b) Branches
c) Harakeke d) Leaves
3) Who participates in weaving?
a) Mostly women and some men b) Just women
c) Just men c) Children
i) Describe some of the traditional materials used:
→ strips, plastic bread bags, raffia, wool and string.
4) What is the name of the canoes that are carved in Niue?
a) Waka b) Vaka
c) Dinghies d) Boats
5) What New Zealand tree is used for carving?
a) Kauri b) Pohutukawa
c) Miro d)Tōtara
6) What does hiapo mean in Niuean?
a) Barkcloth or Tapa b) Mat or Tapa
c) Dress or Mat d) Barkcloth or Blanket
7) What are hihi beads?
a) Little blue land snail shells b) Little yellow land snail shells
c) Little pink land snail shells d) Little green land snail shells
8) Describe why hihi are prized gifts:
hihi are prized gifts because the shells are so small
and the necklace made with hihi takes a long time to make.
Monday 19 October 2020
Niue History Questions
Niuean History- Questions
Please read the article on Niue here before answering the questions.
1) This week it is _____ language week.
a) Samoan b) Tongan
c) Fijian d) Niuean
2) What is Niue often referred to as?
a) The sun spot of Polynesia b) The Rock of Polynesia
c) The tiny island nation d) The heart of the Pacific
3) Who was the first European settler to sight Niue?
a) Captain James Cook b) Captain Jack Sparrow
c) Captain James Busby c) Captain Hook
i) When did he sight Niue?
→ 1830
4) What is the name of the Niuean bark cloth?
a) Hiapo b) Tapa Cloth
c) Print d) Patterns
5) Describe what a motif is:
→ A motif is a recurring narrative element
with symbolic significance.
6) Niueans were the first to introduce what to their hiapo?
a) Animals b) Names
c) People d) Flowers
7) How many attempts did Captain Cook make to land in Niue?
a) Three b) Two
c) None d) One
i) Why do you think the people of Niue refused to let him set foot on shore?
→ He made three attempts to land in Niue but was refused entry by the people of Niue.
Friday 16 October 2020
Thursday 15 October 2020
Te Oro’s Tukutuku panel Questions
Te Oro’s Tukutuku panel - Questions
Please read the article on here before answering the questions.
1) What does the tukutuku panel present?
→ It's an artistic expression of Te Oro’s
visual identity.
2) Who was the identity created by?
a) Alt Group and Ngāti Pāoa
b) Ngātio Pāoa and Glen Innes Group
c) Alt Group
d) Ngāti Pāoa
3) Who endorsed the identity of the Tukutuku panel?
a) Ngāti Whatua and Ngātu Pāoa
b) Ngāti Pāoa and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki
c) Ngāti Whatua and Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki
d) Ngāti Tai Ki Tāmaki and Alt Group
4) How long did it take to create the Tukutuku panel?
a) 2 years
b) 1 month
c) 4 months
d) 2 months
5) What Marae were they based at?
→ Ruapotaka
6) Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is a collective of what?
→ of artists and weavers responsible for creating the tukutuku panel for Te Oro.
7) Who were the weavers involved in the project?
→
Lorna Rikihana and Kelly Dixon from Ngāti
Pāoa, Bernie Papa and Tanya White from Ngāti Whātua, and
Tessa Harris and Huhana Turei from Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki
were the weavers involved in the project.
8) What visually reverberates optically through the pattern?
a) Past and present
b) Present and future
c) Past and future
d) Just the past
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Types of art Maori Questions
Types of Māori - Questions
Please read the article on here before answering the questions.
1) What are the 4 main Māori art forms
→ carving,tattooing,waving and painting.
2) Which of these were not a typical material that Māori used for carving?
a) Wood
b) Bone
c) Stone
d) Flax
3) What is Pounamu
a) Flax Leaves
b) Kauri Wood
c) Whale Bone
d) Greenstone
4) Traditionally Ta Moko was done with a what?
a) Tattoo needle
b) Chisel
5) Where did women traditionally get tattooed?
→ lip and her chin
6) What was weaving used to create?
→ numerous things
7) Why did feather cloaks become more difficult to create?
→ Cloaks in particular could be decorated with feathers
and were the mark of an important chief.
8) Painting was mostly used for
a) Fake tattoos
b) Tagging
c) Decoration
d) Portraits
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Questions Symbolism and Meaning
Meaning and symbols
Please read the article on Antarctica here before answering the questions.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Unaunahi
What does it represent?
→ abundance and health.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Ahu ahu mataroa
What does it represent?
→ of a new challenge
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Taratarekae
What does it represent?
→ from whale of teeth
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Manaia
What does it represent?
→ The manaia is known as a spiritual guardian.
What’s the name of this pattern?
→ Hei matau
What does it represent?
→ known as the fish hook
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