Resource Library
Whakaari Aotearoa's resource library was created by drama kaiako for drama kaiako. It contains lesson plans, activities, teaching units, pedagogy, videos, posters, and wellbeing support for kaiako. While some resources are available for anyone to download, most are exclusively for members.
Māori Whakaari Practitioners Video Series
Whakaari Aotearoa presents a new Interview series bringing visibility to Māori Theatre Practitioners and NZ Theatre Companies filmed November 2023.
Tahi Festival
TAHI Festival has put together 4 polylogues (collections of monologues on a theme). Great for students.
Peninsula - Explore the Function of Theatre Aotearoa (1.1)
This resource is ready to use with students and is an ideal way to explore the new 1.1 standard Explore the function of theatre Aotearoa through an examination of Gary Henderson’s play, Peninsula.
Tāraia Te Mahara, Ka Tāraia Ai Te Rākau - Carve the Mind Before Carving Your Path
This pack of resources was developed to support learning Literacy in Drama. They align with the Literacy Guide for all curriculum areas and the Literacy Pedagogy Guide for Drama.
Character Strengths in the Drama Classroom
This is a comprehensive resource rich with ideas for text study and devising.
Ensemble Impact Tours
This resource consists of thematic compilations of Aotearoa plays, along with some scripts, images from the performances and a study guide.
Irish Annals of Aotearoa
This resource is created to support the resource on the Ministry website based on this play by Simon O’Connor.
We Love the Future of Our Kids
This unit of work prepares students for the new Level 1 NCEA Drama devising assessment - 1.2
Wayfinding: Routes for Exploring Storytelling Through Drama
NCEA Level One Resources - This resource focuses on teaching and learning activities for Level One NCEA Drama, assessment standard Drama 1.2 Level 1: Participate in creative strategies to create a drama, 91941.
Aotearoa Timelines - 100 Events in Our History
Resources for NCEA - This is a rich resource of 100 important events in the history of Aotearoa including images and some detail. There are many suggestions on how these images may be used in your teaching.
NCEA Implementation Resources
Resources developed by the Ministry of Education to support your planning and teaching for the refreshed NCEA Level One.
NCEA Templates and Planning Documents
Resources for NCEA Drama. Templates and Planning Documents
NCEA Multi-Level Planning Resources
A set of four excellent NCEA Drama Multi-Level Planning Resources
Drama and Mātauranga Māori Workshop-Meeting Recording
This presentation looks at the whakapapa that sits behind the kupu (words) in EN2 of 1.1 and 1.2 – manaakitanga and whanaungatanga. It presents an overall of the Māori world view and links to the mātāpono (values) that underpin these cultural concepts.