Tīvaevae are hand-sewn Cook Islands Māori bedspreads and in this text we learn about their origins, meanings and how they are made. We also learn the positive values that are associated with their construction such as time, hard work, and skills involved in making tīvaevae along with the beauty of the finished product.

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: Cook Islands Māori, tīvaevae, akano‘anga Kūki‘Āirani (Cook Islands culture), teamwork, dedication, sharing, getting on, relationships.