Animals of Aotearoa
In this recorded professional learning session, Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall provide insights into the Māori knowledge of animals classroom resources.
This suite of articles, activities and media are based on the research Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries. The resources created support educators to include mātauranga about a range of different animals and animal groups into their teaching. Throughout the session Sally and Georgina elaborate on how teachers might approach this by exploring key ideas and introducing useful terminology.
Ngā mihi nui Greta, Georgina and Sally! Thank you for the webinar!
Teacher
Index
| Topic | Video timecode |
|---|---|
Introducing the presentation | 00:00 |
Index | 00:17 |
Introducing the presenters | 00:38 |
Why these resources? | 01:41 |
The mana ōrite principle | 03:14 |
What’s in the resources? | 06:51 |
Summary: Some main points | 09:45 |
Six Māori experts | 14:18 |
Hands-on with the resources | 16:29 |
Pātai/Q&A | 22:50 |
SLH links, keep in touch and thanks | 32:55 |
Ngā Kararehe o Aotearoa: He Mātauranga, he Matatika
The resource Ngā Kararehe o Aotearo a: He Mātauranga, he Matatika is available as downloadable bilingual PDFs:
Ngā kaikōrero tokoono | Profiles of Māori scientists who work with animals
Te mātauranga Māori mō ngā kararehe | Māori knowledge of the Animals of Aotearoa
Download the te reo Māori student PDFs below:
Related content
Explore the resources starting with the introductory article Māori knowledge of animals.
See our collection created to support teaching about the animals of Aotearoa.
The article Māori concepts for animal ethics – introduction brings together resources that explore animal ethics with a kaupapa Māori approach. Watch the recorded webinar unpacking these resources here
You can watch Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart discussing the inclusion of mātauranga in secondary settings in the recording: Workshop for teachers: Māori knowledge in NCEA Science.
Te tapa ingoa is a Connected article that explores how early Māori named and grouped the plants and animals they found around them.
Reference
Stewart, G. T. (2024). Animals of Aotearoa : Kaupapa Māo ri Summaries. Anthrozoös, 37 (1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254552
Acknowledgement
Thank you to Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāti Kura , Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu, Par e Hauraki), Auckland University of Technology, and Dr Sally Birdsall, University of Auckland.
Animals of Aotearoa and animal ethics
Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries and Exploring the Three Rs of Animal Ethics with Māori Ideas were developed with funding from the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) and the Ministry for Primary Industries. The silhouette design was created for this project and is the copyright of Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart and Dr Sally Birdsall.
