Kaitiakitanga
This article aligns with the science and social sciences learning areas and is a year 6 reading level.
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Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2022
Reading year level: 6
Topics: activists, ancestors, artist, biodiversity, climate change, environment, farming, Greta Thunberg, Hāwera, history, identity, jeweller, kaitiaki, kaitiakitanga, Māori knowledge, Mātauranga Māori, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, museums, Papatūānuku, pounamu, Ranginui, regenerating bush, taonga, Taranaki, tikanga, tīpuna, tradition, tūpuna, Wairoa, wetland, whānau
Kaitiakitanga
Words by Susan Paris
Illustrations by Daniel Hikuroa
Most people think of a kaitiaki as someone who guards or protects the natural world. Maybe they look after a stream or beach, a native species under threat, or a local reserve. The term kaitiakitanga (the act of being a kaitiaki) comes from te ao Māori. It can mean each generation teaches the next about protecting taonga tuku iho – precious resources passed on by the ancestors.
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School Journal Level 4 November 2022
Inside this School Journal are three articles (Kaitiakitanga; Humphrey Hanley: Life on the upside; How Vaccines Work), two stories (Going in Nature; After the First Rain), one poem (Leftovers for Breakfast), one piece of student writing (Tāne Mahuta), and one screen-play (The Box).
1 of 8Humphrey Hanley - Life on the upside
Humphrey’s day starts when most people are stopping for morning tea.
2 of 8How Vaccines Work
At different times in your life, most doctors will recommend that you get a vaccine. You might have received your first when you were only a few months old. Vaccines protect us from infectious diseases.
3 of 8Going in Nature
There’s trouble brewing in the local reserve, but Dad’s on to it … This story is set at a year 7 reading level and connects to the English, Health and PE learning areas.
4 of 8After the First Rain
The sequel to “The Bucket Man”.
5 of 8Leftovers for Breakfast
The world started sometime a while ago, although I’m not quite sure of the F.A.C.T.S.
6 of 8Tāne Mahuta
Go get a life. Loser! She’s so annoying ... Thoughts galloped around in my head like horses. I tossed and turned beneath the soft covers of my bed.
7 of 8The Box
In this screenplay we find a box, five ākonga, and a whole lot of confusion.
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