Kaitiaki Portfolio — Cover & Checklist
Reflection & Commitment · Antarctica unit, Lesson 8 · Years 9–10
Ko Au Te Kaitiaki
I Am the Guardian — your portfolio holds the whole journey, eight lessons, one commitment.
This is the cover and checklist for your Kaitiaki Action Portfolio: a curated record of your learning and commitment across the unit, not just a folder of worksheets. Use it to assemble, present, and honestly self-assess your mahi.
He Whārangi Tūāhu — Portfolio Cover Page
Name & year level:
The place I stand in — my tūrangawaewae, or the place I am answerable to:
My pepeha (if you know it):
Title: "Ko au te kaitiaki — I am the guardian." One image or drawing for my climate commitment:
Drawn, printed, or described in words — what picture holds your commitment?
He Whakaaro Ake — Tūrangawaewae Reflection
These responses belong in your portfolio.
1. The place I stand in — my tūrangawaewae if I have one, or the place I am answerable to. Where is it, and what ties me to it?
2. Which lesson most powerfully connected this place to the global climate — and why?
3. How has my sense of responsibility to this place changed across the unit?
4. As kaitiaki of [my place], I commit to…
Ngā Āpitihanga — The Eight Elements
Tick each as you add it to your portfolio.
- 1. Kaitiaki statement — your commitment statement from Lesson 7
- 2. Kaitiaki Action Plan — the three-tier plan (Lesson 7)
- 3. Tūrangawaewae reflection — your response above
- 4. Climate map — your annotated NZ impacts map (Lesson 2)
- 5. Mātauranga Māori notes — one iwi's environmental knowledge (Lesson 3)
- 6. Campaign or awareness piece — from Lesson 4 or Lesson 5
- 7. Carbon evidence analysis — your evidence-and-power map + strategy verdict (Lesson 6)
- 8. Wild card — your choice: letter, poem, artwork, journal, interview, research
He Tūtohu Aromatawai — Self-Assessment Rubric
Be honest — circle where your portfolio sits, then name one thing to strengthen.
Beginning
Incomplete or surface. Plan lacks specific detail. Kaitiaki concepts used loosely.
Developing
Most elements present. Plan has some detail. Concepts applied with some accuracy. Emerging reflection.
Proficient
All elements present. Plan specific and realistic. Concepts applied with NZ examples. Genuine reflection on change.
Excellence
Depth and originality. Plan ambitious yet realistic. Sophisticated synthesis of mātauranga, science and the personal.
The one element I'll strengthen, and how:
Hononga Marautanga · Curriculum Alignment
Science — Earth Systems (Phase 4 | Years 9–10)
"Matter cycles and energy transfers occur within and between Earth’s spheres through global systems, such as the water and carbon cycle."
Quoted verbatim from this unit's verified Te Mātaiaho alignment. The portfolio returns to the unit's scientific spine — the carbon cycle that links your tūrangawaewae to the warming ice — and carries it forward as commitment.
🪶 He Kupu Kaitiaki
Your pepeha, your tūrangawaewae and your whakapapa are taonga — share them at your own comfort. If you do not have tūrangawaewae, do not claim one — write instead about the place you are answerable to. That is a full answer, not a substitute for one. A kaitiaki journey is lifelong; this portfolio is its beginning, not its end.