Heeni Hoterene grew up in Horowhenua. (On her mother’s side, one of her iwi is Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.) The area is famous for its good climate and good soil, and Heeni’s whānau had a big vegie garden. Heeni learnt a lot about gardening from her koro. He traced what he knew back to their tūpuna, who lived on the same land.

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: ancestors, astronomy, environment, Hawaiki, kaitiaki, kaitiakitanga, marama, maramataka, Matariki, Mātauranga Māori, moon, new year, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, phases of the moon, Puaka, Puanga, seasons, stars, Te Mātahi o te Tau, time, tūpuna, whānau