Using rongoā Māori
In this activity, students learn about rongoā Māori (medicines that are produced from native plants in New Zealand) through a silent card game.
Rongoā nursery
The plants harvested from Pa Harakeke Native Plant Nursery will in later years be used for their rongoā (medicinal) properties and in the making of natural medicines.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
explain what rongoā Māori is
name some native plants in New Zealand that are used for rongoā Māori
name some medical problems that native plants can be used for
name some medical uses for some of the native plants.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do.
Related content
High school student Chris Ryan researched the medicinal properties of kawakawa, read about it in this Connected journal article.
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