teacher resources

The publications in this list may no longer be in print. Almost all are in paperback form and aimed at either a general reader or are for school use.

Author	Year	Title	Publisher	Summary	Reading Age
Rowntree, K and S Ensor	1984	An Introduction to New Zealand Prehistory. A Maori Studies Resource Book and Planning Guide for Teachers	Auckland Museum	38 pp. Earlier and later occupation. Information for teachers, teaching plan.	Teachers
Anderson, Atholl	1983	When All the Moa-ovens Grew Cold	Otago Heritage Books, Dunedin	52 pp. Nine centuries of changing fortune for the southern Maori. – An Otago- Southland perspective, based on archaeology.	Secondary
Auckland Regional Council	2001	City Issues	Auckland Regional Council	Integrated environmental education resource aimed at upper Primary/intermediate aged students (Level 3/4). Focuses on Auckland urban region environmental issues, including cultural heritage. Contains resource booklets, video, & supporting resources. Freely available to all Auckland primary & intermediate schools. Regional	Reading age: upper primary/intermediate (Level 3/4)
Beck, Katie	1999	The Moas	Landmark Editions;	28 pp	Middle School - Intermediate 9-12
Brewster, Barney	1987	Te Moa, The Life and Death of New Zealand’s Unique Bird	Nikau Press, Nelson	64 pp. Natural world of moa, remains, extinction by Maori.	Secondary
Cameron, Ewen, Bruce Hayward and Graeme Murdoch	1997	A Field Guide to Auckland	Godwit Publishing	280 pp. Many Auckland archaeological sites covered as well historic sites and geology and natural history.	Secondary
Dacker, Bill	1990	The People of the Place: Mahika Kai	NZ 1990 Commission	39 pp. Lifeways of South Island Maori, traditional and after European contact. Good ethnographic account.	Intermediate
Ell, Gordon	1985	Shadows on the Land	The Bush Press, Auckland	112 pp. Photographs, some aerial, of Maori archaeological sites with interpretive text.	Secondary
Faith, Rangi	2004	The Technology of the Maori, From Moa Hunter to Pre European Settlement	Curriculum Concepts	56p Activity book - comprehensively illustrated,	School years 5-8
Jones, Kevin L.	2007	The Penguin Field Guide to New Zealand Archaeology	Penguin Books	262 pp. Massively illustrated - Maori and other sites. Guide to visiting many major sites.	Secondary
McCulloch, Beverley	1982	No Moa	Canterbury Museum	31 pp. Fossil remains, archaeological evidence.	Middle School
McCulloch, Beverley	1984	Prehistoric New Zealand and Its People	Canterbury Museum	27 pp. How Maori came to be – an archaeological perspective.	Intermediate
McCulloch, Beverley	1992	Moas, Lost Giants of New Zealand	Harper Collins	62 pp. Species, natural history, fossil remains, association with man.	Secondary
Mills, Harry	n.d.	Digging Up The Past	Macmillan	48 pp. Origins, voyaging, early occupation and later lifeways, reader and suggested activities.	Intermediate
Murdoch, Graeme	2001	Patterns on the Land	Auckland Regional Council	Poster-based resource focusing on south and east Auckland and Maori/European interaction in particular. Regional.	Secondary
Orwin, Joanna	1982	Ihaka and the Summer Wandering	Oxford University Press	Fiction based on the archaeology of the northern South Island. Moa hunting and journeying to stone quarries.	Middle School
Orwin, Joanna	1984	Ihaka and the Prophecy	Oxford University Press	143 pp. Ditto, adze making, wood working, fishing.	Middle School
Prickett, Nigel	1990	Historic Taranaki, An Archaeological Guide	GP Books, Wellington	64pp. Aerial and other photographs and reconstruction drawings of historic and prehistoric sites. Traditional and historic associations. Regional.	Secondary
Prickett, Nigel	1999	Nga Tohu Tawhito, Early Maori Ornaments	David Bateman	31 pp. Archaic styles of ornament - archaeologically based.	Secondary
Prickett, Nigel	2001	Maori Origins, From Asia to Aotearoa	David Bateman	31 pp. Links artefacts found in New Zealand to oceanic prototypes and archaeology.	Secondary
Rowntree, Kathryn	1983	The Earliest New Zealanders	Longman Paul	32 pp. Settlement and lifestyle of the first Maori, with teacher notes	Middle School
Rowntree, Kathryn	1983	Polynesian Explorers	Longman Paul	25 pp. Polynesian voyaging and navigation, plants and animals carried, with teacher notes.	Middle School
Rowntree, Kathryn	1984	Finding Out About the Past	Longman Paul	31 pp. How archaeologists work and what they find. Maori archaeology. Of particular Northland interest. Teacher notes.	Middle School
Simmons, David	1987	Maori Auckland	The Bush Press, Auckland	96 pp. Photographs of sites and traditional accounts. Regional.	Secondary
Thompson, Paul	1989	Maori Rock Art, An Ink that Will Stand Forever.	GP Books, Wellington.	96 pp. Illustrations and interpretation of South Island Maori rock art.	Secondary
Wilson, John (Editor)	1987	From the Beginning, The Archaeology of the Maori	Penguin Books	175 pp. Twelve chapters by different authors, comprehensive account with good reconstruction illustrations.	Secondary

The following do not have New Zealand content but are education oriented using archaeology as a theme.

These are publishers that specialise in historical, educational or Maori material