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Toi Tu te Kupu, Toi Tu te Mana, Toi Tu te Whenua.
Toi Tu te Kupu, Toi Tu te Mana, Toi Tu te Whenua.
Hold fast to our culture, because without our language, our spirit, and our land, the essence of being Maori will no longer exist.
Hold fast to our culture, because without our language, our spirit, and our land, the essence of being Maori will no longer exist.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shares an important update about the Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Te Takanga o Te Wā curriculum content.
Tēnei te Pirīmia Jacinda Ardern te tiri nei i ētahi kōrero hira mō ngā akoranga marautanga o Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories me Te Takanga o Te Wā.
It’s time to: Learn our histories. Listen to our stories. Understand our past. Source: Ministry of Education 2022
Social Sciences and Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories
What and why study Social Science?
The social sciences learning area is about how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed, and responsible citizens. Contexts are drawn from the past, present, and future and from places within and beyond New Zealand.
Through the social sciences, students develop the knowledge and skills to enable them to: better understand, participate in, and contribute to the local, national, and global communities in which they live and work; engage critically with societal issues; and evaluate the sustainability of alternative social, economic, political, and environmental practices.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories
From 2022, Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories will be taught in all schools and kura.
It is part of the social sciences learning area because it encourages learners to be critical citizens – learning about the past to understand the present and prepare for the future.
There are three elements to the curriculum content: UNDERSTAND, KNOW, and DO. It is structured this way to help teachers design learning experiences that weave these elements together so that student learning is deep and meaningful.
In understanding Aotearoa History and in particular the culture and practice of Māori, we must understanding the elements or lenses within which it must be viewed. Within Māoridom, culture and practice are viewed from three different perspectives.
Mātauranga Māori
The knowledge of the Māori people. This is closely aligned to the period of pre-European contact as it encompasses traditional concepts of knowledge and knowing that Māori ancestors brought with them to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Te Ao Māori
The Māori World View. This acknowledges the interconnectedness and interrelationship of all living and non-living things.
Tikanga Māori
Tikanga are Māori customary practices or behaviours. The concept is derived from the Māori word 'tika' which means 'right' or 'correct' so, in Māori terms, to act in accordance with tikanga is to behave in a way that is culturally proper or appropriate.
"The histories that make up a local curriculum should be meaningful to children that go to that school, and they should reflect the events and stories that sit within the school."
(Pauline Cleaver, Ministry of Education)
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