Toi Rau
Possible programme designs for Māori history in years 1-8 and 9-13, along with New Zealand Curriculum and NCEA links, resources, and learning experiences. These have been designed to guide students and teachers, when looking at Māori history in a local context.
A portal to a variety of Māori language resources. This portal was created in an effort to give language learners a single place to connect to all the Māori language resources available.
Toro Mai offers two introductory online courses in Te Reo Māori and Tikanga Māori. These are taught via an immersive multi-media online platform with interactive activities. They are approximately 10 hours each and can be studied at your own pace. These courses are not accredited - there are no costs involved, no assignments and no exams.
An interactive tour of the Epsom campus marae Te Aka Matua ki Te Pou Hawaiki and the wharenui Tūtahi Tonu. Includes video clips, images and explanations of what to expect from a pōwhiri at the marae.
Find out what to expect from a pōwhiri/welcome at the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education and Social Work marae in Epsom. Includes Faculty waiata.
100 words in te reo Māori every New Zealander should know. These words are grouped according to the following functions and associations: the marae, concepts, people and their groups, components of place names, greetings, body parts. Includes individual sound files of spoken versions of all these words.
Covering the symbolic systems and worldviews of the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand, this book is a concise introduction to Maori philosophy. It addresses core philosophical issues including Maori notions of the self, the world, epistemology, the form in which Maori philosophy is conveyed, and whether or not Maori philosophy has a teleological agenda.
This graphic novel provides a fresh approach to the story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. It covers a wide time span, from the arrival of Polynesian explorers to the signing of Te Tiriti, to the New Zealand Wars, and through to the modern-day Treaty settlement process. A special emphasis is put on unpacking the two versions of Te Tiriti and exploring their ongoing significance.