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Explore new and engaging learning resources for environmental education in Aotearoa. Use the filters to find relevant contexts and age appropriate resources.

Awhi Awa | Embrace a Stream

Stormwater and freshwater education pack including drain labels, classroom resources and instructions to help care for your stream.

Resource Pack
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All Levels
Ngā Kararehe | Animals
Waimāori | Freshwater, Wetlands
true
Aotearoa-wide
April 6, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
water waterway freshwater eel tuna koaro fish drain drains stormwater
Ko au te taiao

This Te Papa resource encourages learners to explore mātauranga Māori values, observe te taiao, and take action for a better world.

Online & Activities
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Yrs 1 - 10
Hauora | Nature Connection
Ngahere | Plants, Fungi
false
Aotearoa-wide
March 29, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
nature connection art museum te papa create creativity matauranga mātauranga
Matuku Link Wetland Resources

Explore a range of fun resources about wetlands, including scavenger hunts, macroinvertebrate ID guides, videos and experiments.

Printable Activities
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Yrs 1 - 8
Waimāori | Freshwater, Wetlands
false
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
March 28, 2025
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
wetlands freshwater macroinvertebrate insect bug bird manu tuna eel scavenger hunt animal plant ecosystem printable PDF video water testing pests tracking tunnel pateke
Freshwater Life of Aotearoa

Full colour large poster for classrooms featuring creatures found in our freshwater streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

Poster
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All Levels
Ngā Kararehe | Animals
Waimāori | Freshwater, Wetlands
false
Aotearoa-wide
March 27, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
fish invertebrates insects river stream wetland lake water waiti wai poster
Earth Dreamers

Explore the complex global issue of the climate crisis within local contexts, to foster joy, agency, curiosity and hope.

Learning Inquiry
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Yrs 7 - 8
Māra | Gardens, Farms, Green spaces
Moumou Kore | Living Waste-Free
Hauora | Nature Connection
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
Moana | Marine, Coast
false
Aotearoa-wide
March 26, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
nature connection taiao climate garden gardens consumerism sustainability regenerative youth activism
Climate Change Learning Programme

This Aotearoa resource is a science-based, integrated learning programme consisting of user and wellbeing guides and eight modules.

Integrated Programme
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Yrs 6 - 10
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
false
Aotearoa-wide
March 24, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
carbon transition adaptation mitigation inquiry guidelines wellbeing
Pepeketua Frogs of Aotearoa

Series of booklets and posters in te reo Māori and English produced by NZFrogs to celebrate and learn about our endemic pepeketua.

Booklets, Posters
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All Levels
Ngā Kararehe | Animals
true
Aotearoa-wide
February 14, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
frog amphibian native endemic animal extinct conservation biodiversity
Ocean Literacy Educators Guide

Seaweek brings you this new and simple-to-use resource to support students and teachers with key concepts about ocean literacy.

Activities, PDF
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Yrs 6 - 10
Moana | Marine, Coast
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
Ngā Kararehe | Animals
false
Aotearoa-wide
February 14, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
marine moana sea coast climate pollution activities activity hands-on experiment
Rongoā Māori: Healing People and Place

Happen Films short documentary with Donna Kerridge sharing an holistic approach to healing through an indigenous worldview.

Short Film
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Yrs 7 - 13
Hauora | Nature Connection
Ngahere | Plants, Fungi
Whenua | Land, Soil
false
Aotearoa-wide
January 10, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
rongoa plant plants ngahere bush forest healing indigenous connection
Turning the Tide

Documentary series from the Sustainable Seas national science challenge, with stories of connection with and protection of our moana.

Short Films
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Yrs 7 - 13
Moana | Marine, Coast
false
Aotearoa-wide
January 8, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
sea ocean marine conservation matauranga mātauranga
Our Seas Our Future

Explore lesson plans that have been developed by educators to help support marine conservation learning in Aotearoa.

Lesson Plans
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Yrs 1 - 13
Moana | Marine, Coast
Moumou Kore | Living Waste-Free
false
Aotearoa-wide
January 2, 2025
Aotearoa-wide
ocean marine moana waste litter ecosystem secondary
A Change in the Weather

A book of cartoon strips about climate and environmental issues in Aotearoa, by Bruce Mahalski and Abe Hunter.

Book of Cartoon Strips
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Yr 4 - Adult
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
Ngā Kararehe | Animals
false
Aotearoa-wide
November 21, 2024
Aotearoa-wide
climate change art comic illustration creativity conservation
Understanding Nature series

Listen to young people from schools and kura in the Wairarapa discuss the importance of nature and addressing climate change.

Videos
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Yrs 5 - 13
Hauora | Nature Connection
Māra | Gardens, Farms, Green spaces
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
false
Wairarapa
November 15, 2024
Wairarapa
video documentary student young person rangatahi climate nature
The Future of Growing Kai

School Journal Nov 2023 article by Arihia Latham, exploring food resilience, climate, kaitiakitanga, maramataka and school gardens.

Article
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Yrs 4 - 6
Māra | Gardens, Farms, Green spaces
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
false
Aotearoa-wide
November 3, 2024
Aotearoa-wide
climate change, compost, environment, Enviroschools, farms, food, gardening, kai,kaitiakitanga, lunar calendar, manaakitanga, māra kai, maramataka, organic, pesticides, pests, plants, Rongomātāne, sustainability, whānau, worm farm
Jack and the Trees

Written by a NZ teacher this engaging novel combines adventure, nature connection and environmental action with kids leading the way.

Book
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Yrs 6 - 10
Hauora | Nature Connection
Māra | Gardens, Farms, Green spaces
Ngahere | Plants, Fungi
Moumou Kore | Living Waste-Free
Rangi | Climate, Air, Sky
false
Aotearoa-wide
October 29, 2024
Aotearoa-wide
novel literacy writing
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