There are some good resources with general advice on local curriculum for an ECE environment. For example, this guide from Te Whāriki online which includes a useful kōrero by Prof Wally Penetito (image to left taken from this site).

The TKI guide specifically says we should include "the knowledge, perspectives, and tikanga of mana whenua". We are lucky to have a kāhui ako cultural narrative, prepared by mana whenua, to guide us in some of that knowledge. Please refer to the Te Mana Raupō Cultural Narrative link  for resources and knowledge about this narrative.

RESOURCES FROM OUR PD SESSIONS

We were lucky enough to have Tahu Loper from InterLead share his amazing knowledge about our local whenua and how to connect this to Te Whāriki. See here and here for the slides and notes from his first presentation, and here and here for the slides/ notes from the second session. Ka rawe āna mahi! Please note - the Te Iringa o Kahukura/ Cashmere High kōwhaiwhai that was discussed in the first session was developed by rangatahi for our kura only and is not able to be used by centres.

Tahu also ran a session on Matariki and connecting it to regular practice in our centres. All the resources for this session are HERE.

We have also had Sonia Lucchese from BestSo Weaving running some amazing PD on raranga/ weaving. Her ECE resources are available here - a SlideShow on Māui's use of ropes and some printable worksheets on the parts of the harakeke and on items that use harakeke that will be great for wall displays. There are alsp some PDFs here from Sonia on the process of weaving items such as kono, whiri pāraharaha (flat rope),  tuapuku (regular rope) and shredded tuapuku (finer rope). 

Subitising (being able to look at a group of objects and recognise how many there are without physically counting them) is an important skill to help tamariki with their Maths progression at primary level, and being exposed to it in early childhood really helps. Here is a PDF of cards to help with subitising. 

Here is the Kāi Tahu website of waiata from our rohe/ area. Some will be too complex for ECE but lots will be manageable.  Try the albums Te Akaraupō and Waiata Tamariki (NB you need to download the Waiata Tamariki album, the SoundCloud doesn't work). For Tohorā Nui, there's an awesome set of free printable lyric cards here to help tamariki understand what they are singing.

The Christchurch city libraries has great resources on waiata, outlined here.  

Image left from Kōtahi Mano Kāika 

Here is a PDF of some traditional Māori games. Some (e,g. kiorahi) may have too complex rules for tamariki nohinohi/ preschoolers, but others can be adapted.