In this recorded professional learning session, Greta Dromgool shares the mahi from a collaboration between Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao – The Science Learning Hub.
Our repo (wetlands) are rich in fascinating plants and animals. They are essential ecosystems and have many stories to tell us. Join us as we share our latest range of articles, activities, videos and interactives designed to support you to deepen your understanding, and love, of repo.
The content of this webinar links strongly to the Nature of Science, Living World and the Planet Earth and Beyond strands of the New Zealand Curriculum. However, by using repo as a context for learning educators can include ideas from all strands and show their learners how science and te ao Māori are working together.
Thank you for … all the resources. I look forward to digging into them more and making connections to our local repo.
Educator
This session will be valuable for both primary and secondary school teachers, as well as kaiako at kura kaupapa as many of the resources are in te reo Māori.
You can download the video and slideshow presentation.
It’s going to be a great tool going forward for our trust in regards to education around repo.
Participant
We encourage you to join our discussion about repo and mātauranga pūtaiao by registering in our online forum on Slack and go to the #mātauranga-māori channel. In this forum we discuss ideas and share resources.
| Topic | Slideshow number(s) | Video timecode |
| Video: Te ao Māori and repo | 1 | 00:00 |
| Index | 2 | 03:45 |
| Introducing the Science Learning Hub and purpose | 3–4 | 04:00 |
| What are repo/wetlands Video: Wetlands in Aotearoa | 5 | 05:47 |
| Background of Tuia o ngā repo me ngā tāngata | 6 | 09:09 |
| Finding the resources on the Hub | 7–9 | 12:10 |
| Where to start – articles and interactive image maps | 10–13 | 13:41 |
| Wetland ecosystem connections Video: Ruru | 14–15 | 21:45 |
| Wetland restoration Video: Healing the repo | 16 | 27:09 |
| Cultural indicators | 17 | 29:47 |
| Kōura resources | 18–19 | 30:41 |
| Activity: Titiro – observing my environment | 20 | 31:12 |
| SLH links, keep in touch and thanks | 21 | 32:08 |
Thank you so much. An amazing kete of resources.
Teacher
Related content
To find all of the resources shown in our webinar visit our Te Repo topic
Great places to get started include:
- He kōrero hei āwhina i te kaiako
- Repo (wetlands) – a context for learning
- Wetlands – inquiry and action learning process
The videos shown in this webinar can be found here:
For an introduction to mātauranga and science, read this article and discover many more resources under our Mātauranga Māori topic.
Related recorded webinars include:
Useful links
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research has published several poster resources with te ao Māori approaches:
- Māori values and wetland enhancement – poster
- Māori environmental monitoring: processes and indicators – poster
- Taonga classifications and species – poster
The Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland – handbook chapters are also available as downloadable PDF’s.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the editors and contributors of Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland for permission and support to adapt this publication, and funding from Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and MBIE’s Unlocking Curious Minds initiative.
