Even though Papua New Guinea is located in the same region as Australia and New Zealand, why is it that Australia and New Zealand became technologically advanced and wealthy?

Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand are all in the same region. But the real question here is why do Australia and New Zealand have become technologically advanced and wealthy. There are many Here are some examples and answers to this question.

One of the reasons why Australia and New Zealand are more technologically advanced and wealthy is that Europeans went to both of these countries and brought everything with them. The first settlers to arrive in Australia were the Dutch but they were unsuccessful in settling so European settlement happened in the late 18th century. The first known settlers to arrive in New Zealand were the Eastern Polynesians. Many other explorers who were European arrived after that brought their European food, drink, and also metal tools and weapons. This caused Australia and New Zealand to be more technologically advanced.

Another reason is that Australia is high in gold and there was a gold rush in the early 1850s. Since gold is very valuable, this helped Australia become wealthy. Papua New Guinea is poor in gold and does not have much of it, but they are high in crops and traditional agriculture. This does not help them get their health but helps them to just get by. New Zealand gets their wealth from their trading. They traded European food and goods, especially metal tools and weapons, for Māori timber, food, artifacts and water. This was very grand back then and this is how they got their wealth.

A further reason is that Papua New Guinea only has hunters because they basically live in the jungle. In the jungle they only have meat as there are only wild animals that provide meat living in the swarm of trees and bushes. If you have goats or cows, you can get milk and have a stable food supply, but in Papua New Guinea they don't have these kind of choices. In Australia and New Zealand, people have all different kinds of animals so they can get a stable food supply of all the 6 food groups: protein, grain, dairy, vegetables, and fruits.

Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand are all different countries. Different languages, different styles of living and obviously, different reasons why they are poor or rich in certain areas. Some reasons why Australia and New Zealand are more technologically advanced and wealthier than Papua New Guinea are that Europeans went to Australia and New Zealand, Australia is high in gold and New Zealand is high in trading and there are only hunters in Papua New Guinea. These are only some reasons why other countries are more advanced than others. It doesn't mean you should underestimate the poverty-stricken country.

You Can Use The SLR's Anytime, Anywhere :D

Think Creatively, Reason Critically, Communicate Effectively, Collaborate Constructively, Learn Enthusiastically, Live Ethically. These are the School-Wide Learning Results ISKL wants their students to believe and use them anywhere, anytime. Team 6A, I believe, used two of these SLR's on their trip to Kuala Selangor. Collaborate Constructively and Learn Enthusiastically.

I think we used the SLR "Collaborate Constructively" on our field trip. "Collaborate Constructively" basically means to help people if they have trouble doing something but to not say they're stupid for not . One example of this is when we made grasshoppers out of coconut leaves. Some people had trouble and some didn't. I actually didn't have trouble at first but after a while, I kind of got the hang of it. I finished relatively fast and I saw my friend having trouble. She didn't know when to flip the coconut leave over. I showed her a couple of times and she finally knew what to do. Another example of this SLR is when 6A went to plant mangroves. Some people got stuck in the mud on the way to their planting spot. So Mr Smith helped them get out of the mud with all the muscles he had (quite a lot I might add). I'm such a suck-up :) So this is one of the SLR's 6A used on our Kuala Selangor field trip. But that was not the only SLR we used. We also used "Learn Enthusiastically".

I think we used the SLR "Learn Enthusiastically" on the field trip. To learn enthusiastically means to be interested in what you're learning. I actually only have one example of this SLR and that is when our tour guide (forgot his name) talked to us about mangroves, what they are, how they live and what they do to the environment and issues like that. I personally learned alot about mangroves. One fact that made them so unique is that they are the only and plant that can survive in sea-water conditions. Isn't that amazing? Well, I think that was the only example I could think of the SLR "Learn Enthusiastically".

In conclusion, I think team 6A used two SLR's, "Learn Enthusiastically" and "Collaborate Constructively". Learning about the mangroves is one example of "Learn Enthusiastically" and making grasshoppers along with helping people get out of the mud if they were stuck are 2 examples of "Collaborate Constructively".

-Thanks for reading! Nadia Redza