Monday, May 28, 2012

Famous New Zealanders

In the red room today we had a go at finding out who the famous people are, that are on the $50 note and $100 note for New Zealand.  If you can find out who is on any of the notes - and why, leave a comment and tell us!









18 comments:

  1. Sir Edmund Hillary is on the $5 note. He is on there because he was the first person to climb Mt Everest.
    From Room 9

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  2. Kate sheppard is on the $10 note.She was the most prominent member of New Zealands womens suffrage movement.

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  3. Sir Apirana Ngata is on the $50 note. He was the first Maori to graduate from a N.Z university, a member of Parliament and helped to get better rights and treatment for Maori.

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  4. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11. She is head of the Royal family and N.Z is a member of the commonwealth.

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  5. Earnest Rutherford,he was the greatest scientist and is on the hundred dollar note by ya-wen xoxoxoxoxx

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  6. Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata is on the $50 note. He was a prominent Maori politician and lawyer.

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  7. Lord Rutherford is on the $100 note and he was a famous physicist.

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  8. Kate Sheppard is on $10 dollar note because she was the first person to vote for girls.

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  9. Ernest, Lord Rutherford of Nelson is on $100 note. He is known as the "Father of Atom".

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  10. I know who is on the $100 note. The Lord of Nelson. From Ryan

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  11. Sir Apirana Ngata is on the $50 note. He was the first Maori man to go to university. He was a politican and lawyer

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  13. Kate Sheppard is on the $10 note because in the old days only boys could vote who could be the prime minister and she was the one who got girls to vote

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  14. Sir Edmund Hillary is on the $5 note because he was the first person the climb mt. everest

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  15. queen Elizabeth II is on the $20 note because she is the queen

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  16. Sir Apirana Ngata is on the $50 note he was the first Māori person to finish university and Lord Rutherford is on the $100 note because he was a cool as scientist.

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  17. CHAYSE and BROOKEJune 4, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    Sir Edmund Hillary is on the $5 note because he was the first person the climb mt. everest

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  18. the 5 dollar note is sir edmound hillary he was climing up mountins. he is a big boy
    ayush

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