Tātai Aho Rau Core Education

The following questions from schools were answered by Millie from Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand: 1. Is the person that built the Stone Store related to you? If they are, what do you know about them? 2. What career pathway did you take to get this job? 3. When was the land discovered and settled by Māori and Europeans? 4. What was the population at the height of Māori and European settlement?...

The following questions from schools were answered by Bill from Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand: 1. What does the word "heritage" mean to you? 2. How do you put a value on heritage items? 3. What is your favourite "item" of your heritage that is physical? 4. What is your favourite "item" of your heritage that is intangible? 5. What do you think is our most important "item" of heritage, as a co...

The following questions from schools are answered by Marine Ecologist Leigh Tait: 1. Are there still problems and threats within our marine reserves? 2. Have there been any noticeable effects from climate change in and around the harbour? 3. How many fish, for example snapper, would be a sustainable recreational limit and should there also be a size limit for the big snapper, so fish bigger than 5...

The following questions from schools are answered by Marine Researcher Dr Kura Paul-Burke: 1. Is the Rena oil spill still affecting the wildlife in New Zealand? 2. We are more aware that plastic is polluting our oceans, is what we are doing making a difference? 3. Are there more whale standings happening and are we, as humans making that happen? 4. Where is the place whale strandings are happening...

The following questions from schools are answered by Marine Researcher Dr Kura Paul-Burke 1. What are some species that live in Ōhiwa Harbour? 2. Where does the fresh water that enters the harbour come from? 3. How do animals live in estuaries if they consist of salt and fresh water? 4. What are the non-living elements of the harbour ecosystem? 5. What are the producers, consumers, decomposers, an...

Josh Hough and Karl Summerfield discuss examples of students solving real world problems using our programme, E Whiti! E Whiti!

The following questions from schools are answered: 1. Once the landfill is covered with soil what happens? 2. Do you think New Zealanders are making a conscious effort to manage household/industry waste etc or is it getting worse because of the amount of rubbish that we have? 3. Why do you think so many restaurants and businesses still use and sell plastic products rather than reusing? 4. Do you t...

The following questions from schools are answered: 1. What is the dirt like underneath the rubbish at the landfill? 2. What is the layer separating the rubbish from the ground made out of? 3. How does the rubbish at the landfill affect the natural environment around the landfill? 4. What can be done if water near a landfill gets leachate in it? 5. How do you bury the rubbish and how bad are the ch...

The following questions from schools are answered: 1. How was the Kate Valley Landfill created? 2. What is the difference between the Kate Valley landfill and other New Zealand landfills? 3. How much rubbish goes to the landfill a day? How much rubbish has gone into the Kate Valley landfill since it was first developed? 4. What do you do at Kate Valley to make sure that recyclable waste is not tra...

The following questions are answered: 1. Why are green apples sour? 2. How can you tell the difference between an apple tree and another tree when there are no apples on it? 3. How many varieties of apples are there in the world? 4. Apart from red and green apples, do apples come in any other colour? 5. How does the apple develop on the branch of a tree? 6. Do apples ripen after they are picked an...

The following questions are answered: 1. How do you think this project (and this field trip) will change society? 2. How will this online trip help our learning? 3. How do you check for pests? 4. How successful are the pest control measures? 5. What is the most common apple disease? 6. How many trees are lost per year? 7. Tell us more about the robot apple picker. 8. How big do apples get? 9. What...

The following questions are answered: 1. How did your business start and what sustainable practices do you have? 2. How do you choose your workers and how many do you have? 3. What are the main roles that staff have and what qualifications do they need? 4. How do you transport the apples so they don't get bru5. ised? 5. How long does it take for a seed to grow into a tree and then produce apples?...

The following questions are answered: 1. What are the differences between a normal earthquake and an Alpine Fault earthquake? 2. Will a tsunami happen if the Alpine Fault ruptures? If so, will it be different to other tsunamis? How and why? 3. How do we prepare for a one in every 300 year event? 4. Tsunamis, floods and the White Island eruption are all natural disasters. How is preparing for an Al...

The following questions are answered: 1. We have watched animations of P waves and S waves and I was wondering what is the formula you use to measure the distance of an earthquake epicentre from a specific point? 2. With Scientists, Geologists and Seismologists: how do their jobs differ and how do they work together on earthquakes in New Zealand? 3. I have been to Franz Josef and I was wondering w...

The following questions are answered: 1. When the Earth had Pangaea as one land mass, what was the rest of the Earth 'held together' with? (we're thinking about the fact that if all the plates started there, what was the rest of the Earth made up of? If it was plates too, did they merge or meld together? 2. What makes a continent a continent? 3. Have there been any eruptions along the Alpine Fault...

Kia ora, talofa. Approaches to leadership, and the best way to develop as a leader, vary from person to person. CORE Education facilitators Ruta McKenzie and Justine Mason share their personal experiences working in the area of Early Years.

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“Start in your heart.” Gemma Stewart and Rebbecca Sweeney talk about the importance of knowing your “why” when learning te reo Māori. They also note that positive experiences create positive attachments, so it’s helpful to approach learning te reo “with the mindset of having fun with it”.

Gemma Stewart and Hana O’Regan share a kōrero on the revitalisation of te reo Māori, how this has impacted culture, historically and today. They talk about the challenges of normalising te reo, noting if you “build stepping stones with words” you can “erode the fear factor”.

The following questions are answered: 1. What is the difference between GPS and GIS? 2. How can the weather affect the RCCNZ’s searches? 3. Do search and rescue use a GPS or some sort of tracking device just in case you get lost? 4. How do you train search and rescue dogs and what is the best breed for search and rescue? 5. How long does it take for a rescue dog to find someone? 6. What is your be...

The following questions are answered by New Zealand outdoor experts: 1. What is the success rate for rescues? 2. What technology do you use when there is a power cut, or no nearby electrical source? 3 Is your equipment waterproof, what else proof? 4. What equipment do you use? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial images 5. Do you ever save animals, do you need to use different technology for animal rescu...

The following questions from schools are answered: 1. When you create a map how do you know things are in the right place? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial image. 2. What are the different types of maps, and how would each one help? 3. How do you use a compass in the right way? Vocab: Bearing. Note: Map north is different from magnetic (compass) north. 4. How do you transfer your compass bearings ont...

The following questions about tsunami are asked and answered: 1. You have called the field trip lessons from the Chathams, so what is the number one lesson that you can share with us about tsunami in Aotearoa New Zealand? 2. What mātauranga Māori can you share about natural hazards like tsunami in Aotearoa? 3. What area of Aotearoa is at most risk of tsunami and why? 4. What has been the largest t...

'The ultimate metaverse experience? To be able to create a space of who we are.' - Alicia Ngaropo-Tuia Listen to the podcast where facilitators Alicia Ngaropo-Tuia and Karl Summerfield discuss what the metaverse is (and isn't), its potential for education and consideration around equity and safety.

The following questions from schools were answered by Andy and Susan from KiwiRail: 1. We think rail is a really safe way to get around so we are wondering why rail safety is such a big thing? 2. Andy, tell us about digital shield and how and why it was developed and how it is used? 3. Is rail safety harder to do in Aotearoa than other countries? 4. Susan, how is VR used in your work? How successf...