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Teachers PLD: Ko Au Te Taiao

Ko au te taiao helps us all to form robust understandings of who we are – as both descendants and future ancestors – in living relationship with this beautiful land. 

When | Āhea

Fri 13 Mar 2026, 10am–3pm

Where | Ki hea

Hīnātore, Level 4

Cost | Te utu

$75

We will

  • explore the rhythms of the maramataka and ways we can organise teaching practices in relation to it with Kaupapa Māori Learning Specialist, Leroy de Thierry.

  • observe the characteristics of mamaku, ponga, and whekī, (tree ferns) and consider their whakapapa with Curator Botany, Leon Perrie.

  • consider how to relate to mātauranga Māori in ways that honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and imagine rich inquiries in relation to the online resource, Ko au te taiao with Head of Learning, Sarah Hopkinson.

Image by Te Papa