Mātauranga: Navigating Step It Up – The Summer Learning Journey

Eight hundred years ago, sailors on a double hulled waka didn’t have Satellite Maps, Computers or digital connectivity. So how did they know which way to steer?
Māori history forms a continuous thread, directly linking today’s world to the past.
Polynesian migration was planned and deliberate, with many waka hourua making return journeys to Hawaiki.

About the Summer Learning Journey

The Summer Learning Journey is a free digital literacy programme for students in The Manaiakalani Network of Schools. It is designed to encourage our young people to continue their literacy learning over the summer holidays. There are six weeks of activities for students to select from with a mix of reading and writing activities to Learn, Create and Share on their edublogs. All learner posts will be read and commented on by the Summer Learning Journey Commenting Team.