Te Ao O Te Maori The World Of The Maori Revised

Description

Te Ao O Te Maori looks at the first New Zealanders who came in canoes from an ancestral home somewhere in the Pacific called Hawaiki. With their oral traditions and their closeness to their ancestors they can be called ‘Nga Tamariki a Maui’ – the children of Maui.

New Zealand was very different to Hawaiki. In New Zealand nga tamariki a Maui had to make many social changes. They had to work out a partnership with the land which gave them everything they needed to survive. They came to be the tangata whenua – the people of the land.

Author description

Ruth is an experienced social studies teacher and the author of numerous social studies publications.

Table of contents

CONTENTS: 1 Ancestral Homelands 2 The Moriori Story 3 Back to the Beginning 4 How a House Can Tell a Story 5 Searching for Clues 6 Polynesian Puzzler 7 Arrival by Sea 8 The Sea Voyage 9 The Earth Mother 10 Changes in a New Environment 11 Economic Organisation 12 Gathering Kai 13 Fishing 14 Nuku – The Bird Hunter 15 Working to Get Food 16 Sharing Resources 17 Naming the Environment 18 Clothes From the Land 19 Blood and Bone Groups 20 Tapu 21 Taona 22 Problem Solving 1 23 Problem Solving 2 24 Health 25 Pa, War, Weapons 26 Games and Sports 27 Art 28 Your Own Enquiry