Te torotoro i te mātauranga e pā ana ki ngā atua ki tētahi kaupapa taiao
This standard asks you to explore and explain how Māori knowledge about the gods (atua) and their relationships with the natural world connects to an environmental issue you've chosen. You need to show how traditional Māori understanding of creation stories—particularly about Ranginui (Sky Father) and Papatūānuku (Earth Mother) and their children—helps us understand and respond to real environmental challenges like conservation, restoration, or sustainable development.
You explore knowledge about atua and their links to an environmental topic, and explain how they connect to that topic.
You break down and analyse the specific relationships between atua and the natural world, explaining clearly how these connections apply to your chosen environmental issue.
You explain and present evidence showing how Māori knowledge about atua and their relationships with the environment can be applied to understand and respond to environmental challenges.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.