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• Aotearoa New Zealand Histories - Lesson Plans

  Aotearoa New Zealand Histories - Lesson Plans These lesson plans and presentations have been produced by Hilary Mitchell for Waimea Kahui Ako, and are provided here for use in...

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• Place names of the Waimea Islands

  Although the fourteen or so islands of the Waimea Inlet have an enduring and busy Māori history, many of them are named after early European owners or residents....

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• Stories of Tasman Bay or Te Tai-o-Aorere

  1. An ancient legend -  Tūtaeporoporo This story confirms that Whakatū was recognised throughout Aotearoa as an important mahinga kai (food-gathering place). *A Taniwha *Tūtaeporoporo was an enormous shark that...

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• Boulder Bank Stories

  1. Kupe, Kereopa and Pani - the creation of the Boulder Bank at Whakatū *Re-discovery of Aotearoa *There is no mention of the Boulder Bank in the stories of Rākaihautū,...

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• One story of welcome - Mary Ann Hodgkinson

  *A Traditional Challenge at the Port *Mary Ann Hodgkinson, who had just arrived on the Thomas Harrison with her family in October 1842, had been drilled in self-defence on...

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