Approaches to inquiry learning, in National Library Services to Schools→

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There are many inquiry learning strategies and approaches. In particular, guided inquiry provides a framework for collaboration between teachers and library staff to support students through their inquiry-based learning.

New Zealand History topic in National Library Services to Schools→

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The Māori were the first settlers of Aotearoa, followed by the Europeans. Discover the history of New Zealand’s landscape, its people, events, places, identity, and cultures from sites like Te Ara, Te Papa, DigitalNZ, and NZ History. SCIS no. 1808403.

He Tohu Colonial Life in New Zealand topic in National Library Services to Schools→

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Colonial New Zealand covers the years 1769-1914. The resources include European discovery of New Zealand, contact with Māori, New Zealand wars, Pākehā colonisation, social life, economy, politics and major events of the time. SCIS no: 1838439.

First encounters topic in National Library Services to Schools→

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This topic explores the First Encounters between Polynesians cultures (particularly Māori) and European explorers. The resulting cultural interactions had a profound impact on indigenous societies and also defined the New Zealand/Aotearoa of today. Collection includes images, books, articles, websites, videos, and audio.

The Matariki Collection, in NZonScreen→

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Celebrate iconic Māori television, film, and music with this collection, in time for the Māori New Year. Watch everything from haka to hip hop, Billy T to the birth of Māori Television. Two backgrounders by former TVNZ Head of Māori Programming Whai Ngata (Koha, Marae) look at Matariki, and the history of Māori programming on New Zealand television. Seventy separate films/series from 1968 to 2011

The Governor television series, in NZonScreen→

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The Governor was a television epic that examined the life of Governor George Grey in six thematic parts. Grey's "Good Governor" persona was undercut with laudanum, lechery and land confiscation. NZ TV's first (and only) historical blockbuster was hugely controversial, provoking a parliamentary inquiry and "test match sized" audiences. It won a 1978 Feltex Award for Best Drama. Auckland Star reviewer Barry Shaw trumpeted: "It has made Māori matter. If Pākehā now have a better understanding of the Māori point of view [...] it stems from The Governor”.

Bridget Williams Books Treaty of Waitangi Collection, in EPIC electronic collection→

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From the website: This Collection is a landmark digital resource from Bridget Williams Books (BWB), an award-winning New Zealand publisher. Designed and managed in-house at BWB, the Collection is primarily designed to:

  • provide a new and authoritative home for Treaty scholarship online, with more books to be added over time

  • offer a clear, fast and responsive design, optimised for mobile and tablet devices

  • deliver flexible and intuitive use of the books that avoids proprietary technology, and instead acknowledges how readers and researchers use the web day-to-day

  • evolve over time using a platform built on open standards and drawing on features, such as CrossRef – that are built to last.

Uncharted with Sam Neill television series→

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250 years after Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in his wake uncovering stories that resonate from those times from both sides of the beach. Visiting the islands and lands where Cook went, and meeting the descendants of the people Cook met, Sam explores the trials and triumphs, disasters, and delights that followed. Was Cook an instrument of imperial expansion or an enlightened explorer? Whether admired or admonished, Captain James Cook is forever linked to the Pacific, its heritage, and its future. 

Heritage Trail Apps, by Heritage New Zealand→

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Heritage Trails - your gateway to some unforgettable heritage experiences through a series of free, interactive tours for smart phones and tablets. Experience history right where it happened, and listen to extraordinary stories of amazing people and places. There are three apps:

  • Path to Nationhood, Northland

  • The Waikato War 1863-64

  • High Street Stories (High Street Christchurch, before the earthquakes of 2010/11).

Heritage Explorer website, by Heritage New Zealand→

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This resource supports teachers of year 1 to 10 students (curriculum levels 1-5). Linking with the New Zealand Curriculum (from a social studies perspective) it explores ways to develop understanding about heritage, why it's important, how 'our places' contribute to our concept of heritage and identity, and why heritage is worth preserving.

The resource begins by considering why an understanding of heritage is important, and the forms that heritage can take.

Linking with the New Zealand Curriculum, the resource uses a variety of perspectives to explore ways to develop understanding about heritage, how 'our places' contribute to our concept of heritage, and why they are worth preserving.

"Artefact" television programme by Māori television - website→

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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

He Tohu exhibition website, by National Library - English medium teaching resources→

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He Tohu is a permanent exhibition of three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand:

  • 1835 He Whakaputanga Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of NZ

  • 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi

  • 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine

Māori History site on Te Kete Ipurangi - English medium→

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This site is designed to provide access to materials that will assist in the implementation of Te Takanga o te Wā, Guidelines for Teachers Years 1–8. This site features the stories of iwi educators, secondary teachers and their students, sharing their experiences of teaching and learning Māori history.

Te Takanga o te Wā is not designed as a list of lessons or learning experiences. Rather it provides a framework to support teachers to teach Māori history with their students. The content and context that you choose for your class could focus on building quality and collaborative engagement with your local iwi and hapū. The stories and histories relating to your school’s geographic location will assist you to instill a deeper sense of personal identity and belonging for every student. This resource provides connections to frame that context:

  • Whakapapa

  • Tūrangawaewae

  • Mana motuhake

  • Kaitiakitanga

  • Whanaungatanga

Each one has a list of possible conceptual understandings and a key message linked to the levels 1 and 2 achievement objectives of The New Zealand Curriculum.

The voyages of Captain James Cook→

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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.

Te Takanga o te Wā→

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Te Takanga o te Wā Māori History guidelines, a flip book in both te reo Māori and English for year 1-8, was completed in 2015. It is readily available from the Ministry warehouse Down the Back of the Chair. It is also available from the Ministry website TKI.

Access Māori medium PDF

Access English PDF