He māpihi maurea | A prized possession

About ‘He māpihi maurea | A prized possession’

This Connected instructional series resource explores themes of:

• economic opportunities

• cultural redress through Treaty settlements

• mana taonga.

It focuses on the:

• cultural and economic significance of pounamu

• locations and uses of stone resources in Aotearoa New Zealand

• mana of a significant taonga pounamu, which is explored through a piece of historical fiction.

Find the resource on the Ministry of Education website, Tāhūrangi: He māpihi maurea | A prized possession.

Early encounters

These Topic Explorer sets have quality, curated resources, including websites, images, videos, books and more:

• First encounters

• Colonial life in Aotearoa NZ

• Māori history post-European arrival.

The following Many Answers entries guide students to reliable and trustworthy resources:

• First encounters (New Zealand)

• History (New Zealand)

• Māori history.

These curiosity cards use images and questions to spark student inquiry:

• Huia

• Māori bartering with Joseph Banks.

Explore this page from Tuia Mātauranga to highlight people, places and events that have helped shape our nation: Te nohonoho mai o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa | European settlement.

Use the following He Tohu activity and videos to explore the early histories, cultural interactions and exchanges of Māori and Pākehā:

• Cultural interactions in 1800s NZ

• Māori wealth

• Two worlds collide.

Find more resources in the Alexander Turnbull Library collections: Te Wherowhero.

Taonga

Explore these curiosity cards:

• Matau rino

• Silver fern

• The nail owned by Te Horeta.

Alexander Turnbull Library collections have:

• Arahura River

• Hei tiki

• Karā (basalt)

• Ōnewa / whatuaho (greywacke)

• Pakohe (argillite)

• Pounamu (greenstone)

• Toki (adzes).

Many Answers has Gold rush (New Zealand).

Explore this 1906 book online on Papers Past: Tales of the Golden West: Being Reminiscences of Westland From Its Settlement by Gold-Seekers and Traders.

Books, more resources and analysis tools

Books available through our school lending service related to these topics include:

• He Paki Taonga i a Māui: He Putanga Kōrero Mai i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa

• New Zealand's Last Gold Rush

• Pounamu Pounamu

• Taonga Māori: Treasures of the New Zealand Māori People

• The Bone Tiki

• The Gold Rushes

• The Green Fish of Ngahue.

Lending service — schools and home educators can borrow from our extensive collections of fiction and non-fiction books to inspire and inform your students’ inquiry and develop their love of reading.

Teaching and learning resources — free online teaching and learning resources, tools and guides.

Primary source analysis tools

Tools for primary source analysis — designed for ākonga (students) from years 1 to 13 in Aotearoa NZ schools.

Using primary source analysis tools in the classroom — read about how the tools are levelled and use a 3-step framework to help ākonga develop skills to analyse primary sources.