Taipōrutu is a sheep and cattle farm on the Māhia Peninsula. The land has been in the same whānau for twenty generations. Once covered in native bush, the species ensured the health of the land and the health of its people – but then they were cleared for farming. A few years ago, the family came up with a plan to restore their whenua. They called the plan Ahikāroa.

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

Themes explored include: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories, change, environment, healing, history, indigenous medicine, kaitiakitanga, land, Mahia Peninsula, mana whenua, medicine, native species, rongoā, tradition, wellbeing, whanau, whenua, tī kōuka, mānuka, rewarewa, tītoki, kahikatea, nīkau, kawakawa.