Tangata Whenua EDUCATION Programmes

Maatauranga Maaori

Maatauranga Maaori looks at the tikanga and kawa associated with visiting a marae, particularly the ‘meet and greet’ process including Whakawhanaungatanga, Mihimihi, Hongi and Ngaa Kokona o te Ngaakau.

As part of the programme students will also enjoy a role play of Ranginui me Papatuanuku (Maaori Gods) and Taane Mahuta me Hine-ahu-one (The Origins of Man), an introduction to Te Waka Taua Tuupuna o Te Winika (Warrior Canoe), Te Umu Pokapoka a Tuu (Maaori weaponry) and Ngaa Keemu Maaori” (Maaori traditional games).

The Maatauranga Maaori programme ends with the very important practice of Poroporoaki to leave your class with a sense of warmth and belonging to Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

 NGAA POU WHENUA

Be introduced to the four pou of Tainui and investigate the role of leadership: the Ngaa Pou Whenua programme focuses on the exhibition of the same name and on what it means to be Tainui

Te Kiingitanga

Te Kiingitanga is important to our Maaori identity here in Aotearoa and more specifically to that of the Waikato region and peoples, a vital means of advocacy nationally and internationally.

The Te Kiingitanga programme looks at the concept of Te Kiingitanga, its origins, the reasons for its creation and people key to its development. Students are also exposed to the concept of Raupatu, a significant experience in the development of Te Kiingitanga, and how it contributed to change in the relationships between the Maaori and Paakeha peoples.Students will conduct their own Koroneihana or Coronation ceremony after having elected their own King and/or Queen for the Day all the while observing Maaori protocols, procedures and/or practices (tikanga and kawa).

Te Tumu Taniwha (Taniwha Stories): monsters in Ngaa Pou Whenua 

This revision of our te Tumu Taniwha programme complements both the Ngaa Pou Whenua exhibition and the new How to Make a Monster touring exhibition and will introduce and interweave the legends of taniwha with the first stages of conceiving a film. The programme includes a visit to Ngaa Pou whenua, taniwha stories including the account of the Tainui taniwa Peketahi of Ngaati Raukawa. Students will have the opportunity to create their own legends and to begin the process of storyboarding.

Programme does not include entry to How to Make a Monster exhibition.

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