Tūranganui-a-Rua, Tūranganui-a-Maru, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa e! by Walton Walker explores the history and meaning behind the place name Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay) on the east coast of Aotearoa New Zealand. The text explains the arrival of the Horouta waka and the navigator Kiwa, the later arrival of James Cook, and how place names reflect different histories and perspectives. It also examines how local communities worked to restore the recognition of the Māori name, showing how place names connect people to their history, identity, and whenua.

This pack contains response activities complete with activity explainer videos for supporting teaching and learning reading strategies including:

• Skim and Scan activities
• Summarise activities
• Questioning activities
• Inference activities
• Making Connections activities
• Visualising activities

English - Reading: analysing informational texts, identifying key ideas and supporting details, interpreting visual features such as maps and images, understanding vocabulary and glossary terms, recognising author perspective

Social Sciences - Aotearoa New Zealand Histories: Polynesian arrival in Aotearoa, exploration and navigation traditions, encounters between Māori and European explorers, the impact of colonisation and naming practices, understanding tangata whenua perspectives, examining how place names reflect history and identity

Keywords include: ancestors, Aotearoa, colonisation, exploration, Gisborne, Horouta, identity, James Cook, naming, navigation, place names, Poverty Bay, tangata whenua, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, tūpuna