Food+and+Trade

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Export Markets

http://www.nzte.govt.nz/explore-export-markets/Pages/Explore-Export-Markets.aspx

Identify the countries we export to on the world map.

History of trade

Complete the time line using pictures. Use a double page for this activity. Use characters and speech to represent what is written below.


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1. Before Europeans came to NZ the native people traded kauri for hard rocks which were used for cutting. 2. The first European people were sealers and whalers who traded blankets, nails and guns with the Maori for food and protection. 3. The first trade from NZ was seal skin, whale oil, timber and flax. 4. NZ gold rush meant that large amounts of gold was sent overseas between 1861-1871. 5. Farming became very important and wool became the main product which was traded overseas. 6. When ships became refrigerated it became possible to send butter, cheese and meat to other countries. 7. NZ started to trade more products such as fish and wool products. 8. Today NZ sells even more products overseas such as films, fashion and software.

What is trade? Children's ans:

Ans: Trade is what we call it when people buy and sell things. A producer might sell items or provide a service, and a customer pays them for it. This is trade.

How it works Imagine a brother and sister called Tom and Yasmin. Yasmin’s bike has a flat tyre but she’s desperate to go on a weekend cycling trip with her friends. Her brother Tom has just been given a new bike for his birthday. Yasmin asks Tom if she can borrow his bike and, in return, she promises to buy Tom a CD. Tom agrees to the deal. <span style="background-color: #fbe3fb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">Bus stop activity: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Who does NZ trade with?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"> What things do we trade with?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Who is involved?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Why do we trade?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">How does a country manage and encourage trade?

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Classify and re-classify words into groups.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Goods, services, industries, primary industries, primary products,

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">manufactured, fruit products, meat products, dairy products, trade, imports, exports, vegetables, timber, wood, forests, pulp, oil, petrol, dairy foods, butter, eggs, milk, cheese, sheep, wool, mutton, lamb, pig, port, beef, cow, venison, llamas, honey, strawberries, apples, citrus, stone fruit, grapes, wine, tourism, paper, pulp, clothing metals, fish, oysters, plastic, wine, plants chocolate, kiwi fruit, furniture, peas, carrots, tomatoes, flowers, orchids, onions, squash, climate, temperature, grass, rainfall.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Dairy products / Meat products / Fruit / Vegetables / Primary products / Manufactured products.