In this recorded professional learning session, Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall provide insights into the Māori knowledge of animals classroom resources.
This suite of articles, activities and media are based on the research Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries. The resources created support educators to include mātauranga about a range of different animals and animal groups into their teaching. Throughout the session Sally and Georgina elaborate on how teachers might approach this by exploring key ideas and introducing useful terminology.
Ngā mihi nui Greta, Georgina and Sally! Thank you for the webinar!
Teacher
Index
| Topic | Slideshow number(s) | Video timecode |
| Introducing the presentation | 1 | 00:00 |
| Index | 2 | 00:17 |
| Introducing the presenters | 1 | 00:38 |
| Why these resources? | 3 | 01:41 |
| The mana ōrite principle | 4 | 03:14 |
| What’s in the resources? | 5 | 06:51 |
| Summary: Some main points | 6 | 09:45 |
| Six Māori experts | 7 | 14:18 |
| Hands-on with the resources | 8 | 16:29 |
| Patai/Q&A | 9 | 22:50 |
| SLH links, keep in touch and thanks | 10 | 32:55 |
Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa: He Mātauranga, he Matatika
The resource Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa: He Mātauranga, he Matatika is available as downloadable bilingual PDFs:
- Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa, He Mātauranga, he Matatika | A combined resource of scientist profiles, knowledge of animals, animal ethics and teacher support material
- Ngā kaikōrero tokoono | Profiles of Māori scientists who work with animals
- Ngā huatau Māori mō ngā matatika kararehe me ngā pānga ki ngā Wh e Toru | Māori perspectives of animal ethics and the Three R’s
- Te mātauranga Māori mō ngā kararehe | Māori knowledge of the Animals of Aotearoa
- Te kupu taka, ngā rauemi mō te akomanga me ngā kupu aratohu mā te Kaiako | Teacher guidance, glossary and crossword activity
Download the te reo Māori student PDFs below:
Related content
Explore the resources starting with the introductory article Māori knowledge of animals.
The article Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach.
You can watch Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart discussing the inclusion of mātauranga in secondary settings in the recording: Workshop for teachers: Māori knowledge in NCEA Science.
Te tapa ingoa is a Connected article that explores how early Māori named and grouped the plants and animals they found around them.
Reference
Stewart, G. T. (2024). Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries. Anthrozoös, 37(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254552
Acknowledgement
Thank you to Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu, Pare Hauraki), Auckland University of Technology, and Dr Sally Birdsall, University of Auckland
Animals of Aotearoa and animal ethics
Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries and Exploring the Three Rs of Animal Ethics with Māori Ideas were developed with funding from the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) and the Ministry for Primary Industries. The silhouette design was created for this project and is the copyright of Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall.
