The class is working on a unit in Te Ao Kori using tī rākau. The students are learning the appropriate tikanga relating to tī rākau and they show how they identify and used safe practices relating to the tikanga of tī rākau.
Progress Indicator
Safety and risk management
Identifies and uses safe practices and some basic safety-management strategies when using tī rākau
The students identify safe practices for the use and care of tī rākau.
Karakia
The students commence activities with a karakia – a prayer that unites them in the activities they are about to begin.
The students know the whakapapa of tī rākau and develop respect for what it represents.
The students understand the need for appropriate handling of rākau when practising tī rākau.
First Tāne Mahuta and Hine Oraki had four children... namely the manuka, the toetoe, the harakeke muka and the raupō. One day they combined together and they came out as tī rākau.
Now in our days the owners of New Zealand make tī rākau out of the wood of Tāne Mahuta.
