Kaiapoi Pā - Resource Pack

Tēnā koutou e ngā pouako huri noa, huri noa. This introduction will outline how to use this resource pack, including the unit plan catering to ECE through to Secondary education. There are three main sections to this resource pack on Kaiapoi Pā. This resource packs complements the Ngāi Tūāhuriri blue booklet complied by the Tuahiwi Education Team.

Waiata:

Kaiapoi Pā

Kaiapoi Pā 2x Tūrākautahi 2x He pā tūwatawata 2x Mō te iwi

Translation:

Kaiapoi Pā Tūrākautahi A pā of palisade For its people

Sing this to the tune of Ding dong Dell

1 Pictures of Manu Native to Aotearoa - Which manu were found at Kaiapoi Pā?

Huia Pūkeko

Tūī Kiwi

Tūī Kōtare

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Pīwaiwaka Kererū

3 FLORA AND FAUNA - Can you identify any of these rākau at Kaiapoi Pā?

Tī kōuka (cabbage tree) Harakeke (flax)

Raupō Pukio

Kiokio Kōhūhū

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Karamū Kahikatea

Kānuka Tōtara

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Mataī Horoeka (Lancewood)

6 Kai - What types of kai might we have gathered at Kaiapoi Pā?

Tuna Kumara

Inaka Rīwai

Pūtakitaki Tāwhatiwhati

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Tuatua Pīoke

Pātiki Weka

8 TĪ KŌUKA ACTIVITY RESOURCING IDEAS

Tī kōuka have spiky leaves and grow really well in all conditions. Below are some ideas on making tī kōuka from classroom materials.

Idea 1) Materials: old pool noodles, tape, fluffy material for leaves, a stake to dig into the ground

Idea 2) Newspaper, glue, paper towel and toilet rolls Make a paper mache tree

Idea 3) Cardboard box, scissors, glue, Cut out a tī kōuka tree

Idea 4) Draw/colour or print a picture of a tī kōuka and glue to a hard cardboard or wooden board surface. This may be the easiest way to create tī kōuka signs.

9 Waiata Tuarua : Song Two

He Kāinga

Kaiapoi Pā he wāhi tapu He kāinga mō te iwi e Tūrākautahi te tangata Tahu Pōtiki te tupuna

Translation

Kaiapoi Pā, a sacred place A home for its people Tūrākautahi was the man Tahu Pōtiki was the ancestor

Sing this to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

10 Materials Old sheets, mats etc. for 1) swamp 2) Hard ground 3) Heavy flax/raupō etc. bush 4) Underwater clump of grass 5) Bridge. Look at recycling and reusing things around the school for the obstacle course.

Rules Swamp = cannot cross (unless there are underwater clumps Hard ground = can walk over Heavy flax/raupō = cannot cross (must go around) Underwater clump = stepping stone Bridge = Walk over (including heavy flax/raupō

GAME Create an obstacle course where you must navigate way from A to B. Make it harder and create the obstacle or solve one by placing items to get to the other side.

11 Pre Visit: Comprehension Activity - Senior Primary

Instructions: Task: Your task is to carefully read through the information about Kaiapoi Pā, then answer all of the questions at the bottom.

Kaiapoi Pā The town of Kaiapoi that lies to the north of Ōtautahi (Christchurch) takes its name from the pā. (fortified village) Kaiapoi Pā was the first great site established after Ngai Tahu migrated from the North Island and it became the tribe’s largest and most important stronghold. Kaiapoi Pā had a population of more than 1000 by the time of recorded history.

Kaiapoi Pā was built on a peninsula between modern-day Woodend and Waikuku that was about five acres, and extended into a lagoon. The surrounding environment made it easily defendable. The neck of the land to the peninsula was very narrow and surrounded by a deep ditch. A palisade defence was set up preventing an attack from the lagoon side. The other possible approaches for attack were guarded by gates which could be easily defended, one facing the lagoon and two opening up to the neck of the lagoon. There was also a thick forest near the pa. Because of these, the Pa was considered to be impregnable.

Kaiapoi pā was established by a great chief known as Tūrākautahi who was the second son of Tūāhuriri , hence "Ngāi Tūāhuriri " is the name of the sub-tribe of this area. Kaiapoi Pā was established around the year 1700. In selecting the pā site, Tūrākautahi determined that kai (food) would need to be poi (swung in) from other places. Hence the name Kaiapoi meaning to swing in food which it is said can also be translated as a metaphor for "economics". Kaiapoi Pā was known to be a very large trading centre. Mahinga kai was a major sector of Kaiapoi Pa. Kai was one of the main items traded at Kaiapoi Pa, there were also many other things traded but an item that was very significant and very valuable to Maori was Pounamu or greenstone. Kaiapoi Pa eventually became the largest fortified village in the South Island.

In 1831 the Kaiapoi pā was attacked by Te Rauparaha and his northern followers. Many people were killed as they fled from the pā site through the surrounding swamplands. This attack was the beginning of a dark time for Ngāi Tahu with the loss of many people in a number of further bloody battles. Southern Māori retaliated and eventually Ngāi Tahu drove Te Rauparaha outside the tribal boundaries.

Today Kaiapoi Pā is in a trust to help maintain Kaiapoi Pā, the trust replant native trees and keep the area free of rubbish. Quite often there are rodents throughout the Pā so they also set traps, The aim of Kaiapoi Pā being in a trust is so it can be brought back to what it used to be.

What was Kaiapoi Pa best known as?

What does Kaiapoi mean?

Who was Tūrākautahi?

What iwi (tribe) established Kaiapoi Pa? Where did they migrate from?

What does impregnable mean and how do you think this helped the Pā?

Name two items that were traded at Kaiapoi Pā.

12 Pre Visit: Comprehension Activity - Secondary

Instructions: Task: Your task is to carefully read through the information about Kaiapoi Pā, then answer all of the questions at the bottom.

Kaiapoi Pā The town of Kaiapoi that lies to the north of Ōtautahi (Christchurch) takes its name from the Pā. (fortified village) Kaiapoi Pā was the first great site established after Ngai Tahu migrated from the North Island and it became the tribe’s largest and most important stronghold. Kaiapoi Pā had a population of more than 1000 by the time of recorded history.

Kaiapoi Pā was built on a peninsula between modern-day Woodend and Waikuku that was about five acres, and extended into a lagoon. The surrounding environment made it easily defendable. The neck of the land to the peninsula was very narrow and surrounded by a deep ditch. A palisade defence was set up preventing an attack from the lagoon side. The other possible approaches for attack were guarded by gates which could be easily defended, one facing the lagoon and two opening up to the neck of the lagoon. There was also a thick forest near the pa. Because of these, the Pā was considered to be impenetrable.

Kaiapoi Pā was established by a great chief known as Tūrākautahi who was the second son of Tūāhuriri , hence "Ngāi Tūāhuriri " is the name of the sub-tribe of this area. Kaiapoi Pā was established around the year 1700. In selecting the pā site, Tūrākautahi determined that kai (food) would need to be poi (swung in) from other places. Hence the name Kaiapoi meaning to swing in food which it is said can also be translated as a metaphor for "economics". Kaiapoi Pā was known to be a very large trading centre. Mahinga kai was a major sector of Kaiapoi Pa. Kai was one of the main items traded at Kaiapoi Pa, there were also many other things traded but an item that was very significant and very valuable to Maori was Pounamu or greenstone. Kaiapoi Pa eventually became the largest fortified village in the South Island.

In 1831 the Kaiapoi pā was attacked by Te Rauparaha and his northern followers. Many people were killed as they fled from the pā site through the surrounding swamplands. This attack was the beginning of a dark time for Ngāi Tahu with the loss of many people in a number of further bloody battles. Southern Māori retaliated and eventually Ngāi Tahu drove Te Rauparaha outside the tribal boundaries.

Today Kaiapoi Pā is in a trust to help maintain Kaiapoi Pā, the trust replant native trees and keep the area free of rubbish. Quite often there are rodents throughout the Pā so they also set traps, The aim of Kaiapoi Pā being in a trust is so it can be brought back to what it used to be.

Why was the Pā built on a peninsula?

How would you build a pā that had an impenetrable. status?

Name the different waterways and the difference between each waterway that surrounded the Pā.

What type of kai would you expect to have found at Kaiapoi Pā, or near by?

Find out about Te Rauparaha. List five facts that you discover.

Does trade still exist in Aotearoa today? How?

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