Years 7-8, Years 9-10
Below you will find the curriculum content to be covered for Aotearoa NZ's Histories between the Years 9-10.
This content is using the new curriculum framework.
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KNOW
I have explored the diverse histories and experiences of the peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand.
I have built my knowledge of stories about the people, events, and changes that have been important in my local area, including knowledge of the stories iwi and hapū share about their history in the rohe.
For the national contexts, I know the following:
I have built my knowledge of stories about the people, events, and changes that have been important in my local area, including knowledge of the stories iwi and hapū share about their history in the rohe.
For the national contexts, I know the following:
Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity
Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion
Since the mid-nineteenth century, immigration practices and laws have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand’s population and sought to realise dominant cultural ideals and economic ends, including via Chinese goldminers, Indian and Scandinavian labourers, and Pacific workers.
Māori as tangata whenua were excluded from these cultural ideals, which they experienced as colonising and assimilating.
At different times, various groups have been marginalised in Aotearoa New Zealand. These groups have sought to remedy injustices associated with immigration policies and practices (for example, through the Disability Action Group, the Polynesian Panthers, and petitions to governments). Governments have sometimes acknowledged these injustices (for example, through the poll tax apology and the apology for the dawn raids).
Māori as tangata whenua were excluded from these cultural ideals, which they experienced as colonising and assimilating.
At different times, various groups have been marginalised in Aotearoa New Zealand. These groups have sought to remedy injustices associated with immigration policies and practices (for example, through the Disability Action Group, the Polynesian Panthers, and petitions to governments). Governments have sometimes acknowledged these injustices (for example, through the poll tax apology and the apology for the dawn raids).
Changing views on conflict
Aotearoa New Zealand’s participation in international conflicts over time reflects our changing view of our country’s place in the world and our identity. Our remembrance of these conflicts and our honouring of those involved has evolved over time (for example, the Crown apologised to Vietnam War veterans and their families for the way their service was not recognised).
Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation
Sovereignty vs rangatiratanga: wars, laws and policies
The Crown asserted its power to establish a colonial state that in consequence diminished mana Māori. Over time, Māori have worked inside, outside, and alongside the Crown to renegotiate the colonial relationship with the Crown and to affirm tino rangatiratanga.
The Waitangi Tribunal investigation process and subsequent settlements by the Crown have provided an opportunity for reconciliation and greater engagement by non-Māori with the Treaty.
The Waitangi Tribunal investigation process and subsequent settlements by the Crown have provided an opportunity for reconciliation and greater engagement by non-Māori with the Treaty.
Decolonising the Pacific
Aotearoa New Zealand’s relationships with Pacific states since the Second World War have reflected its own interests. These have coincided at times with the interests of Pacific states.
Tūrangawaewae me te kaitiakitanga | Place and environment
Transforming environments
Settlers transformed and later cared for the natural world, and renamed places and features to reflect their own cultural origins.
Widespread public awareness and collective action about damage to the environment became most strongly evident in the late twentieth century (for example, through Manapouri dam protests and the Māori-initiated Manukau Harbour claim).
Widespread public awareness and collective action about damage to the environment became most strongly evident in the late twentieth century (for example, through Manapouri dam protests and the Māori-initiated Manukau Harbour claim).
Kōwhiringa ohaoha me te whai oranga | Economic activity
Technology and economic development
Technological advancements developed the economy, along with state-supported land acquisition that impacted the Māori economy.
Economic interdependence and vulnerability
The New Zealand economy has both benefitted from and been vulnerable to the impacts of economic interdependence.
