Te Takanga O Te Wā

Thursday 25th January

Te Rangimārie Marae, Rangiotu

How do Rangitāne ensure that the stories that they share are cared for by us as schools?

• Through culturally responsive practise
• Hautū - a tool for BOT to work through
• Tātaiako & Ka Hikitia
• Treaty of Waitangi
• Partnership with our iwi - Rangitāne
• What are the tikanga & kawa of Rangitāne
• Rangitāne Reo
• Matauranga - knowledge
• Matāwaka - a word used to acknowledge all of the canoes/whānau that have come from N - this is to acknowledge that children come from all over NZ - how do we as a school respect/uphold the tikanga & kawa of other iwi represented in our schools.

TLIF - Improving education outcomes for Māori and therefore all learners in partnership with Rangitāne iwi.

Ask Rachel for presentation to insert here

Hau - a powerful man. In Hawaiiki, he worked to build a waka. It was his job to make sure the spiritual aspect of the journey were adhered to. He was a visionary with a new idea...Hau wasn't allowed to go on the journey because others didn't want to risk the lives of the people in the waka. Hau had new ideas about navigation. He was offended that he wasn't allowed to go on the journey.

Hau used his power to use clouds as a waka. He was way above the waka and followed their journey. Near aotearoa, he sped up and arrived in aotearoa before the waka. 

Hau did an incarnation, overturning the waka, turning it to stone.  This reef is still out from Mahia (?) today.

Different rohe have different parts of the story from here...

Hau and Wairaka (his wife) - Wairaka went off with another man. Hau went into the Whanganui region and asked if they had seen his wife. He went on a journdy to follow them...He named the rivers on the journey according to how he crossed the river or how he was feeling at the time. He knew he needed to speed up to catch up with them...He came across the Manawatu (the heart that stood still) - when he saw how big it was to cross. 

He journeyed down to Pukerua Bay where he found his wife and the man. He took the man out on a fishing trip and he drowned him. The rock called Wairaka as he turned his wife to stone.

Hau travelled to Wairarapa all the way up to Hawkes Bay... His journey was an outline of the map of the Rangitane region/rohe. From Whanganui river to Wellington.

This story was also done as a lullaby.

Different iwi have different versions of the story - not wrong, just political reasons for the people of the time. 

Importance of this story relates to the making of the river - it has a spiritual aspect to it. 

"The Birth of Palmerston North" - 1971 - Story of Hau included in this. 

Session 1:

Te Takanga o Te Wā - a resource for teachers about Māori History

• Whakapapa
• What is it? Who we are, where we come from
• Definition: Genealogy, lineage, descent
• Why is it important? It connect us to our whenua, to our maunga, awa, waka, marae, iwi, hapu, whānau
• How does it connect to learning about Rangitāne? - learning about prominent people and places int he Rangitāne area. We will look at their connections and their importance to Rangitāne.
• What would it look like in the classroom? Visit to Te Marae o Hine, research about Te Marae o Hine, Local tangata whenua (speakers), 
• Important children know that PN is bigger than themselves.
• Turangawaewae
• Sense of ones self
• Our identity builds from where we come from.
• Helps students to know they have a place where they belong.
• Where is my place? Where do I belong? What is significant about my local area? How do I fit in - belonging, history, family?
• Roll call, sharing with whānau through technology, Where in the World? - Map in the classroom, building relationships
• Mana Motuhake
• Self determination, identity, consequences
• Teachers need to show this - that they care for the performance and learning of their students. High expectations, clear teaching goals, commitment, reflection on teaching, understanding of the 'why', share, collaborate
• Its about children understanding that events in history have consequences
• Kaitiakitanga
• Kai - means someone who carries out an action
• Tiaki - to guard, preserve, foster, protect, shelter
• Tanga - a suffix
• Kaitiakitanga - guardianship
• It is about roles and responsibilities
• Could bring get students to bring taonga to class to share
• Whanaungatanga
• Relationships, sense of family connections

Videos - Ministry of Social Development

To think about: Effective Teacher Profile Tool - how might we use this at CNS?

Personally: Change RTC's to STP's on blog...