Rural Māori Migration to Wainuiomata
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Why did rural Māori migrate to Wainuiomata?
Page One: Locating and investigating migration
WALT: We are learning to explain why rural Māori migrated to urban areas and to Wainuiomata, using evidence and perspectives from sources.
Success criteria: I can define migration, identify possible reasons for movement, ask useful enquiry questions, and describe what a source shows and what it may leave out.
Instructions: Read the information and examine the sources provided by your teacher. Use short notes, key words or labelled arrows. You may listen to the text, read it with a partner, or give an oral response to a teacher or scribe.
Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. Rural Māori migration to towns and cities increased particularly after the Second World War. People moved for different reasons, including employment, housing, education, transport, healthcare, whānau connections, and changing land or economic opportunities.
Simple map guide: Aotearoa New Zealand → Wellington region → Wainuiomata
Mark the North Island, Wellington, and Wainuiomata. Add your own arrows and notes.
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Source-analysis table
Use evidence from the source set. Identify whose perspective is shown and consider what may be missing.
Source type
Main message
Evidence
Perspective
What may be missing?
Dyslexia-friendly option: Ask for the source to be read aloud, use paired reading, or record your answers orally. Use key words rather than full sentences.
Page Two: Causes, experiences and consequences
Instructions: Sort your evidence into push factors, pull factors, experiences during movement, and consequences. A push factor encourages people to leave. A pull factor attracts people to a new place. Include different experiences and perspectives rather than one single story.
Push factor
Pull factor
Experience during movement
Consequence for people or communities
Rural Māori migrated to Wainuiomata because...
This affected people and communities by...
Oral response option: Read your conclusion aloud to your teacher, a partner, or a scribe. You may use the sentence frames and your source notes.
Extension: Compare two sources that show different experiences or perspectives. Explain why they may differ and write one further enquiry question.
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