Kaitiaki Action Plan
Kaitiaki Action Plan · Antarctica unit, Lesson 7 · Years 9–10
What I Will Do
Three tiers — me, my whānau, my community — and a commitment in my own voice
This is your answer to the whole unit. We can't go to Antarctica to fix the ice, so we act where we stand. Draw on your Lesson 4 campaign, your Lesson 5 case study, and your Lesson 6 footprint. Real, specific, achievable — with dates and first steps.
Ko Wai Au — My Kaitiaki Identity
The place I stand for, and why it is mine to speak for:
Every kaitiaki plan starts from somewhere real. Name the place and say what connects you to it — that connection can be whakapapa, a lifetime of living there, work, or care. Two ways to write this, both complete:
- Pepeha — if you have been told your maunga, awa and iwi by your whānau. A pepeha names a whakapapa relationship, not the landscape you happen to live in, so only name what has been passed to you.
- A kaitiaki statement — "I stand as kaitiaki for [place], because…" Use this if your whakapapa connections are elsewhere, if you are not certain of them, or if you would simply rather introduce yourself this way. It is not a lesser answer; for this plan it is the same answer.
The one thing from this unit that moved me most — and why:
Me — Tōku Ake
One specific change in my own life within the next month. Draw it from your Lesson 6 footprint — high-impact and achievable.
My individual commitment:
By when, and how will I know I've done it?
Whānau — Tōku Whānau
One action with my household within three months. It needs a real kōrero at home.
Our whānau action:
By when, and who in my whānau will join me?
Community — Tōku Hapori
One community goal this year — built from your Lesson 4 campaign or Lesson 5 case study.
My community advocacy goal:
Who is the decision-maker, and what is my first step this week?
🧊 Back to the Ice
In one line — how does my plan act on the carbon system warming Antarctica?
None of us can refreeze the ice. But each tier touches the carbon cycle that connects your place to the pole.
Tōku Kī Taurangi — My Kaitiaki Commitment Statement
2–3 sentences, in your own voice. This is what you'll read aloud in the Lesson 8 ceremony — make it true.
Hononga Marautanga · Curriculum Alignment
Science — Ecosystems (Phase 4 | Years 9–10)
"Researching interventions that address specific ecosystem disruptions, using case studies or local examples to explore the practicalities and outcomes of different solutions (e.g. conservation strategies, sustainable technologies)."
Quoted verbatim from this unit's verified Te Mātaiaho alignment. This plan draws on the interventions you researched across the unit (real campaigns, community case studies) to design your own achievable solution.
🪶 He Kupu Kaitiaki
Where your plan touches a particular place, awa or maunga, the mana whenua of that place lead — seek them out and let their knowledge guide your action. Te Tiriti gives this work obligation: climate change threatens taonga the Crown is bound to protect. A kaitiaki plan that acts with a place, not just on it, begins by listening.