3 August - 9 August

Hurihia to aroaro ki te rā tukuna to atarangi kia taka ki muri i a koe.

Turn to face the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Kia ora. If you think about your whakapapa, every single person in this room has a some point migrated to New Zealand.  For some of us, this migration happened generations ago, for others it is a very recent event.  Migrations can be international or regional.  They can be planned or forced.  They may be a move towards positive or an escape from a negative.  The reasons people choose to relocate to a new area are manyfold.  This term, we are going to look at why people move between places in New Zealand, whether from overseas or another town.  Where are your family links in Aotearoa?

Achievement Objectives:

• understand how cultural interaction impacts on cultures and societies; 
• understand that people move between places which has consequences for the people and the places; and 
• understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact in shaping people’s lives and identities in Aotearoa New Zealand’s developing society.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• • Explain how and why cultures interact;
  • Identify ways in which individuals influence the nature of cultural interaction;
  • Give examples of cultural interaction in New Zealand’s past and present;