Activities

Tuia Mātauranga: Arrival in Te Tai Tokerau 

• This inquiry examines the first encounter between Māori and Captain Cook and his crew in the Far North of Aotearoa - PDF (474k)

Make a Solander box

• Solander boxes are named after the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander, who worked at the British Museum and travelled with Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Banks on the Endeavor’s voyage to the Pacific Ocean. While travelling around Aotearoa, he collected many botanical specimens for research, and wrote a detailed manuscript about them. He developed the box, also known as a clamshell box, in order to more carefully store and preserve what he collected.
• Download Solander Box instructions - PDF (17Mb)

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