Teaching/Learning Sequence
Read the information on the Te Ara Website about the influence of British Culture on New Zealand.
How have these aspects of British culture helped ‘shape’ New Zealand?
2. View footage from ‘A new land’ DVD.
Watch the segment called ‘Assisted Passage: Arrival of the Atlantis’ (0.58min) and ‘British Immigrants’ (1.48).
Discussion Questions:
What were the essential job areas these immigrants were planning to help fill?
Why might these immigrants have found it easy to settle into life in New Zealand?
Specific Learning Outcomes
Explain how the British have impacted on New Zealand.
