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Grow Big

Grow Big.

by Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua); illustrations by Josh Morgan

This story gives readers a vivid picture of daily life in a northern kāinga in Te Ao Tawhito (the old world) around 1770. The story is told through the eyes of a child and is woven with details of traditional kūmara growing methods.

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Series: Connected 2022 Level 2 – Ki te hoe! | Let’s get going!

Learning area: English, Social Sciences

Curriculum level: 2

Reading year level: 4

Category: Fiction

Topics: food, gardening, growing, kai, kūmara, matauranga, Ngāti Wai, Northland, raumati, takurua, tūpuna, whakataukī

In: Connected 2022 Level 2 – Ki te hoe! | Let’s get going!

Publication date: October 2022

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