Kia Takatū is an initiative which supports kura and bilingual schools to promote disaster preparedness. It gives 8-12 year old students the knowledge and skills to act in a safe manner when a disaster occurs.
We have developed Kia Takatū with the help of a working group of representatives from the Māori community to provide materials and templates in Te Reo Māori. These are designed to be used in conjunction with the English What’s the Plan Stan resource.
The Kia Takatū materials include:
- Kia Takatū resource book for teachers
This resource book in Te Reo Māori contains:- material and templates that are for students or their parents/whānau
- information specific to the Māori community
- five stories about our disasters and what to do
- a glossary of terms.
- Kia Takatū CD-Rom
The CD-Rom contains a PDF of the Kia Takatū resource book which can be printed to produce more copies. The CD-Rom also includes selected sections and templates for printing as PDFs or cutting and pasting as Word files.
You can copy the files from the CD-Rom onto a school intranet if you wish to make them available for teachers to use in their lesson planning.
- Audio CD with stories in Te Reo Māori
This is a new resource for children to listen to disaster stories in Te Reo Māori. These stories provide a Māori-world view of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, floods and storms. Each story concludes with information on what to do before, during and after a disaster.
The audio CD is suitable for younger listeners as well as the target audience of 8-12 year olds.
Teachers can download PDF and Word versions of the following Kia Takatū resources:
Materials and templates intended for students or parents/whānau
- Whārangi meka parekura
(PDF 488 Kb, Word 167 Kb) - He whakaaro mahi kāinga
(PDF 540 Kb, Word 72 Kb) - He pakiwaitara Kia Takatū
(PDF 1.12 MB, Word 192 Kb) - Tauira 1: Ngā kāri Ka Pēhea Mēnā
(PDF 484 Kb, Word 72 Kb) - Tauira 2: He reta ki ngā mātua
– He kupu whakataki mō te kōwae ako
(PDF 420 Kb, Word 32 Kb) - Tauira 6: He reta ki ngā mātua
– Te whakatahi ohotata me ngā mahere urupare
(PDF 412 Kb, Word 28 Kb) - Tauira 19: He aromātai o te mahi whakatahi
(PDF 428 Kb, Word 28 Kb)
Disaster stories
- Ko Rūaumoko Tērā i Whana Inakuanei?
Earthquake story
(PDF 484 Kb, Word 56 Kb, MP3 5.59 MB) - Mā te Mōhio ki ngā Tohu, ka Rauoratia Pea te Tangata
Tsunami story
(PDF 560 Kb, Word 48 Kb, MP3 4.01 MB) - Kia Kore Rawa e Tāria, Tērā Pea ka Heipū
Volcano story
(PDF 480 Kb, Word 44 Kb, MP3 4.05 MB) - Kua Waipuketia a Waihōpai
Flood story
(PDF 552 Kb, Word 52 Kb, MP3 4.84 MB) - Kia Matatū i te Āwhā
Storm story
(PDF 580 Kb, Word 52 Kb, MP3 2.65 MB) - Alternatively, you can download the complete Kia Takatū resource book as a PDF file:
Kia Takatū He Rauemi (2.13 MB)
If you have a broadband connection, you can download the entire Kia Takatū CD-Rom for PC.
This ISO image file contains all the data from the Kia Takatū CD-ROM, which can be downloaded and burned to a
blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. You will need a CD burner and CD burning software to do this. The exact steps required
to burn an ISO image to CD will vary depending on your software:
Kia Takatū ISO image (7.3 MB)
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