Education Kit Resources

Teacher education kits have been developed in a collaborative project between Waitakere City Council and teachers in Waitakere City secondary schools.  The resources are for use by secondary school teachers and students and primary school teachers.  The aim if for students to learn using local information - historical, environmental, economic and social about Waitakere City and develop an understanding of the key issues and trends it faces.

Resources have been gathered from many sources including Waitakere City Libraries local history collection and the JT Diamond Photographic Collection, Council records, the State of the City report - Waitakere City, Auckland Regional Council, census data, Western Leader and the New Zealand Herald news articles and community groups.

The resources are to be used as links to the curriculum and are divided into four sections:

Special Places

This resource kit touches on some special places. With the six key examples there is a range of resources and references included with examples of educational activities that demonstrated how "Special Places" can fit into the year 9 - 10 social studies curriculum.

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	Introduction (Size 241K) Foreword on this resource kit
	Resources (Size 83K) Where to go to get additional information
	Field Trips (Size 123K) Things to note about specific sites
	Photographs (Size 3818K) Courtesy of Kubi Witten-Hannah
	Stroll through history (Size 642K) Newspaper article 2001
	Henderson Heritage Trail Locate some of Henderson's most historic sites
	Henderson Heritage Trail (Size 234K) Additional information about the sites

	Our Favourite Places (Adapted from the Council published brochure of the same name)
	Armour Bay	Bethells/Te Henga
	Harbourview	Henderson Creek
	Manawa Wetland	Moire Park
	Paremuka Lakeside	Parrs Park
	Piha	Waipareira Walkway
	Exercises (Teacher aide - activities for students)
	Dial a Special Place (Size 52K)	Information Hunt (Size 36K)
	My Special Place (Size 28K)	Historic Henderson - Heritage Trail (Size 31K)
	Special Places (Specific resources for the following locations)
	Ambrico Place	Falls Hotel
	Hoani Waititi Marae	People's Park
	Tui Glen	Waikumete Cemetery

Tui Glen

	About Tui Glen (Size 143K) Background and statistics
	Tui Glen on market? Offers reach Council (Size 299K) Newspaper article 1968
	Tui Glen debt free - green belt plan underway (Size 101K) Newspaper article 1972
	Tui Glen - early tourist centre (Size 99K) Newspaper article 1985
	Tui Glen kept thousands of holidaymakers happy (Size 272K) Newspaper article 1994
	Future of caravan park in jeopardy (Size 40K) Newspaper article 2001
	Anxious wait for residents (Size 82K) Newspaper article 2001
	The Pleasure Park of Tui Glen (Size 204K) Magazine article approx. 1937
	AA Day and Weekend Motor Tours 1930 (Size 118K) Extract from book in regard to Tui Glen Motor Camp
	Exercise (Size 70K) Teacher resource
	Picnic Paradise (Size 153K) Extracts from book  - promotion of Tui Glen
	Tui Glen Reserve (Size 1452K) Reserve Management Plan consultation

Falls Hotel

	Exercise (Size 35K) Teacher resource
	Souvenir brochure (Size 614K) Timeline of events relating to the Hotel
	Souvenir supplement (Size 335K) Accompaniment for brochure
	The Falls Hotel case study (Size 78K) Extract from State of the City Report

Ambrico Place

	Crum Brick, Tile and Pottery Company Ltd (Size 255K) Media articles of interest
	Role Playing activity (Size 73K) Teacher resource
	The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise (Size 194K) Extract from book and exercise
	From claypit to community (Size 1500K) Summary of research project and case study on medium density housing
	Ambrico Place case study (Size 131K) Extract from State of the City Report

People's Park

	Protests over Te Atatu Power Station (Size 64K) Newspaper article 1973
	Harbourview land wishes 'ignored' (Size 657K) Newspaper article 1999
	Harbourview land development essential - expert (Size 252K) Newspaper article 1999
	Harbourview land owners a mystery (Size 66K) Newspaper article 2001
	$12m price tag for marae (Size 44K) Newspaper article 2001
	Park's making may be recorded in book (Size 50K) Newspaper article 2001
	Stating their claim (Size 70K) Newspaper article 2001
	Exercise (Size 45K) Teacher resource
	The Kiwidome Project (Size 6232K) Report and proposal for use of Harbourview land
	People's Park (Size 1525K) Council notice on People's Park concept

Hoani Waititi Marae

	Resource (Size 48K) Teacher aide
	Marae concepts, processes and procedures (Size 350K) A general guide
	The traditional Marae (Size 102K) Summary of information
	Interview with Dr Pita Sharples (Size 364K) Transcript - 5 July 2001
	Hoani Waititi Marae case study (Size 1237K) Extract from State of the City Report
	Hoani Waititi Marae (Size 152K) About this urban marae
	Review of Marae Support Policy (Size 397K) Council Report and Policy
	Marae in Waitakere City (Size 72K) List with contact details

Waikumete Cemetery

	Resource (Size 2326K) Introduction
	Exercise (Size 122K) Teacher resource
	Graph (Size 914K) Burials and cremations 1925 - 1949
	New crematorium (Size K) Newspaper article 1952
	Council keen to cut cemetery losses (Size 288K) Newspaper article 1980
	People don't want to believe what goes on at cemetery (Size 100K) Newspaper article
	Vandals leave mark on memorial, Thanks for land, Job vacancy (Size 299K) Newspaper articles 1969 & 1985
	Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Link to current information