ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Unit standard
Title
Identify, and explain the history of, natural attractions and significant sites in tourism
Number
17788
Task
Version
4
Level
Evidence
3
Credits
5
Judgement
Outcome 1: Identify, and explain the history of, natural attractions in tourism Māori.
Task 1 (1.1, 1.2)
Gather as much information
about the natural tourist
attractions in your local area.
Information can be gathered
from the following: local
museum, isite, hotels, libraries
and internet.
Natural attractions may include:
paenga pakanga (battle site), pā,
awa, kōpaka (glacier), awa
pounamu, maunga, awa, whenua,
moana, ngāwhā, roto, ana, flora, and
fauna.
Written, oral or visual presentation to present information
about natural attractions in a local area.
The following is an example of tauira response:
Attraction
Name
Location
(landmark
s & tribal
boundarie
s
according
to local
Māori
history)
Features
(significan
ce to local
iwi)
From your findings select four
natural attractions and record
the information required in the
table below for each of the four
attractions
Tourism Māori Assessment Schedule 17788
1
Whakarewarewa
Te Whakarewarewa O
Te Ope Taua a Wahiao.
The gathering place for
the war parties of
Wahiao. Pohutu
geyser, one of 65
geysers found at Te
Whakarewarewa
Thermal valley, erupts
up to 20 times a day.
First occupied about
1325. Impenetrable
stronghold that was
never taken in battle.
Māori used geothermal
activity for heating and
cooking
2
Tane Mahuta
Waipoua Forest,
Northland. Tāne
Mahuta, one of the
largest trees in the world
at 51m high and with a
girth of 13.8 metres,
stands in the great
Waipoua kauri forest
that is home to three
quarters of New
Zealand's kauri trees
The greatest legacy of
this legend is the mighty
'lord of the forest' Tāne
Mahuta standing
victorious in Waipoua,
with his shoulders still
pushed hard against his
'mother earth' and his
feet stretched high
towards the heavens of
his 'sky father'.
Explanation is similar to tauira response.
Response includes:
Four natural attractions researched
Response given for:
 Location
 Features
 Activities
 Potential hazards
for four natural attractions.
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/Māoriculture/Māori-culture_tane-mahuta-separator-of-heavenand-earth_featur.cfm
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Task
Include an explanation of the Māori
history associated with each
attraction
Evidence
Judgement
Activities
(tikanga
according
to local
traditions)
Geysers are regarded
as gifts from god and Te
Whakarewarewa was
one of the sites where
Te Pupu and Te Hoata,
emerged to find their
brother Ngatoroirangi
Potential
Hazards
(accordin
g to local
Māori
history)
Rotorua residents
extracting hot water for
domestic and
commercial heating
have affected the
thermal features at
Whakarewarewa
Then the mighty Tāne
Mahuta (god of the
forest) lay on his back
and dug his shoulders
deep into his mother's
body. With his legs,
Tāne pushed against his
father and, with all the
strength he could
summon, attempted to
let light into the world.
Today, when Ranginui's
tears fall from the sky as
rain onto his beloved
Papatuanuku, it is a
reminder of his grief and
longing for her.
Papatuanuku pain is
visible in the red ochre
clays of the earth, still
stained by the blood
drawn during the
separation.
Outcome 2: Identify, and explain the history of, significant sites in tourism Māori.
Task 2 (2.1, 2.2)
Select three significant sites (not
any of those you selected for
task 1) and explain the local
Māori history for each site.
Information must include: name,
location, features, activities,
potential hazards.
Written, oral or visual presentation to present information
about significant sites within a local area.
The following is an example of tauira responses:
Name: Te Whanganui a Tara once known as Te Upoko o
te Ika a Maui means The head of Maui’s fish. According
to Māori legend, a giant fish was hooked and pulled to
the surface by Maui a Polynesian navigator and the fish
turned into land which became the North Island.
Feature: Te Whanga nui a Tara is the large natural
harbour at the southern tip of New Zealand's North
Island.
Activities: Site seeing: Visit an old traditional pa site
which now seeks to protect and preserve New Zealand
native flora and fauna.
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Explanation is similar to tauira example.
Response will include:
Māori history for three significant sites
Explanation to cover:
 Name
 Feature
 Activities
 Potential hazards
 Location
for three significant sites
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Task
Evidence
Judgement
Potential hazard: Native flora and fauna becomes
diseased due to a plague of rodents.
Location: Situated at the entrance of the harbour is Te
Aroaro a Kupe (the pinnacle rock of Kupe) protruding
from the water. Named after the great Māori Navigator
this rock reminds the locals of Kupe’s
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