Connected Level 2 2024 - Woven Taonga
This Level 2 Connected resource explores themes of mātauranga Māori, navigation, technology, and taonga. All three texts explore the weaving skills required to create a traditional Māori sail.
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Series: Connected
Connected Level 2 2024 - Woven Taonga
The three texts in this resource explore themes of mātauranga Māori, navigation, technology, and taonga, as well as the weaving skills required to create a traditional Māori sail.
At times, Connected themes require the introduction of concepts that students at this curriculum level may not be able to fully understand. What matters at this stage is that students begin to develop an understanding that they can grow over time.
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Te Rā – The Last of Its Kind
This interview discusses the significance of Te Rā, a Māori sail used for travelling the awa and moana around Aotearoa.
1 of 3Taki tahi – Over one under one
This poem is about a group of weavers skilfully working together to create a sail. As they weave, they talk about a range of things from MasterChef to Māui.
2 of 3Tahu and the Dancing Feathers
This story is set in a kāinga beside an estuary in the 1880s. Tahu longs to help weave a new sail for the fishing waka.
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