Te Waka Rangimārie o Kaiwaka is a 25-metre waka at the entrance to Kaiwaka School in Northland. The waka welcomes people to the school and is also enjoyed as a kapa haka platform, a play area, and a quiet place to sit. The article includes a profile of carver Tim Codyre, who speaks of the rich and changing traditions of whakairo.

This pack contains wide range of response activities including:

• A guided reading plan exploring key literacy elements including inference and deduction, language use, making connection and text organisation, along with key questioning to promote emotional intelligence, metacognition and compassionate inquiry. 
• An independent learning contract complete with explainer videos for activity clarity
  
• A wide range of response activities to support developing and embedding key literacy skills including sentence and word work, spelling, and cloze activities. 

Themes explored include: Aotearoa New Zealand histories, carving, change, culture, heritage, history, Kaipara Harbour, Kaiwaka, school, taonga, Tim Codyre, waka, waka tāngata, wellbeing, whakairo, pride, place