Tuia Mātauranga Roadshow
Tuia Mātauranga Roadshow
A travelling roadshow visited communities around Aotearoa New Zealand from October until December 2019 supporting the Tuia 250 commemoration.
The roadshow celebrated the expertise and knowledge of Pacific voyagers and navigators, and explores relationships between sea, land, and people. It also looked into the changes in these relationships following the arrival of Europeans, identified the richness of diversity today, and invited participants to share their views on how our future might look.
Over 27,000 young people, their whānau and communities took part in a shared learning experience of fun and engaging activities which included activity books, mobile app-supported activities, conversation cards, and a virtual reality experience.
Participate in Tuia Mātauranga at home
Much of the roadshow content is available online to enable all New Zealanders access to the resources. The aim is to inspire children and young people, parents and whānau, and wider communities to explore their past, discuss the present, and think about our shared future.
Tuia Mātauranga mobile app
Download the Tuia Mātauranga app to bring the roadshow to life in your own home. The app is free and works for iPhone 6s and Android 7, and newer models.
Download for iPhone
Download for Android
Activity Book: senior - tuakana
Explore the content of the roadshow with this activity book, equipped with augmented reality (AR) functionality, activity ideas, and links to online resources about the roadshow topics.
Download in English (PDF, 4.8 MB)
Download in te reo Māori (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Download the Tuia Mātauranga mobile app to activate the AR functionality in this booklet
Activity Book: junior - teina
Explore the roadshow topics with this activity book with tracing activities, drawing templates, and prompts to explore whakapapa and identity.
Download in English (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Download in te reo Māori (PDF, 2.8 MB
GeoTour
The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour, a modern take on a treasure hunt, encourages fun discovering local histories in communities of Aotearoa New Zealand. Isolated for millennia, this country developed into a beautiful archipelago with beaches, rivers and lakes, mountains and plains, unique animals and plants. A land rich in resources. It has histories of exploration, voyaging and migration from the Pacific, Europe and other nations. The interaction between people, and people and the land, have provided a rich history.
Thank you
The Ministry of Education would like to acknowledge the contribution of iwi, the waka community, historians, National Library, Land Information New Zealand and resource collections in Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Te Papa and NZ History.
We’d also like to thank communities across Aotearoa New Zealand that visited the Tuia Mātauranga Roadshow.