Ka ora kāinga rua | A new beginning

About ‘Ka ora kāinga rua | A new beginning’

This Connected instructional series resource explores themes of:

• identity

• migration

• whakapapa

• early settlements in Aotearoa New Zealand

• archaeology.

It focuses on the:

• reasons Moriori left Hawaiki

• landing sites of the waka Te Arawa in Aotearoa New Zealand

• thriving early settlement established at the Wairau Bar.

Find the resource on the Ministry of Education website, Tāhūrangi: Ka ora kāinga rua | A new beginning.

Migration

This Topic Explorer set has quality, curated resources, including websites, images, videos, books and more: Pacific navigation.

Explore these pages from Tuia Mātauranga to highlight people, places and events that have helped shape our nation:

• Te waka hourua | Waka hourua

• Ngā tāngata i tae tuatahi mai i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | Early Polynesian arrivals.

Alexander Turnbull Library collections have:

• Polynesia canoes.

• Polynesia Pacific.

Explore content on the Digital Pasifik website:

• East Polynesia

• Double hull canoe.

Identity

Topic Explorer has:

• Traditional Māori culture and customs

• First encounters.

Explore these He Tohu activities to inspire student inquiry about identity:

• Stories of place in Aotearoa NZ

• Aotearoa New Zealand place names

• Cultural interactions in 1800s NZ.

The following entries from Many Answers guide students to reliable and trustworthy resources:

• Māori history

• Māori tikanga (culture and customs).

These curiosity cards use images and questions to spark student inquiry:

• Matau rino

• Waka hourua

• Whakapapa.

Tuia Mātauranga has:

• Ngā manene o Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa | Pacific voyagers

• Ngā nohonga me ngā porihanga Māori | Māori settlement and society.

Alexander Turnbull Library collections have:

• Moriori

• Pōhutukawa

• Te Arawa.

Books, more resources and analysis tools

Books available through our school lending service related to these topics include:

• Adventures of Tupaia

• Guided by Stars

• Ngā Waka o Neherā | The First Voyaging Canoes

• Pakiwaitara: Te Arawa Stories of Rotorua

• The Remarkable Feather Waka: A Moriori Tale of Long Ago

• Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors

• Waihou Journeys: The Archaeology of 400 Years of Māori Settlement.

Lending service — schools and home educators can borrow from our extensive collections of fiction and non-fiction books to inspire and inform your students’ inquiry and develop their love of reading.

Teaching and learning resources — free online teaching and learning resources, tools and guides.

Primary source analysis tools

Tools for primary source analysis — designed for ākonga (students) from years 1 to 13 in Aotearoa NZ schools.

Using primary source analysis tools in the classroom — read about how the tools are levelled and use a 3-step framework to help ākonga develop skills to analyse primary sources.