Services to Schools

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Primary source analysis tools, which are designed to be used by ākonga from Years 1 to 13.

Experience Wellington:

Kaiako are eager to find resources and performances to help them start conversations about New Zealand history with their ākonga.

Capital E’s production, Story Studio Live: Aotearoa aimed to start conversations about our complicated history in Aotearoa as a colonised bi-cultural nation of tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti, with a multi-cultural population. The performance acknowledged that our history is nuanced. We did not provide easy answers or tell tamariki how to feel, the performance was more interested in asking questions and allowing tamariki to form their own opinions. Our show was specifically about tapa whenua | naming places. Part of our show was teaching tamariki various kupu Māori which tell the story or geography of the area. For example wai means water and nui means large so Wainui indicates a large body of water. https://teara.govt.nz/en/tapawhenua-naming-places https://teara.govt.nz/ en/place-names https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/ maori-language-week/1000maori-place-names.

NZ History and Te Ara offer robust and well researched articles on tapa whenua.