Level two Six credits
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe a Māori account of Māori migration prior to Pākehā contact; describe a Pākehā account of Māori migration prior to Pākehā contact; and discuss the reasons for the different accounts and the effects they had on Māori identity.
Describe a Māori account of Māori migration prior to Pākehā contact.
Māori migration is described in terms of an hapū and iwi version of migration to Aotearoa.
Māori migration is described in terms of the reasons for voyages made.
The names of waka and associated hapū, iwi and/or groups are identified.
The technology, navigation skills, and spiritual practices utilised in the migration are identified.
Describe a Pākehā account of Māori migration prior to Pākehā contact.
Māori migration is described in terms of the migration to Aotearoa.
Māori migration is described in terms of the reasons for voyages made.
The names of waka and associated hapū, iwi, and/or groups are identified.
Publications which recount Māori migration to Aotearoa are critiqued in terms of their merits and/or faults.
The technology, navigation skills, and spiritual practices utilised are identified.
Discuss the reasons for the different accounts and the effects they had on Māori identity.
The accounts are contrasted and discussed in terms of their differences and the reasons for their differences.
The differing accounts are discussed in terms of their effects on Māori identity.
SOME SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Resource support may include, but is not limited to:
Books:
Best, E. (1975). Polynesian Voyagers. Wellington: Government Printer.
Buck, P. (1982). The Coming of the Māori. Christchurch: Whitcoulls Ltd.
Davidson, J. (1981). The Polynesian Foundation. In The Oxford History of New Zealand, 3-27. Wellington: Oxford University Press.
Grey, G. (1997). Ngā Mahi a Ngā Tūpuna. Christchurch: Kiwi Publishers. Gibbons, P. In Oxford Dictionary of New Zealand Literature. Journal of the Polynesian Society (periodical). The Polynesian Society.
Lewis, D. and Forman, W. (1982). The Māori: Heirs of Tane. London: Orbis Publishing.
Simmons, D.R. (1976). The Great New Zealand Myth: A Study of the Origin and Traditions of the Māori. Wellington
A.H. and A.W. Reed. Smith, S.P. (1904). Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Māori. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs.
Sorrenson, M.P.K. (1983). Māori Origins and Migrations. Auckland: Auckland University Press.
SUGGESTED SITES
Te ARA LEARNZ RNZ NZHISTORY VIDEO 1 NZ HISTORY2 Video2