Teacher PLD

Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm

In this recorded professional learning session Tame Malcolm (Kaimahi Matua at Te Tira Whakamātaki) and Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub explore kaitiakitanga.

Many of us are familiar with this concept and may even use it in our teaching. This session provides an opportunity to delve more deeply into the meaning and history of the concept of kaitiakitanga.

Ka mau e wehi! Thank you very much Tame and Greta. Kia ora

Participant

During the webinar Tame will share some of his understandings – including pūrākau connected to caring for the whenua.

This session will be valuable for primary and secondary school teachers as well as other educators who want to include mātauranga in their practice.

Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm

This is an edited recording of the webinar Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm.

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato

Ngā mihi Tame and Greta. Always engaging and lots of ideas.

Participant

Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm – slideshow

This slideshow, from the webinar Kaitiakitanga with Tame Malcolm, provides additional support for the video tutorial.

Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wananga o Waikato

You can download the video and slideshow presentation.

TopicSlideshow number(s)Video timecodeWelcome100:00Introducing the Science Learning Hub200:09Index300:26Purpose400:33Tame and Te Tira Whakamātaki5–601:02Kaitiakitanga meaning703:15Pūrakau8–1419:19Karakia15–1631:30Resources1742:05SLH links, keep in touch and thanks1843:12

Related content

For an introduction to mātauranga Māori and science, read this article and, to discover many more resources, explore our mātauranga Māori topic. We also have an overview of Resources with Māori content.

The article Understanding kaitiakitanga includes some key aspects and examples of kaitiakitanga.

The article Tāwhaki – ecosystems restoration and aerospace opportunities highlights a joint venture to develop the aerospace industry and protect and rejuvenate the surrounding whenua.

Project Mātauranga is a televisions that investigates Māori world views and methodologies within the scientific community.

Novel biotechnologies – like RNA interference – may offer solutions to pest control. This article explores te ao Māori considerations around the use of these tools.

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Useful links

Visit Te Tira Whakamātaki and sign up to their newsletter to stay up to date with their mahi.

Tame Malcolm has featured in a range of online articles. You can listen to his interview with Radio NZ here or find him sharing his knowledge of plants in Aotearoa on the Te Amokura website here.

Watch Cawthron Institute's Kaiārahi Rangahau Kaimōana (Māori Seafood Research Champion) Te Rerekohu Tuterangiwhiu address at the 2022 Annual Cawthron Memorial Lecture centered around kaitiaki.

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Tame Malcolm and his whānau.

Published:28 June 2022