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we want to whakamana our students to understand the importance of the lifegiving power of water, we can empower them to give life to future generations.

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If we look after the water, the water will look after us. 

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If we look after the water, the water will look after us. 

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If we teach our students about the importance of looking after our water ways and how it can affect us. Then we will improve the students desires to become kaitiaki of the wai and educate the future generations.

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If we provide our students with practical experiences it will form stronger connection to the wai and the motu and we will improve students' understanding of why these need to be protected for the future. 

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If we provide our students with practical experiences it will form stronger connection to the wai and the motu and we will improve students' understanding of why these need to be protected for the future. 

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Tūrangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga - Place and Environment

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Tūrangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga - Place and Environment

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Learn about the Whau:

-Why was it important

-What was it used for

-History

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Tuurangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga - Place and Environment

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Tuurangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga - Place and Environment

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Cleaning up our local streams/awa and planting alongside them.

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Localise it- look at our local Whau- polution there 

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Localise it- look at our local Whau- polution there 

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Start with - why is water important.

Identify an awa that's important to you.

Olympic Park treasure hunt.

Use google maps to see all the little water ponds around us that we wouldn't know of. Search and find the meaning behind the name.

See all the connections between bodies of water.

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Whakapapa me te whānaungatanga - Cutlure and identity

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Whakapapa me te whānaungatanga - Cutlure and identity

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our links to histories and stories of local hapu/iwi

connecting with new migrants/travellers through the links made between waters

Tiakitanga - looking after our waters - pest control, pollution, recognized life sources of the area/whenua

Industrialisation - hidden rivers - what treasures can we find under the grounds

Industrialisation - migration: reasons for crossing borders

Colonisation - exchange/confiscation of lands = loss of identity and cultural links

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The history of what damage has been done- certain areas are replenishing that have been protected.  

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The history of what damage has been done- certain areas are replenishing that have been protected.  

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Write a statement that explains how this rich learning opportunity will help realise your vision for ākonga.Consider the following construction: 

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Write a statement that explains how this rich learning opportunity will help realise your vision for ākonga.Consider the following construction: 

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If we [do this as teachers...], then we [will improve students’....]

E.g. If we are empowering our learners to connect to their turangawaewae then we will improve their sense of belonging and self-worth.

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Turangawaewae- Look at protecting our wai and what is in it. Unpack the history of contests over control. Look at local examples of this 

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Turangawaewae- Look at protecting our wai and what is in it. Unpack the history of contests over control. Look at local examples of this 

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Wai-ora: (pure water). This is water in its purest form. It is used in rituals to purify and sanctify and has the power to give life, sustain wellbeing and counteract evil. Waiora also means health.

Wai-Māori: (freshwater). This is referred to as ordinary water which runs free or unrestrained and it has no sacred associations.

Wai-kino: (polluted). The mauri of the water has been altered through pollution or corruption and has the potential to do harm to humans.

Wai-mate: (dead water). This class of water has lost its mauri and is dead. It is dangerous to humans because it can cause illness or misfortune. Geographically it refers to sluggish water, stagnant or back water. Some tribes refer to it as waikawa.

Wai-tai: (salt or water from the ocean). This term also refers to rough or angry water as in surf, waves or sea tides.

Wai-tangi: (grieving waters). Refers to a river or part of a river which through some mishap has caused death, much pain and grieving to the tribe.

Wai-ariki: (hot springs or curative waters). The term ariki means "chief" in English and they are referred to as the chiefs or patriarchs of all waters.

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Places are given Māori & English names.

The arrival of the Europeans and how as their population grew they built over the whau.

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The course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories has been shaped by the use of power

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The course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories has been shaped by the use of power

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Our decision making is impacting water health

Using the land and water to make a profit instead of using is to benefit the people

Who owns the water?

Who is responsible for looking after the water and who gets to use and take from it?

Maauiui wai, maauiui tangata (if the water is sick the people are sick)

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Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa NZ

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Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa NZ

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Blood link - Papatūānuku - nature and land links: agriculture/kai ora

Various water bodies that can foster understanding around safety, use of water body, local histories and origins of those water bodies. The affects/effects on whenua and connections made between hapu/iwi/whānau. [Our local story of being built upon a swamp]

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Relationships/connections- how people connect from different waters 

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Relationships/connections- how people connect from different waters 

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Relationships and Connections between people and across boundaries have shaped the course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories

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Relationships and Connections between people and across boundaries have shaped the course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories

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relates to the idea of Wai also creating boundaries and shaping communities and iwi

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The awa - blood of Papatūānuku and the different kupu for bodies of water.

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That wai-tangi is acknowledged when a grievance has happened due to the wai. So it won't have the same feelings of joy/nourishment for the people/tribe.

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That wai-tangi is acknowledged when a grievance has happened due to the wai. So it won't have the same feelings of joy/nourishment for the people/tribe.

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I learnt that hāngi stones can be found in awa.

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Clean, baptize (is this church?) dye for piupiu, swim, would have been fun. Uruarangi? 

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Clean, baptize (is this church?) dye for piupiu, swim, would have been fun. Uruarangi? 

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Wai is used to bless, heal and cleanse in both Te Ao Māori and Christianity understandings. In Tamaki Makaurau the awa connected the Manukau and Waitematā - means of transport and connectivity between areas

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It has so much importance.

It is used for blessings, the resources that live within the water and it is there for all to enjoy

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We need to treat water as a natural treasure!

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Important for blessings, enjoyment nourishment. Would love to see us taking better care, less polution, keep our wai cleaned up for future generations to enjoy.

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Important for blessings, enjoyment nourishment. Would love to see us taking better care, less polution, keep our wai cleaned up for future generations to enjoy.

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Wai and wairua are interlinked. Wai is used for blessings, christenings, and rongoa

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There to enjoy

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Wai link all parts of Māoritanga.

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He pukenga wai - Social Sciences Ka ora te wai - Science Ko te wai - Science He maunga - Literacy 

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He pukenga wai - Social Sciences Ka ora te wai - Science Ko te wai - Science He maunga - Literacy 

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Ka ora te wai, Ka ora te whenua. Ka ora te whenua, Ka ora te tangata

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Ka ora te wai, Ka ora te whenua. Ka ora te whenua, Ka ora te tangata

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What you put in is what you get out - look after the land

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Where there is a mountain, there is a story. Where there is a story, there are people. Where there is water, there is a story. Where there is a story, there are people.

Maunga - symbolic of a connection between the heavens and the earth. Peaks of whenua present visibility and can be symbolic of wai - rains from heaven feeding the lands - agriculture links

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He pukenga wai, he nohonga tāngata, He nononga he putanga kōrero

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He pukenga wai, he nohonga tāngata, He nononga he putanga kōrero

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Blockhouse Bay is a melting pot of diversity. The people hold so much knowledge and at our school we have people coming from near and far.

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"If the water is healthy" resonates as the problem with micro plastics within wai is something that is affecting all aspects of life

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"If the water is healthy" resonates as the problem with micro plastics within wai is something that is affecting all aspects of life

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Relates to us as 1st generation/2nd generation migrants. Also relates back to our Aotearoa histories with the shared knowledge that came from different cultures joining with ours.

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Mysterious and powerful. It can give and take away life. it is unique in its properties

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majority of our bodies are made of water

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The place that I feel at peace and build strength with my whānau. We have spent our summers here, together, for the last 28 years.

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Water provides sustenance, nurturing and cleansing properties, both physically and metaphorically in regards to taha wairua

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Cleansing

Gives life

Essential for life

I love showers

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It's calming and relaxing. It's a source of life. It has a a lot of control over us (where we live, tides, kai, feelings, health). We need to respect it.

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The Inangahua river on the West Coast is special to my family. We used to swim it as kids. It’s runs through my dad’s home town of Reefton.

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cleans, sustains, planet earth 70%  Vs human body 70% makes sense we must come from the earth?

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cleans, sustains, planet earth 70%  Vs human body 70% makes sense we must come from the earth?

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Water is healing.

Water is noa.

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Paerora is an awa that's important to me as it's a place where I grew up visiting as did my parents, grandparents and great grandparents. It is now so polluted by farming that often you can't swim there.

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Paerora is an awa that's important to me as it's a place where I grew up visiting as did my parents, grandparents and great grandparents. It is now so polluted by farming that often you can't swim there.

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The Whau, since I have moved west I have always lived near it and it has been a part of where I have worked

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Where all of our family holidays were. Boating and spending whānau time.

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Although we may have stepped into different lands from different waka, the ocean is what connects both lands and people. Moana Pasifika - a connecting history for us

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Reminds me of home. Drove over it everyday

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I've been going there since I was young and makes me feel connected to my family.

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Pacific - travel route, navigation, connection, food cupboard, beautiful to swim in, fun...

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Pacific - travel route, navigation, connection, food cupboard, beautiful to swim in, fun...

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Where I grew up and where I have memories.

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Connects me to my ancestors who used to live off of the land/water

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Water is important because it's the source of life!

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Everything needs water to survive

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My awa

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Te Whau was where I first moved to after my Dad passed away. Watching the tides were a beautiful reminder that we'd got through abother day.

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For survival. We'd die within 3 days without it.

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For survival. We'd die within 3 days without it.

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Pounamu is a taonga. Māori used it to make tools, weapons and ornaments, and it became a valuable item of trade. Groups made expeditions to the West Coast, where they cut pounamu from boulders and carried it back over paths known as greenstone trails.

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For Māori, water is the essence of all life, like the blood of Papatūānuku (Earth mother) who supports all people, plants and wildlife.

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Each body of water also has a life force/mauri and should not be mixed with water from another source - I love this line.

I also liked the kupu at the end.:D

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Humans have a lot to answer for, for making it dirty

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They see a bigger picture, to care for the future.

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They see a bigger picture, to care for the future.

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What were the waters like 100 years ago and how it has changed?

How we treat our waters will affect our lives in the future?

How can we change our awa to be a blessing?

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Blessings, medicine. The mud that came from the water was unique to them and their community because that was the only source of black mud.

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discussed how it is important and used for blessing., medecine, Usng the black mud from the wather in maori dress.

he was sad that water was abused.

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Usages of Water/water is important- blessing, Piupiu (Mud), medicine

Aspirations - water is been abused - it is there to enjoy and used for future generations

Commonality amongst cultures - water for blessing, water for clarity....etc

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Water is the life giver of all things - could suggest including science - learning about water cycle, how humans use water, sustainability...

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He maunga, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata 

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He maunga, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata 

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He wai, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

He wai, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

Theme: How to conserve and protect our water/awa

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Ka ora te wai,

Ka ora te whenua.

Ka ora te Whenua,

Ka ora te Tangata.

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Waves give peace, strength, balance. Lived there for 20 years.

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Water is the life giver of all things

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Water is healthy!

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it reminds me of the animal waterhole in the stories i have read as a child ( and teacher ).

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Ko te wai te ora ngaa mea katou- strength/ calmness, flow, seafood, fish

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Ko te wai te ora ngaa mea katou- strength/ calmness, flow, seafood, fish

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Third one because of its health message.

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Third one because of its health message.

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Something as simple as water, which we often take for granted, is the key to the nourishment of the land.

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He pukenga wai,he nohonga tangata,

He nohonga tangata,he putanga korero.

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He maunga, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

He wai, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

"Watering hole" analogy

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He pukenga wai, he nohonga tāngata, he nohonga tāngata, he putanga kōrero - Because of my childhood and all the different whānau that gathered and passed their knowledge onto us

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He pukenga wai, he nohonga tāngata, he nohonga tāngata, he putanga kōrero - Because of my childhood and all the different whānau that gathered and passed their knowledge onto us

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He maunga, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

He wai, he kōrero, he kōrero, he tāngata

The changes in the land - stories behind the land

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It lessens the burden on the kidneys.

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Water is essential for life. I makes me think of what is happening in Gaza right now - denying people water...

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Water is life-giving. A symbol used in many religions as acleansing and purifying element.

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Pasig Awa has a very rich history to transport goods and people. That's where i met my husband.

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Immediately gain perspective in the presence of water

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Immediately gain perspective in the presence of water

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a source of sustenance and healing