Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING what we know about treaties, including Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
    • We are CONNECTING links between agreements as a class previously and some details about Te Tiriti or Waitangi Day.
    • We are EXPLORING how “sovereignty” (the power to make laws for a country and being able to enforce those laws) is key to understanding Te Tiriti and its implications.
    • We are EXPLORING our country and making connections between the history of the arrival of colonists to Aotearoa

    Today we will be discussing Parihaka

    Do you know anything about Parihaka?

    1. Discussion and Powerpoint
    2. Read through the Fact File
    3. Complete the Fact Hunt Sheet in book.

    Information is on Google Classroom.



    1.    Weekly Quiz - add as PDF
    Students to access Weekly Quiz on Google Classroom - no discussion or Google  (should take around 15 minutes)
    Complete quiz to be marked on Thursday.


    2.    Parihaka feather activity 
    Copies of feathers available in packet for all students.
    Students read through information on Google Classroom
    Complete the feather and decorate it to go onto the wall (colour pencils if needed by whiteboard)

    3.    Extra for Experts
    EP Task - The Power of People.In this akoranga / lesson, we will be learning about:

    • the landscape of early Aotearoa;
    • how Aotearoa’s taiao / environment was important to its early inhabitants;
    • how this view of the land framed their interaction with it.