Welcome to the 
Kaitiakitanga
page to support the assessment provided to you by your teacher

Where do I start?

A quick way to find out more about Kaitiakitanga is to do an internet search but remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the Science Learning Hub website is probably more reliable than Wikipedia.

Using a clustering search engine such as Carrot2 rather than relying on a JGI (Just Google It) approach is a more time effective strategy. You will still need to assess the websites you find for suitability but it clusters the results in a meaningful way that can provide additional feedback as well as a more comprehensive search of the web. Assess your sites using the CRAP test. :)

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Sites to use to help you research:  

Tāngaro Tuia Te Ora Endangered Species Foundation - You can access their page on top 10 endangered species here

My Native Forest - You can access their page on endangered animals in Aotearoa New Zealand here

The World Wildlife Fund - You can access their page on endangered species in Aotearoa New Zealand here

Stats NZ - You can access a paper on Aotearoa New Zealand indigenous species and their extinction rates from 2023 here

Department of Conservation - You can access their page on the conservation status of plants and animals here

Also, they have a page called Nature's in Trouble that would be very helpful, accessible here

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Encyclopaedia Britannica High School Edition
No username and password required with this special link

Use this searching tool to find information on your topic. Click on 'treemap' to see a visual representative of your search.

Think about your search terms before you begin. Use "quotation marks" to keep your search terms together in the search.

Try searches such as:
new zealand endangered species -wikipedia

Assess each site using the CRAP test. 

Google News can give you news articles on topics where there is new information becoming available all the time, or where experts disagree about stuff. 

FYI:

Sites ending in:

• .edu are generally educational sites
• .org means it is an organisation and if it is reputable could be a useful source
• ​.gov or .govt are generally written by a governmental agency.     ​

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HOW do I complete my project? Use steps 1-4 below:

Source: Dr. Cornelia Brunner, 2012 http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/planning/lesson-planning/how-inquiry/how-inquiry

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Remember, you need to produce your own work and say (cite) where it came from. 

Use CiteThisForMe as your APA referencing tool. It uses a Chrome Extension.