Discovering Aotearoa

Curriculum Links: Social Sciences
Suitable for: Year 3 - 10
Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours

How did early Te Arawa (ancestors) like Tamatekapua and Ngātoroirangi find their way across the Pacific Ocean to a new land?

Students will find out about the skills required not only to journey to Aotearoa, but how numerous trips were made back and forth from Hawaiiki.

This programme looks at why early explorers came to Aotearoa, the events that happened when they arrived and why they stayed.

A great programme to teach the big idea that Māori history is the fundamental and continued history of Aotearoa NZ.

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