Tauware Noa vs The Mongonui Shark

Tauware Noa is an educational resource that shares an authentic Māori story of traditional life told in the unique Ngāti Konohi & Ngāti Porou dialect. Tauware Noa holds profound significance for Ngāti Konohi and Ngāti Porou as this is the story of their ancestor, Paikea, and his arrival to Aotearoa from Hawaiki. The App brings to life his journey to his final resting place in Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti, along the East Coast of Aotearoa. Interactivity has been used to create an immersive experience with an original, image-rich narrative. FEATURES  1.     Synchronised narration in te reo Māori and English  2.     Export pages, images and audio to colleagues, friends or social media  Notes for teachers that are accessible inside the App include support on curriculum links, learning activities, vocabulary, a list of further resources available, and references. Tauware Noa was developed through the Ministry’s Te Aho Ngārahu fund. Te Aho Ngārahu was established in 2017 as an initiative to improve the access to quality te reo Māori localised curriculum resources to support ākonga, kaiako and Kāhui Ako learning in and through te reo Māori in both Māori medium and English medium settings.    This app was produced by world leading Cultural Services agency Kiwa  Digital. For more www.kiwadigital.com NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com

School song This app has been written, voiced, illustrated and developed by rangatahi (young people/younger generation) of Taipa Area School in Aotearoa New Zealand. This app was developed at a storytelling workshop dedicated to supporting the self-expression of young people. The development used the dynamics of whanaungatanga to provide a practical understanding of Māori concepts that when applied in our lives, can help enhance, restore and maintain our greatest asset, relationships. FEATURES • Swipe-to-read • Read-to-me • Read-it-myself Customise your app: • Record yourself reading the story • Paint and export some images from the story Other interactive features: • Animation • Sound FX • A child-friendly user interface • Background Music that can be turned on/off • Painting Kiwa digital is a world leading production house for multi-lingual enhanced apps, bringing native languages to the internet.