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Microsoft - Recreating Māori ancestral world with ‘Minecraft: Education Edition’

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Recreating Māori ancestral world with ‘Minecraft: Education Edition’

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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu </span><span data-contrast="auto">Paitai</span><span data-contrast="auto">’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> always been good at building.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">In fact, he </span><span data-contrast="auto">might still be </span><span data-contrast="auto">a </span><span data-contrast="auto">builder</span><span data-contrast="auto"> in Australia</span><span data-contrast="auto"> if it weren’t for two things: a broken leg and a promise kept</span><span data-contrast="auto">. Thanks to </span><span data-contrast="auto">life’s </span><span data-contrast="auto">strange </span><span data-contrast="auto">twists</span><span data-contrast="auto"> he’s </span><span data-contrast="auto">back </span><span data-contrast="auto">home in the</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Coromandel</span><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><span data-contrast="auto">but instead of putting up houses, he’s </span><span data-contrast="auto">re</span><span data-contrast="auto">constructing </span><span data-contrast="auto">the world of his </span><span data-contrast="auto">Tīpun</span><span data-contrast="auto">a</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (ancestors).</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The path was laid almost a decade ago, when Whetu was in hospital with a broken leg. A university lecturer in the same ward raved to him about Minecraft. When Whetu suggested his daughter try the game she was instantly hooked – and so was he. The pair bonded over their shared passion for creating digital worlds.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Fast forward a few years, and Whetu</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span> <span data-contrast="auto">now a father of four</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> often wished </span><span data-contrast="auto">his </span><span data-contrast="auto">tamariki</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (</span><span data-contrast="auto">children</span><span data-contrast="auto">)</span><span data-contrast="auto"> could connect with their culture by learning </span><span data-contrast="auto">to speak </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">reo</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori, something he’d never learned to do.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> A promise to his wife </span><span data-contrast="auto">saw</span><span data-contrast="auto"> them return to New Zealand and he’s never looked back since.&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Now Whetu has not only reconnected with his culture and heritage, immersing his children in </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">ao</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori (the Māori world), he’s found a new calling: designing games that introduce his culture to countless other children. His latest is a brand-new world built for Minecraft: Education Edition, Ngā Motu (The Islands), giving students a taste of what life was like in a traditional Māori </span><span data-contrast="auto">pā</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (fortified village).&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><b><i><span data-contrast="auto">There’s great value in little things</span></i></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu is the founder of Piki Studios, a game design company he runs</span><span data-contrast="auto"> while</span><span data-contrast="auto"> home-schooling his children on the remote Coromandel Peninsula.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">The leap from builder to educational </span><span data-contrast="auto">games developer</span><span data-contrast="auto"> may seem like a big one, but Whetu remembers being drawn to technology from an early age.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“When I was a </span><span data-contrast="auto">kid</span><span data-contrast="auto"> I enjoyed computers, but the geeky stereotype didn’t fit with the Kiwi view of being a boy. I grew up in </span><span data-contrast="auto">Harataunga</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (</span><span data-contrast="auto">Kennedy Bay</span><span data-contrast="auto">)</span><span data-contrast="auto">, surrounded by bush</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">C</span><span data-contrast="auto">omputers went on the back-burner.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">When he returned to New Zealand</span><span data-contrast="auto">, and still a massive Minecraft fan,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Whetu was</span><span data-contrast="auto"> seduced </span><span data-contrast="auto">afresh </span><span data-contrast="auto">by digital technology</span><span data-contrast="auto">, so he retrained. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Armed </span><span data-contrast="auto">with new digital skills, h</span><span data-contrast="auto">e </span><span data-contrast="auto">found himself</span> <span data-contrast="auto">help</span><span data-contrast="auto">ing</span><span data-contrast="auto"> out</span><span data-contrast="auto"> with the admin</span> <span data-contrast="auto">at his children’s </span><span data-contrast="auto">kohanga</span> <span data-contrast="auto">reo</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (Māori-language preschool)</span><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><span data-contrast="auto">and </span><span data-contrast="auto">a</span><span data-contrast="auto"> lightbulb went on</span><span data-contrast="auto">: “If I could be involved </span><span data-contrast="auto">that much </span><span data-contrast="auto">in </span><span data-contrast="auto">my </span><span data-contrast="auto">kids’ education, how much </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">more </span></i><span data-contrast="auto">involved</span><span data-contrast="auto"> could I be</span><span data-contrast="auto">?”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu realised that by</span><span data-contrast="auto"> marr</span><span data-contrast="auto">ying</span><span data-contrast="auto"> his passion for IT with</span><span data-contrast="auto"> education</span><span data-contrast="auto">, he could help other children learn </span><span data-contrast="auto">the language and culture </span><span data-contrast="auto">too</span><span data-contrast="auto"> by creating fun new resources</span><span data-contrast="auto">.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">And </span><span data-contrast="auto">so</span><span data-contrast="auto"> his game building began. </span><span data-contrast="auto">He started by creating an online game, </span><span data-contrast="auto">Mahi</span><span data-contrast="auto">maina</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (Minecraft in </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">reo</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori)</span><span data-contrast="auto">, to help children learn </span><span data-contrast="auto">the language</span><span data-contrast="auto">, joined by around 100 students. More games </span><span data-contrast="auto">are set to </span><span data-contrast="auto">follow, both online and traditional board games, </span><span data-contrast="auto">which Whetu hopes will be </span><span data-contrast="auto">used by schools </span><span data-contrast="auto">and </span><span data-contrast="auto">whānau</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (families) </span><span data-contrast="auto">around the country.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“There’s great value in little things</span><span data-contrast="auto">,” </span><span data-contrast="auto">he</span><span data-contrast="auto"> says.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">F</span><span data-contrast="auto">or a child</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span> <span data-contrast="auto">s</span><span data-contrast="auto">eeing their culture </span><span data-contrast="auto">represented on </span><span data-contrast="auto">major </span><span data-contrast="auto">global platforms</span><span data-contrast="auto"> is incredibly empowering.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">It was exactly what one of the world’s largest tech companies was looking for.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Last year, Microsoft came knocking. Would Whetu like to create a uniquely Aotearoa (New Zealand) resource for Minecraft: Education Edition?&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">A voyage through Aotearoa</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“It blew our minds,” says Whetu. “I knew Minecraft, but it wasn’t till we explored Minecraft: Education Edition, tweaked it, played with it and saw all the </span><span data-contrast="auto">additional</span> <span data-contrast="auto">things it could do</span><span data-contrast="auto"> that </span><span data-contrast="auto">we realised all the potential. This will open up so much more space for Māori and all Kiwis to learn and play in the Māori world.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Minecraft: Education Edition brings the world of Minecraft to classrooms around the world, offering hundreds of free lessons as well as a global educator community. </span><span data-contrast="none">I</span><span data-contrast="none">mmersive game-based learning helps students build key 21st century skills including creativity, collaboration and STEM. </span><span data-contrast="none">Educators across New Zealand are already </span><a href="https://educationcentral.co.nz/minecraft-education-edition-takes-game-based-learning-to-the-next-level/"><span data-contrast="none">using</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> Minecraft to transform learning, from learning programming with </span><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2018/12/10/kiwi-students-learn-code-te-reo-maori/"><span data-contrast="none">Hour of Code</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> to designing sustainable villages and even </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/271892/students-build-gallipoli-in-minecraft"><span data-contrast="none">reconstructing</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> Gallipoli in-game.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu is the first to create a</span><span data-contrast="auto"> brand-new </span><span data-contrast="auto">world immersed in </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">ao</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">C</span><span data-contrast="auto">haracters based on </span><span data-contrast="auto">hi</span><span data-contrast="auto">s children and their friends</span><span data-contrast="auto"> guide young players as they walk through </span><span data-contrast="auto">Ngā</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Motu, from the impressive waka </span><span data-contrast="auto">hourua</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (sea-going canoe) at the beach to the </span><span data-contrast="auto">pā</span><span data-contrast="auto"> with its wharenui (large meeting house) decorated with </span><span data-contrast="auto">k</span><span data-contrast="auto">ō</span><span data-contrast="auto">whaiwhai</span> <span data-contrast="auto">(</span><span data-contrast="auto">painted panels</span><span data-contrast="auto">) </span><span data-contrast="auto">and tukutuku </span><span data-contrast="auto">(</span><span data-contrast="auto">woven </span><span data-contrast="auto">lattice)</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">P</span><span data-contrast="auto">ā</span><span data-contrast="auto">taka</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span> <span data-contrast="auto">rua</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (food storage areas) and </span><span data-contrast="auto">a </span><span data-contrast="auto">h</span><span data-contrast="auto">ā</span><span data-contrast="auto">ng</span><span data-contrast="auto">ī</span><span data-contrast="auto"> pit </span><span data-contrast="auto">for cooking </span><span data-contrast="auto">can </span><span data-contrast="auto">also </span><span data-contrast="auto">be found </span><span data-contrast="auto">in the </span><span data-contrast="auto">pā</span><span data-contrast="auto">.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu has gone into painstaking detail to make sure everything has a uniquely Aotearoa flavour, right down to the kumara (sweet potato) gardens where children can create new buildings</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">T</span><span data-contrast="auto">he </span><span data-contrast="auto">resource packs </span><span data-contrast="auto">swap </span><span data-contrast="auto">typical </span><span data-contrast="auto">swords for more appropriate </span><span data-contrast="auto">patu</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (clubs) and even th</span><span data-contrast="auto">e</span><span data-contrast="auto"> mobs</span> <span data-contrast="auto">will have Kiwi kids feeling right at home</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> younger daughter requested </span><span data-contrast="auto">her favourite bird, </span><span data-contrast="auto">a </span><span data-contrast="auto">p</span><span data-contrast="auto">ī</span><span data-contrast="auto">wa</span><span data-contrast="auto">i</span><span data-contrast="auto">waka</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (fantail), you can interact with a native </span><span data-contrast="auto">kunekune</span><span data-contrast="auto"> pig and even an extinct moa, New Zealand’s famous giant bird, complete with sound recreated by the experts at national museum Te Papa. Children can learn words in </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">reo</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori from the guides, or via in-game exercises.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In future iterations, i</span><span data-contrast="auto">ntrepid voyagers will be able to visit the </span><span data-contrast="auto">taniwha</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (</span><span data-contrast="auto">guardian</span><span data-contrast="auto">) in the harbour and collect </span><span data-contrast="auto">kaimoana</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (seafood) near </span><span data-contrast="auto">some pink terraces that may remind </span><span data-contrast="auto">New Zealand</span><span data-contrast="auto">ers of the</span><span data-contrast="auto"> long-lost Pink Terraces, destroyed by a volcanic eruption more than 100 years ago. </span><span data-contrast="auto">All of these will add to children’s glossary of Māori words and understanding of </span><span data-contrast="auto">Māori </span><span data-contrast="auto">history and </span><span data-contrast="auto">narratives.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“I w</span><span data-contrast="auto">ould love</span><span data-contrast="auto"> the </span><span data-contrast="auto">kura</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (schools) to build their own </span><span data-contrast="auto">pā</span><span data-contrast="auto"> or wharenui, explore the world on their own and learn how to care for the moa,” Whetu says.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“We’re believers in learning being organic, being able to explore all the elements, because nothing in our lives exists in isolation.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Our mission is for everyone to be able to play these games and see more than just what a waka is – they’ll be able to see how it fits into that whole world,” Whetu explains.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">A “serendipitous” opportunity</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">This philosophy is exactly </span><span data-contrast="auto">why</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Microsoft New Zealand’s Sam McNeill and Anne Taylor </span><span data-contrast="auto">came to</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Piki Studios.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu</span><span data-contrast="auto">’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> so passionate about education and helping all kids, not just his own, understand our indigenous culture and that really shines through when you speak to him</span><span data-contrast="auto">. He’s a natural teacher,” says Anne, Education Lead for Microsoft New Zealand.</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">The creativity and attention to detail with which Whetu has approached this project just blew us away. </span><span data-contrast="auto">What </span><span data-contrast="auto">he</span><span data-contrast="auto">’s created goes way beyond what we could ever have expected.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu acknowledges getting the call from Microsoft was </span><span data-contrast="auto">daunting</span><span data-contrast="auto">, being a small family business dealing with a large multinational corporation. It was a relief to find he was working with people who shared the same values and goals.</span><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">A better opportunity couldn’t have presented itself. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Straight off the bat, Sam and Anne knew </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">ao</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori, </span><span data-contrast="auto">believing in dealing honestly and genuinely with indigenous people, </span><span data-contrast="auto">and we never lost any of that closeness that is so important. </span><span data-contrast="auto">It was truly serendipitous</span><span data-contrast="auto">.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The group were</span><span data-contrast="auto"> determined to ensure all the translations were accurate. Two professional translators</span><span data-contrast="auto">, Hemi Kelly and </span><span data-contrast="auto">Piripi</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Walker,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> worked with Whetu and the team to translate the language pack for the game, including the instructions. There were even some new words for some of the more </span><span data-contrast="auto">in-game Minecraft</span><span data-contrast="auto"> items.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“It was important to make sure </span><span data-contrast="auto">te</span> <span data-contrast="auto">ao</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Māori was respected as its own being, the mana (status) and cultural IP of each artefact upheld and maintained throughout the process,” Whetu says.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The most difficult part was the timeframe</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> just five short weeks. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Luckily</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Whetu was</span><span data-contrast="auto"> supported by other Māori working in the tech space, making it a truly collaborative process. </span><span data-contrast="auto">And </span><span data-contrast="auto">of course</span> <span data-contrast="auto">Whetu’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> children</span><span data-contrast="auto"> acted as in-house quality assurance </span><span data-contrast="auto">–</span><span data-contrast="auto"> keeping Dad on top of his game.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">First </span></b><b><span data-contrast="auto">Harataunga</span></b><b><span data-contrast="auto">, then the world?</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Soon Ngā Motu will reach an audience beyond New Zealand, as Piki Studios is now an official member of the Minecraft Partner Program, enabling it to add to the resources available in the global Minecraft Marketplace. For now, the game will be available to classrooms in New Zealand, as part of Microsoft’s Schools Agreement that provides resources </span><span data-contrast="auto">such as Minecraft: Education Edition to every State and State-Integrated school.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">&nbsp;</span><span data-contrast="auto">“Ngā Motu is a truly amazing resource for Kiwi students and </span><span data-contrast="auto">teachers</span><span data-contrast="auto"> and we know they’re going to absolutely love exploring and building on this world,” says Anne.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“It’s not just </span><span data-contrast="auto">Whetu’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> children. We showed it to some of our global colleagues and the excitement in the room was just palpable</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-contrast="auto">”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Not bad for a boy from </span><span data-contrast="auto">Harataunga</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">For more information on </span><span data-contrast="none">Minecraft: Education Edition</span> <span data-contrast="none">in New Zealand </span><span data-contrast="none">please</span> <span data-contrast="none">visit: </span><a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Future-focused-learning/Minecraft"><span data-contrast="none">http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Future-focused-learning/Minecraft</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> or visit Piki Studios </span><a href="https://www.pikistudios.com/"><span data-contrast="auto">https://www.pikistudios.com/</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></a></p>
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<h2><span data-contrast="none">Te waihanga anō i ngā ao tuku iho mā ngā poraka mariko</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></h2>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Mai anō e taunga ana a Whetu Paitai ki ngā mahi waihanga. Ina, tērā pea e mahi waihanga tonu ana ia i Ahitereiria engari nā </span><span data-contrast="auto">ēnei</span> <span data-contrast="auto">mea e rua: i whati te waewae me te ū ki te kupu oati. Nā ngā āhuatanga o te ao kua tau atu ki te wā kāinga i Hauraki, engari kāore ia i whakatū whare, kei te whakatūtū kē anō ia i te ao o ōna tīpuna.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">He mea whakatakoto tēnei ara i </span><span data-contrast="auto">tōna tekau </span><span data-contrast="auto">tau ki mua, i te wā i rō hōhipera a Whetu nā te whatinga o tōna waewae. I te waha pakaru haere tētahi kaiako whare wānanga ki a ia mō Minecraft. I te meatanga a Whetu ki tana tamāhine kia whakamātauria e ia te kēmu i tino rawe rawa atu ki </span><span data-contrast="auto">tana tamahine </span><span data-contrast="auto">– me ia</span> <span data-contrast="auto">anō. Ka hono tahi rāua </span><span data-contrast="auto">i runga i t</span><span data-contrast="auto">ō</span><span data-contrast="auto"> rāua </span><span data-contrast="auto">kaingākau </span><span data-contrast="auto">ki </span><span data-contrast="auto">te wa</span><span data-contrast="auto">i</span><span data-contrast="auto">hanga ao matihiko.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Ka huri ngā tau, kua whā ngā tamariki ināianei a Whetu, me tana manako kia hono ana tamariki ki tō rātau ao Māori mā te ako ki te kōrero i te reo Māori, kāore hoki a Whetu i mōhio ki tōna reo. Nā tana kupu oati ki tana hoa wahine ka hoki mai rātau ki Aotearoa, </span><span data-contrast="auto">kāore mo te hoki whakamuri.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Nā, kua hono atu a Whetu ki tōna ao Māori, koinei hoki te ao o ana tamariki, kua whai ia te tino oranga mōna: te waihanga kēmu me te tūhono atu i tōna ahurea ki </span><span data-contrast="auto">ngā </span><span data-contrast="auto">tamariki huhua. Ko tāna mea hou rawa ko tētahi ao tino hou mō Minecraft: Te Putanga Mātauranga, Ngā Motu, e pā atu ai ngā ākonga ki te āhua o te ao i roto i tētahi pā Māori.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><i><span data-contrast="auto">He mea nui kei roto i ngā mea iti</span></i></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Nā Whetu i whakaara </span><span data-contrast="auto">ake </span><span data-contrast="auto">a Piki Studios, he kamupene waihanga kēmu e whakahaerehia ana e ia i a ia e kura ana i ana tamariki i te kāinga i te takiwā mamao o Hauraki. Ko te whakaaro pea he tino nui te neke mai i te mahi waihanga ki te waihanga kēmu mātauranga, engari </span><span data-contrast="auto">i </span><span data-contrast="auto">maumahara a Whetu </span><span data-contrast="auto">ki tana </span><span data-contrast="auto">kaingākau ki te hangarau i a ia e paku ana.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“I ahau e tamariki ana he rawe ki ahau te raweke rorohiko, engari kāore i ū te āhua o te ihu rorohiko ki te whakaaro o te iwi o Aotearoa mō te āhua o te tama. I pakeke mai ahau i Harataunga, i waenganui o te ngahere. Ka whakarerea ngā rorohiko.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I tana hokinga mai ki Aotearoa, ā, ka mutu e kaingākau tonu ana ki a Minecraft, i riro te wairua o Whetu ki ngā hangarau matihiko, nā ka hoki ia ki te ako. Ka riro mai i a ia ōna pūkenga matihiko hou, ka huri ia ki te āwhina i te kōhanga reo o ana tamariki me ngā mahi tari, ā, i reira ka taka mai he whakaaro ki a ia. “Mēnā e pēnei rawa te nui o taku uru ki te m</span><span data-contrast="auto">ā</span><span data-contrast="auto">tauranga o aku tamariki, kia pēhea te </span><span data-contrast="auto">whaka</span><span data-contrast="auto">whānui kē atu </span><span data-contrast="auto">i tōku uru atu?</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I kite a Whetu mā te hono i tōna kaingākau mō te ao rorohiko ki te mātauranga, ka </span><span data-contrast="auto">t</span><span data-contrast="auto">aea e ia te āwhina i ētahi atu tamariki ki te ako i te reo me ngā tikanga mā te waihanga i ngā rauemi pārekareka hou.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Nā, ka tīmata tana mahi waihanga kēmu. I tīmata ia mā te waihanga i tētahi kēmu tuihono, Mahimaina (ko Maincraft i roto i te reo Māori), hei āwhina i ana tamariki ki te ako i te reo, me ngā ākonga tata ki te 100. He nui atu anō ngā kēmu kei te whai mai, ngā kēmu tuihono me aua kēmu papa anō, ā, ko te tūmanako o Whetu ka whakamahia e ngā kura me ngā whānau puta noa i te motu.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Hei </span><span data-contrast="auto">tāna</span><span data-contrast="auto">, “He mea nui kei roto i ngā mea iti.” “Mō tētahi tamaiti, ka nui te whakamana i te kite i tō rātau ao e whakaaturia ana ki ngā pūhara ā-ao nui.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Koinei tonu te mea e kimihia ana e tētahi o ngā kamupene hangarau nui rawa o te ao.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I tērā tau i whakapā mai a Microsoft. Kei te hiahia a Whetu ki te waihanga i tētahi rauemi ahurei ki Aotearoa mā Minecraft: Education Edition?&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">Te hīkoi i Aotearoa</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“I tino mīharo mātau,” te kī a Whetu. “I te mōhio ahau mō Minecraft, engari nō te hōpara haere i a Minecraft: Education Edition, i rāwekewekehia, i pureihia e mātau, ā, ka kite i ngā mea tāpiri ka taea kātahi ka mārama ki tōna kaha ka taea. He nui ake te wāhanga ka tuwhera mai i tēnei mō te Māori me ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa ki te ako me te purei i roto i te ao Māori.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Ka heria mai e Minecraft: Education Edition te ao o Minecraft ki ngā akomanga puta noa i te ao, e tuku ana i ngā akoranga koreutu maha rawa me tētahi hapori whakaako ā-ao. Ka āwhina ngā akoranga ā-kēmu rumaki i ngā ākonga ki te whakapakari i ngā pūkenga rau tau 21, tae atu ki te auahatanga, mahi tahi me te STEM. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Kei te</span> <a href="https://educationcentral.co.nz/minecraft-education-edition-takes-game-based-learning-to-the-next-level/"><span data-contrast="none">whakamahia</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> kētia e ngā kaiwhakaako hei takahuri i ngā akoranga, mai i te ako i te papatono mā te </span><a href="https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2018/12/10/kiwi-students-learn-code-te-reo-maori/"><span data-contrast="none">Hour of Code</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> mai i te waihanga i ngā pā toitū, me te aha me te </span><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/271892/students-build-gallipoli-in-minecraft"><span data-contrast="none">waihanga anō</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> i a Karipori i rō kēmu.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Ko Whetu te mea tuatahi ki te waihanga i tētahi ao hou rawa i roto katoa i te ao Māori. Ka ārahina ngā kaitākaro tamariki e ngā kiripuaki, i takea mai ēnei i ana tamariki me ō rātau hoa, i a rātau e hīkoi haere ana i Ngā Motu, mai i te waka hourua ātaahua i tātahi ki te pā me te wharenui me ōna kōwhaiwhai, tukutuku hoki. Ka kitea anō i roto i te pā ko ngā pātaka, rua me rua hāngī mō te tunu kai.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">He tino hōhonu rawa te āhua o ngā iroirotanga i oti i a Whetu kia mau ai te āhuatanga ake o Aotearoa, tae atu ki ngā māra kūmara e taea ai e ngā tamariki te waihanga whare hou. Kua whakakapia i roto i ngā kete rauemi ngā hoari mō ngā patu, ka mutu ka tino taunga ngā tamariki </span><span data-contrast="auto">o </span><span data-contrast="auto">Aotearoa ki ngā māpu.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I tono a te pekepoho kōtiro a Whetu i tana tino manu te pīwaiwaka, ka taea e koe te pāhekoheko me tētahi poaka kunekune me tētahi moa kua korehāhā me ngā tangi i hangaia anō e ngā mātanga o Te Papa. Ka taea </span><span data-contrast="auto">e </span><span data-contrast="auto">ngā tamariki te ako i te reo Māori mai i ngā kaiārahi, mā ngā tūmahi i rō kēmu rānei.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I roto i ngā auau o muri mai ka taea e ngā kaumoana te toro ki ngā taniwha i roto i te whanga me te kohikohi kaimoana e tūtata ana ki ngā parehua, ā, ka hoki pea ngā whakaaro o ngā tāngata ki Ōtūkapuārangi kua ngaro noa atu, i riro atu i roto i tō pahūtanga puia neke atu i te 100 tau ki mua. Ka tāpiri ēnei mea katoa ki te kete kupu a ngā tamariki me te whakawhānui i tō rātau mōhio ki te hītori me ngā kōrero a te Māori.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“Ka nui taku hiahia kia hangaia e ngā kura ā rātau ake pā, wharenui rānei, te hōpara i te ao me te ako me pēhea te tiaki i te moa,” te kī a Whetu.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“E whakapono ana mātau ka pā noa mai ngā akoranga, mā te āhei ki te hōpara i ngā āhuatanga katoa, i te mea e kore e noho wehe motuhake tētahi mea i roto i ō tātau ao. Ko tā mātau whāinga kia taea e ngā tāngata katoa ēnei kēmu, ā, ka whānui ake tā rātau kite i tētahi waka – ka kite kē rātau i te urunga atu ki roto i te ao whānui,” te whakamārama a Whetu.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">He whai wāhitanga i “tūpono noa atu</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Koinei tonu te tikanga whakaaro i haere atu a Sam McNeill rāua ko Anne Taylor o Microsoft New Zealand ki a Piki Studios.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“He tino ngākaunui a Whetu ki te mātauranga me te āwhina i ngā tamariki, kaua </span><span data-contrast="auto">ko </span><span data-contrast="auto">āna anake, kia mārama ki tō tātau ahurea taketake, ā, ka kitea puta tēnei i </span><span data-contrast="auto">ā </span><span data-contrast="auto">koe e kōrero ana ki a ia. He tino kaiako ia,” te kī a Anne, Kaiārahi Mātauranga mō Microsoft New Zealand.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“I tino mīharo rawa atu mātau ki te auaha me ngā iroirotanga katoa i roto i ngā mahi a Whetu mō tēnei kaupapa. Kua eke kē atu ia ki āna mahi ki te taumata i manakohia e mātau.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I kī ia i āhua wehi ia i te waeatanga mai a Microsoft, ina he pakihi whānau iti mātau e whakariterite ana me tētahi kāporeihana nui nō te ao whānui. I tau ia i tana kite i te mahi tahi ia me ngā tāngata he ōrite ngā uara me ngā whāinga.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“Kāore i tua atu i tēnei whai wāhitanga. Mai i te tīmatanga, i mōhio a Sam rāua ko Anne ki te ao Māori, e whakapono ana me pono me tika te mahi me te iwi taketake, ā, he mea nui kāore i ngaro taua āhuatanga piri tata. He āhuatanga tino tūpono noa.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I tino nganga te rōpū ki te whakarite k</span><span data-contrast="auto">i</span><span data-contrast="auto">a tika ngā whakamāoritanga. E rua ngā kaiwhakamāori ngaio, </span><span data-contrast="auto">ko </span><span data-contrast="auto">Hemi Kelly rāua ko Piripi Walker i te taha o Whetu me te rōpū ki te whakamāori i te kete reo mō te kēmu, tae </span><span data-contrast="auto">noa </span><span data-contrast="auto">atu ki ngā tohutohu. I puta hoki ētahi kupu hou m</span><span data-contrast="auto">ō</span><span data-contrast="auto"> ētahi tuemi a MineCraft ake.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“He mea kia manaakitia te ao Māori, te pupuri i te mana me ngā rawa hinengaro ahurea o ia taonga puta noa i te tukanga,” te kī a Whetu.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Ko te mea uaua rawa ko te wā, e rima noa iho ngā wiki. I waimarie a Whetu i tautokona ia e ētahi atu Māori e mahi ana i roto i ngā mahi hangarau, ā, he tukanga tino mahi tēnei. Me te aha, nā ngā tamariki a Whetu i whakaū i te kounga – </span><span data-contrast="auto">kia eke</span><span data-contrast="auto"> ai</span> <span data-contrast="auto">a Whetu ki runga rawa</span><span data-contrast="auto"> atu</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><b><span data-contrast="auto">Ko Heretaunga i te tuatahi, ā, ko te ao ā muri ake?</span></b><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Kāore e roa ka tae a Ngā Motu ki ngā minenga o te ao i tua o Aotearoa, ina kua uru a Piki Studios hei mema whaimana nō te Kaupapa Pātui a Minecraft, e taea e ia ngā rauemi te tāpiri tuihono i roto i te Wāhi Tauhokohoko o Minecraft i te ao whānui. I tēnei wā, ka wātea mātau ki ngā akomanga puta noa i Aotearoa, he wāhanga tēnei nō te Whakaaetanga Kura a Microsoft e tuku ana i ngā rauemi pērā i a Minecraft: Education Edition ki ia kura Kāwanatanga, Kura Tāuke hoki.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“He rauemi tino whakamīharo a Ngā Motu mā ngā ākonga o Aotearoa me ngā kaiako me tō mātau mōhio anō ka tino rawe rawa atu ki a rātau te te hōpara me te waihanga i roto i tēnei ao,” te kī a Anne.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“Ehara ko ngā tamariki anake a Whetu. I whakaaturia e mātau ki ētahi o ō mātau hoa o te ao, ā, i pupū mai te whakaongaonga i a rātau.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Tau kē tēnei tama nō Harataunga.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Mō ētahi atu mōhiohio mō Minecraft: Education Edition i Aotearoa haere ki: </span><a href="http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Future-focused-learning/Minecraft"><span data-contrast="none">http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Future-focused-learning/Minecraft</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> haere rānei ki Piki Studios </span><a href="https://www.pikistudios.com/"><span data-contrast="none">https://www.pikistudios.com/</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Hōpara i te ao o Ngā Motu me ngā akoranga a Minecraft: Education Edition i: </span><a href="http://aka.ms/ngamotu"><span data-contrast="none">http://aka.ms/ngamotu</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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