Teaching resource that could help any classroom, anywhere in New Zealand, unlock ancestral, iwi, and pakeha stories related to a specific local site.
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Whose Moko is that?: Resource Kit→
/Investigating the social context of an art-work. Teacher guide for critically responding to artworks and understanding the importance of manaakitanga in portraiture.
Unpacking Treaty Apologies: Resource Kit→
/Understand how formal groups have made decisions that impact on communities. Teacher guide for exploring how the actions of people in the past have an impact on people's lives.
The Land Beneath Our Feet: Resource Kit→
/Understanding relationships exist between people and the environment. Discovering that all iwi have stories connected to the land. Teacher guide for learning about relationships between mana whenua and the land, and how people pass on culture and heritage.
Includes three fact sheets in te reo Māori.
Make a Map of Stories Resource Kit→
/Understanding the importance of local history in shaping communities. A teacher guide and template for connecting local history with treaty settlement land exchanges and understanding the treaty as a living thing.
Is our NZ Story Diverse?: Resource Kit→
/A teacher guide and template for making connections by exploring ideas within and between texts, and analysing the changes in New Zealand's 'national story' over time.
Examining NZ Media Coverage: Resource Kit→
/A teacher guide and template for examining media coverage - understanding that texts can be read in multiple ways, learning about representation and stereotypes.
Art = Protest = A Voice: Resource Kit→
/A teacher guide and template for communicating and interpreting ideas in artworks, and understanding the role of protest in the Treaty story.
12 Times NZ Thinking Shifted: Resource Kit→
/A teacher guide and template for understanding the difference between historical and contemporary perspectives on events.
The Lost Voyage of 499→
/China's lost tomb ship is a mystery tale of a shipwreck that reaches across a century to reveal the connection between Hokianga iwi and the descendants of 499 Chinese gold miners.
Wreck of the SS. Ventnor→
/Newspaper article from 1902 about the wreck of the SS Ventnor, which was carrying the bodies of 499 Chinese gold miners for reburial in China.
Biography of Charles Sew Hoy→
/Biography of the life of Charles Sew Hoy, Chinese New Zealander who arrived in 1868 and whose remains were being carried to China on the SS Ventnor when it sank.
Ventnor Project→
/A project documenting the history and memorialisation of the SS Ventnor, which sank in 1902 with the loss of 13 people and the remains of around 500 Chinese men whose bodies were being returned from New Zealand to China for burial. In 2007 members of the early settler Chinese community were told the history of the Ventnor sinking from the Hokianga point of view. They were told that for some time after the sinking in 1902, remains had washed ashore and locals had carefully gathered them up. Some sets of remains were collected by Te Roroa and Te Rarawa, who buried them in their own ancestral burial grounds. A meeting with iwi representatives confirmed this was the case, and that knowledge of the remains and responsibility for care had been passed down from generation to generation to this present day.
What is Biosecurity, by Andrew and Anna Dickson→
/This article introduces the concept of biosecurity and explains how, as a group of isolated islands, New Zealand developed a unique range of ecosystems. The arrival of plants or animals from other countries could be disastrous for our environment. Therefore, our borders are constantly monitored by biosecurity agencies to protect our environment, agriculture, and our health.
Tōku Pepeha, by Pareraukawa Moore→
/This text follows on from the article “Pepeha” in this journal. The author, Pareraukawa Moore, describes her own pepeha and what each element means to her.
Pepeha, by Pātaka and Monique Moore→
/This article explains what a pepeha is and why it is important in Māori culture.
The account of Cook's visit by Te Horeta Taniwha, reproduced in the NZ Electronic Text Collection→
/An account of Cook's visit to Mercury Bay by Te Horeta Taniwha. Includes Te Horeta's own account of the story known as "Te Horeta's nail".
28th Māori Battalion - Ministry for Culture and Heritage→
/Resource page for 28th Māori Battalion website, with a link to school resources about the Battalion and other aspects of New Zealand's part in World War II.
New Zealand History topic in National Library Services to Schools→
/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→
/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.