The contribuition Mr and Mrs Gock to New Zealand

WALT - write paragraphs using

the PEEL acronym

P - Make your point

E - Back it up: support you point

with evidence and examples

E - Explain how the evidence

supports your points
L - Link this to the main point

Topic - Mr and Mrs Gock

contributed a lot to New Zealand

Contribution

They contributed their service

to New Zealand by saving the

kumara and their many inventions.

They won many awards for

contributing. Joe earned the Queen’s

medal.  In 2013 they won the

Bledisloe cup for their service

to horticulture. Joe referred to

himself as an experimenter not a

scientist. People could call them

“citizen scientists”.

When the Black Rot disease spread,

Mr and Mrs Gock gifted their

disease resistance to New Zealand.

They refused to take the money

that the Government gave them.

People also made documentaries

about how they saved the kumara

from the Black Rot disease. 

Joe and Fay went through

many problems together but solved it

together. They invented stickers on fruit

and the broccoli box. They investigated

and they collected evidence. They had many

ups and downs but they kept trying until they

figured out the solution to the problem.

Mr and Mrs Gock were married in

1956 and had three daughters Jayne, Raewyn and

Virginia. Fay suddenly died from an illness back

on 21 December 2018. We will remember your

service Fay Gock.

By Dwayne