Time travel and delve into taonga both famous and obscure with Dame Anne Salmond, telling tremendous stories about our Aotearoa. Especially:
Episode 1 - Star Travel
Episode 2 - Tangata Whenua
Episode 3 - The Power of Gifts
Curated resource collection
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Abel Tasman 1642 website, by First Encounter 375 Planning Group→
/A website with resources about the visit by Abel Tasman in 1642, and link to a documentary available on Youtube.
New Zealand's Internal Wars in New Zealand History website, by Ministry for Culture and Heritage→
/Articles about New Zealand's 19th century wars generally - the Musket Wars, The Wairau Incident, War in Taranaki 1860-63, War in Waikato, The Northern War, War in Tauranga.
Pre-1840 Contact in New Zealand History website, by Ministry for Culture and Heritage→
/Articles entitled:
Early explorers; A frontier of chaos?
Go-betweens
Missionaries
Sealers and whalers
Taming the frontier
He Whakaputanga - Declaration of Independence
Cook Landing Site & Cook's Cove field trip→
/At Cook Landing Site and Cook's Cove learn about Captain James Cook's historic first landing during his circumnavigation of New Zealand.
The Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve is located on Kaiti Beach Road in Gisborne. It commemorates the first European landfall and meeting with Māori in New Zealand (1769). Since, the landing site has changed dramatically, although it continues to be recognised as a place of national significance.
Cook’s Cove Walkway is situated at the southern end of Tolaga Bay, 52 km north of Gisborne.
The teaching resource provides background information on the history and conservation management of Cook’s Landing Site National Reserve and Cook’s Cove Walkway.
Meretoto/Ship Cove and Motuara Island field trip→
/This resource has been developed to assist teachers in providing an interesting and exciting outdoor education experience at Ship Cove and Motuara Island. Learn about Captain Cook’s favourite landing place and how New Zealand's plants and wildlife live on a pest-free island in the Marlborough Sounds.
This educational resource contains background information on the natural and human history of the island, suggestions for class and site-based activities, and student activity sheets. “Getting there” information is included, and other things to take into consideration when planning your class trip.
The voyages of Captain James Cook→
/Explore the stories, art, and maps of the voyages. The expeditions of James Cook shaped Europe’s knowledge of the world, and had far-reaching consequences for the people of the lands they touched. Explore the stories, art, and maps of the artists and scientists who were on board the ships. The digital collection items include drawings by the Polynesian high priest and navigator Tupaia, who accompanied Cook to New Zealand and Australia. You’ll also find modern-day responses to the expeditions from people of the communities Cook encountered, documented, and learned from. These reflect the different perspectives that exist on the legacy of the voyages and their impact.
He Hokinga Whakaaro - reflecting on the First Encounters of Tangata Whenua and Cook in 1769, when New Zealand history changed forever→
/This field trip is a virtual journey back in time. You will stand on the very beach where, centuries ago, one of the first Māori waka landed in New Zealand. You will scan historic landmarks from a boat in Poverty Bay where Captain Cook anchored the Endeavour almost 250 years ago. In between you will visit a marae, identify local plants collected during Captain Cook's voyage, and find out about traditional use of plants by Māori. This trip fits well with big ideas like whakapapa, identity, communities, environments, taonga.
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Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand’s First School, by Ross Calman→
/Two hundred years ago, our first school opened at Rangihoua.
Captain Cook Charting Our Islands, by Melanie Lovell Smith→
/This article describes Captain Cook’s first visit to New Zealand where he charted the coastline. It focuses on Cook’s abilities as a skilled maker of charts and maps rather than as a great explorer. It also examines the maths involved in Cook’s chart making (a perfect, real-life example of maths in everyday life).
Te Tiriti o Waitangi, by Ross Calman→
/This straightforward article explains what the Treaty of Waitangi is, why it was needed, and what it says. Although most students will have heard of the Treaty, this may be the first time they have read about it for themselves.
A Hoe! And Painted Hoe, by Steve Gibbs→
/The first peaceful meetings between Māori and Europeans took place in 1769, when James Cook landed in the Tairāwhiti region. During those meetings, Māori traded a number of painted hoe (paddles) for cloth, seeds, potatoes, and other items. The paddles are decorated with the earliest examples of what we now call kōwhaiwhai. They ended up in museums around the world. "Painted Hoe" describes those early meetings. "A Hoe!" describes Steve Gibbs' own response as an artist to the story of the paddles.