Discover how Māori made deliberate and skilful journeys across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (Pacific Ocean) without the use of modern technology available to sailors today.
Learning Areas and Strands: Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, Social Sciences, Nature of Technology
Duration: 45 minutes
Availability: All Year
The education programme
Guided by our educators your students will:
- Hear a retelling of the Kupe and the Wheke pūrākau (story).
- Build navigational aids used by early Polynesians to sail across the ocean to reach Aotearoa New Zealand from LEGO.
- Using their LEGO navigational aids, discover how early Polynesians sailed the oceans.
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