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:

→ big and small tiny beads, sharp white shells.

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 prized gifts are because the shells that they use for jewelry are so small and tiny and the necklace made with hihi takes a long time to make. 

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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?

→ in 1744  

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

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?

→ An artistic expression of The 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 Marae

6) Te Roopū Raranga o Tāmaki Makaurau is a collective of what?

→ Artists and Weavers

7) Who were the weavers involved in the project?

→ responsible for creating the tukutuku panel for Te Oro. The physical process of creating tukutuku, as well as the act of binding, coming together and the reciprocity of people working together, reflects the vision and goals established in the community charter for Te Oro.

8) What visually reverberates optically through the pattern?
a) Past and present

b) Present and future 

c) Past and future

d) Just the past

Holiday Memory

Holiday Memory Recount

Something that happened in the holidays

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