Early Māori adaptation to Aoraki’s alpine environment

Introduction

Students will have the opportunity to engage in a range of interactive experiences to consider life as it would have been back when early Māori roamed Aoraki.

The experiences will stimulate students learning through participation, listening, touching, tasting, seeing, experimenting, questioning and making tangible creations they can take away with them. 

Level

Year groups: 1-10
Curriculum levels: 1-6

Learning areas

Learning Area

Discipline

Strand

The Languages

  • Through language knowledge and cultural knowledge, students will learn and use language and  symbols to communicate, manage self and relate to others

Geography

A.S. 2.1

  • Understand how natural and cultural environments are shaped
  • Understand how people interact with natural and cultural environments and how these have changed over time
  • Understand how diverse values and perceptions influence environmental social and economic decisions

Social Studies

  • Understand how the past is important, why places are important and how culture is expressed in daily lives
  • Understand how/why people move between places, environmental and social sustainability. understand how cultures adapt and change

*If you have another learning area you wish to explore, we can adapt. 

      Learning objectives

      Students will:

      • identify and be able to explore and examine the native healing plants within their natural environment
      • explore what Maori used to make clothing and accessories and what these looked like
      • be involved in exploring traditional hunting techniques and fishing methods
      • will learn about traditional foods that were gathered and eaten.

      Key competencies

      Thinking, using language, symbols, and texts

      Details

      Location: Public shelter, Bowen Drive, Aoraki/Mount Cook Village
      Duration: 1-2 hours depending on focus
      Hazard level: Minimal
      Cost: LEOTC fee