Resources to support Mātauranga Māori

Find ocean centred education resources relevant to your local area and the Aotearoa New Zealand ocean environment.

Connection with Tangaroa

Ko āu te moana. Ko moana te āu. Connection with Tangaroa.

Set of slides to support learning activities around the focusing questions: How do I feel connected to the sea? How do different people value the sea? What different viewpoints do people hold about the sea? What is my viewpoint? What is my relationship with the sea?.

Ko āu te moana. Ko moana te āu.

A short film clip that illustrates the connection that Koro Don shares with the Kāpiti Coast. Beautiful expression of one man’s connection with te whenua. Can support learning around: How do I feel connected to the sea? How do different people value the sea? What is my relationship with the sea?

Importance of the sea - whakapapa, taonga, kaitiakitanga

Set of slides to support learning activities around the focusing questions: Why is the sea important for me? How am I connected with the sea? Includes concepts of whakapapa, taonga, and kaitiakitanga to build disucssion and learning around.

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Whakapapa & Ngā Ika Moana o Aotearoa (Marine Fishes of Aotearoa / New Zealand)

Whakapapa - Fishy Connections

Set of slides to support learning around how we are connected with sea creatures through whakapapa and family history.

Ngā Ika Moana o Aotearoa

A set of cards to help learn the common and Māori names for some Aotearoa New Zealand fishes.

Ngā Ika Moana o Aotearoa

A Kahoot quiz game to test your ability to identify and name some common Aotearoa New Zealand fish.

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Kaitiakitanga

Whaitere – te whai ātahu

Beautiful story about a whai (stingray) that develops understanding around kaitiakitanga and mātauranga Māori. Available to read in Ingarihi (English) and te reo Māori.

KAHOOT!: Whaitere the enchanted stingray

Read the story about Whaitere and then play the Whaitere kahoot to test how well you read or listened to the story!

Whakataukī

Read this Whakataukī. And discuss, write, consider what this whakaukī means in the context of current ocean sustainability and fishery management.

Guardianship (Kaitiakitanga)

A short film produced by Seafood New Zealand exploring kaitiakitanga in fisheries. Includes the Kaikoura Pāua fishery and a rāhui put in place by the local Maraetai community. Great local examples of sustainability, kaitiakitanga and the love that communities have for their kai moana. Seeing fisheries as taonga to be looked after and passed on.

Kaitiakitanga o te moana

Explore the LEARNZ webpage to learn more about kaitiakitanga o te moana.

Te Kaitiaki Toheroa - Northland Toheroa and Kaitiakitanga

Read this New Zealand Geographic article telling the story of Toheroa, a Northland shellfish that was overharvested and the kaitiaki working to recover toheroa. And complete the worksheet to test your knowledge once you have read the article.

Kaitaikitanga Case Study: Toheroa Fishery

Great case study of sustainability! Looks at the history of the Northland Toheroa fishery that was over harvested and how Toheroa are slowly making a comeback.

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Tikanga, Rāhui & Fisheries

Traditional Fisheries Management

Set of slides that include links to film clips and activities looking at traditional fisheries management. Includes concepts of rāhui and kaitiakitanga.

Te hī ika Māori fishing – Traditional Practices

Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand page exploring traditional fishing as both a practical and a spiritual activity. Looks at the many ingenious methods and tools, from complex calendars to iridescent lures and woven traps that were traditionally used for fishing. And explores the whakapapa of fish as the descendants of Tangaroa, god of the sea.