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Which Stories Can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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Which Stories Can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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I think the stories include Māori, Pākehā, Pasifika and immigrations, as well as the general history of Aotearoa.

I think the curriculum can look at the history in different perspectives and have those stories from all the perspectives.

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I think it is empowering as Pākehā, to understand the big idea "the course of Aotearoa New Zealand Histories has been shaped by the use of power". This gives me the ability to accept all of the notions covered by this idea - by having an acceptance of this, means I can teach every aspect of our history to ākonga in a calm, factual and truthful way that does not impact negatively on any group, just brings our stories to light and shows how they have affected our country, continue to do so, and how we can support each other.

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Which stories can you identify with?

I can identify with many of these stories. In particular the first big idea:

Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa New Zealand

Which ones do you think are missing or missrepresented?

"Individuals, groups, and organisations have exerted and contested power in ways that improve the lives of people and communities, and in ways that lead to exclusion, injustice, and conflict."

I think a lot of the progress outcomes are open to interpretation by the teacher. As a Māori, a big part of this injustice is the assimilation of the Māori language. Will teachers be including this teaching in their curriculum, and how many will avoid confronting topics?

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There are stories of all people living in New Zealand, from Maori to Pakeha, Chinese and the potential to explore stories related to all other ethnicities.
I don't think it is missing any stories but the way the curriculum is presented, perhaps it puts more focus on Maori history.

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which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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Maori colonisation, migration, and the relationships between people and their borders are heavily emphasised in the curriculum. How meaningful and helpful a story is for the pupils will rely on the teachers themselves. It's crucial to interact with others and communicate in order to learn and develop. Auckland is fortunate to be one of the most varied cities in the world, and we are constantly surrounded by these relationships.

I believe that how you interpret a piece of information has a significant impact on misrepresentation. In the end, everything seems to depend on what the instructor, the pupils, the parents, and the larger community bring to the classroom. Major national events, regional history, and personal narratives are all present. While there is a lot of information regarding colonisation, there is little about Maori warfare or other periods of history.
As there are so many various cultures present in New Zealand, which have helped define who we are as a country, it would be wonderful to see the representation of many cultures in New Zealand history.

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Learning our history is painful for Māori...

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Learning our history is painful for Māori...

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Lookin to the past Māori do have to defend and substantiate why their history has been shadowed, obsolete or rendered unimportant.  Students have had to justify why their whānau have rights and a voice.  Now Māori are being encouraged to speak up and share their history. Māori have always known it, but why now are Pākehā trying to acknowledge the history that they so cleverly ignored?  And when they do explain and teach it in the classroom, will the voice be authentic? Or will it be just another representation/interpretation of a people that others voices are trying to explain.  Māori don't want to have to fight, fight, fight and then turn around and explain, explain, explain.
I think on the surface the intention is very clear in the new curriculum refresh, however the question will be what do you teach now after so much in the past has been repressed or ignored?

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which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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Curriculum significantly stresses upon Maori Colonisation, migration and realtionship between people and their bounderies. Stories can depend on the teachers themselves and how they make it meaningful and benificial for the students.
I think in curriculum late 20th century New Zealand and the emergence of national identity is not been discussed with detail. The very fundamental topics were missing or very lightly covered, including women and wāhine Māori, labour, welfare, disease and demographics, and these are big ideas and should be there in curriculum.

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Which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?  

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Which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?  

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The 4 big ideas clearly identify Māori history and colonisation.

An influence on the Pacific is identified but not elaborated and there is no reference to the contribution by Pacific people to Aotearoa NZ Histories.

Further, relationships across other (wider) boundaries is stated but if we consider say the diversity in Tāmaki Makaurau alone and the long history of migration from the Pacific, Asia, Europe and even Africa we start to see how much more might be considered within these big ideas.

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Which stories can you identify in the curriculum?
Māori history, colonisation and relationships between people and across boundaries can be identified. However, these will need to be researched and explored by teachers as to which content is most meaningful for students to understand and connect with.

Which ones do you think are missing?
Little emphasis is placed on pre-colonisation Māori history and this is essential in the curriculum. Also there is little content on economic activity as an influential part of Aotearoa New Zealand history.

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The curriculum is highlighting that Māori history is the 'foundational and continuous' history of Aoetearoa. This is combined with the imperial colonisation and the ongoing effects of this mass immigration.

However, as was pointed out in the 'The Damned Curriculum' article by Tony Simpson there is a missing history of immigrants who were not simply here to take over the world, but to make a better life for themselves. The curriculum does touch on globalisation and the impact this has had on Aotearoa but again doesn't take into effect Chinese history as lined out by Glenn McConnel in his article 'Fear of New Zealand's history shows how important it is we teach it".

It is clear that there is still a lot of history that is not being highlighted, but unfortunately with a limited emphasis on Social Sciences in the curriculum there isn't enough time in the day/week/year to teach it all and the government decides what is most important, and therefore included.

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Which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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Which stories can you identify and which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?

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Māori history, colonisation, immigration in a general sense and local history (to be explored by teachers and students) are stories that can easily be identified.

Which immigrant stories are not specified but again that is something that can form part of the inquiry process, making the curriculum relevant to the students' own backgrounds. The historical contribution made by women (particularly suffrage) is not specified but would most likely fall under the third big idea of history being shaped by the use of power. So it's not so much that certain stories are missing or misrepresented, it's that parts of the curriculum can be interpreted to include those stories.

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1. Which stories can you identify in the curriculum?
Relationships and connections with people across boundaries: To learn and grow it is important to communicate and connect with others. We are lucky in Auckland to be one of the most diverse cities in the world and we immerse ourselves in these connections daily.
Culture and identity: Knowing where we come from is important to know who we are as people and therefore engage in and inspire better learning.
2. Which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?
There is a lot of content about colonisation but little about Maori wars or history outside of this.
It would also be great to see other cultures represented in New Zealand history as there are so many different cultures that reside in New Zealand, they have helped shaped who we are as a nation as well.

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Which stories can you identify in the curriculum?
- Discovery, settlement and influence of Māori in Aotearoa

- Discovery, colonisation, settlement and influence of Europeans in New Zealand

- Global immigration, decisions, policies and transitional justice?

- Cultural crash, inspirations and where to?

Which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented?
- I’m not sure which parts are missing…

- I think misrepresentation is strongly affected by how you perceive a piece of information. At the end of the day, it seems to be up to what the teacher, students, parents and the wider community brings into the classroom. There are both national significant events, local histories and stories of ourselves

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Which stories can you identify in the curriculum? Which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented? 

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Which stories can you identify in the curriculum? Which ones do you think are missing or misrepresented? 

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Reading the curriculum and looking at some of the suggested resources I think it is very much down to the teacher what stories they include. The curriculum states "The settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand has contributed to an increasingly diverse population, with many languages and cultures now part of its fabric." From reading this I would interpret that many different stories can be told. There are resources that include the history of Chinese immigrants and refugees. Part of the 'know' section asks students to look at who has lived on the land over time and what are their stories? Hopefully good teachers will look at all stories and even more closely at those that reflect the students in their class.