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Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The ancestors of Māori arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, around 1250-1300 AD. They used the materials found around them to make weapons and tools to help them...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Kapa haka is a traditional Māori performing art involving waiata (songs), dance and chanting. Kapa haka is performed by groups on a marae and in a variety of...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Music is the pattern of sounds produced by people singing or playing musical instruments. It is also the art of creating or performing music. Written music u...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Historically people have been communicating with each other in many different ways. There is verbal communication, which uses sounds and spoken language, non...

Regional Resources

This entry will help you find information on the changes made to the environment by pre-European Māori, and their care and connections to te taiao (the natur...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Hōne Heke (Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai) was a Māori leader from the Ngāpuhi iwi, born in the early 1800s in the far north of New Zealand Aotearoa. He was known fo...

Regional Resources

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about places of South Canterbury.

Regional Resources

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from South Canterbury.

Regional Resources

There are many places that are significant to Hawke's Bay, known as Te Matau-a-Māui in te reo Māori. Here are some resources you can use to find out about th...

Regional Resources

This entry recommends websites and collections to find information about He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni | The Declaration of Independence an...