1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. The SS Ventor left Wellington on 26 October 1902, bound for southern China. | 2. On board, the SS Ventor were the remains of 499 Chinese men, most of them gold miners who'd been part of Otago's world-famous gold rush. | 3. For the Chinese, both in NZ and in Guangdong, believed it was very important to be buried in a place where your family could take care of your spirit. | 4. 'hungry ghost' - the belief held by the Chinese that someone is lost forever in the afterlife and never finds peace if the family is not taking care of the spirit. | 5. In 1878, the Cheong Sing Tong (the Flourishing Virtue Society was formed). | 6. The Cheong Sing Tong aimed to return all deceased Chinese to their families. | 7. The miners' bones were treated, packed in coffins and boxes lined with zinc, and carefully sealed. | 8. Choie Sew Hoy was in charge the Flourishing Virtue Society. | 9. In 1883, the SS Hoihow returned the remains of 230 men to their families back in China. | 10. The Ventor was only a few hours into the journey when it struck a rock of Taranaki. | 11. Two lifeboats made it to shore. | 12. For a long time after the sinking of the SS Ventor, people were surprised to find carefully packed bones washing up along the coast. | 13. Te Roroa ancestors took the kōiwi (corpses) from the beaches to a burial place near their own urupā (burial grounds). | 14. Stories of the kōiwi were handed down from one Māori generation to the next. | 15. In 2007, some people from New Zealand's Chinese community learn what had happened. | 16. "But the pōwhiri, meeting all the Māori descendants, seeing how similar Māori were to the Chinese with their respect for the ancestors - it blew me away." | 17. In 2013, they gave each iwi a special plaque to express their deep gratitude. | 18. At Mitimiti, a bright red Chinese Waharoa (gate) stands on the Maunga Hione urupā. The iwi wanted to respect the ancestors and honor the history that connects the two cultures. | 19. The story of the Ventor has inspired songs, poems, documentaries, and even an opera. | 20. There was no media to spread the word to the isolated Māori communities | 21. “I remember just the manaaki; they understood what these bones meant and how important it was for us to be there. They were so loving.” | 22. Ithad not been easy finding the descendants of the Chinese gold miners, as all that was recovered was an Anglicised list of names. | 23. manaakitanga: ‘kindness’, ‘hospitality’, ‘looking after people’ or ‘reciprocity of goodwill’ | 24. ''Your ancestors lie with our ancestors in this soil. There is no difference. They lie with us. They are at home.'' | 25. It was not known where the kōiwi had come from when some washed ashore near Waipoua, south of Hokianga |
The SS Ventor left Wellington on 26 October 1902, bound for southern China.&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 25)
On board, the SS Ventor were the remains of 499 Chinese men, most of them gold miners who'd been part of Otago's world-famous gold rush.&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 25)
For the Chinese, both in NZ and in Guangdong, believed it was very important to be buried in a place where your family could take care of your spirit.&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 25)
'hungry ghost' - the belief held by the Chinese that someone is lost forever in the afterlife and never finds peace if the family is not taking care of the spirit.&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 25)
In 1878, the Cheong Sing Tong (the Flourishing Virtue Society was formed).&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 25)
The Cheong Sing Tong aimed to return all deceased Chinese to their families.&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 25)
The miners' bones were treated, packed in coffins and boxes lined with zinc, and carefully sealed.&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 25)
Choie Sew Hoy was in charge the Flourishing Virtue Society.&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 25)
In 1883, the SS Hoihow returned the remains of 230 men to their families back in China.&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 25)
The Ventor was only a few hours into the journey when it struck a rock of Taranaki.&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 25)
Two lifeboats made it to shore.&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 25)
For a long time after the sinking of the SS Ventor, people were surprised to find carefully packed bones washing up along the coast.&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 25)
Te Roroa ancestors took the kōiwi (corpses) from the beaches to a burial place near their own urupā (burial grounds).&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 25)
Stories of the kōiwi were handed down from one Māori generation to the next.&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 25)
In 2007, some people from New Zealand's Chinese community learn what had happened.&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 25)
"But the pōwhiri, meeting all the Māori descendants, seeing how similar Māori were to the Chinese with their respect for the ancestors - it blew me away."&choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 25)
In 2013, they gave each iwi a special plaque to express their deep gratitude.&choe=UTF-8
Question 17 (of 25)
At Mitimiti, a bright red Chinese Waharoa (gate) stands on the Maunga Hione urupā. The iwi wanted to respect the ancestors and honor the history that connects the two cultures.&choe=UTF-8
Question 18 (of 25)
The story of the Ventor has inspired songs, poems, documentaries, and even an opera.&choe=UTF-8
Question 19 (of 25)
There was no media to spread the word to the isolated Māori communities&choe=UTF-8
Question 20 (of 25)
“I remember just the manaaki; they understood what these bones meant and how important it was for us to be there. They were so loving.”&choe=UTF-8
Question 21 (of 25)
Ithad not been easy finding the descendants of the Chinese gold miners, as all that was recovered was an Anglicised list of names.&choe=UTF-8
Question 22 (of 25)
manaakitanga: ‘kindness’, ‘hospitality’, ‘looking after people’ or ‘reciprocity of goodwill’&choe=UTF-8
Question 23 (of 25)
''Your ancestors lie with our ancestors in this soil. There is no difference. They lie with us. They are at home.''&choe=UTF-8
Question 24 (of 25)
It was not known where the kōiwi had come from when some washed ashore near Waipoua, south of Hokianga&choe=UTF-8
Question 25 (of 25)
