The Reading / Listening - Dawn Raids - Level 0

New Zealand apologized to people from South Pacific islands. There were not enough workers in New Zealand in the 1970s. Over 65,000 Islanders moved there to help. Police with dogs woke up some Islanders early in the morning. The Islanders had to leave New Zealand. Their children were put in government care homes.

Ms Ardern is sorry for what happened. She took part in a forgiveness ceremony. She said Islanders hurt today because of the early-morning raids. Many still do not trust the police. A princess from Tonga thanked Ms Ardern. She called the apology "a new dawn" for her community. She called the raids "inhumane".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Dawn Raids - Level 1,  Dawn Raids - Level 2   or  Dawn Raids - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.npr.org/2021/08/01/1023462928/new-zealand-apologizes-for-1970s-immigration-raids-that-targeted-pacific-islande
  • https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/125938982/governments-apology-for-dawn-raids-just-the-beginning-pasifika-youth-say
  • https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/government-makes-unreserved-apology-dawn-raids


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. people from South Pacific
  2. There were not
  3. New Zealand in
  4. 65,000 Islanders moved
  5. Police with
  6. early in the
  7. The Islanders had to
  8. children were put in government
  1. care homes
  2. the 1970s
  3. morning
  4. enough workers
  5. leave New Zealand
  6. dog
  7. islands
  8. there to help

Paragraph 2

  1. Ms Ardern is sorry for what
  2. She took part in a forgiveness
  3. She said Islanders hurt
  4. early-
  5. Many still do not
  6. A princess
  7. a new dawn for
  8. She called the raids
  1. from Tonga
  2. morning raids
  3. inhumane
  4. ceremony
  5. today
  6. her community
  7. trust the police
  8. happened

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

New Zealand apologized (1) ___________________ South Pacific islands. There were (2) ___________________ in New Zealand in the 1970s. Over 65,000 Islanders (3) ___________________ help. Police with dogs (4) ___________________ Islanders early in the morning. The Islanders (5) ___________________ New Zealand. Their children (6) ___________________ government care homes.

Ms Ardern (7) ___________________ what happened. She took (8) ___________________ forgiveness ceremony. She said Islanders (9) ___________________ of the early-morning raids. Many still (10) ___________________ the police. A princess from Tonga thanked Ms Ardern. She (11) ___________________ "a new dawn" for her community. She (12) ___________________ "inhumane".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

NewZealandapologizedtopeoplefromSouthPacificislands.Therewere
notenoughworkersinNewZealandinthe1970s.Over65,000Islanders
movedtheretohelp.PolicewithdogswokeupsomeIslandersearlyinthe
morning.TheIslandershadtoleaveNewZealand.Theirchildrenwerepu
tingovernmentcarehomes.MsArdernissorryforwhathappened.Sheto
okpartinaforgivenessceremony.ShesaidIslandershurttodaybecause
oftheearly-morningraids.Manystilldonottrustthepolice.Aprincessf
romTongathankedMsArdern.Shecalledtheapology"anewdawn"forh
ercommunity.Shecalledtheraids"inhumane".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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