9 November - 15 November
Section outline
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2500645
LO -
- develop an understanding of the concept of tūrangawaewae in terms of how it can be used to analyse the connections held between people and places.
- Discover local histories related to the earliest communities in our Hauraki-Manakau-Tāmaki area
SC -
- apply tūrangawaewae in terms of understanding human geography in NZ
- recount significant histories of the local area
Firstly, we will finish off our interrogation of how different New Zealanders view the significance of Tangata Whenua and their stories. Then,
Our Local Place in Flatbush - what is this place? Years 1200 - 1700
in the late 13th century, the Tainui waka sailed into the Hauraki Gulf and became an enduring part of the story of Auckland and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Using the concept of Tūrangawaewae as a way to try and understand the research we will look at in a deeper way, we will explore these early travels across what we now know as Auckland and reflect on how these stories have come to shape the environment around us today.
Once we have completed a good historical investigation of the relevant research on the early years of the Tainui ventures in the area, you will be tasked with taking on the personality of some person who features in these stories; after doing some fine-tuning research on this person and their life, you will write a "postcard for the future" as them; attempting to adopt their perspective on this place - What was tūrangawaewae for them, and what did this mean to the person?
Extra-background for Experts: