Tāhūrangi – a ‘one stop shop’ for curriculum content

Tāhūrangi(external link) has been designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ for teachers and kaiako, removing the need to hunt through multiple websites to find quality curriculum content for Te Whāriki: He Whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa Early Childhood Curriculum(external link), Te Marautanga o Aotearoa(external link), and The New Zealand Curriculum(external link).

“We’re hugely excited to be able to offer this technology solution to our educators,” says Pauline Cleaver, general manager strategy & integration of the Ministry’s Te Poutāhū | Curriculum Centre.

“It offers so many benefits and will make life much easier for our hardworking, busy teachers.

Not only is it more efficient to house all content in one place, but Pauline also says teachers can have confidence that everything on Tāhūrangi is relevant, up-to-date, and in line with the current curriculum.

“As part of our commitment to being a curriculum centre of excellence, we are delighted to be able to deliver a solution that will become the first port of call for teaching guidance, curriculum and assessment news, and quality resources.”

Key features and benefits

Tara Taylor-Jorgensen, director of integrated delivery, explains that Tāhūrangi was designed to be fulsome, easy-to-use, and customisable.

“We spoke to teachers as we were developing the site, to find out what their biggest frustrations were when it came to finding curriculum resources.

“We heard how time-consuming it was for teachers to find material, and that many were using old, downloaded documents for years and years – such that it became hard to check if the resources had been updated or refreshed.”

As the site was developed, Tara says they made sure it included sophisticated search and organisational features, making it quick and easy for users to reliably find and organise teaching resources. 

“We’ve also made it so teachers can create and share ‘collections’ of resources – which is really efficient and a great time-saver for everyone.

“When we demonstrated Tāhūrangi’s features to our user test group, it’s fair to say they were relieved and excited about what it can do.” 

Where is content coming from?

Content from more than 70 education websites is now being moved on to Tāhūrangi. Every item undergoes a quality check before being uploaded, to ensure it is fit-for-purpose, relevant, and meets, as far as possible, accessibility criteria.

“It’s a big job, so we’re staggering it over the next few months,” says Tara. “More and more content is being added every week and, as we finish each move, the website that originally housed the material will no longer be available. 

“Many of these older sites are not frequently used, so there shouldn’t be too much disruption, but for those that are, for example nzmaths.co.nz and arts online, we’re providing lots of advance warning and support to help users prepare for the change.”

Tara adds that their best advice to teachers is to visit Tāhūrangi and familiarise themselves with the site. 

“It will look different to what you’re used to, but it’s like any new student on their first day of school … it takes a couple of visits to find your way around, but before too long its second nature and you know where everything is.”

Early learning content

All content related to Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō nga mokopuna o Aotearoa Early Childhood Curriculum is now available on Tāhūrangi. 

This means that this part of Te Whāriki Online will soon be retired and will no longer be accessible. Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo will be available via a link on the Tāhūrangi homepage to Te Whāriki Online. 

NZMaths website

Relevant, up-to-date teaching resources from nzmaths.co.nz(external link) are now being moved to Tāhūrangi. This includes the majority of Pāngarau resources that support Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. 

Access to e-ako maths and e-ako Pāngarau will continue to be available through current logins. The move was scheduled to take place during February/March however, following user feedback, the timeframe was extended so users have more time to prepare for the change. The nzmaths content move is now expected to be completed by 30 June 2024.

Questions or feedback

If you have questions or want to provide feedback about accessing particular resources, please email curriculum.publishing@education.govt.nz.