Kaitiakitanga - Guardianship of the environment that supports our culture

Description: This is another possible whole school production which could depict their long history and ancient scientific and other wisdom. It was inspired by our pupils performing Kapahaka so confidently for Team New Zealand and the America's Cup public and media. The idea was reinforced when our students surprised the itinerant drama teacher by writing their own script for our whole school drama production in July 2003

The production could be lauched on the marae and then later repeated at a public venue in Auckland or Wellington..

Some research for this production has been done downloadable here (coming)

Outcomes expected:

Students will research and learn their history in a fun and creative environment
Students will develop skills in drama and dance to complement their kapahaka ability
Students will come to understand how good their ancestors scientific knowledge was and share it..
Students will learn to use multimedia as a communication tool.

The community will be proud to see their children performing and support them in sharing their history so effecitively

Start Date: July 2003 - now on hold waiting for the right opportunity at school.

Expected Completion:

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Issues Register:

Flag	Date:	Issue:	Action	By	Signoff
----	11/04	No time for school to consider	On hold until the merge etc is over

Progress Log

Date	Details of event or action	By
19/2/03	Students impressed all performing kapahaka at the America's Cup Media Centre and at Basin
5/7/03	Students prepared and presented their whole school drama production
24/9/03	Six students and parents attended the Awhi Tapu performance by Taki Rua productions at Auckland a play written by Albert Belz about life and dreams in Minginui village at its lowest time
	Discussions and suggestions from Albert Belz re the students writing and performing their own sequal. Draft script ideas put together to start the ball rolling.
	Provisional arrangements re performing at the Wellington Fringe Festival in Feb - Mar 2004 funding sources including creative NZ and Wellington Waterfront venue sourced.
	Connections made with National School of Drama, Taki Rua productions, South Seas Film and Television school - provisional arrangements made to employ their students to mentor and work with Te Whaiti children over the summer break 2003/4
2/10/04	PUT ON HOLD - School merge approved so no energy was available for this

NOTICES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Our gift to you - download our Free Whirinaki Wall Calendar

What Andree a sustainability writer discovered about Kaitiakitanga

The Maori Youth Hikoi to Bioneers Conference, San Francisco 16 Oct 08
VIDEO "Redesigning our Future" - Youth Forum with Michael Braungart

Check out our school's Energy Monitoring / Weatherstation project
WEMZ - The Whirinaki Ecological Restoration Zone - a project with DOC
DOC partnerships information kiosk, Mangamate, Sanctuary(proposed)

Take a photo tour through our valley see restoration work needed
Ready to start - our Whirinaki Centre, Nursary and Recycling Projects
Blocked - Our project to upgrade our water supply in Minginui Mar 07
Thanks TPK for facilitating Govt support for Minginui initiatives

Celebrate what our friends at Hokianga Harbourcare are doing
Our Network's Mycorestoration Research Project - Fungi and mushroom
Our Lopez friends help Raglan initiate an affordable housing program

Thanks MfE for a big toxin cleanup on our millsites - July 07
Blocked - our Community Digital Strategy - Whirinaki Interactive 12/06
Prince Andrew adopts our Kiwi, Princess Beatrice on Mokoia Is Mar 07
Our network on the Kiwi Youth Voice learning journey to US. Mar 07
Our network at Youth Voice Digital Earth Summit on Sustainbility Aug 06
We welcomed Hunter Lovins 7-9 July 06, VIDEO view NZ tour resources
Thanks Waikato University for help with broadband 05
Thanks Housing Corp, house painting and marae restoration teams
Go Tramping in Whirinaki. See Kaka, Kiwi, Weka, Robin, Blueduck
Report Living Organisation workshops. Tipu Ake presented worldwide 05
Report Hikoi to Indigenous Knowledges Conf , Well, NZ. June 05
Thanks to UNITEC Architecture Students for help with town plans 04
Report on Sustainable Resources Conf, Colorado 04
Report on PMI Global Forum, Los Angeles Tipu Ake paper 04
Report on Sharing Indigenous Wisdom Conf, Wisconsin, June 04
Int and local visitors attend Tipu Ake Retreat March 04 See report
MPs Horomia and Mallard open our new merged area school Jan 04
Trip to Whaingaroa Env Gp Raglan, Jan04 learnings, VIDEO view

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