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Surviving Rēkohu

Surviving Rēkohu.

by Susan Paris

Meet the new generation of hunter-gatherers on Rēkohu...

Every year, the students from Room Four at Te One School spend a week camping at Plum Tree. No one seems to mind that the school is just down the road – and if they really wanted, they could walk back to their desks in ten minutes. On Rēkohu, nearly any spot is a perfect place to pitch a tent, which is one of the reasons the kids say the Chathams is a great place to live.

Revised edition: August 2022

Series: School Journal Part 4, Number 3, 2010

Learning area: English, Science, Social Sciences

Reading year level: 7, 8

Category: Non-fiction

Topics: ancestors, camping, Chatham Islands, culture, fishing, hunter-gatherers, hunting, identity, karapuna, Moriori, pāua, Rēkohu, sealers, sealing, shellfish, survival, tradition

In: School Journal Part 4, Number 3, 2010

Publication date: August 2010

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