Use this webpage to help prepare yourself for the Polynesian Speech Assessment Task.

Assessment Task Link

Choose one topic.  In order to decide which topic you want to choose, click on the link below to access a brief introduction of each.  
Which should I choose?

• The extinction of the moa in New Zealand: Sneak Peak
• Rahui - The use of religious/supernatural threats to conserve resources:  Sneak Peak (MORE ADVANCED)
• The exploitation of Easter Island's palm trees:  Sneak Peak

The research links below will get you started with your research.  From there you will need to expand and research on your own. 

Easter Island

• NOVA - The Fate of Easter Island
• Smithsonian - The Mystery of Easter Island
• Smithsonian - the Secrets of Easter Island​
• ABC Science - Why Societies Collapse

New Zealand

• Science - Why did New Zealand's Moas go extinct?
• Bagheera - The Moa Extinct
• Science Daily - Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand's History
• Archaeology - No Moa:  Modeling an Extinction

Rahui - the use of religious / supernatural threats to conserve resources (MORE ADVANCED)

• The Encyclopedia of NZ - Rahui Prohibitions
• University of Victoria - Rahui
• Australian National University - The Rahui
• Rahui - (Article at Year 8 Reading Level)